The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

Well that first semi seemed ridiculous.

And they had a spare day as well.

[Brazilian Villain]

However, if North Korea were any good at cricket, they'd be allowed to play

Wouldn't be much of a tournament with Kim Jong Un hitting 6 sixes every over.

[olaftab]

ACB will need lot of help from ICC, sorry ICC controllers BCCI, to restart Afghanistan female team. Most of their former players are in Canada hiding from the Taliban.

[olaftab]

However, if North Korea were any good at cricket, they'd be allowed to play

Wouldn't be much of a tournament with Kim Jong Un hitting 6 sixes every over.

North Koreans have won the 50 and 20 over world cups and currently sit at the top of Test match ranking.

[taylorsworkrate]

Can't see England chasing over 170 on this pitch. Needs a fightback with the ball to give themselves a chance

[taylorsworkrate]

This is crap from Englamd

[olaftab]

Far too many runs (39) given away in the last 3 overs.

[taylorsworkrate]

We've allowed them to get 170 on a pitch where 145 is a par score. Pretty poor effort from England in the field.

Hope to be proven wrong but can't see it. India have the absolute ideal bowling attack for this shitty, slow and low pitch

[PaulWinch again]

We ain’t chasing 172.

[paul_e]

We ain’t chasing 172.

It all depends on Buttler, he's going after them a bit here and if he gets going and gets a decent score it puts us well in the game.

[paul_e]

cursed him.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s too hard against this bowling attack, which is relentless.

[taylorsworkrate]

172 was always 25/30 too many on this crap pitch.

[olaftab]

Terrible start.

[taylorsworkrate]

Looking at this, 100 would have been out of Englands range.

Thats horrendous from Bairstow. A cross batted shot like that on this surface is asking for trouble