Cricket: T20 World Cup

[Torquemada 1420]

[Paddington Bear]

Wiese giving it a long handle but very unintelligent bowling from Ireland followed by a dismal review. Panic panic

[Torquemada 1420]

Wiese giving it a long handle but very unintelligent bowling from Ireland followed by a dismal review. Panic panic

All the reviewing has been sh*te from both teams. Both ignored plum LBs.

[Thor Sedan]

Woah....maybe God wants Namibia to win. Ball grazes the stumps, picked up on ultraedge but the bails stay on.

26 off 23

Exciting stuff.

[Torquemada 1420]

Hurrah. Someone goes straight.

[Paddington Bear]

Singh just not up to it at this level I'm afraid.

[Insane_Homer]

9 from 12 for Namibia

[ScarfaceClaw]

9 from 12 for Namibia

5 from 11

[ScarfaceClaw]

The only consolation is that it has been a Danny Morrison free match.

[Torquemada 1420]

Well done those 2. In the end, the most striking (or not) difference was the rotation of the strike: which Ireland simply did not do.

[Insane_Homer]

and that's the Game! Comfortable win from Namibia.

[Thor Sedan]

The only consolation is that it has been a Danny Morrison free match.

I knew it was missing something special.

[Thor Sedan]

Big shift in Cricket....Scotland, Oman and Namibia stepping up.

[fishfoodie]

Irelands batting has been piss poor; they didn't deserve to proceed, so well done Namibia !

[Insane_Homer]

Dutch team
born in...

SA
NZ
Aus
SA
Ned
Tonga
SA
Ned
Eng
Ned
SA

[Paddington Bear]

Thing is, this is all a bit misleading. Someone like Max O'Dowd could barely sound less Dutch and was born in NZ but has a Dutch mother. NL is a very cosmopolitan country and loads of Saffers will have Dutch passports, shouldn't be a surprise.

[Insane_Homer]

40/7 this isn't going to last very long.

[Insane_Homer]

Thing is, this is all a bit misleading. Someone like Max O'Dowd could barely sound less Dutch and was born in NZ but has a Dutch mother. NL is a very cosmopolitan country and loads of Saffers will have Dutch passports, shouldn't be a surprise.

less so for Roelof van der Merwe & Brandon Glover

[ScarfaceClaw]

The Plucky Sri Lankans are going through the Dutch like a bad curry. 44-8

[ScarfaceClaw]

44-9

[ScarfaceClaw]

44 and all done.

[ScarfaceClaw]

With a shocker of a final decision in their defence.

[Biffer]

Cricket absolutely has a special place in English culture and certainly occupies a space in my conception of my country. No doubt it has inhibited the growth of the sport in Ireland and Scotland (I remember I think Ed Joyce talking about how people used to yell at him for being a West Brit on the DART when they saw his cricket kit, now mentions kids today get people talking about the team's success).

With all that said at the end of the day it is a sport and a really great one at that once you get into it, and every country has it's own way of interacting with it. I.e. cricket is the or a national sport in Australia, India, Pakistan and much of the Caribbean and their conception of the sport is wildly different to what you see in England (incidentally the interaction between some of these has caused no end of disciplinary issues in club cricket).

I'd hope Scotland can follow Ireland - it's not about to boom in popularity to rival football but hopefully some success will lead to less dismissal of the sport as simply an English import. There's much more cricket in Scotland than people initially think and plenty that could be built on.

Unfortunately, I think the weather puts a natural break on how successful cricket can be in Scotland

I was just going to say that. Cricket is a lot more prevalent in Scotland than most would think. I grew up in a small east coast town in the 70s/80s where cricket was and is very popular, second only to football.

Here in Aberdeen, cricket is quite popular, I live less than 1/2 a mile from Aberdeenshire CC’s Mannofield ground which hosted Scotland v England only 7 or 8 years ago, it appears to be a very active club with busy sessions every day throughout *summer. During *summer it’s quite common to find cricket being played all over the city, granted this heavily involves the local Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi communities but certainly not exclusively.

* this is the big problem, some years, I have barely seen any cricket being played at Mannofield when I’m walking or driving past - covers down, raining, flag almost being ripped off the pole. Aberdeen is also much drier than most of Scotland so I’m sure it’s worse elsewhere, particularly on the west coast. Unlike traditionally popular outdoor sports in Scotland - football, golf, rugby where weather is rarely a huge factor, cricket demands it to be dry at the very least.

Scottish cricket was on the same trajectory as Ireland in 2005, but fucked it.

[Tattie]

Unfortunately, I think the weather puts a natural break on how successful cricket can be in Scotland

I was just going to say that. Cricket is a lot more prevalent in Scotland than most would think. I grew up in a small east coast town in the 70s/80s where cricket was and is very popular, second only to football.

Here in Aberdeen, cricket is quite popular, I live less than 1/2 a mile from Aberdeenshire CC’s Mannofield ground which hosted Scotland v England only 7 or 8 years ago, it appears to be a very active club with busy sessions every day throughout *summer. During *summer it’s quite common to find cricket being played all over the city, granted this heavily involves the local Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi communities but certainly not exclusively.

