2019 Cricket

[Mudball]

This is looking like a walk in the park for Eng. At this rate, even Pak might make it. I think NZ needs atleast 150 to stay in the NRR hunt

Well if you thought Dhoni was bad with slow play... NZ is bent on commiting harakiri..

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Yes mate, there was a clue in the caption
We saw Beefy as well but he looked completely knacked, doddering around on crutches so we decided to spare him

Was the other guy a mate of yours then? I took him to be another ex-cricketer. Pollock / Fish, got that, recognised him anyway as he still looks the same. The lad has aged well

 

[fundy]

This is looking like a walk in the park for Eng. At this rate, even Pak might make it. I think NZ needs atleast 150 to stay in the NRR hunt

Well if you thought Dhoni was bad with slow play... NZ is bent on commiting harakiri..

If NZ are ao for 150 Pak would still need to win by more than 250 runs lol

 

[fundy]

England been plenty good enough against a pretty poor NZ side, really seems that you just have to get Williamson out!

Kiwis gonna be quite fortunate to be in the semi finals all said and done, a washout against India and they only beat Bangladesh by a few inches with the final catch.

Clearly missed Ferguson today but far too many of their batters out of nick/not quite good enough, Guptils lack of runs been a big issue for them

 

[Mudball]

England been plenty good enough against a pretty poor NZ side, really seems that you just have to get Williamson out!

Kiwis gonna be quite fortunate to be in the semi finals all said and done, a washout against India and they only beat Bangladesh by a few inches with the final catch.

Clearly missed Ferguson today but far too many of their batters out of nick/not quite good enough, Guptils lack of runs been a big issue for them

NZ almost in Semis.. Very tough for Pak...
As per espncricinfo, commentators, Pakistan needs to beat Bangladesh by a margin of 316 runs, to qualify for semis.

or the math is..
If Pakistan score 350, they must win by 311 runs.
If Pakistan score 400, they must win by 316 runs.
If Pakistan score 450, they must win by 321 runs.
If Bangladesh win the toss and choose to bat, Pakistan are out before a ball has been bowled.

 

[GB72]

Thought they could also improve the net run rate by putting Bangladesh in, bowling them out for a very low score then knocking the runs off quickly

 

[fundy]

Thought they could also improve the net run rate by putting Bangladesh in, bowling them out for a very low score then knocking the runs off quickly

not able to improve it by enough to go above NZ this way on all accounts

 

[Beezerk]

Was the other guy a mate of yours then? I took him to be another ex-cricketer. Pollock / Fish, got that, recognised him anyway as he still looks the same. The lad has aged well

Ha ha yes the other lad is one of the lads I play golf with.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

That was far easier than it could have been and clearly a vital toss to have one. Up goes the expectation levels in the press and on social media

 

[TheDiablo]

That was far easier than it could have been and clearly a vital toss to have one. Up goes the expectation levels in the press and on social media

Any chance one of your posts on this thread could be positive? Just a single one, please? England are in a world cup semi final after all.

Absolute drain.

 

[patricks148]

enjoyed the game, esp England opening stand.

pretty confident England would wind, not been that impressed with NZ aside from Williamson and looks like its all one him to get the runs.

I'd be surprised if they got further than the semi

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Any chance one of your posts on this thread could be positive? Just a single one, please? England are in a world cup semi final after all.

Absolute drain.

Why? It's called an opinion and if you go back I think you'll find praise for some of the performances we've put. No obligation to read

First semi since 92 hardly means with be earth shattering and to be honest given the amount of hype and expectation we should have qualified with ease without having to beat two tricky opponents to do so. If we'd lost a game to the weather it may have been even worse. This has to be the best chance to win the WC in a cricketing generation but we've seen before how England (and not just in cricket) can let opportunities slip.

 

[TheDiablo]

Why? It's called an opinion and if you go back I think you'll find praise for some of the performances we've put. No obligation to read

First semi since 92 hardly means with be earth shattering and to be honest given the amount of hype and expectation we should have qualified with ease without having to beat two tricky opponents to do so. If we'd lost a game to the weather it may have been even worse. This has to be the best chance to win the WC in a cricketing generation but we've seen before how England (and not just in cricket) can let opportunities slip.

Type your name in to the search box in this thread and find a positive post since 1st June about England, without it being laced with negativity at some point. Even with your post count it shouldn't take long.

Exactly, first semi since '92 which means we should be positive. The reference to other sports is lazy and utterly irrelevant.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not getting into a protracted debate so will post this and then done. Crack on after that and bitch and whinge all you like.

It is called an opinion based on watching cricket including England live and on TV for the past 40 years in differing formats and also watching county cricket for the same period. I think with England as that's seems to be your bugbear, the whole set up is wrong from the very top with the people in charge of the game and the selectors and I think there have been too many occasions across all formats where there have been too many poor performances especially batting collapses which when you compare to other top sides doesn't happen as often. In this WC in particular I think there has been way too much hype, another poor performance against Sri Lanka and we were a rained off game away from probable elimination. The game yesterday which was make or break could have been a disaster had we lost the toss but as I said turned out to be far easier than it could have been. Just because we have had a good run in limited over cricket doesn't give us a right to win the WC or any game and if I think there has been a poor display I'll say.

I can't see how comparing the expectation and quality of the 2019 cricket squad in a semi-final to those in other sports where we have had the chance to win and go onto great things is lazy and irrelevant. It just shows that expectations don't always equate to winning performances under pressure.

Plenty for you to bitch about so fill your boots. Made my OPINION perfectly clear so I'm done

 

[Tongo]

Shaheen Shah Afridi looks a cracking bowler. Probably the most exciting young bowler in the game at the moment.

 

[fundy]

Good to see the Saffers batsmen turn up now the pressures off

 

[fundy]

Interesting squad selected for the Lions, based on their current season form, maybe the cupboard isnt quite as bare as been fearing; Sibley, Gregory, Robinson especially. Add in the likes of Foakes, Mahmood, Porter and Leach and theres quite a few who will get a chance in the foreseeable future in the England set up, how many of them are good enough only time will tell

 

[Tongo]

Interesting squad selected for the Lions, based on their current season form, maybe the cupboard isnt quite as bare as been fearing; Sibley, Gregory, Robinson especially. Add in the likes of Foakes, Mahmood, Porter and Leach and theres quite a few who will get a chance in the foreseeable future in the England set up, how many of them are good enough only time will tell

Sibley and Gregory have been in fabulous form. Foakes is an obvious choice but he aint gonna get back in the test team now that Jonny 'toys out of the pram' Bairstow has the gloves back.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Looking forward to a semi against the old enemy. Shame about our record at Lords but what a time to start changing that

 

[fundy]

Not much brains on display so far this morning. Williamson for some reason decided to bat in murky conditions at Old Trafford with rain likely later in the innings. Just to level it up a little Kohli burns their review first ball with one thats barely hitting another set!

Guptils horror WC continues and its over to you again Kane