Cricket 2019

[Bert]

2 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

Pretty close.

 

Great win today, so glad we made it through and fair play 2 big wins needed 2 big wins achieved.

Was always strangely confident. Just shows how much of a miss Roy is for us. Couldn’t get anything going without him. 

[Goober]

Roy is the dog’s bollocks. Get him in the test side. The English Sehwag

[fuchsntf]

10 hours ago, Goober said:

Roy is the dog’s bollocks. Get him in the test side. The English Sehwag

For me, must be given his chance in the

Test side...And be given enough time & chances,at least as many as Jenkins!!

[StanSP]

Anyone think Afghanistan might pull off their first victory today?! 

[AKCJ]

23 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Anyone think Afghanistan might pull off their first victory today?! 

Yep. The Windies look completely disinterested.

[Vacamion]

 

I was disappointed for them not quite finishing against India and Pakistan, and they have been a great part of the tournament, so I hope they can get a victory today. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ealingfox]

For all that guff that comes with him (Universe Boss ffs do me a favour) Chris Gayle has contributed sod all to this tournament.

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

For all that guff that comes with him (Universe Boss ffs do me a favour) Chris Gayle has contributed sod all to this tournament.

Yep. Very disappointed in him. It's now at the stage where he's doing his team a disservice and probably holding them back. Time to get someone new in and perhaps a youngster that can be more productive. 

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Yep. Very disappointed in him. It's now at the stage where he's doing his team a disservice and probably holding them back. Time to get someone new in and perhaps a youngster that can be more productive. 

I was very surprised John Campbell didn't make their squad. Proved himself a good aggressive opener at Test level against England and would surely have been capable of doing a job either with Gayle or instead of him. They may have been massively disappointing and failed at crucial moments (having South Africa on the ropes before being rained off probably didn't help their chances either), but I think the West Indies do have the makings of a good squad for the future. As always though with Caribbean cricket, that could all come to nothing if politics and a lack of funding for internationals gets in the way (see Archer choosing England over them for the latest example of that).

Edited 4 July 2019 by Voll Blau

[AKCJ]

Shame to see the boss struggling like this but his time is up.

 

Probably would have been better off coming in at 6 or something ala Buttler.

[Vacamion]

 

The fact that Gayle was clowning along with ironic cheers of the crowd when he fielded the ball against the Aussies at Trent Bridge told me he will be packing it in sooner rather than later.

[ScouseFox]

bloody gorgeous day. crickets a bit boring tho innit. 

[StanSP]

3 hours ago, Vacamion said:

 

The fact that Gayle was clowning along with ironic cheers of the crowd when he fielded the ball against the Aussies at Trent Bridge told me he will be packing it in sooner rather than later.

Did the same against India last week. Was fun for all of 2 minutes and may have saved a boundary but that was the most productive thing he did all day

 

[StanSP]

Afghanistan well on course. 198 needed from 172...

[StanSP]

Ikram about to break the record for highest score by youngest player. 

 

Tendulkar had it at 84 runs. 

Ikram's on 83...

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

England women lost again to the Aussies.

[StanSP]

 

 

[purpleronnie]

11 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

 

well that's one the best thing I've seen in a while.

[ScouseFox]

went today. decent game for about 80 overs but tbf pretty much as soon as that afghan partnership was done it was game over. had a decent go for half an innings tho.

 

got sunburnt to shit and spent about a ton on pints and thats the real quiz. 

[David Guiza]

How do you approach this if you're Pakistan?

 

Go for it like it's a 20/20 match and try and hit something ridiculous, like 400+ and then hope for a miracle of a collapse from Bangladesh? Or just go out their to play your normal game and win and finish on a high?

[AKCJ]

Just now, David Guiza said:

How do you approach this if you're Pakistan?

 

Go for it like it's a 20/20 match and try and hit something ridiculous, like 400+ and then hope for a miracle of a collapse from Bangladesh? Or just go out their to play your normal game and win and finish on a high?

Just win the game.

 

They know they're out. They're not daft.

 

Just give their fans a decent day out and win the game.

[Finnegan]

Has there ever been a 316 run win in a world cup? 

 

Or in any ODI? 

[Finnegan]

23 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Shame to see the boss struggling like this but his time is up.

 

Probably would have been better off coming in at 6 or something ala Buttler.

 

Thing is, he had an alright IPL and he was great in the English tour to the Windies. 

 

He's just looked like he couldn't give a toss on this wc. 

[Mike Oxlong]

5 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Has there ever been a 316 run win in a world cup? 

 

Or in any ODI? 

 

 

290 run win in ODI 

 

NZ beating Ireland 

[StanSP]

39 minutes ago, David Guiza said:

How do you approach this if you're Pakistan?

 

Go for it like it's a 20/20 match and try and hit something ridiculous, like 400+ and then hope for a miracle of a collapse from Bangladesh? Or just go out their to play your normal game and win and finish on a high?

Win it first and foremost but given the circumstances, why not try and get as high a total as possible? As Finners says, give the fans a decent day out to enjoy as well.