Cricket Thread

[ancoats]

It was fair. The rules were there all along. New Zealand knew they had to score more in the super over.

The butterfly effect of Stokes’ bonus runs suggests you have no idea if Stokes would have hit two 6s and we won without a super over.

However you try to call it unfair and unwarranted, England won the ODI final.

Guess we should relinquish the World Cup of 1966 too as the ball didn’t cross the line.

I never said it was not in the rules, I am just saying it daft crazy wrong unless you win that way

Mistakes can happen in any sport and did the linesman really see the ball cross the line, We have had the technology to say otherwise

 

[bavarian blue]

Different Sport

The super over in cricket is the penalties in football, So why not keep going to somebody wins like in football
Winning on boundaries is like winning in football on corners, Daft

It was a warm , sunny evening in July .Why no second super over ?

 

[ancoats]

It was a warm , sunny evening in July .Why no second super over ?

Spot on,

just carry on with another super over, Yes we won and many will say who cares how we won, But what a shit way to win the ODI Cricket World Cup

 

[bluealf]

unsporting

A bit like a deflected own goal then, no?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Spot on,

just carry on with another super over, Yes we won and many will say who cares how we won, But what a shit way to win the ODI Cricket World Cup

Why just one extra super over? Why not play the whole match again the next day?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I never said it was not in the rules, I am just saying it daft crazy wrong unless you win that way

Mistakes can happen in any sport and did the linesman really see the ball cross the line, We have had the technology to say otherwise

So a moot point based on your needs. Got it.

 

[ancoats]

So a moot point based on your needs. Got it.

I just like to see the proper winners win it in the right way by being the better team on the day and NOT by hitting more boundaries,

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I just like to see the proper winners win it in the right way by being the better team on the day and NOT by hitting more boundaries,

Well, we were better because we scored more boundaries.

 

[jonah62]

Would this rank as the worst defence of a trophy in any world sport?

 

[crooky]

Would this rank as the worst defence of a trophy in any world sport?

I feel like Jody Scheckter's 1980 Formula One title defence takes some beating. From winning the championship to a lowly 19th position the following season in the same team.