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I think Sth Africa will need to score 190+ to have a chance of winning by that margin
The cynic in me would consider it but you don't want to flirt with form. S Africa have set a competitive target, 190. England 0/37 after 4 overs so they'd have fall away badly to be kept <131 to deny Australia a semi berth. J Roy just pinged a hammy while batting so England now 1 batter less.
We are gone here. England have played their cards perfectly. They've let South Africa get just enough that they can justify, and enough that's going to be a tough chase. They will have to keep going hard to chase the win and can point to that fact when they lose wickets. Apparently they also need 87 to avoid dropping out themselves so that will be their only real target.
We've played better in this comp and I suspect it's because we've rectified a tactical flaw that was killing us in T20 games. When we bat second, I reckon our batting thinks it's better than it is and are happy to let the required rate balloon out to 10-12 an over because they think they are good enough to reel that in. They aren't. I sense a bit more urgency early in our chases. Maybe it cost us Finch early today but you've got to play the odds.
Sad night for Aussie cricket last night. Starring performances from Dave Warner AND Mitch Marsh. would have been better if we just lost.
Late response but another high quality comment, PT. Entirely agree. Racism is such a blunt weapon to hurl at anyone to destroy them in today's world. Witness Vaughan atm. You can be hung for something someone claims you said 20 years ago or whatever.
Who can even remember with certainty?
Watching these entitled morons (not just Australia) burn reviews has for me become the most entertaining part of T20.
In watching the T20 World Cup, I was often wondering how the groups ended up so lop-sided. One had six established Test playing countries. The other had the might of Afghanistan, Namibia and Scotland. I know it had something to do with some surprise results in the lead up tournament, but still it seems extreme.
I'd like to think it's no co-incidence that India wound up in the easy group.
And STILL they made a mess of it.
Reckon there might be some questions asked in the halls of power in Indian cricket.
Good to see.
I'd like to think it's no co-incidence that India wound up in the easy group.
And STILL they made a mess of it.
Reckon there might be some questions asked in the halls of power in Indian cricket.
Good to see.
I don’t know why there’s isn’t 2 divisions.
Australia, NZ, WI, Pakistan, India, SA, SL & England.
Afghanistan, Scotland, Namibia, Bangladesh, Ireland, Wales, Oman, PNG.
Surely having the lesser sides getting belted doesn’t aid development, I’m guessing they’d much prefer to play among similar quality sides and get a chance of winning the “b” division WC.
Well, that's what the qualifiers are for. Win through those and you live the life long dream of playing against the big boys. Seems good to me.
Interesting story in this morning's paper about cricket moving into the virtual world. Bit difficult to get your head around at first.
Cricketers set to make millions in groundbreaking cyberspace NFT deal (paywalled)
The technology has an unfortunate and obscene thirst for computing power - up to twice an average household's yearly electricity usage for a single transaction. Pat Cummins is unashamedly spruiking it after dipping his toe in the climate change activism water last year.
Cricketers set to make millions in groundbreaking cyberspace NFT deal (paywalled)
The technology has an unfortunate and obscene thirst for computing power - up to twice an average household's yearly electricity usage for a single transaction. Pat Cummins is unashamedly spruiking it after dipping his toe in the climate change activism water last year.
