Cricket thread

[T4tomo]

Crunch time for England Vs NZ.

quiet-ish start, but Hales has just clubbed Southee for 15 off the 5th over....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

A scare for Buttler but they are rolling along nicely.

 

[T4tomo]

Butler dropped again, and rubs it in with 2 fours straight after.

Moeen just gone 108-2 and 7 overs to go... Potential for an imposing score

 

[jowwy]

i can see close to 200 here

 

[T4tomo]

The NZ seamers have been smashed around but they only have the 5 bowlers.

Do Eng have an advantage in having Rash, Moeen and Livingstone as spin options? I fear that Woakes will get tonked if NZ get going.

 

[jowwy]

Poor last two overs from england

 

[jowwy]

excellent win in the end for the guys...it was needed

 

[T4tomo]

Relatively comfortable in the end, only Philip seemed to be able to chase at the required rate once we'd dropped him .

Williamson, 40 off 40 balls was no good when chasing 180.

 

[Sterlo]

At least it's still pretty much in our hands and sounds like we could knock the Aussies out as well

 

[T4tomo]

At least it's still pretty much in our hands and sounds like we could knock the Aussies out as well

Absolutley, that was a decent win but only lifted our et run rate by 0.22ish. Aussies need to make up 1.0 on net run rate if we beat Sri Lanka, by absolutely walloping Afghanistan, who are no mugs at T20, although the Aussies are heavy favourite to win.

I haven't done the maths, but seen elsewhere, they would need at least a 60 run winning margin.

England really just need to ensure they beat Sri Lanka, and have the advantage of playing a day after the Aus Afghan game.

 

[AndyRM]

If Sri Lanka field anything like they did earlier, they haven't got a hope of beating us. The commentators were pretty much laughing at them by the end.

 

[Chromatic]

If Sri Lanka field anything like they did earlier, they haven't got a hope of beating us. The commentators were pretty much laughing at them by the end.

It was terrible wasn't it? Though the pessimist in me thinks that when they play us it will be a day when they can do no wrong in the field.

 

[T4tomo]

It was terrible wasn't it? Though the pessimist in me thinks that when they play us it will be a day when they can do no wrong in the field.

obviously! I'm slightly concerned that our batters can sometimes come unstuck against spin too, which SL have plenty of options of.

If NZ and Aus have both won their final games (vs Ireland & Afghanistan resp), though Sri Lanka wont be able to qualify for the SFs so may not be quite so up for it. Conversely, with no pressure they may score 230!

 

[T4tomo]

This could be nervy for India.... they have posted a big score but Bangladesh have had a storming first 7 overs, have got ahead of DLS and the rain is battering down as the scarper off the pitch......

Defeat wouldn't eliminate India, but It would mean they would have to rely on Pakistan beating Bangleesh at the weekend...

 

[AndyRM]

Big game coming up. I don't see Australia winning by 50.