The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

How can an international cricket ground in a world cup have such primitive covers?

Isn’t that a bit of local conditioning influencing you? How often do they have to worry about rain in Barbados?

[charlatan]

Bridgetown gets over 50% more rain per year than Birmingham, a similar amount to Glasgow. Only drier months than Brum are Jan-Mar.

[Richard]

Think it’s a big mistake not having Topley in the side.

Agree completely.

[taylorsworkrate]

How can an international cricket ground in a world cup have such primitive covers?

Isn’t that a bit of local conditioning influencing you? How often do they have to worry about rain in Barbados?

Quite a lot. They get comfortably more rain in their spring and summer than the UK does in theirs.

[olaftab]

Yes but I have been there for two summers and yes it rains but an hour later it’s all dried and good for rest of the day. Not quite like us here.

[olaftab]

Bridgetown gets over 50% more rain per year than Birmingham, a similar amount to Glasgow. Only drier months than Brum are Jan-Mar.

As I said above, not quite the same.

[cdbearsfan]

Decent start for USA against Pakistan.

[PaulWinch again]

They’ll cruise this if it continues like this.

[PaulWinch again]

Now it gets more tricky.

[PaulWinch again]

Stunningly bad super over from Amir.

[cdbearsfan]

Well done USA.

[Jane]

Brilliant match!

[Villan For Life]

That’s an incredible result for the USA, well done to them.

[cdbearsfan]

Now, onto the main event.

[Gareth]

Superb USA….not sure either team will make a coaching video of how to bowl a super over :-) Amir was hopelessly wide…probably good that he didn’t bowl any no balls