Cricket (None Leicestershire County Cricket Club)

[Bert]

Hitting 246 and losing by 7 in a t20 game is madness. Fair play to the Indian batters and Bumrah. England will rue the dropped catches. 

[Corky]

Hopefully the end of Overton.

[niyaminski]

11 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Hindsight says this is where Rehan coming in at 8 might be useful. 

Yep that’s what I was thinking.

 

He did really well against NZ and was unlucky not to be playing today. Though maybe that’s just my Leicester bias talking 🤷‍♂️ 

[leicsmac]

Hopefully the NZers can succeed where England did not in the final. 

[Ted Maul]

The bowling unit isn't good enough collectively to win enough games in a row to win a tournament.

 

Inevitably there was going to be a day where the likes of Overton, Curran and Dawson got smacked about against a good side. 

[RowlattsFox]

2 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

The bowling unit isn't good enough collectively to win enough games in a row to win a tournament.

 

Inevitably there was going to be a day where the likes of Overton, Curran and Dawson got smacked about against a good side. 

Especially when Archer got smacked more than they did 

 

[CrispinLA in Texas]

Just now, RowlattsFox said:

Especially when Archer got smacked more than they did 

 

I was just about to post that aswell 😂

[Ted Maul]

8 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Especially when Archer got smacked more than they did 

 

Also should have had 2 wickets

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

I don't think there's much difference in standard between the teams. It's the poor decision making that has screwed them today. 

Isn’t that part if the game? 

 

Talent alone isn't enough in elite sports.

[StanSP]

28 minutes ago, Corky said:

Gambhir has a really irritating face.

I can't stand him. 

[Aleksz]

34 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Hindsight says this is where Rehan coming in at 8 might be useful. 

Considering what Overton brought to the table, definitely. 

[Tommy Fresh]

That bloke getting manhandled for almost walking across the entire interview  like he's a toddler

[leicsmac]

27 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Isn’t that part if the game? 

 

Talent alone isn't enough in elite sports.

Indeed it is, and we saw Brooks inexperience tell today. 

 

Still, a very decent try in the end. 

[Bert]

29 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Isn’t that part if the game? 

 

Talent alone isn't enough in elite sports.

Agree. Mentality plays a massive part. 

[Blueman1967]

Did well to get close at the end, valiant effort 

[Harpenden Fox]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

I can't stand him. 

Apparently very few people can 

[Harpenden Fox]

Let’s be honest, this has been a dreadful winter for the men’s team, and the women’s team were poor in the autumn too.

 

Women’s T20 World Cup in England this summer. Big opportunity for the game if we compete well. If.

[Super_horns]

2 hours ago, Blueman1967 said:

Did well to get close at the end, valiant effort 

Yes those dropped catches did prove very costly.

[AjcW]

15 hours ago, Aleksz said:

Considering what Overton brought to the table, definitely. 

Pie and Chips i'd assume

[Super_horns]

The management look like they are staying put for now .

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cy03157wlneo

[Lionator]

This tournament has been brilliant in terms of competition between and bat and ball, so it’s very disappointing that they’ve created two roads for the Indian knockout games. Stinks tbh. 

[leicsmac]

24 minutes ago, Lionator said:

This tournament has been brilliant in terms of competition between and bat and ball, so it’s very disappointing that they’ve created two roads for the Indian knockout games. Stinks tbh. 

In order to give India the best possible chance of winning, it was never going to be any other way, sadly. 

[StanSP]

25 minutes ago, Lionator said:

This tournament has been brilliant in terms of competition between and bat and ball, so it’s very disappointing that they’ve created two roads for the Indian knockout games. Stinks tbh. 

Yet you have a NZ commentator (a very good one at that) describing the quality of the surface . 

 

It could just be that India have very good batters. NZ won the toss and could have easily batted first? And I think NZ batters will bat just as well anyway

[Lionator]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Yet you have a NZ commentator (a very good one at that) describing the quality of the surface . 

 

It could just be that India have very good batters. NZ won the toss and could have easily batted first? And I think NZ batters will bat just as well anyway

India struggled on better bowling wickets against South Africa, and even USA and West Indies ran them close. The boundaries are tiny, the pitch is doing nothing bar it swinging for the first over. It’s just not a competition. And you’re right about India being good batters, hence why the BCCI have produced roads for these two games. 

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Yet you have a NZ commentator (a very good one at that) describing the quality of the surface . 

 

It could just be that India have very good batters. NZ won the toss and could have easily batted first? And I think NZ batters will bat just as well anyway

India are going to make 250+ here I think which NZ will not chase. 

 

They've got the most in form bats in the tournament here, but home advantage has played its part as it does elsewhere.