Twenty20 Super 8's

 Anywhere between 150-170 seems to be par amongst the top teams, the game already seems to be drifting into a more cautious attitude to batting,  wont be long till some start moaning about the predictability of it.

It's disappointing Mojo - the players are professional , too many umpires are not.

Naw , NZ will make sure England have no chance of progressing! 

Yep , if we score 600 against India , bowl them out for 12 and then SA lose their last match we're home and dry!!

heres a question for the kiwis, has oram always bowled this poorly? I always thought he was a bowling allrounder, but the last 6 months he has looked ordinary.

Yuvraj hit 36 of Broad. 666666 that's amazing, and he made 12 ball 50. Fastest in this or any other cricket format. it will be really hard for England to win this match.

India win by 18 runs.

That Yuvraj's 6 x 6 over made the difference! Broad- Sit and weep.

However much of an odious weasel Yuvraj may be you could only salute his innings there. Broad didn't do much wrong - only the full toss was a rank bad ball (and ironically the hardest one to put away) - and I was yelling at him to bowl a bouncer, but it was clean striking at its best. Maybe the likes of Pietersen, Shah, Collingwood and Flintoff who on countless occasions have danced all round the crease as the bowler runs in would do well to watch how still he remained.

Originally posted by Clobber However much of an odious weasel Yuvraj may be you could only salute his innings there. Broad didn't do much wrong - only the full toss was a rank bad ball (and ironically the hardest one to put away) - and I was yelling at him to bowl a bouncer, but it was clean striking at its best. Maybe the likes of Pietersen, Shah, Collingwood and Flintoff who on countless occasions have danced all round the crease as the bowler runs in would do well to watch how still he remained.

A very good point. If you watched both Kemp's and Yuvraj's innings...it shows you that having a still base at the crease makes it much easier to adjust to changes in length.

Some of most consistant big hitters of the modean era...Gayle, Kemp, Klusener etc, don't move around much at all. It's up to bowlers to either get it spot on or get hit out of the park.....

Originally posted by bondy Originally posted by 143no heres a question for the kiwis, has oram always bowled this poorly? I always thought he was a bowling allrounder, but the last 6 months he has looked ordinary.   I've never been a fan or Oram as a bowler, in my opinion he should be a batting all rounder, how he started his career. He ambles in and delivers the ball right in the slot for batsman looking to slog, he also gets some friendly bounce which in turn, assists the batsman.   For some reason Fleming and now Vettori persist with him. I'd have rather seen Styris bowl, or Nathan McCullum send down a few tweakers. Disappointing performance from him really, he cost us the match with his rubbish.

I'd agree with that, I've never been a fan of his bowling either.  He should only bowl when they need to make up numbers for the overs.  Stick to the bat Jake. 

 Clobs is right again , Yuvraj played orthodox shots to half decent deliveries. Watching the English batsmen (all of 'em!) , they tried to put the ball into orbit. So many things wrong , especially the head all over the place - it was just hacking.
      So yet another disappointing performance by an English side in a world event (pick your own favourite sport) and they return home with their tails firmly between their legs.   Someone needs to deflate some seriously oversized egos and impress upon them that success comes from playing the game simply and with intent - no-one wins anything without effort and dedication.

   Well done India , but you still need another big performance today.

 That'd give him good reason to have such a miserable face !

They're getting demolished... Pity. I was hoping for Australia to head on home.

Can't understand it Clobs , it's a glorious day here in CT today. Looks like the Lankans have choked and the Aussies sensed it.

Originally posted by samhache Originally posted by 143no is he old enough for beer?   I hope you're not referring to me 143. If you were smart you'd look at the age on my profile - then you might realise that I am indeed old enough for beer. Did you not know that I'm a student?