2016 World T20

Squire Ladd · 30-03-2016 5:45pm

BarryD wrote: »

Big win for England there in this format. Good luck to them, seem to have improved as tournament has progressed.

Morgan really has been hopeless with the bat. Can't see him being in the team much longer. How long does he need to be decontaminated before he can play for Eire again? When is Rakin due back?

riffmongous · 30-03-2016 5:54pm

markbrop wrote: »

Very easy win for England. NZ didn't turn up as was the case in last year's World Cup final.

I think the NZ were the only team I didnt see a single game from up until now, there is just something about them that is so bland and makes them hard to invest in as a spectator.

Skid X · 30-03-2016 5:54pm

Squire Ladd wrote: »

Morgan really has been hopeless with the bat. Can't see him being in the team much longer. How long does he need to be decontaminated before he can play for Eire again? When is Rakin due back?

They are a far better team with Morgan as Captain. He won't be going anywhere soon.

BarryD · 30-03-2016 8:21pm

Squire Ladd wrote: »

Morgan really has been hopeless with the bat. Can't see him being in the team much longer. How long does he need to be decontaminated before he can play for Eire again? When is Rakin due back?

Be good if Eoin Morgan did come back alright

But sure, didn't Boyd Rankin play for us in this tournament

Fratton Fred · 30-03-2016 9:58pm

markbrop wrote: »

What would England do without their South African born players?

England's African players out played New Zealand's Indians.

riffmongous · 30-03-2016 10:54pm

Fratton Fred wrote: »

England's African players out played New Zealand's IndiansAfricans.

I just had a look, turns out Grant Elliot and Colin Munro were both also born in South Africa

markbrop · 31-03-2016 10:51am

riffmongous wrote: »

I just had a look, turns out Grant Elliot and Colin Munro were both also born in South Africa

Yes BJ Watling was also born in SA.

There are loads of SA exiles playing for other teams:

Lumb, Kieswetter, Roy, Pietersen, Strauss and Prior have all played for England in recent years.
Van Der Merwe, Myburgh and Barresi have played for Holland
Berrington and Mommsen have played for Scotland
Botha, Sorenson, Fourie and Anderson for Ireland

markbrop · 31-03-2016 12:38pm

Skid X wrote: »

They are a far better team with Morgan as Captain. He won't be going anywhere soon.

This isnt golf though and unless Morgan starts performing he wont be in the team much longer.

ItsChecoTime · 31-03-2016 3:12pm

West Indies have missed 3 open goals to get Kohli out early. Could be very costly

Augme · 31-03-2016 4:07pm

ItsChecoTime wrote: »

West Indies have missed 3 open goals to get Kohli out early. Could be very costly

It sure looks it now. West Indies fielding has been really poor this match.

ItsChecoTime · 31-03-2016 4:08pm

Augme wrote: »

It sure looks it now. West Indies fielding has been really poor this match.

Yeah shocking fielding, Kohli's running forced so many errors. So so costly not to get him out early. Should have gone for 1 instead was 89 not out

markbrop · 31-03-2016 4:08pm

Augme wrote: »

It sure looks it now. West Indies fielding has been really poor this match.

Brilliant innings from Kohli. Its normally only a par score at Mumbai though. It really depends which West Indies shows up.

ItsChecoTime · 31-03-2016 4:34pm

Gayle gone, pity, would have liked to see him take this chase on

markbrop · 31-03-2016 4:35pm

ItsChecoTime wrote: »

Gayle gone, pity, would have liked to see him take this chase on

Disaster for the West Indies.

markbrop · 31-03-2016 4:42pm

Samuels now gone aswell - Windies in big trouble!

riffmongous · 31-03-2016 5:19pm

These two have done well to get WI back into a good position

That was a definite waist high no ball too

BarryD · 31-03-2016 5:29pm

riffmongous wrote: »

These two have done well to get WI back into a good position

That was a definite waist high no ball too

In the game alright

Waist high no balls not given - well they are playing a home crowd!

Augme · 31-03-2016 5:38pm

Wow. This has been some game. Two no ball wickets from India, tear your hair out stuff.

