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

[ancoats]

Pakistan doing what Pakistan do scrape through the early stages then get to the final!

Seems it’s in the bag for England now this..

In the bag ?
It all depends on the toss, England need 200 plus batting first or India will smash us if they bat 2nd,
if India bat first, then can England handle the pressure if they put a good score on the board,

close game and the spinners will win the game

 

[waspish]

In the bag ?
It all depends on the toss, England need 200 plus batting first or India will smash us if they bat 2nd,
if India bat first, then can England handle the pressure if they put a good score on the board,

close game and the spinners will win the game

India haven’t played anyone decent they’ll be smacked around tomorrow

 

[ancoats]

India haven’t played anyone decent they’ll be smacked around tomorrow

They can smash it around and have the best 20/20 players that play the format IPL
England bottle it when somebody puts a score on the board, England needs to bat first and score over 200 then we have a chance, but I still fancy India with their spinners because we can not bat spin

 

[crooky]

To be honest as English Cricket lovers we're all winners. If England get through to the final then you get a continuation of that brilliant seven game T20 series with Pakistan from last month.

And if India get through you have the biggest game in Cricket on the biggest stage of all with two teams that are so close in ability.

Their last three contests have ended as wins with:
2 balls to spare
1 ball to spare
0 balls to spare

Quite often the big team matchups in any sport are letdowns. That hasn't been the case with these three teams. All three of them are supreme entertainers.

 

[mat]

I wonder how many bags full of cash appeared at the England hotel today?

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

May the best (England) team win :)

 

[jimharri]

Big blow, Wood being ruled out today. I love the guy, but he seems to be made of glass. He's had a lot of injuries down the years.

 

[supercity88]

Big blow, Wood being ruled out today. I love the guy, but he seems to be made of glass. He's had a lot of injuries down the years.

Yeah real miss for England that, especially on a used pitch which means his pace will be a threat but less easy to edge to the boundary like Sri Lanka managed a few times! Shame he has so many problems, bowling so fast does that to a lot of players.

 

[waspish]

Won the toss and bowling!! Hey what? Need to bowl well 170 max for them

 

[jimharri]

Yeah real miss for England that, especially on a used pitch which means his pace will be a threat but less easy to edge to the boundary like Sri Lanka managed a few times! Shame he has so many problems, bowling so fast does that to a lot of players.

Archer's the same. Very prone to injuries.