******Cricket Thread******

[neel]

Playing in wet field is more dangerous to fielding side imo than batting side. Wet run up and wet ball can be nightmare

 

[mat]

India being India. Who knew...

 

[mat]

This documentary cemented my belief about how the game is fucked.

 

[ancoats]

Gotta keep India in no matter what.
Disgraceful to come back so quickly.The problem for the ICC was Bangladesh were in front on DLS .Having said that in the short format surely we dont have to lose overs,Think people would rather see a full game.

Pretty much like the Aussies they have to keep them in it, batting first and scoring well over 200 then bowl them out for next to nothing in their last game giving them a good run rate

 

[neel]

Pretty much like the Aussies they have to keep them in it, batting first and scoring well over 200 then bowl them out for next to nothing in their last game giving them a good run rate

 

[Dr Jacoby]

He probably had money on India.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

This is supposed to happen in the semi-finals, South Africa.

 

[ancoats]

Shock horror, Aussie bat first ?

 

[Chipmeister]

Shock horror, Aussie bat first ?

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl something not right there. Been saying on radio all day here the most important thing is for Aussies to win the toss and bat, low and behold they get that option given to them. Stinks
Still in our hands

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Some scores to watch:
Aus 150 - they need to restrict Afghanistan to 87 to overhaul Eng run rate
Aus 175 - they need to restrict Afghanistan to 113 to overhaul Eng run rate
Aus 200 - they need to restrict Afghanistan to 139 to overhaul Eng run rate

and then hope that England lose or there's no result.

EDIT: Actually England could still win in a close game and go out, the margin of victory England will want in this game will be under 50 so they can forget about run margins.

 

[ancoats]

Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl something not right there. Been saying on radio all day here the most important thing is for Aussies to win the toss and bat, low and behold they get that option given to them. Stinks
Still in our hands

Even with early wickets, Afghanistan the Aussies are scoring and will post 200

funny thing is they have to make it look good because question will be asked, a dropped catch just now speaks for itself a dolly ? Doing the maths, the Aussies need to score 200 then bowl out Afghanistan for 70 to 90

 

[Dr Jacoby]

That drop a few overs ago could be costly. England could be in trouble if Australia get 200+.

 

[BringBackSwales]

What a pathetic crowd, Australia at home and huge swathes of empty seats. That dropped catch could be a huge problem

 

[Chipmeister]

Even with early wickets, Afghanistan the Aussies are scoring and will post 200

funny thing is they have to make it look good because question will be asked, a dropped catch just now speaks for itself a dolly ? Doing the maths, the Aussies need to score 200 then bowl out Afghanistan for 70 to 90

The Aussies have to win by 60 runs to match run rate anything else is bonus. So they had to bat first.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

That's a big wicket

 

[BringBackSwales]

That's a big wicket

Not as expensive a drop earlier as it might have been.

 

[ancoats]

The Aussies have to win by 60 runs to match run rate anything else is bonus. So they had to bat first.

They need to cover England winning first, then take the run rate to a point that Sri Lanka have to fold

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Crap captaincy. Nabi shouldn’t have bowled that over.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

The Aussies have to win by 60 runs to match run rate anything else is bonus. So they had to bat first.

If Aussie score 200 and restrict Afghanistan to 139 they do sneak past England's nett R/R but England would still need to win by around 12 runs or within 18.5 overs, so actually a 50 run win could be enough.

 

[Chipmeister]

If Aussie score 200 and restrict Afghanistan to 139 they do sneak past England's nett R/R but England would still need to win by around 12 runs or within 18.5 overs, so actually a 50 run win could be enough.

So fortunate to bat first ummmmmm