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2024 T20 World Cup
First topic message reminder :
Just over a week away now from some glorious six-hitting in the cricketing heartlands of Barbados, Trinidad, Saint Lucia and, um, New York City.
England are defending the crown they won at the MCG in front of 80,000 people in November 2022. They'll probably be hoping it goes a bit better than their defence of the 50 over title! The tournament is, as T20 competitions are, very wide open. If England were to win it again they'd be the first men's team to win back to back World T20 titles in the history of the competition.
Chasing them keenly are the bookmakers favourites India, who are very, very thirsty because of a drought that has existed since 2013 in ICC tournaments. Australia will obviously be there or thereabouts, and there's plenty of excitement around the West Indies, twice winners of this competition, and how glorious it would be to see them lift a trophy at home.
Or perhaps South Africa will finally stop being Tottenham and actually win something? But it's T20. So it could be anyone. Ireland, Scotland, Uganda....USA?
I thought the format of the last couple of T20 World Cups was absolutely perfect. Naturally, then, the ICC have altered it for this year! So we've now got 20 teams, up from 16, and 55 matches in total, up from 45.
There's no preliminary round this time. All teams start off the same. Four groups of five teams. All play each other once. Top two in each group go through to the Super 8s. Super 8s is split into two groups of four. No points are carried over and all teams play each other once in the Super 8s. Top two in each Super 8 group go through to the semi-finals, from which it's a straight knockout. Means a team will play nine games if they are to lift the trophy, in comparison to England's seven games to win it in 2022.
One curious thing about the format, and the ICC love curious things (such as there being no reserve day for one semi-final), is that the finishing places in the initial group are seeded. For example, England are designated B1 in their group, and Australia are B2, which means that it's irrelevant if England come first or second. They will go through to Group 2 of the Super 8s regardless of finishing first or second. I suppose it guarantees certainty for fans, as they know where teams are playing after the initial group stage.
While I don't think it's been directly said, the draw was not a fair and open one. It took place behind closed doors and ensured India/Pakistan were in the same group, as well as some other long-standing rivalries, such as USA v Canada. I'm surprised the ICC didn't put India and Pakistan in the same Super 8 group as well! The groups are:
The fixture list is all over the place with timings, so try and keep up! If you're in the UK, games can start at 01:30, or they might begin at 18:00, and quite a few matches seem to overlap in the early stages.
The USA and Canada will be starting this one off in Texas. That's the most unlikely cricket sentence ever uttered.
Just over a week away now from some glorious six-hitting in the cricketing heartlands of Barbados, Trinidad, Saint Lucia and, um, New York City.
England are defending the crown they won at the MCG in front of 80,000 people in November 2022. They'll probably be hoping it goes a bit better than their defence of the 50 over title! The tournament is, as T20 competitions are, very wide open. If England were to win it again they'd be the first men's team to win back to back World T20 titles in the history of the competition.
Chasing them keenly are the bookmakers favourites India, who are very, very thirsty because of a drought that has existed since 2013 in ICC tournaments. Australia will obviously be there or thereabouts, and there's plenty of excitement around the West Indies, twice winners of this competition, and how glorious it would be to see them lift a trophy at home.
Or perhaps South Africa will finally stop being Tottenham and actually win something? But it's T20. So it could be anyone. Ireland, Scotland, Uganda....USA?
I thought the format of the last couple of T20 World Cups was absolutely perfect. Naturally, then, the ICC have altered it for this year! So we've now got 20 teams, up from 16, and 55 matches in total, up from 45.
There's no preliminary round this time. All teams start off the same. Four groups of five teams. All play each other once. Top two in each group go through to the Super 8s. Super 8s is split into two groups of four. No points are carried over and all teams play each other once in the Super 8s. Top two in each Super 8 group go through to the semi-finals, from which it's a straight knockout. Means a team will play nine games if they are to lift the trophy, in comparison to England's seven games to win it in 2022.
One curious thing about the format, and the ICC love curious things (such as there being no reserve day for one semi-final), is that the finishing places in the initial group are seeded. For example, England are designated B1 in their group, and Australia are B2, which means that it's irrelevant if England come first or second. They will go through to Group 2 of the Super 8s regardless of finishing first or second. I suppose it guarantees certainty for fans, as they know where teams are playing after the initial group stage.
