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Cricket fan · 11-12-2015 8:10pm

I'm regularly amazed at how people overrate the Windies in t20. They're not even that great in the one format they try in.

Rjd2 · 11-12-2015 11:18pm

Cricket fan wrote: »

I'm regularly amazed at how people overrate the Windies in t20. They're not even that great in the one format they try in.

Nah gun t20 side, won the world cup not to long ago and semi final last time.

Gayle, Pollard, Russell, Pollard and Dwayne Bravo all savage in this format. Simmons, Sammy and Holder also no mugs either.

Narine a loss though.

Horrible in both ODI and test cricket though.

markbrop · 14-12-2015 10:04am

Yeah Fletcher is not a bad T20 player either. I saw himself and KP put on about 150 in about 12 overs for the St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League during the summer.

markbrop · 14-12-2015 5:26pm

"Don't think Finn has been ruled out just yet, but yeah a massive doubt."

I see he has been added to the squad but will probably miss the First Test.

TheNoShow · 19-12-2015 6:19am

I I love cricket

markbrop · 22-12-2015 10:05am

Big blow for NZ - Brendan McCullum has just announced he will be retiring from international cricket after the series against Australia.

blackcard · 26-12-2015 2:27am

Sad to see how far West Indian cricket has fallen with the Australian commentators openly sneering at them talking about a possible score of 900 against them in one day

Edward Hopper · 27-12-2015 12:25pm

blackcard wrote: »

Sad to see how far West Indian cricket has fallen with the Australian commentators openly sneering at them talking about a possible score of 900 against them in one day

They drew a Test services with England this year and have a draw against South Africa. They are terrible, but what makes them look worse is they've had hard away series which most teams would struggle with, and Australia.

Mysterypunter · 30-12-2015 4:06am

blackcard wrote: »

Sad to see how far West Indian cricket has fallen with the Australian commentators openly sneering at them talking about a possible score of 900 against them in one day

Aussies sneering. Scumbags. 60 all out at trent bridge. Scared of their life of West Indies years ago. Posturing chickens.

Inquitus · 30-12-2015 4:46pm

Good win for England in the first test in Durban, bar a shaky first morning they pretty much dominated every session after that, the first innings collapse at the end excepted. With Steyn injured and the next test due to start on Saturday you wouldn't bet against England taking a 2-0 lead, South Africa look mentally frail after the mauling they got in India and captain Amla is both playing poorly and looking uninspiring in the field.

KevIRL · 03-01-2016 12:09pm

Wow Ben Stokes

Harry Palmr · 03-01-2016 12:52pm

England need to put SA out of their misery by declaring and give them a chance to play.

death1234567 · 03-01-2016 12:55pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

England need to put SA out of their misery by declaring and give them a chance to play.

Cook will just keep batting. He's extremely cautious.

ArmaniJeanss · 03-01-2016 1:02pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

England need to put SA out of their misery by declaring and give them a chance to play.

Give Stokes another 2 hours to beat the Lara score.

edit : and gone, I'm good.

blueser · 03-01-2016 1:47pm

That was a brutal knock from Stokes;
258 runs off 198 balls
130 runs before lunch (a record for any batsman from any test playing nation)
The fastest 250 in test match cricket (196 balls)
The first England batsman to get a double ton batting at number 6 or lower, consequently the highest score by an England number 6
England's highest ever 6th wicket stand
The fastest double ton by an Englishman, and the second fastest of all time
The fastest 300 partnership in test history
Stokes hit 11 sixes, the joint second highest in test history, and the highest by an Englishman

Moist Bread · 05-01-2016 9:01am

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Aussies sneering. Scumbags. 60 all out at trent bridge. Scared of their life of West Indies years ago. Posturing chickens.

It's just channel 9. It's being going downhill for a while now, even by their low standards. I have to mute the commentary if I want to watch it on TV.

markbrop · 05-01-2016 11:48am

Are we looking at another Adelaide 2007? SA will probably need to get a move on from here though.

dfx- · 05-01-2016 3:47pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

England need to put SA out of their misery by declaring and give them a chance to play.

I get the feeling Finn, Broad and Anderson would be regretting doing that now...

SA have been better with the bat than England with all but van zyl contributing. Not as explosive though.

markbrop · 05-01-2016 3:49pm

The people who thought Bavuma was in the team only because of the quota system may be having second thoughts now!

riffmongous · 05-01-2016 4:12pm

Saw this on cricinfo,U-15 Pranav Dhanawade scores 1009* as his team wins by an innings and 1326 runs

link

Pudsy33 · 05-01-2016 4:27pm

riffmongous wrote: »

Saw this on cricinfo,U-15 Pranav Dhanawade scores 1009* as his team wins by an innings and 1326 runs

link

The opposition where all out for 30 something before the carnage started. Something not right about all of this. At very least it's terrible sportsmanship.

KevIRL · 05-01-2016 4:28pm

SA declare when behind, only 2 runs, but you don't see that too often.

riffmongous · 05-01-2016 4:40pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

The opposition where all out for 30 something before the carnage started. Something not right about all of this. At very least it's terrible sportsmanship.

Yeah it's absolutely crazy, how were the two teams even allowed to play each other in the first place?

markbrop · 05-01-2016 4:44pm

"SA declare when behind, only 2 runs, but you don't see that too often."

