International cricket thread

The no-balls were double-bounces that were also hit for runs so not as bad as it reads. And I'd bet you would comfortably bowl more than 1 no ball per over in 4 overs and would go for a similar amount of runs.

Current standings

Didn't think that England would be bottom of the table, looked like a very good team before the start of the tournament...

Afghanistan doing well tho and the South Africa top order batsmen

That was some win for Australia to day they sure know how to win . India are shell shocked.

Watching bits of WI vs England.

have to say firstly how bad the pitch is. Bounce is incredibly inconsistent…not lending to a good cricket spectacle….

Some good length balls going through at shin height. Then balls pitch only slightly short and up into the throat of batsmen. A load of rubbish.

England with a reasonably good score considering they were 239/7 after 41…. after 50… 325 all out.

Yep England's bowling in general in ODI's have been horrible since the last World Cup and yes I don't get the whole Curran thing. Below average at batting and doesn't really offer much with the ball. One of those bits and pieces cricketers that simply aren't up to international cricket standards. Looking at his ODI stats, his last 7 matches for England have seen him concede 322 runs at 8 an over and only took 4 wickets at an average of 80! Dreadful stuff.

I find it silly that England arranged this tour so soon after the World Cup. Just give the players a couple of months off!

England were cruising now vs WI but the middle order all over the shop… playing and missing like tail enders and false shots a plenty.

Should square the series, 83 needed with 6 wickets left… you’d still back them, just.

Tonight England making a cock up of their batting innings… pretty much cruising at 117/3 from 10.5 overs… 200 + was pretty getable until the a shambles of a collapse…

England 171 all out..losing the last 6 wickets for 50 runs.

As per usual Sam Curran MBE the ‘all rounder’ contributed nothing…

was he given the MBE for charity work ? Saving a family surround by fire ? Actually neither…

‘Services to cricket’… apparently… he’s an average all rounder…. But seemingly cultivated a very eloquent and smiley media persona….

gets to open the bowling now… 🫣. First over costs his side 16 runs… and he vociferously appeals for an lbw for a ball the hit the middle of the bat and goes to ground… 🤷‍♂️

I hate to tell you I was on to slower ball Sam a long time ago, he's a poor cricketer, but if you think he's bad, look at the brother, consistently bad, goes for 10 an over in most T20s

I could never see the appeal of either of those lads but I thought maybe with them being so young when they were first were getting a lot of media coverage, I thought the talent was in the locker and just needed to be realised.

a couple of quite decent enough county cricketers, but not internationals. I wonder would either have had the same time and opportunities if they’d been playing for one of the less fashionable counties like say Worcestershire ?

Surrey are pretty much as a club, cricketing royalty. A lot of great players, great internationals came from there too but often a lot of Surrey boys were capped without setting either the county game or the world stage subsequently on fire. Alex Tudor was one from memory… he was in and out of the England teams, picked, played, dropped, picked, played, dropped.

Dernbach had many of the attributes needed to be fair. 90mph with decent slower balls. Might be more talented than the Currans but they dealt with the big moments a lot better. Tom Curran won a lot of games for England at the death. I remember him getting a great five for in the inaugural game at the new Perth stadium to ruin the party there.

Speaking of Perth, did anyone bother with the Pakistan test match there? Warner got a big hundred in his farewell tour and Pakistan were as hopeless as usual in Australia. India really deserve more praise for what they did there two series in a row. Australia might have won the one off WTC final between them but we know who the better team is.

English bowled out for 132 from 19.3. T20i 👀

some of the shots their batsmen got out to defied belief. Livingston played decently but played a shot that Gladstone Small would have been embarrassed to get out to. Bad stuff….

Rehan Ahmed ok he’s just gone 19, but he’s in the time he’s had so far as a cricket international, not exactly set the world alight.

Tom Curran gets 4 games for this. ^^^

could and probably should have been double that… first of all disregarding the umpires instructions, secondly running at the umpire in such an aggressive manner…. Only a 4 game suspension ? Quite pathetic by the authorities….From Curran also, what kind of behaviour is that ? He’s 28, a professional sportsman… the fûck ?!

in other news NZ having their arse handed to them by Bangladesh.

NZ bowled out for 98 and Bangladesh making very easy work of the chase.

Tom curran, all rounder. Seen it all now

Loads of rain in Melbourne, match even enough with Aus 187/3.

Meanwhile Rabada is punishing India at Centurion, India 148/6.