The New Cricket Thread

[Guest Pistonbroke]

That's shocking wicket keeping. 

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The worst double stumping miss I've ever seen just then.

 

And then they even fucking reviewed it - for absolutely no fucking reason.  Fuck sake.

 

Windies are officially cooked.

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, skaro said:

 

The worst double stumping miss I've ever seen just then.

 

And then they even fucking reviewed it - for absolutely no fucking reason.  Fuck sake.

 

Windies are officially cooked.

 

 

The umpiring in this WC has been amongst the worst I've seen. They rely on using the review system too much and indeed on teams using their review. If teams don't have a review left it just lets the umpires off the hook for making ridiculous decisions. 

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Might I also just reiterate that Michael Holding is the best commentator in world cricket.

 

Very rare that someone who was the best of the best playing, is also the best of the best behind the mic.

 

Whispering death, very much alive.

 

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

7 minutes ago, skaro said:

 

Might I also just reiterate that Michael Holding is the best commentator in world cricket.

 

Very rare that someone who was the best of the best playing, is also the best of the best behind the mic.

 

Whispering death, very much alive.

 

 

 

He's ace.

 

Kohli out to a buffet ball. Game on now. Unfortunately I have to pick the missus up from work and then go shopping for BBQ food and liquid refreshment. 

[Jairzinho]

India botching this. Looks like 250/260 now.

[Jairzinho]

Won't be easy chasing that down with 20 overs of spin on this pitch.

[Captain Howdy]

Found a nice bar in Salou to watch some cricket, sun blasting in the courtyard, cold beer in hand, life can be good sometimes

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Just got back in to see the latest umpiring decision to be overturned, Windies still in deep shit mind. 

 

4 down now after a poor shot from Pooran. 

[Jairzinho]

Bummed.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

SA, the Windies and England have been disappointing on the whole. I cringe when I see Gayle fucking about to get applause from the crowd for stopping a ball. 

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35 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

SA, the Windies and England have been disappointing on the whole. I cringe when I see Gayle fucking about to get applause from the crowd for stopping a ball. 

 

Yes, that was pretty weird, a bit freaky actually.

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

14 minutes ago, skaro said:

 

Yes, that was pretty weird, a bit freaky actually.

 

 

I bet certain team mates who are desperate to win look at such things and think WTF. 

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1 minute ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

I bet certain team mates who are desperate to win look at such things and think WTF. 

 

Like Roach - who, as Holding pointed out, has taken 3/74 from 20 overs in the last 2 matches - having spent the last 5 on the sidelines... while the Gayle sideshow has been fucking about going nowhere.

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Just now, skaro said:

 

Like Roach - who, as Holding pointed out, has taken 3/74 from 20 overs in the last 2 matches - having spent the last 5 on the sidelines... while the Gayle sideshow has been fucking about going nowhere.

 

Gayle failed in nearly every innings so far, eating up balls and then getting out cheaply. The Windies should have moved him further down the order, he's probably undroppable until he retires, and he just changed his mind about that. 

[Jairzinho]

Embarrassingly shit display from Sri Lanka. Almost every single batsman has got out playing an appalling shot.

[Stickman]

18 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

SA, the Windies and England have been disappointing on the whole. I cringe when I see Gayle fucking about to get applause from the crowd for stopping a ball. 

England and Windies basically want to hit every ball out the ground and even if it's not there to be hit then they want to hit it even harder out the ground.

Read a stat today that in the first ten overs v Australia , England ran just three singles which obviously puts pressure on the following batsmen if you lose a couple of wickets when chasing especially when you look at Kohli yesterday who hit 72 without hitting a six.

With scores starting to go lower in this WC then you need players who can manufacture the strike with ones and two's unfortunately England have only got Root (when he can be arsed actually grinding that out) in the side.

Hence why I think the only chance England have got is if they bat first in every inning and it all clicks 

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

19 minutes ago, Stickman said:

England and Windies basically want to hit every ball out the ground and even if it's not there to be hit then they want to hit it even harder out the ground.

Read a stat today that in the first ten overs v Australia , England ran just three singles which obviously puts pressure on the following batsmen if you lose a couple of wickets when chasing especially when you look at Kohli yesterday who hit 72 without hitting a six.

With scores starting to go lower in this WC then you need players who can manufacture the strike with ones and two's unfortunately England have only got Root (when he can be arsed actually grinding that out) in the side.

Hence why I think the only chance England have got is if they bat first in every inning and it all clicks 

 

 

Stokes is also capable of building a platform to his innings. It doesn't always work but in his last two innings it has, basically because he recognised the wicket's were slow and demanded hard work. Morgan can be devastating on a flat track, but he is brain dead on a slow wicket, probably why he's never made it at test level. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

31 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Embarrassingly shit display from Sri Lanka. Almost every single batsman has got out playing an appalling shot.

 

After losing a wicket to the first ball they made a blazing start in the first 9.4 overs, that second wicket going down just led to some really shit shots. They basically disrespected the bowling. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Hahahaha, everybody laid down on the ground due to a swarm of bees flying over the pitch. Fielders, batsmen and Umpires. 

[Stickman]

23 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

Stokes is also capable of building a platform to his innings. It doesn't always work but in his last two innings it has, basically because he recognised the wicket's were slow and demanded hard work. Morgan can be devastating on a flat track, but he is brain dead on a slow wicket, probably why he's never made it at test level. 

Yeah forget to mention Stokes you're right he has been the one player to knuckle down and bat according to the situation.. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

SL all out for 203, pathetic batting. The swarm of bees just adding to the hilarity. 

[lifetime fan]

What a caught and bowled. 

[lifetime fan]

Aussies should already be out of this. 

[Jairzinho]

Pakistan and New Zealand wins looking on the cards. 

 

Going to be hard work convincing everyone we're the best in the world if we get knocked out in the group stages.