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  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,735
    That is some seriously poor tail end batting
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Extra's and the 4 over throws. Typical England, still the home crowd have gone home happy.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,740
    Croydon said:

    That is some seriously poor tail end batting

    Hmmm. What about Cook though ? Hasn't exactly covered himself in glory with the bat recently, inc today...

  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    edited June 2013
    Absurdistan said:

    Extra's and the 4 over throws. Typical England, still the home crowd have gone home happy.

    lol
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,741
    Morgan shocking, Butler Woeful and Bresnan just plain stupid. Bopara slightly unlucky. an international team to falling apart like that is quite frankly pathetic.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,015
    Broad (as usual) bowled 2 crap short balls that were spanked for 6 & I said at the time they may well cost us.
    I know it's not as simple as that & we could come up with a dozen reasons, but even so ......
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Clem_Snide said:

    Morgan shocking, Butler Woeful and Bresnan just plain stupid. Bopara slightly unlucky. an international team to falling apart like that is quite frankly pathetic.

    Agreed. Loss of braincells or bottle to blame
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,833
    Been a decent tournament, enjoyed what I've seen and shame a true game for the final didn't get to be played
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    edited June 2013
    Covered End said:

    Broad (as usual) bowled 2 crap short balls that were spanked for 6 & I said at the time they may well cost us.
    I know it's not as simple as that & we could come up with a dozen reasons, but even so ......

    Thats harsh, Broad bowled really well. Bresnan...................Hmmmm!

    That Jadaja's got a wicked Indian film villain moustache.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,800
    Shame about the finish. Entertaining tournament though.

    On a side note, am I the only one who gets a bit irritated by how Nasser Hussein became an India supporter as soon as he retired? I know he has an Indian background, but he always seems to be almost cheering them on even when they play England. (The country he captained.)

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  • RZA
    RZA Posts: 176
    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.
  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    This.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    boogica said:

    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    This.
    On the plus side, Norman Tebbit will be livid
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,015
    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    If you've been to Birmingham in the last 10 years, you'd know they were at home.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    Works both ways. Ever seen England in the West Indies?

  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Riviera said:

    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    Works both ways. Ever seen England in the West Indies?

    Not 80% of a 25k crowd and they were flying home after a couple of weeks.
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    B to the O to the L to the L to the O to the C to the K to the S!!!
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    5 poxy runs.
    India won 7 out of 7 so full credit to them. Bring on the ashes.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,437
    Absurdistan said:

    Riviera said:

    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    Works both ways. Ever seen England in the West Indies?

    Not 80% of a 25k crowd and they were flying home after a couple of weeks.
    What's the point in going on about the crowd? The demographic in Birmingham pretty much guarantees when India or Pakistan are playing, there will be massive support for them. English fans had the opportunity to but tickets, and didn't. Why go on about it?
  • RZA
    RZA Posts: 176
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Absurdistan said:

    Riviera said:

    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    Works both ways. Ever seen England in the West Indies?

    Not 80% of a 25k crowd and they were flying home after a couple of weeks.
    What's the point in going on about the crowd? The demographic in Birmingham pretty much guarantees when India or Pakistan are playing, there will be massive support for them. English fans had the opportunity to but tickets, and didn't. Why go on about it?
    Calm down. It's just sad that a cricket game involving England, being played in England can only get 20% English fans.

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    RZA said:

    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Absurdistan said:

    Riviera said:

    RZA said:

    It's sad when the away team has the bigger crowd. Where's our home advantage? Pathetic.

    Works both ways. Ever seen England in the West Indies?

    Not 80% of a 25k crowd and they were flying home after a couple of weeks.
    What's the point in going on about the crowd? The demographic in Birmingham pretty much guarantees when India or Pakistan are playing, there will be massive support for them. English fans had the opportunity to but tickets, and didn't. Why go on about it?
    Calm down. It's just sad that a cricket game involving England, being played in England can only get 20% English fans.
    It's because the English fans are more concerned about the Ashes, and anyway assumed we would be rubbish in the Champions Trophy, which nobody here (before the tournament) was bothered about.

    I was up at Edgbaston 2 years ago to see England beat India in the Test series and that crowd had probably 5% Indian support at most!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    Cliché time folks .. 'England Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory'
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    edited June 2013
    Playing 20-20 with a 50 overs team against a team that have more 20-20 ability was clearly not the best. Bowlers did well and we were a bit unfortunate that the pitch favoured spin and we were playing India. Still came down to small margins – a bit of slack fielding lost us the runs we needed! Having said that, with the amount of runs we had to get, I think we would have been better having players starting the innings that can keep the scoreboard ticking over without trying too hard like Bopara, Morgan and Butler.

    Cheating 4th umpire didn't help either. How he could give Bell as out - has to be something wrong somewhere!!!!
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Shame but we always have a collapse.

    Least those paying fans got some cricket.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    edited June 2013
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!

    easy .. EVERYBODY hates the English, especially Umpires descended from deported criminals (:->), there was a similar incident in last night's U20 R U World Cup final .. a French replay official and a Kiwi referee, in fact two instances where the officials got the result 100% wrong .. even the SSports commentator was flabbergasted at the decisions, the commentator was Welsh and we were playing Wales !!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,015
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!

    I think he called it too soon. On the original slow mo viewing he did look out. But then viewed from the other side he didn't. I think he called it before seeing the 2nd view. There was doubt so it had to be not out.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!

    The technology used in cricket - particularly hawkeye is very good, certainly not foolproof, but it cuts out the most obvious errors. Bear in mind that technology still needs a fallible human to operate and interpret the data.

    Why Bell was given out though I'm not sure, the umpire should only give a batsman out when he's 100% convinced - any margin of error should be given in the batsman's favour. Personally I think he made the decision based on what he thought was happening rather than what did happen.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    edited June 2013
    Covered End said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!

    I think he called it too soon. On the original slow mo viewing he did look out. But then viewed from the other side he didn't. I think he called it before seeing the 2nd view. There was doubt so it had to be not out.
    You have to worry, if he can't do what is a relatively simple job in a FINAL. Is he likely to be dropped over that? I think personally, a dislike for the English must come into it in all sports - even if it is on a subconcious level!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,015
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Covered End said:

    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Can anybody, who may be a bit more knowledgable than me explain how that Aussie Umpire could give Bell out though? As an advocate of technology in football, it is a worry when officials who see the video evidence over and over again can make clearly wrong calls!!!!!

    I think he called it too soon. On the original slow mo viewing he did look out. But then viewed from the other side he didn't. I think he called it before seeing the 2nd view. There was doubt so it had to be not out.
    You have to worry, if he can't do what is a relatively simple job in a FINAL. Is he likely to be dropped over that? I think personally, a dislike for the English must come into it in all sports - even if it is on a subconcious level!
    As time was running out due to the weather & not helped by constant 3rd umpire viewings, I think he just rushed his decision a little. Dropped ? Who knows.

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