Cricket: T20 World Cup

[handyman]

I hope Scotland make it through. I was at school with one of your previous players, Con de Lange.

Noticed this in the Scotsman today, thought you might be interested.

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/other-sp ... 2s-3430514

Thanks lad, incredibly sad, but great to know he had such a positive effect on the Scottish team. And good on the Scottish lads to accept him into the team.

[Torquemada 1420]

They’ll chuck in a shock loss at some point to keep the bookies happy.

v Bangladesh at Northampton 1999 anyone......?

[Rinkals]

Indian fans not taking the loss all that well.



Without video footage, you can't tell if the foot slid across the line (which seems likely), in which case it's obviously a legal delivery.

[Paddington Bear]

I reckon Scotland will fancy this.

[Tattie]

I reckon Scotland will fancy this.

Someone should tell the Scotland players.

[Insane_Homer]

180+ on the cards at this rate

[Rinkals]

Afghanistan no easybeats.

They gave South Africa a few anxious moments in the warm up.

Doubtless, Sandy will say that South Africa were fortunate to win.

[Slick]

Afghanistan no easybeats.

They gave South Africa a few anxious moments in the warm up.

Doubtless, Sandy will say that South Africa were fortunate to win.

Are most of them Afghani's or a lot of Pakistanis?

[Rinkals]

I have no idea.

I'm afraid that I don't really know a lot about them.

[Rinkals]

Scotland will need 191 to win.

Tough ask.

[fishfoodie]

Afghanistan no easybeats.

They gave South Africa a few anxious moments in the warm up.

Doubtless, Sandy will say that South Africa were fortunate to win.

Are most of them Afghani's or a lot of Pakistanis?

There have been tens of thousands of Afghans who've grown up in refuge camps in Pakistan over the last 40+ years.

[Slick]

Afghanistan no easybeats.

They gave South Africa a few anxious moments in the warm up.

Doubtless, Sandy will say that South Africa were fortunate to win.

Are most of them Afghani's or a lot of Pakistanis?

There have been tens of thousands of Afghans who've grown up in refuge camps in Pakistan over the last 40+ years.

OK

[fishfoodie]

Are most of them Afghani's or a lot of Pakistanis?

There have been tens of thousands of Afghans who've grown up in refuge camps in Pakistan over the last 40+ years.

OK

Just making the point that where an Afghan is born, isn't a very reliable guide as to their Nationality

I worked years ago with the Afghan Prince; & as far as I could make out; he'd only spent about two years in the country, & he had an English accent you could cut glass with; the product of a very expensive education, in the UK.

[FalseBayFC]

Sheesh! These Afghanis are pretty good.

[Paddington Bear]

Answer IIRC is the sport took off in Afghan refugee camps within Pakistan. Rare nice story.

Scotland have no answer to the spin here, all at sea

[FalseBayFC]

There have been tens of thousands of Afghans who've grown up in refuge camps in Pakistan over the last 40+ years.

OK

Just making the point that where an Afghan is born, isn't a very reliable guide as to their Nationality

I worked years ago with the Afghan Prince; & as far as I could make out; he'd only spent about two years in the country, & he had an English accent you could cut glass with; the product of a very expensive education, in the UK.

The tribal areas that straddle the border identify as Pashtun more so than Pakistanis or Afghans. Imran Khan identifies as Pashtun.

[fishfoodie]

For a big lad; that is quite the catch !

[Lobby]

Scotland will be lucky to get to 50 at this rate.

[Paddington Bear]

Quite tough to watch, Rashid Khan on now as well

[Lobby]

Quite tough to watch, Rashid Khan on now as well

It’s pretty brutal.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Look away Scottish folks. It’s not pretty.

[Paddington Bear]

Scotland have barely picked a single ball from the spinners and are still persisting with big gaps between bat and pad and lots of sweeps.

[fishfoodie]

Look away Scottish folks. It’s not pretty.

I don't think this should be shown before the watershed; it's pretty graphic

[Sandstorm]

Scotland have barely picked a single ball from the spinners and are still persisting with big gaps between bat and pad and lots of sweeps.

Sweep vs googly. Only one winner.....

[Sandstorm]

Scotland all out for 60.


Still, more than Windies and England got on Saturday.

[Lobby]

Afghanistan’s net run rate as a result of that thrashing is +6.5!

[Slick]

Answer IIRC is the sport took off in Afghan refugee camps within Pakistan. Rare nice story.

Scotland have no answer to the spin here, all at sea

Poaching bastards. Game void

[Slick]

There have been tens of thousands of Afghans who've grown up in refuge camps in Pakistan over the last 40+ years.

OK

Just making the point that where an Afghan is born, isn't a very reliable guide as to their Nationality

I worked years ago with the Afghan Prince; & as far as I could make out; he'd only spent about two years in the country, & he had an English accent you could cut glass with; the product of a very expensive education, in the UK.

OK, thanks. So most of them would call themselves Afghan. Just checking if we had a rugby league type situation but obviously not

[Torquemada 1420]

Scotland will be lucky to get to 50 at this rate.

You pessimist.

[Biffer]

Well.

That didn’t go as planned.

[fishfoodie]

Well.

That didn’t go as planned.

It shouldn't have been too much of a shock ... well maybe the margin; but the Afghans are bloody good, & have regularly shown Ireland how far off they are; so Scotland would have played them enough to know how good they are.

I doubt Scotland will be the only team this world cup, that has a horrible sinking feeling, when the face them.

[OomStruisbaai]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

[Rinkals]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Yes.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

We gave the Windies a bit of a hiding in the Caribbean earlier this year, and they'll be wanting their revenge, particularly after getting hammered by England.

[FalseBayFC]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Yes.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

We gave the Windies a bit of a hiding in the Caribbean earlier this year, and they'll be wanting their revenge, particularly after getting hammered by England.

Backlash time.

[handyman]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Come on the Proteas!

[Rinkals]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Yes.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

We gave the Windies a bit of a hiding in the Caribbean earlier this year, and they'll be wanting their revenge, particularly after getting hammered by England.

Backlash time.

Logic tells me that we have the measure of the Windies.

However, I'm a bit worried that they were blindsided last time we played them and this time they will be better prepared.

[Insane_Homer]

do or die for both underperforming teams, 2 losses to start in a group where only 2 progress will make it very hard to recover.

[Torquemada 1420]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Yes.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

We gave the Windies a bit of a hiding in the Caribbean earlier this year, and they'll be wanting their revenge, particularly after getting hammered by England.

Windies are clueless tactically as well as lazy (Gayle esp) and so the tactic of trying to slog your way to victory whilst eschewing singles is not going to succeed in these conditions.

[Rinkals]

Make or break match coming up today between Proteas vs Windies followed by Black Caps vs inform Pakistan.

Yes.

I'm a little nervous about this one.

We gave the Windies a bit of a hiding in the Caribbean earlier this year, and they'll be wanting their revenge, particularly after getting hammered by England.

Windies are clueless tactically as well as lazy (Gayle esp) and so the tactic of trying to slog your way to victory whilst eschewing singles is not going to succeed in these conditions.

That's basically what happened in the Caribbean a couple of months ago. Lewis smashed 50 in the power play, and then Shamzi and the spinners strangled them in the middle overs leaving them too much to do in the back end.

If they bat smart, they are very likely to beat us and I'm a bit concerned that they have learned the lesson.

[Insane_Homer]

South Africa chose to field