The Cricket Thread

C&B put down, England really riding their luck

 

NZ absolutely on top at the moment.

 

Damn. I was using the Saints game and gardening to distract me. Now I have to focus on the game and it is killing me...

 

Too early to panic...keep wickets in hand for later....the target is not that massive. Could go either way...but unless we lose wickets early I'd still go with England.

 

Root batted so poorly.

 

That, Joe, was dire.

 

Hold my hands up....I had one foot in the kitchen

 

Bairstow chops on.

 

Jonny gone. NZ tightening the screws here. Great bowling!

 

I like cricket, but in no other sport is so much decided by a coin toss. Bat first at this world cup and you win. Chase and you lose.

 

Erm….England successfully chased in the semi final.

 

I told you ( Asked ) you not to move

 

Can NZ maintain this level of pressure for the rest of the innings?

 

Err...we’re fooked

 

It's Frans fault !

 

Yes, because obviously one win against that calculation invalidates the importance of the toss. The statistics are pretty clear.

 

NZ games are so tactical and attritional.

 

In a normal game we aren't in an impossible position...with wickets in hand, but it's the inability to score boundaries that makes it lean towards NZ. Boundaries take the pressure off, but no sign yet of those good overs that can make the difference.

 

Phew!

 

I had to go for a walk round the garden then.