The Cricket Thread 2016

[four fornicholl]

And breathe....

Sensible bowling by Stokes and Jordan along with good fielding. A semi awaits.

See you at the semi VFL  , when is it?

[dave shelley]

Great game.

[Villan For Life]

And breathe....

Sensible bowling by Stokes and Jordan along with good fielding. A semi awaits.

See you at the semi VFL  , when is it?

Next Wednesday and Thursday, with the final next Sunday.

30 Semi-final 1: Group 1 runners-up v Group 2 winners, Delhi (14:30 BST)

31 Semi-final 2: Group 1 winners v Group 2 runners-up, Mumbai (14:30 BST)

[four fornicholl]

And breathe....

Sensible bowling by Stokes and Jordan along with good fielding. A semi awaits.

See you at the semi VFL  , when is it?

Next Wednesday and Thursday, with the final next Sunday.

30 Semi-final 1: Group 1 runners-up v Group 2 winners, Delhi (14:30 BST)

31 Semi-final 2: Group 1 winners v Group 2 runners-up, Mumbai (14:30 BST)

Looking like Wednesday then, gonna have to finish early

[paul_e]

Really good game today, the knock from Buttler and the death bowling by Jordan and Stokes was world class, and Willey is the best opening bowler in the tournament.  My only criticism is that I'd have tried to get the overs out of ali and rashid a little earlier because they were always going to go after them but with 120-130 from 14 overs you might see them be a little less keen to swing at everything.

[PaulWinch again]

Stokes and Jordan were brilliant at the end.

[PaulWinch again]

That's how Jordan should bowl, as fast as he can.

[Villafirst]

Brilliant from Jos Buttler and Jordan/ Stokes.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

That's how Jordan should bowl, as fast as he can.

Rather: as fast as he can, with control. Just like he did.

[PaulWinch again]

But that's just it when Jordan goes to his strength, which is bowling fast, his accuracy comes with it. It's when he tries variations that he falls apart.

[peter w]

Have to say I'm not a fan of slapathon cricket but being an England fan I'm interested because we're playing. Seeing how poor an outfit they were not so very long ago this is a remarkable achievement. There are still weaknesses, our bowling at times and the worry against spin, but it is mostly a positive attacking team. When we lose now the other team has usually had to win the game and not have it given to them. Other than coming across Gayle in one of those moods, we have equipped ourselves very well and deserve to be in the semi-finals at least. Big game against New Zealand coming up and they are brilliant at this slapping the ball game. But we go into it confident and expectant.

[DaveD]

New Zealand in Delhi is going to be one hell of a game. Those series we played against them just under a year ago were as good as I've ever seen, this should be similar.

[Dave Cooper please]

There you go, put the batting and the bowling together and we are a match for anyone in this tournament.

But for two of the worst overs of T20 spin bowling I've ever seen by Ali and Rashid we would have won that comfortably.

[hipkiss92]

New Zealand in Delhi is going to be one hell of a game. Those series we played against them just under a year ago were as good as I've ever seen, this should be similar.

Indeed, I'm already planning 2018 around going to the England tour of New Zealand

[PGW]

PakW all out 80 our women qualify and play before our chaps on wed in Delhi