vegster
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- May 5, 2008
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Ditto. Was in cinema so missed all the Saffers innings, thought 230 was beyond us. Amazing result given the fact that if we lost we would be as good as dead.
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[Cricket] World T20 - England vs South Africa
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Publius Ovidius
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Roooooooooooooot
Kalimantan Gull
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Amusing thread to read from the beginning after the game. Really tense stuff there, great to watch
warmleyseagull
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Well done wides, 4th highest scorer with 20. England effectively got a free run per over so were really chasing a mere 209
nwgull
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It must be hard for a bowler in 20/20 though, knowing that anything in the conventional middle and off corridor is likely to get launched straight back over your head!
spring hall convert
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I stick by anything I said in the first half by the way. We did bowl and field abysmally (again) and we don't take T20 cricket seriously as a nation as evidenced by our piss poor domestic T20 competition and if we do well in this tournament it will be despite that.
What we do have is a batting lineup capable of winning any game on its own (Farbrace/ Bayliss have to take some credit here for getting the selection right at last.) However, due to their relative lack of experience (see point above about not taking T20 cricket seriously) I think they're better off chasing rather than setting and bizarrely enough, the magnitude of the score in this game almost took the pressure off them.
Furthermore, as poor as our bowling was South Africa's was atrocious. We played Tahir intelligently.
It'll be interesting to see how England go in more typically sub continental conditions, I think the seamers were picked with that more in mind (Willey's swing, Topley's cutters and Jordan's supposed ability to bowl the yorker.) However, I'm not totally sure about our ability to get after spin with the bat.
Bold Seagull
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A place in the final!!!
sorry, I just remembered this, and it was true, but maybe the IPL don't mean Jack other than to your bank account!
spring hall convert
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A place in the final!!!
sorry, I just remembered this, and it was true, but maybe the IPL don't mean Jack other than to your bank account!
We've done well, despite rather than because of our domestic 20/20 competition. We've got some serious players, that was never in doubt.
I'd love to beat India in the final to ram your point home though.
Today was the most complete performance I have ever seen from an England one day side in 30 odd years of watching cricket. An utter joy. If we play that well again and lose, it'll be the best match ever.
Javeaseagull
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- Feb 22, 2014
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New Zealand are a very decent team with some of the best cricketers around. They play with a great attitude and for England to blow them away like that was nothing short of remarkable. One more decent performance and they will be World Champions. With death bowling like that I am ready to believe!