ItsChecoTime · 31-03-2016 5:40pm

Lendl Simmons has more lives than a cat

Inquitus · 31-03-2016 5:46pm

West Indies must be favourites now.

riffmongous · 31-03-2016 5:54pm

BarryD wrote: »

In the game alright Waist high no balls not given - well they are playing a home crowd!

One thing I do love in India games is how silent the crowd get when the opposition score a 6, it sounds so strange after all the noise to have this deathly silence

markbrop · 31-03-2016 6:05pm

riffmongous wrote: »

One thing I do love in India games is how silent the crowd get when the opposition score a 6, it sounds so strange after all the noise to have this deathly silence

Get in there DRE_RUS

riffmongous · 31-03-2016 6:06pm

Great win! Team win too

ItsChecoTime · 31-03-2016 6:07pm

riffmongous wrote: »

One thing I do love in India games is how silent the crowd get when the opposition score a 6, it sounds so strange after all the noise to have this deathly silence

It was like a library when that last 6 went over, the silence was brilliant! Great stuff from Simmons, Russell and Charles

bilston · 31-03-2016 6:11pm

I left work and the Windies were 30-2 after 5 overs and I thought that was that. I get home and turn on and they need 18 off 9 balls.

Great turnaround!

Looking forward to the final and two powerful batting line ups.

Skid X · 31-03-2016 6:12pm

Lendl Simmons made some impact, straight off the plane, got a bit of luck, won the game.

I have enjoyed this tournament (apart from Ireland's games), looking forward to the final now.

BarryD · 31-03-2016 6:13pm

Great win

bilston · 31-03-2016 6:14pm

markbrop wrote: »

This isnt golf though and unless Morgan starts performing he wont be in the team much longer.

As long as England are winning he will get away with it. The leadership of this English side is very important. They won't drop him easily.

Richard Hillman · 31-03-2016 6:14pm

Unbelievable game of cricket. T20 at its best.

India were being carried by Kohli and were very lucky to be even in the Semi's. The Windies are more of a team along with a nuclear weapon on the top of the order.

I am delighted for the Windies. The Caribbean game really needs a boost right now.

bilston · 31-03-2016 6:16pm

Am I right in thinking the next T20 isn't until 2020?

I think this should become an annual event.

Rjd2 · 31-03-2016 6:23pm

Yep 2020, its a shame as at least when every two years it gave the associates some much needed cricket but alas its every four years now.

Kohli was monster, but on that pitch when you only lose 3 wickets but don't reach 200, its not acceptable. Rahane plodded along as usual. He has had enough chances in white ball cricket, time to move on.

The lack of power especially with Raina in decline is something India need to sort, can't keep relying on Kohli for miracles.

2 no ball wickets was very bad, the first really killed the tone of the match.

riffmongous · 31-03-2016 6:29pm

It's a much better tournament than the 50 over one imo, real pity it's not til 2020 now

axe2grind · 01-04-2016 12:05am

Rjd2 wrote: »

Kohli was monster, but on that pitch when you only lose 3 wickets but don't reach 200, its not acceptable. Rahane plodded along as usual. He has had enough chances in white ball cricket, time to move on.

No balls aside, Tactically India/Rahane got it wrong. Only 2 wickets down suggests they did not take enough risks and Rahane should have been taking risks long before he did

Gyalist · 01-04-2016 8:05am

Looking forward to the final on Sunday. Former Leinster Cricket Club pro, Carlos Brathwaite, vs his old schoolmate and good friend, Chris Jordan (Rihanna was also their classmate); former WI head coach, Ottis Gibson, is now back as the England bowling coach so they will have lots of inside information on the WI batting.

With the WI U-19s winning their World Cup there is a chance of an historic achievement if both the WI women and men win their respective finals.

markbrop · 01-04-2016 8:59am

Rjd2 wrote: »

Yep 2020, its a shame as at least when every two years it gave the associates some much needed cricket but alas its every four years now.

Kohli was monster, but on that pitch when you only lose 3 wickets but don't reach 200, its not acceptable. Rahane plodded along as usual. He has had enough chances in white ball cricket, time to move on.

The lack of power especially with Raina in decline is something India need to sort, can't keep relying on Kohli for miracles.

