2024 T20 Cricket World Cup

[chesterbells]

Good chance if we beat USA. It might come down to NRR if WI beat SA.

Cheers pal

 

[BringBackSwales]

Have we still got a chance of progressing or is that it now?

I would imagine if we beat USA it would be very difficult for both West Indies and South Africa to both get better run rates than England

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Both captains mentioning the pitch being slow and getting slower.

Maybe it was a factor in the match after all.

 

[ancoats]

Each pitch you play on is different. I’m assuming you’ve never actually played on a slow pitch, so are deciding that professionals should be able to smash every ball out of the park regardless of conditions.

It doesn’t work like that, as we’ve seen today and throughout cricketing history.

Key to the question is professional 20/20 cricketers play on all types of wickets all year round
I could understand 1 or 2 struggling but Brook and Livingstone did ok, World-class 20/20 professionals watch the ball out of the hands, It's all about preparation and watching videos of the bowlers,

We should have won today and the bowlers did their part, Brook and Livingstone dragged us back into it, but it was always going to be the lack of powerplay runs that killed us.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Key to the question is professional 20/20 cricketers play on all types of wickets all year round
I could understand 1 or 2 struggling but Brook and Livingstone did ok, World-class 20/20 professionals watch the ball out of the hands, It's all about preparation and watching videos of the bowlers,

We should have won today and the bowlers did their part, Brook and Livingstone dragged us back into it, but it was always going to be the lack of powerplay runs that killed us.

Nah, you have unrealistic expectations. Most batsmen fail more than they succeed in T20 cricket.

Each match is won and lost by how many batsmen get in and score. Generally it’s between 1-3.

However many videos you watch, you cannot be prepared for any pitch before experiencing it first hand.

 

[heslops barnet]

No fun being an England cricket/football supporter nowadays

 

[ancoats]

Nah, you have unrealistic expectations. Most batsmen fail more than they succeed in T20 cricket.

Each match is won and lost by how many batsmen get in and score. Generally it’s between 1-3.

However many videos you watch, you cannot be prepared for any pitch before experiencing it first hand.

But how can you get in if the batsman is still in but scoring only 1s and 2s, You have to Gamble early on in the powerplay, Ok the ball was holding a bit in the wicket but you are world-class, So after a couple, You should understand the conditions and adjust to it,

Buttler and Bairstow should know better and Smash or Get Out, Both face 40 balls between them for 33 runs in the powerplay, NOT good enough

 

[ancoats]

No fun being an England cricket/football supporter nowadays

Thank God for Sheik Mansour buying Manchester City

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

But how can you get in if the batsman is still in but scoring only 1s and 2s, You have to Gamble early on in the powerplay, Ok the ball was holding a bit in the wicket but you are world-class, So after a couple, You should understand the conditions and adjust to it,

Buttler and Bairstow should know better and Smash or Get Out, Both face 40 balls between them for 33 runs in the powerplay, NOT good enough

We could have gone harder and been 50-5 after the power play. It’s the gamble every time.

 

[ancoats]

We could have gone harder and been 50-5 after the power play. It’s the gamble every time.

But that is the right way to play 20/20 cricket
I see 20/20 not as a sport but as pure entertainment and not to be taken seriously, That's why you should take the tactics and throw them out of the window.

Question how many bowlers in 20/20 cricket bowl at the stubs ? So you are better off swinging the bat