The Cricket Thread 2016

[Villan For Life]

Net run rate could prove to be decisive.

If South Africa beat the West Indies on Friday then run rate could decide who makes the semis if we beat Sri Lanka and SA win their last match. If they lose to the Windies and we beat Sri Lanka then we're through.

We never qualify the easy way!

[DaveD]

Interesting

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12202245/Cricketers-have-been-holding-their-bats-wrong-say-scientists.html

[DaveD]

Unbelievable finish. 2 needed from 3 - WWW. Bangladesh in the chokiest choke ever and India win.

[PaulWinch again]

Hmmm that might need to be looked at.

[PaulWinch again]

Never the less two surprising games today. It'd be nice for England to get both facets of the game working together. Moeen and Willey did brilliantly with the bat and the bowlers were excellent. Plunkett has to play now.

[paul_e]

Hmmm that might need to be looked at.

I can't decide what to think on this, Bangladesh looked in control, that degree of choking is alarming.

[PaulWinch again]

One observation I have is of Stokes, who I will preface this by saying is a super player, I'm not entirely sure he offers a lot in these conditions against spin. He bowled ok today, but it wasn't against the best batsmen, and his batting is very average against good spin. He really needs to work out how to play against spinners.

[Dave Cooper please]

Well we've shown we can bat and we've shown we can bowl. Put them both together and we'll win this tournament easily.

[ACVilla]

I've only seem the last over of the India victory and I think it's a real shame that there are doubts over the viability of it. Obviously I understand the questions but it looked a bona fida win to me.

[Chris Jameson]

There wouldn't be any doubts if it had been England choking, it just looked to me like two players wanting to win it with a big shot and then panic on the final delivery that was almost a wide.

[cdbearsfan]

Bangladesh really Villad that. Wonder if this could be India's equivalent of the Aussie-SA Edgbaston semi and they'll go on to win it now.

[PaulWinch again]

Simple equation now, win tomorrow and we're through.

[PaulWinch again]

Bat better England.

[PaulWinch again]

Pretty poor start at the mo.

[PaulWinch again]

Much better.