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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,480
    Curran is such an enigma.
    So often he is either terrible or excellent.
    He goes for 30 off his first 2 overs and gets a hat trick in his 3rd over.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    edited January 30
    Covered End said:
    Curran is such an enigma.
    So often he is either terrible or excellent.
    He goes for 30 off his first 2 overs and gets a hat trick in his 3rd over.
    Yeah he baffles me as well. When he first came on the scene I thought maybe we have a decent little all rounder there but he is so inconsistent. Don't mind him but I always felt he could be better. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    edited February 1
    England put Sri Lanka in. The opening two overs from Curran and Archer have been, to say the least, average with the score on 35-0 so Brook has thrown the ball to Jacks for the third over. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    Jacks didn't bat or bowl in the last match but goes for just four in his first over. Dawson comes on at the other end. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    Blimey, that's quite a quick start..
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,669
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Covered End said:
    Curran is such an enigma.
    So often he is either terrible or excellent.
    He goes for 30 off his first 2 overs and gets a hat trick in his 3rd over.
    Yeah he baffles me as well. When he first came on the scene I thought maybe we have a decent little all rounder there but he is so inconsistent. Don't mind him but I always felt he could be better. 
    I feel we could do better……he is so erratic, often with drastic outcome. I have never rated him that much and I say this even with the knowledge of his recent hatrick.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,072
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Covered End said:
    Curran is such an enigma.
    So often he is either terrible or excellent.
    He goes for 30 off his first 2 overs and gets a hat trick in his 3rd over.
    Yeah he baffles me as well. When he first came on the scene I thought maybe we have a decent little all rounder there but he is so inconsistent. Don't mind him but I always felt he could be better. 
    I feel we could do better……he is so erratic, often with drastic outcome. I have never rated him that much and I say this even with the knowledge of his recent hatrick.
    I've always thought he's a decent option in white ball cricket. 
    No way is he good enough for Test cricket. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    Sri Lanka finish on 189-5

    Think we are going to see a lot of overs bowled by the Sri Lankan spinners:

    Seamers (Curran, Archer & Overton): 8-0-103-2 (ER12.88)
    Spinners (Jacks, Dawson & Rashid): 12-0-81-3 (ER 6.75)
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    Pakistan government have said their team are going to boycott their game against India. This is all getting silly now. ICC have completely fucked this up. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 15,329
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Pakistan government have said their team are going to boycott their game against India. This is all getting silly now. ICC have completely fucked this up. 
    For ICC read BCCI

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  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    edited February 1
    Bethell edges to the keeper. 38 for 2. Need 152 from roughly 15 overs. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    It's interesting that Bangladesh have basically lost out on so much revenue by refusing to play and then this the biggest match in cricket India v Pakistan is another blow for the TV companies and sponsors. ICC and India are really shooting themselves in the foot. 
    The whole thing is a bit ridiculous but those countries are sticking it to the ICC, something we would never dream of doing. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,567
    Rain delay. England 57 for 2. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,958
    Turn the TV on, and in the first ball I see the Sri Lankan bowler somehow manages to dislocate his shoulder bowling a delivery. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,112
    Do wonder how many more chances Phil Salt will get at the top of the order. Could easily go with Banton there instead. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    Brook has just for out for a potential match changing 36 off 12 leaving 36 required off 27 balls
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    We have five seamers in the T20 WC squad - Archer, Overton, Curran, Wood (L) and Tongue.

    Accepting that he's fifth choice, Tongue is still a real left-field choice given his total lack of white ball experience. Not a single T20 international and just 21 lifetime "T20s" of which 10 of those games were in The Hundred and not one match played outside of England. In fact, he has had just 15 List A games so, at the age of 28, he's only played 36 white ball matches and all of those at home. 

    At the very least I would expect both Wood and Tongue to play in the final match against Sri Lanka. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    England win by 6 wickets and with 2 balls to spare (DLS). Banton with 54* (33) has probably now secured his World Cup spot at the expense of Duckett.
  • Ben18
    Ben18 Posts: 1,647
    MarcusH26 said:
    Do wonder how many more chances Phil Salt will get at the top of the order. Could easily go with Banton there instead. 

    He has 4 T20I tons, and a strike rate of 167. Not sure he’s an issue
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,112
    U19s currently 66/3 against Australia in their semi final , Dawkins gone early for 1. 

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    edited February 3
    Finished on 272-7 thanks to 110 (107) from Thomas Rew.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,112
    Addick Addict said:
    Finished on 272-7 thanks to 110 (107) from Thomas Rew.
    He's a ridiculous talent. The future of the batting side of things looks very bright. Don't know enough about the bowling attack bar Fahan Ahmed and James Minto 
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,971
    That was a really impressive knock from Rew.A real pleasure to watch. He has a great future .He looks a bit like Ollie Pope but is also able to bat 
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,911
    No-one watching the current T20 ? 

    Wish I wasn't ! 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,958
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    No-one watching the current T20 ? 

    Wish I wasn't ! 
    I had assumed it was another 3.30 start!

    Ben Golden Duckett's place must be under threat.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    No-one watching the current T20 ? 

    Wish I wasn't ! 
    Flicking between the U19s and this. The former is more interesting. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    Only one man stands between the U19s and a place in the final - Oliver Peake. Australia are 224-8 and need 48 off 29 balls which is a very tall order but Peake is currently on 83*(79). 
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,911
    Addick Addict said:
    Only one man stands between the U19s and a place in the final - Oliver Peake. Australia are 224-8 and need 48 off 29 balls which is a very tall order but Peake is currently on 83*(79). 
    Oooh ! Get the man out !!!!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,807
    edited February 3
    Peake hit the leading wicket taker, Lumsden, for 22 off 5 balls but couldn't get the single off the final ball to retain the strike and reach his hundred. Peake has some serious cramp too. First ball next over Morgan bowls the number 10.

    250-9 and Australia need 28 off 3 overs
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,948
    What channel is the Aussie game on pls?

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