T20 World Cup

[Deleted member 15344]

when a guy takes 4/28 in 4 overs he can have bowled as many wides as he wants lol. im not a massive jordan fan, another whos very hit and miss but his death bowling definitely improved

The wides were clearly when he was trying to stop Mathews hitting sixs and trying to stretch him - thought it was clever thinking but was always going to give the odd wide when it just drifted outside the line

 

[richart]

It was the number of wides Jordan seemed to bowl today that I thought was a concern

Anyone that balls at the wicket is going to slip a few donwn the leg side. Malinga was the best at bowling swinging yorkers at the stumps, but he bowled his fair share of wides. Margin of error is tiny, as literally any ball that misses the leg stump, even if by a fraction is a wide.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Anyone that balls at the wicket is going to slip a few donwn the leg side. Malinga was the best at bowling swinging yorkers at the stumps, but he bowled his fair share of wides. Margin of error is tiny, as literally any ball that misses the leg stump, even if by a fraction is a wide.

Very true but these extras and another delivery can be costly in a close game. It's fine margins I accept and hope he can tighten the line a little

 

[Tongo]

Love the way people find ways to pick holes. No team has rocked up to this tournament with a bang tidy, 5 man attack that has no weaknesses. NZ have stolen a march on others but who'd have left out Boult and Southee before the tournament started? Your bowlers in T20 are largely about damage limitation and taking wickets. But it is all on the day. Ali and Rashid were great in SA, today they were found out. No bowler gets it right in every T20 match.

England have qualified for the last 4. They've beaten the defending champs and a SA team that includes supposed superman AB de Villiers and was one of the tournament favourites. That's the same team that stuffed England in the T20 games a few weeks ago. England will also go further in the tournament than either Australia or India.

T20 is about the here and now, tactics and players that work now may not in 6 months time. In the only international tournament that matters in this format England are in with a great chance of winning it again and becoming the first nation to do so. Not bad for a team that, Morgan aside, has no IPL experience.

 

[vkurup]

Eng is in and that what counts... scoreboard dont have pics.. Onto the semis against NZ...

hopefully India can get thru on Sunday..

 

[Norrin Radd]

seems i missed all the excitement of the Sri lankan innings .i had a massive bout of vertigo which lasted seven hours ,not fun i can tell you.
anyway ,reading the reports and this thread ,it appears that NZ are nailed on ,well from what i have seen ,which has been practically all of it ,NZ have scraped through a couple of games ,just like we have ,the Windies are the team of the tournament for me at the moment .
onto our semi ,it is being played on the same pitch that we played on yesterday, well the spinners were rubbish and the pace attack were good ,now look at NZ Southee and Boult could have a bloody field day on that track .we have to hope the kiwis leave them in the shed against us.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Cracking finish to the Afghanistan v West Indies match.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

That's brilliant for Afghanistan

 

[Tongo]

That's brilliant for Afghanistan

They've done well in this tournament and been thoroughly entertaining. A good showing for the associates, particularly as it seems some quarters are trying to phase them out of what is quickly becoming a closed shop.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

They've done well in this tournament and been thoroughly entertaining. A good showing for the associates, particularly as it seems some quarters are trying to phase them out of what is quickly becoming a closed shop.

Think they have already decided that the associate teams won't be at the next World Cup - don't think it's right at all

 

[Tongo]

Think they have already decided that the associate teams won't be at the next World Cup - don't think it's right at all

Not when you consider how the likes of Ireland have performed in recent World Cups.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not when you consider how the likes of Ireland have performed in recent World Cups.

?! That's why I don't think it's right they have decided not to have them

 

[Tongo]

?! That's why I don't think it's right they have decided not to have them

Yes, sorry, got that the wrong way round!

Ireland's performances should be enough to keep at least a couple of the associates in the comp!

 

[Tongo]

Sounds like there's an incredible atmosphere at the India-Australia game.

 

[Tongo]

India needing a Kohli or MSD special if they are to stay alive!

 

[fundy]

India needing a Kohli or MSD special if they are to stay alive!

think id have been tempted with a tactical drop to Yuvraj there lol, his injury was causing Kohli real probs

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Very poor decision if the associate members are left out. Where do they get the experience of playing better nations and learning and developing? Afghanistan have proved what can be done. Ireland have shown it in the past too.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Going to be two cracking final overs !

 

[fundy]

Kohli just far too good, especially when chasing, stunning inns this

 

[HomerJSimpson]

England's women doing rather well too.