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

[jimharri]

2 in 2, off two full tosses as well!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Stokes on a hat trick, Anderson goes.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Why do England players both men and women look like Guy Martin ?

 

[KenTheLandlord]

150-7

4 balls to come, superb first half.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Making a mess of this New Zealand. England will have to do their best to mess up as bad, but I am sure they'll give it a jolly good try.

 

[KenTheLandlord]

thats the spirit Willie

 

[Adidas Sharston]

Well played England, brilliant last 10 overs. After that start, thought we would be chasing closer to 200.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

thats the spirit Willie

Haha, experience Ken, experience.

Seriously, I thought that was excellent bowling from England against the form team. Especially the spinners.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Well played England, brilliant last 10 overs. After that start, thought we would be chasing closer to 200.

My thoughts exactly.Great work by our lads and 154 is a very achievable target.

 

[without a dream]

Fantastic last few overs. Very chaseable if they bat as they can.

 

[crooky]

Possibly the best bowling in death overs I've ever seen.

England's to lose now. Loads of batting to come.

 

[jimharri]

Very well closed out by England. Sensible batting now;under 8 an over required, no need for recklessness.

 

[supercity88]

20-5 off the final 5 overs! That's incredible bowling and fielding by England. NZ were 133-3 and well in reach of 180 which would have been tough. To only make 153 means it's finely poised but well within England's reach. 7.7 runs an over to win. If we can get off to a good start and not lose too many wickets early we can do this. A real test for NZ, but they've bowled fantastically so far - though our seamers did the best work and they're going to spin it most of the time.

 

[bluemoonmatt]

7.7 an over. Sensible batting needed, nail the loose balls and that'll soon be down to 6 an over, a run a ball. If that ain't chaseable we don't deserve to be in the final.

 

[jimharri]

Off and running; 4 boundaries to Roy in the first over.

 

[FantasyIreland]

England smashing this.

 

[without a dream]

Sensible tactic, we bat to 11 so if we get off to a good start there's no need to panic when the spinners tie them up in knots, get the rate below 7 and we're away

 

[manimanc]

Fuck me we're on fire.....

 

[jimharri]

Sensible tactic, we bat to 11 so if we get off to a good start there's no need to panic when the spinners tie them up in knots, get the rate below 7 and we're away

Not much over 6 at the moment; 105 required off 96 balls. They don't look like they want to knock them off in 1's and 2's!

 

[without a dream]

Not much over 6 at the moment; 105 required off 96 balls. They don't look like they want to knock them off in 1's and 2's!

Phenomenal start. This is already an incredible platform, hopefully they can last a few more overs yet.