* this is the big problem, some years, I have barely seen any cricket being played at Mannofield when I’m walking or driving past - covers down, raining, flag almost being ripped off the pole. Aberdeen is also much drier than most of Scotland so I’m sure it’s worse elsewhere, particularly on the west coast. Unlike traditionally popular outdoor sports in Scotland - football, golf, rugby where weather is rarely a huge factor, cricket demands it to be dry at the very least.

Scottish cricket was on the same trajectory as Ireland in 2005, but fucked it.

Aye, thankfully that’s never been the case in any other sports

[Torquemada 1420]

40/7 this isn't going to last very long.

I didn't even bother. SL's bowling was always going to be wayyyyyy too muTch for the Dutch.

[OomStruisbaai]

Nice to see Albie Morkels Namibia team going through. Big achievement for them.

[OomStruisbaai]

The real WC starts today.

Cheaters vs Proteas & England vs West Indies.

[Biffer]

The real WC starts today.

Cheaters vs Proteas & England vs West Indies.

Patronising

[FalseBayFC]

There are 34 South African born players in this World Cup. Seven of the teams have South African coaches.

[Gumboot]

There are 34 South African born players in this World Cup. Seven of the teams have South African coaches.

Must be about time you fellas actually won something, then.

[Torquemada 1420]

The real WC starts today.

Cheaters vs Proteas & England vs West Indies.

Patronising

I had to check: assumed it was Pakistan.

[FalseBayFC]

There are 34 South African born players in this World Cup. Seven of the teams have South African coaches.

Must be about time you fellas actually won something, then.

If New Zealand win it because of Devon Conway, we'll claim that. Proteas going into this with no real expectations. I think we're a dark horse though.

[Rinkals]

Very much looking forward to today's game.

South Africa have been flying nicely under the radar and are currently not expected to make it out of the group stages: Jos Butler was dismissive of both Australia and South Africa saying that he doesn't expect either side to give England any trouble and is only concerned about the West Indies in the group.

Mind you, apart from the sawn off series in Capetown at the start of the year, when England got bored of winning and left a couple of games in, we haven't really played against testing opposition, so wins against Ireland, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are not really a good indicator.

[Rinkals]

Unfortunately, I think the weather puts a natural break on how successful cricket can be in Scotland

I was just going to say that. Cricket is a lot more prevalent in Scotland than most would think. I grew up in a small east coast town in the 70s/80s where cricket was and is very popular, second only to football.

Here in Aberdeen, cricket is quite popular, I live less than 1/2 a mile from Aberdeenshire CC’s Mannofield ground which hosted Scotland v England only 7 or 8 years ago, it appears to be a very active club with busy sessions every day throughout *summer. During *summer it’s quite common to find cricket being played all over the city, granted this heavily involves the local Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi communities but certainly not exclusively.

* this is the big problem, some years, I have barely seen any cricket being played at Mannofield when I’m walking or driving past - covers down, raining, flag almost being ripped off the pole. Aberdeen is also much drier than most of Scotland so I’m sure it’s worse elsewhere, particularly on the west coast. Unlike traditionally popular outdoor sports in Scotland - football, golf, rugby where weather is rarely a huge factor, cricket demands it to be dry at the very least.

I played cricket for Portcullis: very enjoyable days.

[handyman]

Very much looking forward to today's game.

South Africa have been flying nicely under the radar and are currently not expected to make it out of the group stages: Jos Butler was dismissive of both Australia and South Africa saying that he doesn't expect either side to give England any trouble and is only concerned about the West Indies in the group.

Mind you, apart from the sawn off series in Capetown at the start of the year, when England got bored of winning and left a couple of games in, we haven't really played against testing opposition, so wins against Ireland, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are not really a good indicator.

Link to Butler's comments? Not sure it's wise to write anyone off in T20.

[Gumboot]

There are 34 South African born players in this World Cup. Seven of the teams have South African coaches.

Must be about time you fellas actually won something, then.

If New Zealand win it because of Devon Conway, we'll claim that.

So I guess that means Conway, Watling and Wagner make you Test Champs then?

[FalseBayFC]

Must be about time you fellas actually won something, then.

If New Zealand win it because of Devon Conway, we'll claim that.

So I guess that means Conway, Watling and Wagner make you Test Champs then?

Absolutely. And Ben Stokes means NZ can share in the Ashes triumph.

[Rinkals]

Brad Hogg echoes Butler's comments, so maybe he was right to write off Australia and South Africa.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/ ... YloCvlr4gQ

Hogg said India, Pakistan will move to the semi-finals from Group 2, while West Indies and England will advance from Group 1.

“The teams that I think are going to go to the semis are England and the West Indies from Group 1 and from Group 2 I think it’s going to be Pakistan and India,” he added.

Still, it's going to be interesting watching the underdogs Australia & South Africa in half an hour or so.

I shall hop onto my bicycle and cycle around to Pirates Rugby Club to watch it. Unfortunately, I seem to have left my Proteas shirt down in KZN, so I shall be wearing my rugby top. Go Proteas!!!

[ScarfaceClaw]

Straya win the toss. And we’ve got Mark Nicholas. All we need is Danny Morrison and … Jesus Christ. They’ve just handed over to Danny.

Time to take dog for a walk.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Rough start for Sefrica in a post Morrison world. 23-3 after 5. FFS it’s Mark Nicholas time. Hazelwood bowling very well.