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Post by newby on Jun 14, 2024 21:04:49 GMT
The weather in Florida put a dampener on things today though it did allow the USA to qualify at the expense of Pakistan and/or Ireland. 7 teams are through to the Super 8's and either England or Scotland will join them. India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, USA and ?
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Post by newby on Jun 15, 2024 17:59:20 GMT
Squeaky bum time for England as the rain lashes down in Antigua. Plenty of time left to get a game on but they need the rain to stop.
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Post by newby on Jun 16, 2024 7:02:08 GMT
Pleased for England that they managed to get a partial game on and that Australia did what was required to beat Scotland.
England managed to at last get Harry Brook batting at 4 where he belongs and he repaid them in spades. YJB had a good little knock too.
We play the Windies, South Africa and the USA in the Super 8's, weather permitting.
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Post by hawke on Jun 16, 2024 8:30:14 GMT
Pleased for England that they managed to get a partial game on and that Australia did what was required to beat Scotland. England managed to at last get Harry Brook batting at 4 where he belongs and he repaid them in spades. YJB had a good little knock too. We play the Windies, South Africa and the USA in the Super 8's, weather permitting. yes a significant Yorkshire contribution
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Post by newby on Jun 17, 2024 16:04:41 GMT
Bangladesh confirmed their position in the Super 8's earlier, and the final two games in the group stages takes place today between New Zealand & PNG, neither of whom can qualify, and tomorrow West Indies v Afghanistan, both have already qualified.
No nonsense about carrying points forward into the Super 8's so it's 3 games for each team and the top 2 in each group reach the semi-finals.
Group 1. England, West Indies, South Africa, USA. Group 2. India, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh.
All the games are now in the West Indies at either Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua or Jamaica. There may well be ongoing weather issues given the time of year.
The consensus is that whatever happens England will move on from Jos Buttler after this tournament, and even a win may not save Matthew Mott.
That being the case I'm wishing them well and hoping Harry Brook lives up to his billing, and that YJB and Adil Rashid both have a successful last hoorah.
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Post by newby on Jun 19, 2024 9:31:43 GMT
My new found enthusiasm for Team England doesn't stretch so far as to stay up and watch them tonight at 01:30 when the face the West Indies in St Lucia.
West Indies have been impressive so far and it should be a tough test for England.
The other 2 games against South Africa on Friday and the USA on Sunday are both 15:30 starts.
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Post by davemorton on Jun 19, 2024 10:27:28 GMT
I presume it's now two groups of 4, three more matches, top two in each group to the semis? No points carried over? So England's defeat to Australia is now irrelevant? We had the same sort of thing with the Bob Willis Trophy, the pros and cons of a points carry-over.
So, basically, we need to win 2 out of 3...but there's a scenario where 2 wins aren't enough, and another one where 1 win might be. Plus the now familiar rain complication.
I have been keeping some funny hours, so I might make this one. I'm typing this at 11.15, having just got up because I didn't go to bed until 3-ish.
Good to see a game at the Darren Sammy Oval. I have holidayed on St Lucia several times, and stayed quite close to the ground without ever visiting it. It looked close on the map, but when you saw the steepness...forget it! One of my favourite places on the planet, St Lucia is not a flat island. I was last there in 2020. Got home, and a week later we were all in lockdown under Reichsfuhrer Boris.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 19, 2024 10:54:04 GMT
yes clean slate for all teams in the 2 groups of the super 8 stage.
2 wins should be enough but then again all teams may beat USA and then win one and lose one of the others so 3 teams end up level and the dreaded NRR comes into play again.
West Indies look to be playing well, home advantage, lots of players focused on T20 for a long time including recent IPL. When will the South Africans have their usual bottle job and choke in a game?
I was in St Lucia in February this year but no cricket on at Darren Sammy ground and nearest I got to it was when the wife had a morning horse riding from the "International Stables" (which you had to see to believe!) to the beach. Nice island but lousy roads, and prefer Barbados!
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Post by Hit Wicket on Jun 20, 2024 4:38:25 GMT
I watched the tail end of the West Indies v England. I think it's widely acknowledged that Bairstow is not in the form of his life, but I found his innings tonight quite fascinating. His timing was desperately off, yet he still contributed 48 runs at a rate of above 11 per over.
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Post by newby on Jun 20, 2024 7:30:47 GMT
Good win for England, just watched the highlights. I did start to watch it live but only got through the first Power play.
It appears the Windies settled on knocking it around for the middle overs and paid the price when they couldn't kick on against some good death bowling.
A good start with one of the openers batting right through, and some superb oomph from YJB got England over the line with ease.
Sold out venue apparently, I think they mean all the cheap seats.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 20, 2024 11:20:21 GMT
fantastic win - lets hope it inspires the football team to achieve a similar result!
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Post by davemorton on Jun 20, 2024 11:42:10 GMT
I finished up watching it all, minus a bit when I fell asleep. Salt got man of the match, and you can't argue with 87, but it was Rashid who slowed them down from the 220 they looked like scoring - he bowled beautifully - and then Bairstow who took a meandering innings and gave it life.
Up to then, it was looking like a replay of Yorkshire's last game, as Salt, Buttler and Ali were happy to go along at just below the required rate. Wickets in hand don't quite work with T20. You can have 8 in hand, but if you lose 6 of them, that's six dot balls, which is a killer.
Just checking: yes, memory passes the test, for once! In round figures it was 80 off 10 when he came in, so 100 off 10 needed, which became 70 off 7, thanks to him. Salt lost the strike a bit, I think, but YJB was going along at 220 per 100 balls = 13.2 per over.
From 70 off 7, two 15-run overs made it 40 off 5, then came the big 30-run Salt over, which hastened the end, and helped the net run rate, which might be useful if all top three teams beat USA, but all lose one game, the 4, 4, 4, 0 scenario.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 20, 2024 12:24:09 GMT
I watched the 30 run over and to be honest the bowling was absolutely dire. Mind you I see Buttler gave Livingstone an over too and that went for plenty as his pies were dispatched to all parts. Why the need to bowl him an over when he had 6 other bowlers is beyond me.
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Post by newby on Jun 21, 2024 7:48:53 GMT
Another test of England's credentials today when they take on South Africa at 15:30 in St Lucia.
I think England got the team spot on last time out and hope they remain unchanged.
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Post by davemorton on Jun 21, 2024 9:45:06 GMT
I think I would like to see a proper batsman, Duckett, instead of Livingstone. There looks to be a good balance to the attack.
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