ICC World T20 2016

NinjaFletch said:
To be fair Mooen Ali takes wickets against everyone.

I think its because he's a bit shit, but not quite as shit as batsmen treat him.
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:lol:

Thought only the Indian batters did that.
 
Shane Sodhi :drool:

Too bad Yasir Shah is banned until the end of the month, would've been a handfull here.
 
Cue frantic calls to groundsmen all over India asking for flat tracks.
 
kps88 said:
Cue frantic calls to groundsmen all over India asking for flat tracks.
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Which cnuting groundsman thought this pitch was a good idea for T20's in the first place? He needs to be sacked.
 
crappycraperson said:
You are talking crazy.

Bangla just proved themselves to be better than Lanka and Pak recently. So don't discount them.
Oz's bowling line up is weak but their batting is second only to India- Watson, Finch, Warner, Smith, Maxwell is a crazy top 5. Infact it is probably even better than India.
It is a cliche but you can never count out Pakistan. They have the bowling, just need a couple of batsman to stand up.
NZ seem weak right now without Brendon Mccullum but doubt they would be pushovers for any team.

On Group A' side, SRL are a clear weak team alongside Afghanistan right now. So it is basically between WI and Eng for the second semi spot alongside SA.
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NinjaFletch said:
Groups aren't as unbalanced as people are making out?

Yeah Bangladesh vs Afghanistan is a mismatch but other than that its fair enough I think.

India are favourites so whatever group they go into has the best side. But there's really not much difference between Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, England, Pakistan and South Africa. If anything, I'd say Pakistan are the weakest, possibly followed by Sri Lanka (but they are reigning Champions, which has to count for something) with the West Indies (I think people are forgetting that they're still good at this one form of cricket) South Africa better than Australia and New Zealand. If as strong an England side turn up as some are predicting, then theres a fairly good case for Group A being stronger.



Are the batting side really in it at 41/2 off 7? I'd say not really. To chase anything like 180, or in your example 205, you need a really special partnership, which is what the Aussies clearly got. But just because it has been chased, doesn't mean its easy, and the DLS targets reflect that and the fact that its far more likely teams will fall short than to win the game. How many teams have put on a 150 partnership for the 4th wicket in T20is before then? I'll give you the answer: no one. Not only that, but that was the highest partnership record for any wicket lower than 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Crucially, between the two rain breaks Oman used up 1.2 overs for 4 runs, and lost two wickets. So their position had got markedly worse. I don't really think there can be too many complaints this time.
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We are shitter than shit! Are the sunderland of cricket basically nowadays.
 
Well, that's it then. Better lose now than later, I guess.
 
If india are all out for 80, their net run rate is -2.5. Can't see them recovering from that.
 
That was terrible. Well played New Zealand. The toss decision and playing 3 spinners instead of established pacers doesn't look that bad now eh?
 
This went well.

Akash said:
Which cnuting groundsman thought this pitch was a good idea for T20's in the first place? He needs to be sacked.
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No excuse for the shambolic batting, but you're right. Awful pitch
 
Would be hilarious if Pakistan somehow end India's campaign on Saturday but Ind-Pak in WCs means bend over and take unfortunately.
 
Everyone bar kohli looked utterly clueless. We are too dependant on Kohli and rohit , not a good sign.
 
I only watched the last 2 over or so but how did NZ manage even 127? Jadeja is usually unplayable on such tracks. And why were Boult and Southee dropped?

Also why do we still have the reputation of being good players of spin bowling? Ever since I've started watching cricket (Late 90's) all it's taken is a half decent turner for our batsmen to turn into buffoons.

Varun said:
Everyone bar kohli looked utterly clueless. We are too dependant on Kohli and rohit , not a good sign.
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That's the problem right there. You can't rely on that idiot.
 
Excellent. Hope India crashes in every game - feck the BCCI.
 
Akash said:
I only watched the last 2 over or so but how did NZ manage even 127? Jadeja is usually unplayable on such tracks. And why were Boult and Southee dropped?

Also why do we still have the reputation of being good players of spin bowling? Ever since I've started watching cricket (Late 90's) all it's taken is a half decent turner for our batsmen to turn into buffoons.



That's the problem right there. You can't rely on that idiot.
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The excellent quality of the previous generation has carried on to this one be default.

Rohit is our 2nd best batsman in these conditions
 
His strike rate isn't brilliant - 121

BUT, India win a lot of T20 matches and the batting lineup is pretty damn strong...so he ends up coming in pretty late.

63 matches - 55 innings - 27 not out - averages 34

he has faced a total of 784 deliveries in T20 cricket...that works out to approx only 14 deliveries an innings. It's understandable why he doesn't have any HUGE scores.
 
Love seeing an Indian meltdown in the cricinfo comments section. Absolutely love it.
 
Samid said:
:lol: And the other day in the Netherlands match, the 3rd umpire having 'conclusive evidence' that the ball didn't carry when it obviously carried and bounced in his fingers.
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The Welsh players just been given an 8 week ban from that 'inconclusive evidence' as well.

Couldn't make it up :lol:
 
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