The Cricket Thread

[tomw24]

Wood deserves that.

 

[tomw24]

Excellent fightback from England.

 

[tomw24]

Definitely happy with a target of 330.

 

[st_brendy]

What could have been 400 might now only be 320.

Close. India's tail always meant that something like this was possible once we got Hardik.

If anything, they were fortunate to have Thakur's little cameo off Stokes.

 

[ChilcoSaint]

Superb comeback by the bowlers. India bowled out 1.4 overs short.

330 to get.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

28-2 . Roy and bairstow gone .

 

[tomw24]

Oops. That could be costly.

 

[tomw24]

That's a shocking way to get out. Should have been hit out of India.

 

[davecg69]

That's a shocking way to get out. Should have been hit out of India.

Yes - I think it was such a bad ball, it caught him by surprise. Usually, with these incredibly heavy bats, a little tap would go out of the ground .....

 

[ChilcoSaint]

Game over.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Game over.

Sadly , yes I think so .

 

[st_brendy]

14 off the final over? Probably 5 or 6 too many, but lets see.

 

[st_brendy]

Other than Curran getting out, that first ball couldn't have gone worse. Only one run and Topley on strike.

 

[tomw24]

Topley got his bat on it!

 

[tomw24]

Hard luck Sam. Amazing innings though.

 

[st_brendy]

I'm quite happy that Hardik cut off that final ball. Finishing 99* in a losing cause would have been even more gutting than 95*.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Wow . A lot closer than I thought we would manage , gutted , but proud .

 

[ChilcoSaint]

Missed the last hour as I had to go out, a lot closer than I thought it would be!

 

[San Tejón]

Missed the last hour as I had to go out, a lot closer than I thought it would be!

Curran found himself in a very tricky situation.
By trying to protect Wood, he turned down many singles in the hope he would be able to hit the boundary.
Sadly his hitting isn’t as pure/vicious as the top 5 so it might have been, in hindsight, better to grab every run even if it meant Wood having to face more balls.
Having said that, the Indian fielders started spilling catches for fun, (two dropped off consecutive balls, I think, plus at least another one) so it could easily have been over sooner.
It was more exciting than the football, that’s for sure.

 

[ChilcoSaint]

Curran found himself in a very tricky situation.
By trying to protect Wood, he turned down many singles in the hope he would be able to hit the boundary.
Sadly his hitting isn’t as pure/vicious as the top 5 so it might have been, in hindsight, better to grab every run even if it meant Wood having to face more balls.
Having said that, the Indian fielders started spilling catches for fun, (two dropped off consecutive balls, I think, plus at least another one) so it could easily have been over sooner.
It was more exciting than the football, that’s for sure.

Thanks!