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2021 T20 World Cup in UAE/Oman

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Kumara bottled the last over. Right where Miller wanted it.

    England win the toss and field first. They're unchanged. Australia drop Marsh for Agar. This should be good.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    dream start for England. Two excellent wickets, a totally sublime catch by Woakes coupled with great economy... only letting Australia score 11 runs after 3 overs..



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Just a couple of extras off Wokes’s third, impressive.

    21-4, Raschid strikes !



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    21-3 is a powerplay you'd expect from an associate country, not Australia.

    Stoinis lbw to Rashid first ball of the seventh over. England fully in control.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Australia will do well to score 110.

    can really only see one winner..



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  • Registered Users Posts: 10,844 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Mills expensive, has given the Aussies a sniff. 126 should be easy but you never know.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Mills very expensive giving away 45 of the 125 runs.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    good start by England 27-0 after 3...

    Englands to lose from here...



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭MFPM


    England looking like they'll win this handly enough. Australia don't have anything like enough runs. Pakistan and England are easily the stand out teams so far, both will make the semis and at this stage look like the teams to beat.

    Good to see the Quentin De Kock thing resolved, it was a really poor decision by him to initially pull out, certainly without any sort of explanation, taking a stance over an anti-racist gesture is stunning not least given the history of his country and the history of the sport there too.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭MFPM


    What kind of rubbish is Starc bowling?



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  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    18 off his last over, hopeless. Looked like a club player... not to take away from the batting but all over the show.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭MFPM


    Good bowling by Zampa, good review too, Australia needed something as they're so far behind in the game.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    England respond with the best powerplay of the tournament so far. That's where they're clear of Pakistan, not really Rizwan and Babar's way of doing it.



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,844 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Lovely stuff.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Its funny Morgan and England credit IPL experience for how well they're going. Yet Australia have loads of players there every year. And they're still hopeless at this format.

    It's that they're much better group of players than what came before and very little to do with the IPL.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    England won with 50 balls to spare if my head arithmetic is correct.

    for T20 that’s incredible...especially against the Australian team, or ‘an’ Australian team I should say..



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Australia are where England were at the 2015 world cup. Test team with a few flair type players added. Shane Watson was saying about how little they play together as well. Never going to compete like that.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭VillaMad


    Afghanistan's bowling attack is as good as anyone's in these conditions. Naveen has been a nice addition for them alongside their spin attack.

    Their key to progression is whether their batting can come off against New Zealand and/or India.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Did it without Mujeeb too. Who was every bit as effective as Rashid in the games so far.

    New Zealand win the toss and if the trend continues win the game by choosing to chase. Milne plays. India make two changes Kishan and Thakur in for Yadev and Kumar.

    Must win game for both teams. Afghanistan will have a big say in this group yet the loser today is gone.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,837 ✭✭✭blackcard


    If, and it is a big if, NZ win, India will be in trouble. However an Indian win could mean a semifinal against England. Afghanistan the outlier.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    Adam Milne drops a simple catch and goes for 15 runs in his first over. Despite that they'll be happy enough being 35-2 after six.



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭MFPM


    Terrible batting performance by India not at it all in this tournament so far. NZ should win it from here.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    NZ are absolutely hammering them... been absolute levels above India with both ball and bat...Indians look resigned to defeat, body language is really poor, quite a few extras being bowled... born of frustration...but you’d expect better really, can’t say I’m disappointed though, I like the NZ team



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Pretty poor captaincy by Kholi... there are ones and twos to be had which is all NZ need, bring in the field, try something ! Build pressure !



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy


    India can't use the toss and dew excuse. Kohli is leaving the captaincy after this and it's not before time. To be relying on Afghanistan results to go their way with the talent available is really poor.



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Great first over by the English batsmen and a very average second but third over and their start is back on track somewhat, 25/1 after 3 overs... ...



  • Registered Users Posts: 24,693 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Sri Lanka have done brilliantly...to haul the English back from what was approaching a run away start... more dot balls in the last couple of overs then run scoring deliveries.....English might be 3 down but they are beginning to run out of overs with not many runs on the board....a single from the last jesus.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,684 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    From 47-3 after 10 overs and then to go on to achieve 116-1 in the final 10 overs of the innings shows how dangerous England can be.

    Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan did an amzing job there



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Gillespy



    Buttler has always been a special player, since his move to opening he's gone up another level. It's how calm and in control he looks. Just one chance he gave and that was in the last over.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭VillaMad


    Seriously good win for England that as batting was definitely a lot easier as the game went on. Sri Lanka will kick themselves as they were in a good position at times in that match but they are now almost certainly out.

    Most likely between South Africa and Australia now for second spot.



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