2 no ball wickets was very bad, the first really killed the tone of the match.

In fairness to Rahane he was a lot better than Dhawan has been in the tournament and I would pick him ahead of the past it Yuvraj Singh any day of the week but how on earth has the Delhi Daredevils opener Shreyas Iyer not been given a chance?

Rjd2 · 01-04-2016 4:19pm

Better than Dhawan is faint praise though.:p

They needed 200+ on that road as previous results had shown and how flat it was. Rahane however took little responsibility and was content to rotate strike for pretty much all of his innings. He ended up wasting to many balls that the actual hitters needed which was shambolic.

He is a fine test player, but he needs to be restricted to that format, enough chances with the white ball which he has blown.

India need to look at WI and England, both sides are loaded with hitters who can hard early on, India instead were insanely reliant on Kohli.

For the IPL, India need to discover hitters at the top, middle order power bats (Hooda, Yadav maybe?) and also an all rounder or two as while I like Pandya he really is not a fifth bowler.

markbrop · 01-04-2016 4:24pm

Rjd2 wrote: »

Better than Dhawan is faint praise though.:p

They needed 200+ on that road as previous results had shown and how flat it was. Rahane however took little responsibility and was content to rotate strike for pretty much all of his innings. He ended up wasting to many balls that the actual hitters needed which was shambolic.

He is a fine test player, but he needs to be restricted to that format, enough chances with the white ball which he has blown.

India need to look at WI and England, both sides are loaded with hitters who can hard early on, India instead were insanely reliant on Kohli.

For the IPL, India need to discover hitters at the top, middle order power bats (Hooda, Yadav maybe?) and also an all rounder or two as while I like Pandya he really is not a fifth bowler.

Why has Yuvraj been persisted with? He averaged 19 in the IPL last season at a strike rate of 118.

Rjd2 · 01-04-2016 5:48pm

markbrop wrote: »

Why has Yuvraj been persisted with? He averaged 19 in the IPL last season at a strike rate of 118.

Its very odd how he got recalled especially after his shambolic performance in the world cup final in 2014. I suppose he bossed it in the domestic fifty overs competition but that shouldn't have meant anything.

The IPL is great, but one concern with it is, that in the areas the Indian limited overs sides are lacking, all rounders and finishers, those roles are normally assigned to the oversea batmen who in turn are getting as much experience as needed when they return to the SC for internationals.

E.G Russell, Maxwell, Faulkner, Morris, Bravo.

Gyalist · 01-04-2016 11:25pm

No-ball Shoes: shoes made for extra comfort and extra protection from NO-BALLS!!!

Best laugh I've had all day!

HonalD · 02-04-2016 9:34pm

Gyalist wrote: »

No-ball Shoes: shoes made for extra comfort and extra protection from NO-BALLS!!!

Best laugh I've had all day!

Classic - well spotted!

ItsChecoTime · 03-04-2016 2:34pm

Poor start for England, Roy gone second ball

riffmongous · 03-04-2016 2:43pm

Hales gone now, Morgan and Root partnership will be key

riffmongous · 03-04-2016 2:49pm

Or not, Morgan gone cheaply again, 5 off 12 :O

BoJack Horseman · 03-04-2016 4:32pm

What a start to the WI innings...

2 wickets down from 3 balls from Joe Root.

WI: 5-2
1.3 overs.

BoJack Horseman · 03-04-2016 5:13pm

WI are 54-3 after 10 overs, with a target of 156

Some good shots, but England are containing them well enough

riffmongous · 03-04-2016 5:18pm

It's very quiet at the moment

bilston · 03-04-2016 5:31pm

Important wicket, but while Samuels is there the Windies have a chance, but they need to pick it up now.

BoJack Horseman · 03-04-2016 5:34pm

Yeah, Samuels has been playing well.

55 of 49 balls.....
... edit: 61 from 50 balls.
... edit: 67 from 51 balls.

Without him the game would be already lost.

riffmongous · 03-04-2016 5:35pm

They will have to go for boundaries soon though

riffmongous · 03-04-2016 5:36pm

There we go

2016 World T20

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