While I don't think it's been directly said, the draw was not a fair and open one. It took place behind closed doors and ensured India/Pakistan were in the same group, as well as some other long-standing rivalries, such as USA v Canada. I'm surprised the ICC didn't put India and Pakistan in the same Super 8 group as well! The groups are:
- Groups:
- Group A: Canada, India (A1), Ireland, Pakistan (A2), USA
Group B: Australia (B2), England (B1), Namibia, Oman, Scotland
Group C: Afghanistan, New Zealand (C1), Papua New Guinea, Uganda, West Indies (C2)
Group D: Bangladesh, Nepal, Netherlands, South Africa (D1), Sri Lanka (D2)
Super 8s
Group 1: India, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Group 2: Pakistan, England, West Indies, South Africa (presuming all goes to plan and no upsets happen!)
Another note: India will be playing in the second semi-final if they get there, because of TV times
The fixture list is all over the place with timings, so try and keep up! If you're in the UK, games can start at 01:30, or they might begin at 18:00, and quite a few matches seem to overlap in the early stages.
- Fixture List (All times BST):
- Sunday June 2
USA vs Canada - Grand Prairie, Texas (1.30am)
West Indies vs Papua New Guinea - Providence, Guyana (3.30pm)
Monday June 3
Namibia vs Oman - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
Sri Lanka vs South Africa - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 4
Afghanistan vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (1.30am)
England vs Scotland - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Netherlands vs Nepal - Grand Prairie, Texas (4.30pm)
Wednesday June 5
India vs Ireland - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Thursday June 6
Papua New Guinea vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (12.30am)
Australia vs Oman - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
USA vs Pakistan - Grand Prairie, Texas (4.30pm)
Namibia vs Scotland - Bridgetown, Barbados (8pm)
Friday June 7
Canada vs Ireland - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Saturday June 8
New Zealand vs Afghanistan - Providence, Guyana (12.30am)
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - Grand Prairie, Texas (1.30am)
Netherlands vs South Africa - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Australia vs England - Bridgetown, Barbados (6pm)
Sunday June 9
West Indies vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (1.30am)
India vs Pakistan - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Oman vs Scotland - North Sound, Antigua (6pm)
Monday June 10
South Africa vs Bangladesh - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 11
Pakistan vs Canada - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Wednesday June 12
Sri Lanka vs Nepal - Lauderhill, Florida (12.30am)
Australia vs Namibia - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
USA vs India - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Thursday June 13
West Indies vs New Zealand - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
Bangladesh vs Netherlands - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3.30pm)
England vs Oman - North Sound, Antigua (8pm)
Friday June 14
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
USA vs Ireland - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Saturday June 15
South Africa vs Nepal - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (12.30am)
New Zealand vs Uganda - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
India vs Canada - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Namibia vs England - North Sound, Antigua (6pm)
Sunday June 16
Australia vs Scotland - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
Pakistan vs Ireland - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Monday June 17
Bangladesh vs Nepal - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (12.30am)
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 18
West Indies vs Afghanistan - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
T20 World Cup - full Super 8s fixtures
Wednesday June 19
A2 vs D1 - North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Thursday June 20
B1 vs C2 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
C1 vs A1 - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Friday June 21
B2 vs D2 - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
B1 vs D1 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Saturday June 22
A2 vs C2 - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
A1 vs D2 - North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Sunday June 23
C1 vs B2 - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
A2 vs B1 - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Monday June 24
C2 vs D1 - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
B2 vs A1 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 25
C1 vs D2 - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
Knockout stages
Thursday June 27
Semi-final #1 - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
Semi-final #2 - Providence, Guyana (3.30pm)
Saturday June 29
Final - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
- Squads (Not yet finalised):
- Group A
Canada
Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva.
Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.
India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
Ireland
Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Pakistan
Yet to be announced
United States
Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Corey Anderson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Jessy Singh, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Ali Khan, Nisarg Patel, Milind Kumar.
Reserves: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
Group B
Australia
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short.
England
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
Namibia
Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut.
Oman
Aqib Ilyas (captain), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad.
Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.
Scotland
Richie Berrington (captain), Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.
Group C
Afghanistan
Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran.
Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (captain), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
Reserve: Ben Sears.
Papua New Guinea
Assadollah Vala (captain), CJ Amini, Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura.
Uganda
Brian Masaba (captain), Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel.
Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya
West Indies
Rovman Powell (captain), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.
Group D
Bangladesh
Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Reserves: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
Nepal
Rohit Paudel (captain), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee.
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (captain), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Daniel Doram, Fred Klaassen, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.
Reserve: Kyle Klein
South Africa
Aiden Markram (captain), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.
Reserves: Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi.
