Free Cricket 20/20 cup for those without Sky Sports

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[Guest PaddyBerger15]

Unless this pair sort the mess out, we are going to get a King Kong style arse raping.

[wiiksie]

Luke Wright is having a mare so far this tournament, and Maddy just looks too nervous to be out there. Need something big again from Kev.

[Spy Bee]

Maddy and Prior don't seem to have enough subtlety in their game (judging by the last two days), they are big hitters, but that seems to be their limit.

 

Shit, Colly gone now too.

 

I have to say, I quite fancy Sri Lanka for this competition.

[wiiksie]

If we get about 100, I think the aussies need to get that in about 7 overs (the net run rate thing), or they are going home. So it isn't a disaster yet.

[Dirk]

England typically have a weak mentality when it comes to cricket. Our best batsman at this style of cricket is a mouthy, arrogant fuck. A lot of our players are meek in comparison to the Australians.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

I wonder whether eventually that Flintoff will realise that there hasn't been a form of cricket invented yet called 1 over...and that you are actually allowed to bat for as long as you can before you are got out instead of trying to flail every ball miles into the air with you head up and no technique whatsoever...maybe today will be the day.

[Spy Bee]

97/5 just as things were looking better.

[Rashid]

Why did Pieterson say he would "humiliate" the Aussies? I hate it when players give it the large.

[Spy Bee]

Why did Pieterson say he would "humiliate" the Aussies? I hate it when players give it the large.

 

He didn't, he said "we have a chance to humiliate" and then he quickly backtracked. It was silly, but it's not going to decide the result of this game.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

Arse raping here we come. That was fairly shocking.

I don't hold with this 20/20 'specialist' shite, a good cricketer is a good cricketer, if a player is International standard then he should be proficient at all forms of competitive Cricket as ultimately its about ability and technique.

Schofield still doesn't know which end of the bat to hold.

[wiiksie]

I fear the convicts coming out of the blocks like a pre-menstrual rhino, and trying to get us out of the competition. They are totally capable...

 

They need to win inside 9 overs and 3 balls.

[Spy Bee]

Arse raping here we come. That was fairly shocking.

I don't hold with this 20/20 'specialist' shite, a good cricketer is a good cricketer, if a player is International standard then he should be proficient at all forms of competitive Cricket as ultimately its about ability and technique.

Schofield still doesn't know which end of the bat to hold.

 

That's oversimplistic. Chappell made the point that we maybe should have chosen players that were proven at international standard, and I have some sympathy for that point. But there is an obvious difference in this form of the game, Monty Panesar would be a certain pick otherwise though, so would Ali Cook.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

That's oversimplistic. Chappell made the point that we maybe should have chosen players that were proven at international standard, and I have some sympathy for that point. But there is an obvious difference in this form of the game, Monty Panesar would be a certain pick otherwise though, so would Ali Cook.

 

But Adam, Cook knows how to hit boundaries, he has been doing it at International level for a while now...4s do aswell as 6s if you hit them regularly enough. Prior isn't an International class opener whether it be 20 overs or 50 overs and even though 20/20 is a crash bang wallop game to a point, you still have time to look at things and play shots rather than trying to hoy every ball into the River no matter what the merits of the delivery. Flintoff still has shockingly bad shot selection for a number 6 batsman in any form of the game.

Maddy looked out of his depth as he has only experienced domestic pie throwers for most of his career.

Panesar is a wicket taking, attacking bowler and should be in the team..taking wickets is the best form of stopping the opposition scoring in all forms of cricket, also having a good technique is a pre-requisite for a batsman in all forms of International Cricket.

[wiiksie]

I love watching Hayden, he's just a beast.

 

They aren't running away with it though, just yet.

[Spy Bee]

I'll have to agree to disagree. Monty would take some real stick in 20/20 I reckon. As for Cook I think he should be in the ODI team, but I don't think he's fluid enough for twenty twenty yet.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

I'll have to agree to disagree. Monty would take some real stick in 20/20 I reckon. As for Cook I think he should be in the ODI team, but I don't think he's fluid enough for twenty twenty yet.

 

Aye well thats fair enough like and I'd probably agree, but for me its not just about the individuals named, its the principle of getting the best players into the team... deficiencies in technique can sometimes be covered over in the shortened version of the game batting wise, but not always bowling. It still requires technique, experience and judgement and not necessarily a bigger hammer merchant who tries to sky every ball. Bits and pieces cricketers have their place, but they can look very drab against the best.

[Rashid]

I'll have to agree to disagree. Monty would take some real stick in 20/20 I reckon. As for Cook I think he should be in the ODI team, but I don't think he's fluid enough for twenty twenty yet.

 

I think Monty would do better than what we saw today in all honesty, we saw a load of bowlers out of their depth.

[Spy Bee]

The lack of international experience seems to have counted today. With twenty twenty being so new though, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[Rashid]

That Mohammed Asif is a top bowler, if that twat Akhter didn't try and cricket bat fellow players they would have had a good attack.

 

Pakistan doing well against India.

[Rex Banner]

unlucky boys pretty easy win there and we hardly play the 20/20 game. In the state competition New South Wales let Andrew Johns (the rugby player) play that's how seriously we take it.

[Spy Bee]

"Oooh we're Australians, we don't take twenty twenty seriously, it's below us!"

 

Oh fuck off you bunch of crims!

[Rex Banner]

crims hahaha where did they all come from? I don't know if it's below us but it's a game which involves a lot of luck and the Aussie national team has hardly played it at all bar a few exhibition games at the start of tours winning this tournament would rate a looooooooooong way behind the real world cup.

[drewy]

crims hahaha where did they all come from? I don't know if it's below us but it's a game which involves a lot of luck and the Aussie national team has hardly played it at all bar a few exhibition games at the start of tours winning this tournament would rate a looooooooooong way behind the real world cup.

 

Is your neighbour called Bruce Bush?

[Rex Banner]

yes?