Again you have gone off on a different tangent. I said nothing about his comments being wrong or right just that English camp opened the door to be labelled as flat track bullies.
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Again you have gone off on a different tangent. I said nothing about his comments being wrong or right just that English camp opened the door to be labelled as flat track bullies.
It’s brewing between England and India fans, in the end Australia will win the whole thing
But I thought that England had already won it
Locked thread suggests otherwise
Not sure what's funny. I find English cricket coverage much more balanced in general than other sports.
A lot of it has to do with the fact England have been a pretty mediocre side for so long but also there isn't the same fanatical, biased and cringeworthy nonsense you get in football, for example. You'll get the odd blowhard like KP on Twitter obviously but the overall lack of popularity of cricket is good in some ways.
Of course, if England continue to improve and cement themselves as one of the top dogs, I have no doubt we'll see more of the same one-eyed commentary we see more often in other sports.
It's definitely biased okay maybe not as much as football but it's there.
Its not englands fault. If Bangladesh were the top dogs in media theyd be biased same for any other country. With power comes a little bit of bias so it's cool but it's there.
Lucky that didn’t hit him in the head
Currently that is the most likely scenario. Aus will have two days extra rest plus play at Lords where they have already played twice.
I think Pakistani commentators do praise players sometiems. Now West Indians... man do they just bash their players 24/7. Doesnt hurt to praise them once in a while!
Depsite Indian fans doing their best Glaston impression and turning me against India on here, if it's not gonna be England I'd still rather they won it than Australia.
Ouch!
Nah feck that - anyone but India now. They went full Glaston.
Never go full glaston
Don't get how Glaston they go, much rather India win over Australia, same as I would have wanted Spurs to win the CL over Liverpool.
Gayles fielding is something else
I say as he catches something 
So are Afghanistan here to stay or will they go the same way as Netherlands or Ireland?
Getting on to Manjrekars back for everything has become ridiculous. It almost a self fulfilling prophecy where people are keenly waiting for him to say anything that can be remotely perceived to be silly. What he said in Jadejas case wasn't even wrong; plus a commentator needn't be a better player to point out his observations.
Don't think people understand what doing a Glaston means. That's serious stuff.
Ironically because of Damoclean sword of NRR I'm having more fun with this 'deadrubber' than I have with a few of the semi-finalists' matches. They're both going for a pride-boosting win, no pissing about.
Hope & Lewis' awful innings going to cost the West Indies.
Pitch like this with a barrage of slower balls, yorkers and off cutters incoming, I think WI are safe.
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I think they're here to stay. Also a bit harsh to compare them to Ireland and Netherlands as if the latter two are somehow dying a slow death.
I don’t particularly like Manjrekar either but that’s me. Had he called Jadeja an all rounder instead the reaction would probably not have been so strong. I think Jadeja would be a better choice than Jadhav and Kartik anyway. More clicks for Jadeja.
He has no place being a commie in international cricket.
We have some smaller cricket only grounds, but all the big grounds that would have been used for a world cup etc, are dual sport. It helps that AFL is played on such a big pitch, and it dictates the size of the big grounds. Then every other sport fits inside.
Day 37: Bangladesh vs Pakistan
Pakistan batting first.... there’s still hope
I would've dropped Imam. There's no place for him in a team needing 400
500 or 450 ?Pakistan batting first.... there’s still hope
Poor selection. Should have picked Asif and Malik and dropped Imam and a bowler.
Safrax said best there is no way you are making 400 on a pitch and bowling a team out for 50 on the same pitch.
For those who think NZ deserved to qualify and the rain didnt have an impact.
Pakistan wont even get to 320
We will get to 60 off 5 overs and be all out at 200 by the 30th.
Meh at least you then get a chance to prove, you could've bowled them out for sub 100
Doull just called Imam an 'explosive batsman'