Sri Lanka
Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka (vc), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka
Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
- Outright Odds (Bet365):
- India 11/4; Australia 7/2; England 9/2; South Africa 6/1; West Indies 9/1; New Zealand 10/1; Pakistan 12/1; Afghanistan 33/1; Sri Lanka 33/1; Bangladesh 80/1; Ireland 200/1; Netherlands 250/1; Namibia 400/1; PNG 500/1; Scotland 500/1; USA 750/1; Nepal 1000/1; Oman 1000/1; Canada 1000/1; Uganda 1500/1.
The USA and Canada will be starting this one off in Texas. That's the most unlikely cricket sentence ever uttered.
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6 runs and a wicket from the over. Very, very good from Surran. He's quietly had a good tournament after starting not in the XI.
A strong end to the PP like that could suddenly be vital for any DLS adjusted total to chase...
Dilly into the attack. If he goes well, England tend to go well in the middle overs. If he gets hit, hmmm, we may be scratching our heads.
A strong end to the PP like that could suddenly be vital for any DLS adjusted total to chase...
Dilly into the attack. If he goes well, England tend to go well in the middle overs. If he gets hit, hmmm, we may be scratching our heads.
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Guess interruptions were always likely. But long time before overs could be lost. Hopefully showers will pass. 46/2 a decent power play but two wickets are handy...
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Rohit is looking very good indeed. Reverse sweep and a beautifully timed 'conventional' sweep behind square.
Dilly gets out the over conceding 9 from it. Showing his experience to limit the damage.
India take that every time from Rashid given how vital he is to this part of the innings where England have squeezed well all tournament.
Dilly gets out the over conceding 9 from it. Showing his experience to limit the damage.
India take that every time from Rashid given how vital he is to this part of the innings where England have squeezed well all tournament.
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Two very good overs for India and the rain falls.
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India will be pleased to have taken 19 from those two Rashid and Jordan overs, straight after losing the second wicket. Slightly surprised Curran didn't bowl a second over. Rain looks pretty solid...
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God SKYs good at working the seamers behind square like that. His wrists are incredible. That down on one knee pickup that AB de Villiers used to play. Only very good players can do that regularly to seamers.
10 runs from Jordan's first. Another really good over for India.
I reckon 160 will be very tough to chase on this. India are setting a really good platform here. They're already scoring at over 8 RPO with wickets in hand. Dube, Hardik, Jadeja and Axar to come. England need a breakthrough.
Off for rain though. Probably good timing for England to have a wee regroup and go again.
England were about to gamble on another spinner by trying Livi.
10 runs from Jordan's first. Another really good over for India.
I reckon 160 will be very tough to chase on this. India are setting a really good platform here. They're already scoring at over 8 RPO with wickets in hand. Dube, Hardik, Jadeja and Axar to come. England need a breakthrough.
Off for rain though. Probably good timing for England to have a wee regroup and go again.
England were about to gamble on another spinner by trying Livi.
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It seems to have blown through quickly again. Blue skies.
A good platform for India though, with England generally relying on spin through the middle it is far from ideal to have wet ball.
England need a wicket soon or this could start getting away from them I fear.
A good platform for India though, with England generally relying on spin through the middle it is far from ideal to have wet ball.
England need a wicket soon or this could start getting away from them I fear.
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Oh, good, they're waiting 20 minutes for a pitch inspection.
I f***ing hate this sport.
I f***ing hate this sport.
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alfie wrote:India will be pleased to have taken 19 from those two Rashid and Jordan overs, straight after losing the second wicket. Slightly surprised Curran didn't bowl a second over. Rain looks pretty solid...
Totally agree about Curran. The pitch seemed ideally suited to his low skiddy bowling and he was on the money. When a bowler has rhythm like that, look to cash in rather than try to be clever and immediately change things.
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I'm wondering if they're expecting Curran to be key at the death? It looks a hard wicket to score square. Curran may be able to bowl straight, back of a length, pace off (i.e. his tricks from the T20 World Cup in Oz) with good success here.
Whereas it doesn't really feel like a wicket where yorkers will be worth the risk. You're taking the tricky pitch out the equation and opening up the chance to hit down the ground.
Dube and Jadeja are also lefties, who I'd rather have that left-hand option against.
I think I'd have kept Curran on for another, but, I can see the logic for holding him back and trying to get Jordan into the game with 2 RHBs to bowl to.
Whereas it doesn't really feel like a wicket where yorkers will be worth the risk. You're taking the tricky pitch out the equation and opening up the chance to hit down the ground.
Dube and Jadeja are also lefties, who I'd rather have that left-hand option against.
I think I'd have kept Curran on for another, but, I can see the logic for holding him back and trying to get Jordan into the game with 2 RHBs to bowl to.
