You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Hosts and favourites are struggling to say the least.
No pressure on them at all..............
should have been a walk in the park.. Dhoni still in there so some hope
Never a walk in the park against nz.
Ouch.
Well that's that then.
as some wag said..
England invented it, India perfected it. 😆
perfect surface for NZ's dibbly dobblers.
Winning a game at 6-an-over. Inconceivable in today's money.
****stan seem to be in fine form.
Decent catch.....
The quality of fielding these days in unbelievable.
Looking forward to today's game. In such a short tournament, lose 1 game and you are struggling to qualify.
No Narine and Roy/Hales looking good. Kiss of death that!
Edit: 2 balls later Roy is out. I'll stay schtum!
Hopefully enough - let's bowl well.
bowl where you like, when there's a monster with a 3.5lb stick at the other end it'll always be a challenge.
ouch Gayle's on fire
WI dont lose many if Gayle gets in.
We were always 20 light, and we've bowled loads of wides.
Batting was ok, it just needs to be special if you don't get gayle out early.
Bowling first this time which hopefully will be an advantage.
🙁
I think they would rather be bowling to Gayle.
SA Off to a flyer.
[img] 
[/img]
This one? They might stand half a chance.
I have absolutely no idea who that is - is it an old picture of Sir G's mum?
Do SA know that it's the *first* four overs, not the last four?
Superb batting.
Got him, oh they sent De Villiers in.
Have they declared yet?
We are ahead of the required rate.
by quite a lot
22 an over. Piece of piss, this, isn't it?
Zoinks!
run rate in control now... keep their wickets
Love Jos but he can be flakey under pressure
Getting squeeky
I still think that we'll muff it.
been batting ahead of SA rate nearly the whole of the innings. lovely.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/engine/match/951339.html
(click on chart icons and then worm, change drop down at bottom to "both teams")
Shhhhh.....reverse psychology at play!
I'm calling Eng win 😀
EDIT - Oh no.....Joe....... 😯
Oh you dickhead boxelder 😉
Although I'm preparing myself to forgive you
oh for pity's sake!
and I'll say it again!
Oh FFS!
woooo GOMO!
Thank God for that.
TFFT
That was stressful!
Never in doubt
Has anyone seen my valium?
Can't believe I ever had any doubts
Root is some player, not many excel in every form of the game.
Told you so, told you so.....
Is it time that bats were limited to give bowlers a fairer chance?
Golf had to do it with restricting the energy transfer of clubs where the courses - especially the older 'classics' - can't be made any longer, and the famous bunkers are all now 30 yards short of where the balls land. We can't make grounds bigger and you need the boundaries to be 5m in to allow for the sliding stops and catches. Yet with a 3lb plus bat the batters don't even need to hit it well to score sixes.
I never had a bat more than about 2lb 8 and I could hit a six if I hit it well. If I hit it badly, I'd get caught. A man with Chris Gayle's power and a massive stick......
The small matter of India vs ****stan today, should be good.
Oh dear
WT actual F?
fair play to the afghan player,some nifty fielding/thinking with the pulling the stump out with the ball in your hand stuff!!!
Worth giving the bowlers something to challenge them...
Playing a subcontinent minnow on a spinning deck was always going to trouble us, but this is really poor. We've forgotten how to score a single
😯
Still, we are playing Australia, what can we expect against one of the leading teams in the world? It's not as if we are playing Afghanistan or anyone like that is it? That would be just embarrassing.
Decent partnership between Ali and Willey, got a chance, but only that. Need Shazad out cheaply.
I think that's enough runs to win this game. Maybe not the next one though!
Afganistan got more against both SL and SA, although SA game was in high scroing Mumbai.
Turning pitch and England are better than Sri Lanka.
It will be close but I reckon England by 10 runs
Good start.
England strong favourites to win this now according to bookies. Odds probably slightly distorted by home team bias but still...
https://m.oddschecker.com/m/cricket/t20-world-cup/england-v-afghanistan/winner
3 down, keep them going
We're not looking quite so shockingly bad now....
EDIT: We're not looking quite so shockingly bad now....
It was the chaotic nature of our innings. We showed all the tactical nous of an England football team 😯
That must finally be it....
And done... Next please
There is a very real chance we will go out anyway, as our NRR is poor, compared to SA.
SA seem to be struggling against WI, if they lose, England qualify if they beat Sri Lanka.
Other group is now an Australia India showdown.
I must say, the current format is too short. 4 groups of 4, with a few more associates, and a QF round would be much better IMHO.
Disgree, think it's been a good format: associates involved with lots of competitive games, and now 2 from 5 means each teams gets 4 games (most of which are still meaningful) and only the best get through.
We need to accelerate pretty soon.
I fell asleep after one glass of Easter wine too many. Awake for the business end come on #lads
obviously read this forum.
Whats the par IPL score on this ground?
I know what you're thinking, but.......
NO-ONE SAY A THING, OK!
Oh look a badger.