T20 World Cup

[fundy]

great inns from Roy that, should be more than plenty!

now gotta hope that the wicket at the Kotla on Sunday isnt as bad as expected lol

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Bit nervy now maybe

 

[vkurup]

Surely can't lose from here despite Morgan's best efforts...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Buttler has woken up then

:whoo:

That's brilliant from England today - superb team effort all round

 

[Piece]

Get in! :whoo:

 

[Imurg]

Guess that's what you call a comprehensive victory in T20....

 

[Tongo]

Buttler has woken up then

:whoo:

That's brilliant from England today - superb team effort all round

Get in! :whoo:

Brilliant! Just brilliant! Great finishing performance from Jordan and Stokes and great to see Roy come up trumps. After all the doubts and teeth gnashing post the WI and Afghanistan games this is a great fillip. Young, precocious players performing magnificently. Fair play to them.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Brilliant! Just brilliant! Great finishing performance from Jordan and Stokes and great to see Roy come up trumps. After all the doubts and teeth gnashing post the WI and Afghanistan games this is a great fillip. Young, precocious players performing magnificently. Fair play to them.

And even better than that, it might finally shut up Piers Morgan on Twitter with his "bring back KP" campaign.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

And even better than that, it might finally shut up Piers Morgan on Twitter with his "bring back KP" campaign.

Don't be silly - im sure he will find some way , Morgan is his latest target , slating him for not singing the National Anthemn

 

[Tongo]

And even better than that, it might finally shut up Piers Morgan on Twitter with his "bring back KP" campaign.

After the safety first tactics which hamstrung England in white ball cricket for so long it is so refreshing to see England play positive, aggressive cricket that other countries have been playing for years. Some days it will fail spectacularly, but there are more times when it is winning games in stunning fashion.

 

[Norrin Radd]

in the words of Bumble .
START THE CAR.:whoo:

 

[vkurup]

If at the start of the tournament someone said to me that Eng would make it past the group stages - let alone into the finals - I would have laughed my face off. What a team performance, and they are peaking at the right time. The Kiwis are turning out to be the new 'choker', they let themselves down in Australia and now here. Irrespective of the other semi, the final looks like it will be a cracker..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If at the start of the tournament someone said to me that Eng would make it past the group stages - let alone into the finals - I would have laughed my face off. What a team performance, and they are peaking at the right time. The Kiwis are turning out to be the new 'choker', they let themselves down in Australia and now here. Irrespective of the other semi, the final looks like it will be a cracker..

Have to say like you after the group stage and some of the early performances including the defeat and close shave with Afghanistan I didn't see a team destined for the final

Brilliant performance all round yesterday and got a feeling they have the freedom to express themselves without the expectations of being there and if they get India, the burden of hosts in the final may work to England's advantage

 

[ColchesterFC]

If at the start of the tournament someone said to me that Eng would make it past the group stages - let alone into the finals - I would have laughed my face off. What a team performance, and they are peaking at the right time. The Kiwis are turning out to be the new 'choker', they let themselves down in Australia and now here. Irrespective of the other semi, the final looks like it will be a cracker..

I agree with almost all of your post but I'm not sure if the final will be a cracker. I'm really enjoying watching this team but if they bring the bowling performance from the West Indies match and the batting from the Afghanistan match they'll get hammered. On the flip side if they bring the bowling from the second half of the New Zealand semi and the batting from the South Africa match they could win at a canter.

 

[fundy]

If at the start of the tournament someone said to me that Eng would make it past the group stages - let alone into the finals - I would have laughed my face off. What a team performance, and they are peaking at the right time. The Kiwis are turning out to be the new 'choker', they let themselves down in Australia and now here. Irrespective of the other semi, the final looks like it will be a cracker..

Overly harsh on the kiwis imo, personally think they have been overperforming for a few years considering their resources. They were poor yesterday but think they did well to be in that position especially having lost McCullum. Just their loss came at the wrong time in terms of being in the first KO game

If you want to talk about choking in this tournament personally wouldnt be looking past the Bangladesh surrender that kept big brothers and hosts India in the tournament!!!!!

 

[ColchesterFC]

Was it a "choke" or something more sinister than that do you think? Whenever I see that sort of thing happen especially with teams like India or Pakistan my first thought is always either a payment has been made to let the big team go through or the Indian bookmakers have got involved.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Was it a "choke" or something more sinister than that do you think? Whenever I see that sort of thing happen especially with teams like India or Pakistan my first thought is always either a payment has been made to let the big team go through or the Indian bookmakers have got involved.

I think a lot will ask the same question

 

[vkurup]

Was it a "choke" or something more sinister than that do you think? Whenever I see that sort of thing happen especially with teams like India or Pakistan my first thought is always either a payment has been made to let the big team go through or the Indian bookmakers have got involved.

I think India is now generally clean at international level. There is enuf money to be made in the IPL to run the risk of being caught at that level. Pak on the other hand..

 

[ColchesterFC]

Just to be clear I wasn't questioning the Indian players but those in the background and on the board wanting India to stay in to maintain the fan interest. Might not even have needed a monetary payment. A promise of an Indian tour to Bangladesh for a couple of test matches and some ODI' s would be worth a lot to them.

 

[Piece]

I'm going for a Windies win here.