Cricket 20/20 World Cup 2014

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Bopara guides Malinga down to third man, 4 runs!

30 from 17

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SAME AGAIN! 4 more

26 from 16

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Dot ball, almost castles off stump. 26 from 15

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Bopara nudges into the offside for 1.
25 from 14

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Wide down the leg side!
24 from 14

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Good shot from Hales straight to the fielder. Dot ball.
24 from 13

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Hales gets one into the leg side and keeps strike.
23 from 12

Malinga finishes with 0-31 from 4ovs.

Kulasekara with one over to come plus one more from Mathews or Perera.

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Kulasekara on for his last over... nothing stupid please.

Hales hits hard into off side for 2. Onto 97 from 59 balls.
21 from 11

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SIX!!! Huge shot for Hales. 103*!!
15 from 10

Lazy_eye_metaphor

Brilliant century Alex Hales!!

Lincsaddick

Killer by name .. killer by nature

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This one is even bigger, my god.
9 from 9.

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Just one into the offside for Hales. Bopara on strike now.
8 from 8

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Bopara heaves down the ground for a single.
7 from 7

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Dot ball to finish.
7 required from the final over. It'll be Mathews or Perera as all others have bowled out.

Mathews to bowl it. Current figures of 0-24 from 2ovs.

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Bopara gets a single.
6 from 5

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HALES WINS IT WITH A SIX!!! 190-4, 19.2ovs

England win by 6 wickets with 4 balls remaining.

Hales finishes 116*(64), Bopara 11*(6)
Morgan also 57(38)

Lincsaddick

terrific game .. what odds when we were 0-2 ? .. brilliant

Clem_Snide

Bloody hell! What a knock from Hales.

Weegie Addick

Oh well, what do I know?!

Callumcafc

That looked incredibly unlikely, even after 10 at 72-2.

Algarveaddick

What a performance!

Big William

As a well known non-englishman probably didn't say - cricket...bloody hell!

MrOneLung

Weegie Addick said:

Oh well, what do I know?!

No you are right, we probably will lose to Netherlands.

Covered End

Covered End said:

Callumcafc said:

169-3, 18ovs

Why persist with Dernbach in the later overs?

He ain't got a clue
He ain't got a clue
Ashley Giles
He ain't got a clue.

Ha. I had a feeling when I posted this, that we'd probably go and win.

But thought I'll leave it posted, for good luck.

It worked ! Sod's law rarely fails.

Callumcafc

MrOneLung said:

Weegie Addick said:

Oh well, what do I know?!

No you are right, we probably will lose to Netherlands.

After beating South Africa convincingly, meaning we need "only a win against an associate" to qualify for the next round....

The_President

Just watched highlights - great innings by Hales. Asa should have got beat by Netherlends

Miserableoldgit

Aus (v WI) are 112-5 off 14 overs.

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Aus 171-7 0ff 19.

Miserableoldgit

WI need 179 to win, 26-0.