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    #6782
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Cricket WC Final, Wimbledon Men's Final, Tour de France, Hurling, British Grand Prix...And they're all on FTA tele!! What a Sunday!!


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    #6783
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Root gone and England struggling to build anything. Momentum swinging back to NZ.

    Morgan is going to have to do something special to steady the ship and get the runs flowing very quickly.


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    #6784
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Buer wrote: »
    Root gone and England struggling to build anything. Momentum swinging back to NZ.

    Morgan is going to have to do something special to steady the ship and get the runs flowing very quickly.

    Game on now!! England not scoring heavily enough. Middle order going to have to pick up some serious runs.


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    #6785
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Game on now!! England not scoring heavily enough. Middle order going to have to pick up some serious runs.

    I don't think it's even game on, I think NZ are in a very strong position now. I don't see England managing to start cracking boundaries away with the way the ball is moving. If they try to cut loose, they're going to lose wickets.

    As I posted earlier, no side batting second has won at Lords in this tournament. Apparently the pitch allows for much more movement in the deliveries as the day goes on and a new ball can be very difficult to deal with. With that said, the NZ bowlers are playing brilliantly. The length of their deliveries is spot on.

    I can see England being bowled out for 200.


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    #6786
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Buer wrote: »
    I don't think it's even game on, I think NZ are in a very strong position now. I don't see England managing to start cracking boundaries away with the way the ball is moving. If they try to cut loose, they're going to lose wickets.

    As I posted earlier, no side batting second has won at Lords in this tournament. Apparently the pitch allows for much more movement in the deliveries as the day goes on and a new ball can be very difficult to deal with. With that said, the NZ bowlers are playing brilliantly. The length of their deliveries is spot on.

    I can see England being bowled out for 200.

    I think you're right. Bowlers are giving nothing away and the fielders are well on top.
    Gone to a run a ball now!!


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    #6787
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    In case no one knows, I’m Swiss

    #Federer

    ...who blows 2 championship points :(


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    #6788
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Well this is going to go to the wire by the looks of it. Sensational stuff. Every ball is critical now.

    Buttler is a guaranteed MOTM if England pull this off.....and he's gone! Massive moment and could be the CWC for NZ!

    The pressure on Woakes coming into the field with 31 balls left and the CWC on the line.


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    #6789
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Buer wrote: »
    Well this is going to go to the wire by the looks of it. Sensational stuff. Every ball is critical now.

    Buttler is a guaranteed MOTM if England pull this off.....and he's gone! Massive moment and could be the CWC for NZ!

    The pressure on Woakes coming into the field with 31 balls left and the CWC on the line.

    Flicking between this and Wimbledon....High drama all round.


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    #6790
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Flicking between this and Wimbledon....High drama all round.

    Man I wish I had 2 TVs...


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    #6791
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Man I wish I had 2 TVs...

    So do I!!


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    #6792
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    mfceiling wrote: »
    So do I!!

    Could you hold my hand mfceiling? Feeling a little nervous. There’s a good man.


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    #6793
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    This is incredible. Stokes will have rickets from walking with those massive balls between his legs.

    NZ still should see this out. 3 balls left.


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    #6794
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    A F*CKING BOUNDARY OFF A FIELDING F*CK UP! With the runs that's another 6!!

    2 balls for the CWC title.


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    #6795
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Jesus...Even herself is on the edge of the sofa here.


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    #6796
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Jesus...Even herself is on the edge of the sofa here.

    This is one of the most incredible sporting events I've watched. I just have one question...

    What the f*ck is a super over?

    That was an incredible final over. Utterly mental.


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    #6797
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    That freak of nature cost nz the win In regulation time. Like a ball hitting both uprights then the crossbar then a sudden gust of wind pushing it over the bar for a winning drop goal.


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    #6798
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    That freak of nature cost nz the win In regulation time. Like a ball hitting both uprights then the crossbar then a sudden gust of wind pushing it over the bar for a winning drop goal.

    I don't think I've ever seen that (not that I watch a huge amount of cricket).

    It's a mental concept. Stokes and Buttler coming back out for England. Had to be those two boys.

    You'd have to think advantage England right now.


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    #6799
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Absolutely bonkers. As Buer says you cannot have seen a more crazy spectacle to decide a World Cup Final.


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    #6800
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    There aren't many days where the final of Wimbledon sees a 5 set tie break won 13-12 and it's not even the most dramatic sporting event in London that day.


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    #6801
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Feel for Archer. Pressure completely got to him. Lad only made his England debut in May. Have to ask questions about that decision.

    5 from 3 balls required. Surely in the bag here for NZ.


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    #6802
    Podge_irl
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    Jesus Christ that was something else.


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    #6803
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Have I used the word incredible yet today?

    Well done Eoin Morgan. World Cup winning captain.


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    #6804
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    I don't really follow what I just watched but the tension was crazy!

    Is that the biggest prize in cricket?


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    #6805
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    That was something else. Proud of my lads they gave it all.

    Well done to Morgan that is a great achievement.


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    #6806
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    That was something else. Proud of my lads they gave it all.

    Such a harsh way to lose (and lose the second final in a row) for a side that surpassed expectations. They look absolutely gutted down on the field, tears flowing for some of them.


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    #6807
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,785 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Wow. Just wow.


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    #6808
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    Not a fan of falling back on boundaries after 2 draws but thems the rule. You wouldn't see a similar rule in other sports though - the tennis today as a perfect example.


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    #6809
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    hahashake wrote: »
    Not a fan of falling back on boundaries after 2 draws but thems the rule. You wouldn't see a similar rule in other sports though - the tennis today as a perfect example.

    Tries scored is used after extra time in some rugby competitions I believe (or at least used to be).


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    #6810
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,185 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Tries scored is used after extra time in some rugby competitions I believe (or at least used to be).

    Yup. I recall Shannon beating Clontarf in the AIL final on that basis.

    If I recall correctly, it's the tie breaker that's used before a drop goal shoot out.


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    #6811
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Buer wrote: »
    Yup. I recall Shannon beating Clontarf in the AIL final on that basis.

    If I recall correctly, it's the tie breaker that's used before a drop goal shoot out.

    Aye, that's the one I remember as well. In particular as it happened very shortly after the Leicester - Cardiff shoot out and I think most of the players were expecting that to happen.


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