Off Topic T20 World Cup

disappointing but close game against south africa. harry brook finally out, giving him a tournament average of 120.

 

160 felt gettable after a good fielding effort.
The batting was a bit passive after the power play and regular loss of wickets took all the momentum out of England until the last 4 overs.
Shoulda coulda won I think.

 

Relying on other results and kind weather again. And Yorkshire bottled a game they looked destined to win, as they so often do in limited overs matches. And apparently the end is nigh for City.

Thank goodness for the Euros, as long as you take it for what it is and don't expect anything from England of course

 

Take a bow Chris Jordan, 4 wickets in 5 balls. Hat trick , finished with 4 for 10!!!!

 

england have wrapped up the usa innings interestingly.

sam curran bowled the 18th over and it ended 46W to make the score 115/6

chris jordan's first five deliveries went W.WWW

so a bit of a collapse from 115/5 to 115 all out in six deliveries. nice.

meanwhile, yorkshire started nicely in the county game against gloucestershire at scarborough.
their first wicket fell at 307 when finlay bean was out for 164 in the 81st over. adam lyth is 128no.

 

That was a real nice moment.

 

england's reply has started well. buttler has hit sixes off the last 5 deliveries of over 9. that'll help the run rate.

 

england in the semi-finals.

 

Pulverised the USA.

 

won by 10 wickets with 10.2 overs unused.

 

8th over was brutal.

Getting written off in the group stage now in the semis. Things do change.

 

mad that we've played 3 decent teams, lost twice and are in the semis, while South Africa will have to go unbeaten to get there

 

that's because they didn't score anywhere near as fast as the west indies.

 

serth efreeca into the semis. australia need to beat india. if they don't, afghanistan can qualify by beating bangladesh...

 

australia v india.

to stay in the tournament, australia need to get the second highest total in it so far. and against india.

taxi for australia!

 

Don’t write them off but how good would it be to see AFG go through in their place!

 

Not a bad start

 

Travis Head smashing it all round the ground.
Even Bumrah is getting the treatment.
Could be close.

 

australia on the boat and afghanistan in the semis. afghanistan managed to defend a low target, slightly revised by d/l, by taking all the bangladesh wickets. very close call - victory by 8 runs. a bangladesh opener carried his bat for 54no (off 49) from his team's 105 all out.

semis:
wed: south africa v afghanistan
thu: india v england

south africa have won all their matches so far and the weather prevented india from doing the same.

 

yorkshire have finally managed their first win of the county championship (d2), beating gloucs by an innings and 22 runs. it's moved them up the table. next they play the bottom team and then the two top teams.

look like lancs are going to win by an innings as well.