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Reasonable to want to get Jordan into the game ; but when a fellow has just bowled a very good over I'd lean to keeping him going...as I rather doubt they'll want Sam to bowl three at the death. Given the number of bowlers in the line-up not all of them will be bowling four of course. Fair point about the left and right handers .
Never mind. Key will probably be how the spinners work this next period . I'd expect to see Livingstone as well as Rashid in action when we get back on.
Never mind. Key will probably be how the spinners work this next period . I'd expect to see Livingstone as well as Rashid in action when we get back on.
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Restarting in 10 minutes. Might not have been a bad break for England.
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Ten minutes , eh ? This is going to last all night I suspect . Might need more coffee...
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Duty281 wrote:Restarting in 10 minutes. Might not have been a bad break for England.
I think a lot might hinge on if (or how much...?) the wet ball harms England's spinners. It won't help the seamers bowling cutters either.
Maybe I'm misjudging the pitch, but this feels like a very good platform given I reckon 150-160 should be competitive.
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Ind would have liked to bat first but had they won the toss they might have gotten brain fogged and elected to chase to account for rain uncertainty...and choked under pressure.
I wanted India to bat first regardless of rain.
Eng gave Ind to bat first which I suspect Butler would have done even if there was no rain.
Good toss to lose and 8 overs hence an above par situation I would say....runs on board in a pressure game
BUT regardless of what India put, Eng will come out guns blazing and are very dangerous & inform.
Kohli has reached the end of road in T20is even if he gets to play the final and deliver a good score there.
Rohit has gas left in the tank and an ability to raise the level of his game as adversity increases.
We saw that in test series also.
There is enuf good weather to complete 20 overs apiece I feel.
Blockbuster next few hours
I wanted India to bat first regardless of rain.
Eng gave Ind to bat first which I suspect Butler would have done even if there was no rain.
Good toss to lose and 8 overs hence an above par situation I would say....runs on board in a pressure game
BUT regardless of what India put, Eng will come out guns blazing and are very dangerous & inform.
Kohli has reached the end of road in T20is even if he gets to play the final and deliver a good score there.
Rohit has gas left in the tank and an ability to raise the level of his game as adversity increases.
We saw that in test series also.
There is enuf good weather to complete 20 overs apiece I feel.
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Excellent restart from Livi. 4 runs from it.
SKY gets Dilly away for a four but singles otherwise, 8 from the over.
England have done well here to quickly rush through their first couple of overs at a run a ball.
SKY gets Dilly away for a four but singles otherwise, 8 from the over.
England have done well here to quickly rush through their first couple of overs at a run a ball.
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Not a good over from Rashid, but wasn't massively punished.
India ticking to a strong platform here. 10 an over lifts them to 170.
India ticking to a strong platform here. 10 an over lifts them to 170.
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Pleased to see they didn't take a drink break after ten overs Rashid not quite getting it right that over ...
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that's the only way to get big runs off spinners....muscle them
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Better from Rashid. But England need a wicket soon I think.
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Rohit breaks the shackles, hits the final ball of Livi's over for 6. Only 3 runs from the first 5 balls as well. He's timed it completely differently to the other batters. That's the wicket that could change the look of the game completely.
Dilly's 3rd over only goes from 5 runs. Excellent stuff.
I wonder if they'll risk Mo against two right-handers in order to save an over of Dilly for later?
Dilly's 3rd over only goes from 5 runs. Excellent stuff.
I wonder if they'll risk Mo against two right-handers in order to save an over of Dilly for later?
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Big over for India there ! On for a pretty good total now ...
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Bloody hell that's a good shot from Rohit. Completely premeditated sweep. I don't even think that's a bad ball from Curran.
And another 4 from SKY.
That's the big over that India needed to get on top.
Wickets needed otherwise Dube and Hardik will be coming in with exactly the sort of situation you want them hitting in.
And another 4 from SKY.
That's the big over that India needed to get on top.
Wickets needed otherwise Dube and Hardik will be coming in with exactly the sort of situation you want them hitting in.
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End should in my view use at least 10 overs of spin
Hitting a spinner requires more brute power here and hence more risk
pace, even 120kph gives batters something to work with
360 degree SKY takes 17 .....
Hitting a spinner requires more brute power here and hence more risk
pace, even 120kph gives batters something to work with
360 degree SKY takes 17 .....
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Tidy 4th over from Rashid ...and a big wicket , desperately needed !
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That Curran over at that time was a bit of bonus...thry needed to continue with Liam or give Ali a go
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Get in Dilly!
That's the wicket England direly needed. Jos gambled by bowling Dilly out with 6 overs left. He delivers.
