Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Everyone bigging up the stokes catch there.
That’s bog standard for the Hurling lads.
That’s bog standard for the Hurling lads.
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Dan2501
Tour Winner
Well that's the catch of the tournament wrapped up on day 1. Exceptional from Stokes. England so good in the field.
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That was a very clinical display , so much more to come from them as well. Thoughts SA did really well with the ball but some very strange shot choices from them with the bat
Quality from Stokes but Archers first spell was very impressive
Quality from Stokes but Archers first spell was very impressive
Tongo
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I can see England, Australia and India qualifying for the semis at a canter. The real interest is who claims the other qualifying spot. Personally i think Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be fighting out for the bottom 3 spots so its down to WI, Pakistan, NZ and South Africa for that last spot.
The real issue for England is how they cope with knock-out cricket. I do wonder whether India and Australia will prove more clinical when it really matters, when its all on the day in the semis and the final rather than when there's the safety net of another day and another game when England's inevitable bad day comes.
The real issue for England is how they cope with knock-out cricket. I do wonder whether India and Australia will prove more clinical when it really matters, when its all on the day in the semis and the final rather than when there's the safety net of another day and another game when England's inevitable bad day comes.
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Good work today by Eng.. hopefully we get enuf points before the mandatory ‘bad day in the office’ match where they get bowled out for 130 or so
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
We were so bad
jusme
Challenge Tour Pro
Can't disagree, but to win anything you need a bit of luck. The final will be closely matched in ability and its down to the who performs best on the day and who gets the luck when needed
chrisd
Major Champion
Rubbish! You were worse than that 😂
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The BBC going mental over Stokes' catch to try and hype their own limited coverage of the event. Yes it was a good catch but there have been two even better in the past three days in the Toronto v Tampa Bay baseball series and the one that made the news on Monday when Jeremy Jeffress caught a 105 mph line drive coming straight back at him was just as good. Ah well the vagaries of cricket v baseball.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/baseball/48454435
Which the BBC also highlighted - but then he did have a big glove to help him catch it
And it’s not just the BBC going mental about the Stokes catch as it’s all over Sky sports and will be all over the papers but that’s expected because it’s the England team playing crickets main tournament as opposed to rounders thousands of miles away
I don't see anything wrong with the BBC, Sky and the press making the most of an athletic catch like that especially in the context of a WC and as hosts. Good for the publicity of the event, good for the England camp and potentially good for ticket sales for other games in the hope of seeing something similar elsewhere. A good win, but harder days to come and feel we've a bad day still in there somewhere.
Mudball
Assistant Pro
That is an unbelieveable catch in baseball. However i think i will rate Stokes ahead of JJ. Take nothing away from JJ - but his catch was pure reflex and self preservation. Stokes on the other hand had to make a leap for it.
if only SA could play as well as they talked.... and there was a brain cell between the lot of them.
come on England
come on England
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When I used to pitch, you would get one a year that would come right back at you. I caught one right in front of my face by total instinct and then nearly shat myself when I realised what could have happened. We used aluminium bats in the British League in those days. Even the guy who hit it was pretty shaken up. There is a clip on YouTube of Alex Cobb of the Rays getting hit in the head by a line drive a few years back. The exit velocity has jumped dramatically the last few years in the game and someone will get seriously hurt one day just as an umpire if going to get nutted one day in cricket. But's there nothing you can realistically do about it.
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if only SA could play as well as they talked.... and there was a brain cell between the lot of them.
come on England
Graeme Smith is just an arse he could be Australian.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
lets hope we see more decks like this one, pace and bounce and a little bit there for the bowlers, modern day batters exposed in a heartbeat lol
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Thought he was by far the pick of the ex players commentating on TMS yesterday, talks a lot of sense, reads the game well and isnt massively pro his own team. Add to that I though Natalie Germanos was excellent, a massive improvement over many of the others in the box (Tuffers, Vaughan, Guha etc). Maybe it was just because we were beating them but found the pair of them a massive upgrade on their English counterparts in the main
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Get in, managed to bag a ticket from a mate for the SA game at Chester Le Street.
Should be a canny lash up as long as the game lasts longer than the current one 😂
Should be a canny lash up as long as the game lasts longer than the current one 😂
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Damn. Went out with Babar looking good and Pakistan scoring at a good rate, come back and they're bowled out for 105, very poor. WI were my outside pick for a top 4 spot before the tournament began, they're a dangerous side.
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The Pakistan team obviously had money on a heavy loss today 
