TheLastWolf Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Bravo and Gayle, take a bow legends... say what you want about t20 being inferior to test (true!) but these guys knew how to entertain, give a show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Hope this england game is a close one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Jason Roy retires hurt with what might be a hamstring injury, which is a blow for England for the final stages of the tournament. 28 minutes ago, TheLastWolf said: Bravo and Gayle, take a bow legends... say what you want about t20 being inferior to test (true!) but these guys knew how to entertain, give a show I went to see West Indies Vs Australia at the T20 World Cup in 2009 and Gayle dominated the game, hitting sixes at will, some out of the Oval. Definitely the best limited overs innings I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Amazing how good Mo’s form has been since the test retirement call. He is one of the most screwed around players I can think of. A wasted talent for which Smith, Silverwood, Root and others should be criticised more. ETA: And let’s not forget that the UB was also a fantastic test player. Averaged an excellent 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Unfortunate for SA to be eliminated with just one loss. NRR was always likely to come into the equation given this format. They never have any luck in WCs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 5:47 PM, Paxter said: Unfortunate for SA to be eliminated with just one loss. NRR was always likely to come into the equation given this format. They never have any luck in WCs! They did seem to have a decent tournament overall and at least it's a less embarrassing way to exit a tournament than some of their previous World Cups. With England's loss it looks like Pakistan will end up the only unbeaten team of this stage, assuming they don't self-destruct tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/7/2021 at 4:47 AM, Paxter said: Unfortunate for SA to be eliminated with just one loss. NRR was always likely to come into the equation given this format. They never have any luck in WCs! Classic South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 4:26 PM, williamjm said: Jason Roy retires hurt with what might be a hamstring injury, which is a blow for England for the final stages of the tournament. It was his calf apparently but it didn’t look like a mild strain so you’d have to think his World Cup is done. It was quite impressive how fast he was able to hop down the other end. A bit of a blow for England, they’ve got several decent replacements but Roy is generally excellent at setting the tone with the bat. I’d guess probably Bairstow back to opening and Billings into the middle order is what they’ll do. Afghanistan choose to bat first again in their key game against New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Easy for NZ in the end. And finally we have our semi-finalists! That really was a torturous group stage. Forgettable stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 England and Pakistan should be clear favourites heading into these semis…but I still see them as 50:50 matches. So much rides on the toss in these games that it almost feels like a bit of a lottery. Both Australia and NZ have very suspect batting line-ups but that hasn’t yet been exploited much in this tournament. Let’s see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Great effort from Neesham and Mitchell to dig New Zealand out of a hole and get them to the final. From England’s perspective it did feel like the injuries to their bowling options finally hurt them. They really could have done with Archer at the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Again, batting first was a major disadvantage. But still a good effort for NZ to score 109 from the last ten overs, with quite a few balls to spare. Mitchell an unexpected revelation in this tournament. Great for NZ to get revenge for the 2019 tie! ETA: Funnily enough the worst thing for England was getting Conway out. Neesham is such an X Factor in T20 and there isn't much you can do once he gets going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 We're at the final already? oof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Raja said: We're at the final already? oof T20 doesn't hang around. The Pakistan vs Australia semi is tomorrow. On current form Pakistan should be the favourites, although wouldn't be a huge surprise to see it go the other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 2 hours ago, williamjm said: T20 doesn't hang around. The Pakistan vs Australia semi is tomorrow. On current form Pakistan should be the favourites, although wouldn't be a huge surprise to see it go the other way. An intriguing contest: Pakistan have been totally dominant but are perhaps due a bad game, Australia have been scratchy but have a habit of winning elimination games in ICC events… I’m going to say that the toss will decide it!! T20 really is fickle. This tournament underlines its junk food status next to the degustation that is long-form cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I want Pak to win, just to spite the jingoists pouring hatred, matched only by trolling Kohli and Co. for the tragedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 9 hours ago, TheLastWolf said: I want Pak to win, just to spite the jingoists pouring hatred, matched only by trolling Kohli and Co. for the tragedy Same, but I fear for them batting first. Lucky Aus again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Paxter said: Same, but I fear for them batting first. Lucky Aus again! Rizwan Azam Fucker, no one else as usual Rest is in young Afridi's hands. Along with Hasan Rauf and Asif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I’m not sure I see the point of Steve Smith coming in at four in T20s for Australia. Surely they have better options than that. Big wicket for Pakistan. Australia need a significant contribution from Maxwell now. ETA: Er, doesn’t look like Warner hit that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 This one coming down to the wire. If Stoinis is there at the end and gets enough strike, Aus will win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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