The New Cricket Thread

[Guest Pistonbroke]

A lot tighter than it should be for SL. 

[lifetime fan]

Been entertaining this. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Fucking hell, Matthews gets a wicket with his first ball since 2017, and it's Pooran the danger man.  

[lifetime fan]

‘Best ball of the tournament’.  

 

 

Ahahahahahahaha

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, lifetime fan said:

Been entertaining this. 

Certainly has, looked dead after I got back from training then took off. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

These west Indies tailenders are utter shit. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

SL win by 23 runs. 

 

Should be an interesting game between England and NZ on this track, we certainly have more six hitters, could be vital. 

[sir roger]

Bit odd of Kohli complaining how short the boundary was yesterday when they never hit a six until the last over or two

[Guest Pistonbroke]

India won the toss and decided to bat first against Bangladesh. Bangladesh just dropped an easy catch. India 21/0 off 5 overs. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

India 69/0 off their first 10 overs. If Bangladesh don't get a few wickets soon we could see India post the highest score in the tournament so far. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Shakib slowing the RR down, he's the best all rounder in cricket atm, class player. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Another ton for, Sharma. Third consecutive ton at Edgbaston. Out a few balls later. India 181/1 off 29.2 overs, pissing this match. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

237/4 off 39.4 overs now, good fightback from Bangladesh. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

India make 314/9 off their 50 overs. Pretty shit considering they were 181/0 after 19 overs. Bangladesh bowled well mind and are capable of chasing this down, but I don't think they will as it's a slowish pitch and getting worse as the innings progressed. 

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

India make 314/9 off their 50 overs. Pretty shit considering they were 181/0 after 19 overs. Bangladesh bowled well mind and are capable of chasing this down, but I don't think they will as it's a slowish pitch and getting worse as the innings progressed. 

 

29 overs, PB.

 

181/0 after 19 and they should have scored 450!

 

As it was, they should have got 350/360.

 

They have very little below the top five that makes you think they'll get many. Dhoni rarely goes at much better than a run a ball now. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

 

29 overs, PB.

 

181/0 after 19 and they should have scored 450!

 

As it was, they should have got 350/360.

 

They have very little below the top five that makes you think they'll get many. Dhoni rarely goes at much better than a run a ball now. 

 

Yeah, 29 overs. Hit the wrong key. 

 

They should have gotten a lot more, but the pitch slowed down and Shakib bowled tightly in the mid overs. Dhoni is not the player he was. Summed up in that last over where he turned down a single off the first ball, missed the second and was out with the third. Still think they'll defend this total, but you never know. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Bangladesh 74/2 after 15.1 overs. 

 

That Kohli really is an arrogant prick, no need for him to give the player the finger and say 'You're out.'  

[Captain Howdy]

Yep arrogant tosser isn’t he, shame he’s so good

[Jairzinho]

Ha, not the first to give a send off.

 

Plenty of ours have over the years.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Kohli has a habit of doing/saying shit a lot though, he's an odious twat, opinions though. 

[Jairzinho]

I think loads of them are utter bellends, and Kohli is definitely one of them.

 

All this IPL, Big Bash shite doesn't help.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

2 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

I think loads of them are utter bellends, and Kohli is definitely one of them.

 

All this IPL, Big Bash shite doesn't help.

True. Plus in Asia the very good cricketers are revered the same as Bollywood stars. 

[Jairzinho]

Yeah but the same was true of Tendulkar and he's sound.

 

I think it's a generational thing. Lots of money and fame, not quite so much humility and class.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

Yeah but the same was true of Tendulkar and he's sound.

 

I think it's a generational thing. Lots of money and fame, not quite so much humility and class.

I agree. Although you do get quite a few top players being humble as well. 

 

India hit 6 sixes and 27 fours today, I wonder if Kohli brings up the short boundaries argument again, should they win.  

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Chahal giving the batsman a wave now, it's catching on.