The Cricket Thread 2015-16

Stokes hadn't really come the party this competition so far. But a 6 from the only ball he faced, and a direct hit run-out, aren't half bad. Maybe his competition can take off from here.

 

Not sure I'd have taken Willey off. Bowling well, and not as if he's a lethal death bowler.

 

Rashid is taking a battering now.

 

Moeen is often slightly more economical than Rashid, so he may well bowl the other two overs.

 

Got him!

 

If there was one man you wanted under that, it was Stokes.

Shame that it's not Mathews, but it's a wicket nonetheless.

 

1-23 from Plunkett's 4. Excellent.

 

His bowling might not be the best in the world, but that hitting is what Perera really can do. Can smash 30 - 50 in no time at all.

That said, I don't know what the three new bowlers can do with the bat, so it might well be that these two are SL's last two, with just the tail to come.

 

Very good over from Willey.

 

Good over by Willey, I'd bowl him out now and try and get rid of Mathews.

 

Big call from Morgan to bowl the final over of spin here.

 

Uh oh....

 

Oh dear.

 

This is the crucial over.
6,6 so far

 

Oh dear Morgan. Shocking call.

 

He could have left this until the 20th. Did not need to bowl it now.

 

Morgan has made a complete dogs dinner of this.

 

Uh-oh......

 

21 off the over. All down to the seamers now.

 

If we get the good Jordan, we win. If we get the bad Jordan, we lose.