I seem to remember Trent Johnston declaring 100 behind Kenya in the IC Cup final and we ended up winning by six wickets in the end!

Cricket fan · 05-01-2016 7:30pm

markbrop wrote: »

"SA declare when behind, only 2 runs, but you don't see that too often."

I seem to remember Trent Johnston declaring 100 behind Kenya in the IC Cup final and we ended up winning by six wickets in the end!

Never let a chance to bring that declaration up go by

KevIRL · 05-01-2016 7:41pm

markbrop wrote: »

"SA declare when behind, only 2 runs, but you don't see that too often."

I seem to remember Trent Johnston declaring 100 behind Kenya in the IC Cup final and we ended up winning by six wickets in the end!

Indeed. If I remember it worked to Irelands advantage in terms of the way the points worked out in the ICC trophy

markbrop · 06-01-2016 9:56am

Yes Kenya only needed the draw to win it so we had to go for the win.

KevIRL · 06-01-2016 11:30am

Wobble wobble England.

Mr. Guappa · 06-01-2016 1:06pm

KevIRL wrote: »

Wobble wobble England.

116-6 now... A collapse is never too far away with them. If SA get one more and get at the tail then they should be able to rattle off the runs.

markbrop · 06-01-2016 2:56pm

Bairstow, Ali and bad light have come to their rescue. Truly awful batting performance though on an absolute belter of a pitch. There still hasnt been a century from any of their top five in the series so far.

Mr. Guappa · 06-01-2016 4:54pm

And Amla steps down as Test Captain... strange timing.

markbrop · 06-01-2016 4:59pm

I wonder who will take over, possibly De Villiers. Smith was a huge loss both as an opening batsman and as a captain. He totally outclassed the clueless Andrew Strauss in the last series between the sides.

riffmongous · 08-01-2016 1:00am

Afghanistan into the ODI top 10 rankings now after beating zimbabwe 3-2

markbrop · 14-01-2016 3:21pm

SA 186 for 5 - another poor effort.

dfx- · 15-01-2016 2:39am

decent score for the Wanderers, not many first innings get 300. 267-7, they are probably just in front, but very even day

markbrop · 15-01-2016 10:20am

Big partnership between Morris and Rabada alright. You would have fancied England to roll them over with the new ball.

Strumms · 15-01-2016 10:28am

Set up nicely now. SA will be pleased with that all things considered. Strange for any side to score 300+ and not have a single batsman score even a half century.

markbrop · 15-01-2016 11:27am

Another failure for Cook - he is having an absolute shocker so far in the series.

Strumms · 15-01-2016 12:01pm

He is, which is strange as he came into the series off the back of some excellent form. Worrying for England at the top of the order as Hales is shakey as anything.

markbrop · 15-01-2016 12:05pm

Hales doesn't look like a test cricketer to me - what did Carberry ever do wrong?

Strumms · 15-01-2016 1:14pm

I thought he should have got more of a chance. He could never drag his excellent first class performances to test level. Several poor performances in the field may have hastened his departure... might see Compton open with Cook in the final test unless Hales does something special in the second innings...

markbrop · 15-01-2016 1:16pm

"Several poor performances in the field may have hastened his departure."

Were you at Malahide to see the shocker he had that day in the field?

Strumms · 15-01-2016 1:25pm

markbrop wrote: »

"Several poor performances in the field may have hastened his departure."

Were you at Malahide to see the shocker he had that day in the field?

I was. It was comical. He must have dropped about four catches and misfielded several times. We were in the stand right beside the boundary where he was and the abuse he got. Didnt see the funny side of it either, then again i wouldnt imagine his captain or team mates saw the funny side of his performance... good day out that all the same and some good cricket played..

markbrop · 15-01-2016 1:47pm

Strumms wrote: »

I was. It was comical. He must have dropped about four catches and misfielded several times. We were in the stand right beside the boundary where he was and the abuse he got. Didnt see the funny side of it either, then again i wouldnt imagine his captain or team mates saw the funny side of his performance... good day out that all the same and some good cricket played..

Yes I was probably in the same stand. Ed's dismissal was most unfortunate that day!

Strumms · 15-01-2016 1:56pm

Yeah he kicked his own stumps over early on. Shame we didnt get a few more from his bat. We were very competitive against a very good England side that day until about that last hour or so when they saw off our front line bowlers..

markbrop · 15-01-2016 2:59pm

This is some counter attack by Root and the Kiwi.

markbrop · 15-01-2016 4:46pm

238 for 5 - England slightly ahead I reckon.

Strumms · 15-01-2016 5:01pm

yep. That partnership between Root and Stokes slightly swung the pendulum back to England I think but all to play for still. A very interesting test match. Alarm set for 8.15 tomorrow

markbrop · 15-01-2016 5:04pm

Strumms wrote: »

yep. That partnership between Root and Stokes slightly swung the pendulum back to England I think but all to play for still. A very interesting test match. Alarm set for 8.15 tomorrow

You better alarm earlier than that as it is an 8 a.m. start tomorrow because of the rain today!

Mr. Guappa · 16-01-2016 1:15pm

Unbelievable spell from Broad since lunch, 5-14 off 9 overs.

Edit: 3 or 4 of those 9 overs were before lunch. Very reminiscent of Trent Bridge last summer.

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