I was just thinking that I'd risk bringing Jof back next over to try to force that breakthrough. They should be able to hold him back for the 17th and 19th now if they want.
That's the wicket England direly needed. Jos gambled by bowling Dilly out with 6 overs left. He delivers.
I was just thinking that I'd risk bringing Jof back next over to try to force that breakthrough. They should be able to hold him back for the 17th and 19th now if they want.
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spin, grip, balls keeping low from Rashid.......3 runs and a wicket
Very heartening for India
Very heartening for India
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One thing I would say. Rashid looked so much tougher when he bowled a bit quicker. India will have seen that and will surely do so from the first over their spinners come on for.
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Fine over Livingstone.. .he's bowled well. But only one left. Pressure over now from Archer...
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Bloody hell that ripped. That's from Livi too...
Kuldeep should be lethal on this track.
Really good from Livi to get 4 dots and single in after the 4 first ball.
I think they're on for an excellent score for the wicket.
Kuldeep should be lethal on this track.
Really good from Livi to get 4 dots and single in after the 4 first ball.
I think they're on for an excellent score for the wicket.
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Couple of wickets pulling it back, but 150 is going to be tough, and India are still on for 160+.
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Pace-off is working even for Archer
hope India doesn't get off track and can compile 160
hope India doesn't get off track and can compile 160
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...and gets the wicket .end of an excellent knock from Sky. Jadeja in .. will Moeen bowl one now ?
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so many times now Pandya, Sky and Rohit could not connect spinners becase of slowness of ptich
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Good spell Livingstone...but can see India 's spinners being very tough to hit on this Jordan not finding these chaps as easy to bowl to as USA
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India heading for an over par score ...though getting Pandya then might trim it a little...
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they should have tried Moeen for an over.....looks like 2nd bonus over, inspite of the wicket of Pandya
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Jadeja did well taking Archer for a few there. Jordan needs a good finish or this could get away a bit...
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Eng needed to timely get in atlest 2 more overs of spin
spin and pace off is very hard
India realized at the fall of SKY that they haad a platform and need their exprienced batters to get safe runs...and hence promoted Pandya & Jadeja over Dubey and Axar
and jadeja's cameo unexpect but very useful in giving a good finish
spin and pace off is very hard
India realized at the fall of SKY that they haad a platform and need their exprienced batters to get safe runs...and hence promoted Pandya & Jadeja over Dubey and Axar
and jadeja's cameo unexpect but very useful in giving a good finish
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So 171
Think that looks like a winning score. England just have to go for it ; but it is going to take at least a couple of bats really producing some magic. Kuldeep , Axar , Bumrah...looks like hard work...
Think that looks like a winning score. England just have to go for it ; but it is going to take at least a couple of bats really producing some magic. Kuldeep , Axar , Bumrah...looks like hard work...
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Decent closing over from Jordan.
171 will be tough. Not impossible, but tough. The key innings will probably have to come from either Buttler, Salt or Brook, unless someone else more unheralded so far steps up. Not much batting depth as we know. If Moeen comes out at 3 or 4, I'll scream.
Lot of turn on this track and Bumrah's as good as ever. Plus the track is likely to slow up.
70/30 in India's favour, maybe a little more.
171 will be tough. Not impossible, but tough. The key innings will probably have to come from either Buttler, Salt or Brook, unless someone else more unheralded so far steps up. Not much batting depth as we know. If Moeen comes out at 3 or 4, I'll scream.
Lot of turn on this track and Bumrah's as good as ever. Plus the track is likely to slow up.
70/30 in India's favour, maybe a little more.
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Spin 8 overs 49 runs
Pace 12 overs 122 runs
last 3 overs 39 runs
Pace 12 overs 122 runs
last 3 overs 39 runs
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Yes, if LL can get 0/24 in four, I wonder what Kuldeep, Axar and Jadeja can do!
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I missed the final few overs there. Had to pop out. The last I checked Jordan had gone for back to back 6s. So I'd have taken 171 after that. It's a very good total on this deck though.
Strongly in India's favour. It's going to take an outstanding innings from someone.
Bumrah being used straight away up top. Exactly the right call from Rohit I think. They're on top, keep attacking.
Strongly in India's favour. It's going to take an outstanding innings from someone.
Bumrah being used straight away up top. Exactly the right call from Rohit I think. They're on top, keep attacking.
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Hands over ears as Duty screams...
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Eng have 12 overs of spin + 4 overs of Bumrah to overcome on this pitch
That leave 4 relatively easier overs of whihc they have played 2 already
That leave 4 relatively easier overs of whihc they have played 2 already
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