The Cricket Thread 2016

[peter w]

Well we should have had Hales opening not down at number 3. Given his lack of cricket and his inevitable scratchiness you maty as use the opening overs to feel your way in not from around the 10th over. I genuinely think we have a decent batting line-up which are good enough to score 300/350+ regulalrly but they are let down by the management and not reacting to the state of the game as it unfolds before them.

270 odd is a comfortable chase for us so get Hales in at the top. Once he found his range the game could have been gone from Bangladesh very early. Vital when you think that there is heavy rain around Sydney being forecast for friday so our net run rate needed to be addressed because win here and 1 point v Afghanistan will see us go out. Of course you can't play for the possibility of rain 4 days away, but you give yourselves every chance. The worst that could happen? We go 1 down and it's Ali-Bell anyway against an average attack.

[peter w]

Bell c Bell b Bell

again

[paul_e]

More worried about Morgan, that's just not a captain's innings, very disappointing.  We need these 2 to get going pretty quickly and keep the required rate down, if we can get to 40 overs with the best part of 200 up Buttler can still win this for us but we can't just withdraw and let 4-5 overs 'drift' so we're chasing 110-120 from the last 10.

[peter w]

Morgan has just gone hasn't he? His confidence is low and he can't seem to captain and think. We should still do this. But no-one would be surprised to see us mess it up from here.

[paul_e]

For fuck sake Taylor, that's just the simplest of traps you've fallen for.

[peter w]

'Kin 'ell

[Chris Jameson]

Actually getting to watch some cricket, not really seen Taylor before but that was one of the ugliest looking dismissals I've ever seen. Brainless.

[peter w]

At least it'll mean the end of Moores. Again. And hopefully Downton.

[paul_e]

No pressure Jos but we're fucked if you don't get a score here son, have fun.

[Villan For Life]

This could be very embarrassing.

[paul_e]

Just jumped on sky go from the office for a minute, the taylor wicket is a completely brain dead shot, Morgan's is a touch unlucky, good catch and was only a few feet short of being a 6 but it was thw wrong shot for the time in the game.

We're just lucky that Buttler and Root are our 2 best players (on form) which means we've got a chance still.

[paul_e]

Just jumped on sky go from the office for a minute, the taylor wicket is a completely brain dead shot, Morgan's is a touch unlucky, good catch and was only a few feet short of being a 6 but it was thw wrong shot for the time in the game.

We're just lucky that Buttler and Root are our 2 best players (on form) which means we've got a chance still.

2 sweet drives from Buttler in this over, the 2nd is a beauty.

[peter w]

Huge 5 overs coming up. This could determine our progression from the group.

[Villan For Life]

FFS

[peter w]

Oh, we f*** off then. At least it's Root I suppose. Wonder if we'll bat out.