Oh my god I lost radio signal as they picked Kohli for the last over and it's just come back on. Teach me for smarting over the shipping forecast crew!
If Windies beat us on Sunday, then Afghanistan can say they beat the World Champs in the same tournament.
If we beat the Windies, they can say they beat the World Champs in the same tournament. But I don't think they'll bother saying that in the circumstances!
WI bowling is very good for T20. Bravo is a master, Badree too. Russell is improved, Benn handy. Brathwaite can go for plenty. I'd suggest England need to target all of them though
I enjoy seeing India get beaten in their own backyard. Almost as much as seeing the Aussies get beaten in theirs. Indian cricket fans talk down to the rest of the world about the game as if none of us are fit to lace their boots. They're very big on claiming to be purists and loving the game for what it is, but there'll be a bloody large number of Indians who won't bother watching the final now.
Awesome performance from the West Indies to chase that score down but I still back us to beat them in the Final with us ideally batting second.
The only downside being Gayle is now probably due another score.
As i said earlier on this thread, you get 'Gayled' maybe once in every 6 innings - to have it happen twice in a row is downright unlucky and unlikely to happen. England will bowl differently to him than last time - they will have learnt their lesson and bowl more outside outside off, and not in his hitting arc.
I enjoy seeing India get beaten in their own backyard. Almost as much as seeing the Aussies get beaten in theirs. Indian cricket fans talk down to the rest of the world about the game as if none of us are fit to lace their boots. They're very big on claiming to be purists and loving the game for what it is, but there'll be a bloody large number of Indians who won't bother watching the final now.
This. You know what bugs me the most re Indian cricket and their fans is their arrogant refusal of DRS - when anyone with any grey matter knows it is better for the game - i think when they came over here they had 2 people given out lbw off inside edges in the first test - did i larf !!
If Windies beat us on Sunday, then Afghanistan can say they beat the World Champs in the same tournament.
If we beat the Windies, they can say they beat the World Champs in the same tournament. But I don't think they'll bother saying that in the circumstances!
Yes but we can say that we only lost once in the tournament and they lost twice. Plus we could say that, in hindsight, the first game between the two sides was nothing more than a warm up because we got through despite losing to them ;-)
Awesome performance from the West Indies to chase that score down but I still back us to beat them in the Final with us ideally batting second.
The only downside being Gayle is now probably due another score.
As i said earlier on this thread, you get 'Gayled' maybe once in every 6 innings - to have it happen twice in a row is downright unlucky and unlikely to happen. England will bowl differently to him than last time - they will have learnt their lesson and bowl more outside outside off, and not in his hitting arc.
Yep I actually had your 'Gayled' comments in mind when I wrote that but since then the West Indies have played 5 more games, think Gayle only 3 of them? My point is since we played he's not scored many other runs so he may be 'due' another score but I agree we won't bowl that badly again to him in the Final and would be happy if we can get him out for anything less than 40.
Athers makes a good point - only 2 no-balls were given - which were both replays on catches - so, how many others were missed/not given by the umpires ?!
Not that it matters, but it's typical that the MoM goes to someone on the winning side instead of the best performer Kohli, who almost won the match single handed for India! Indeed, he must have sore shoulders from having to carry the whole team...
Athers makes a good point - only 2 no-balls were given - which were both replays on catches - so, how many others were missed/not given by the umpires ?!
A lot more. They push it do India, Bumrah's action itself is a shade questionable at times. Didn't fancy India for the tourn as much as others, they got lucky too many times and theres only so many times a batsman can bail you out. W.Indies chased that down essentially without Gayle, had he got going they'd of done it with 5 to spare, shows the power of their batting.
Athers makes a good point - only 2 no-balls were given - which were both replays on catches - so, how many others were missed/not given by the umpires ?!
A lot more. They push it do India, Bumrah's action itself is a shade questionable at times. Didn't fancy India for the tourn as much as others, they got lucky too many times and theres only so many times a batsman can bail you out. W.Indies chased that down essentially without Gayle, had he got going they'd of done it with 5 to spare, shows the power of their batting.
I can never understand why bowlers have to cut it so fine when bowling. Surely they can be consistently 6 inches back. Cost the Indians quite a lot maybe the game.
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The only downside being Gayle is now probably due another score.
Indian cricket fans talk down to the rest of the world about the game as if none of us are fit to lace their boots. They're very big on claiming to be purists and loving the game for what it is, but there'll be a bloody large number of Indians who won't bother watching the final now.
You know what bugs me the most re Indian cricket and their fans is their arrogant refusal of DRS - when anyone with any grey matter knows it is better for the game - i think when they came over here they had 2 people given out lbw off inside edges in the first test - did i larf !!
Sunday will be interesting!