Heard there was covid exposure. Sad as the tournament was going good.
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Yeah finally they've made it a batting centric tournament. Saw Babar innings yesterday. Class.
Yep rising Covid infections. Unfortunately it seems the “secure bubble” protocol isn’t as tight it should be.
At least Babar showed some form, was worried he was in some slump after the SA series!
This is amazing.
Especially as Pollard decided to do it at 62-4 in the sixth over with his team chasing 130.
By the end of that over there had been 22 scoring shorts and 11 of them were sixes.
Read that 6 players within the bubble got Covid
What's going on with the Windies? Didn't think the guys were considered for selection anymore.
Dwayne Bravo
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle
Lendl Simmons
Dwayne Bravo
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle
Lendl Simmons
Fidel Edwards has been bowling well in some of the leagues so is a good addition, Gayle is definitely still an asset to have . Simmons is the one I am unsure about
Gayle is the one which is surprising me the most to be honest. He is like 40 years old flying around the globe playing in all these franchise conditions with a dodgy heart, I thought he would of slowed down by now. Great longevity to be fair in regards to Edwards as he did ok with Hampshire couple of seasons ago when he was with them. Just checked on Wikipedia he's 39.
Cracker of a test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. How many overs did Rashid Khan bowl
Just watching the Sri Lanka vs West Indies match and really impressed again by the bowling of Lasith Embuldeiya. I thought he had a great series against England.
There seems to be a great selection in left arm off spinners in cricket at the minute.
Leach
Embuldeiya
Axar
Maharaj
Is that all or have I missed anyone out?
There seems to be a great selection in left arm off spinners in cricket at the minute.
Leach
Embuldeiya
Axar
Maharaj
Is that all or have I missed anyone out?
Jadeja.
Superb 100 from Babar, some lovely shots. Pakistan should go on to win this from here.
edit: he’s out next ball. Ffs
edit: he’s out next ball. Ffs
They shouldn't be allowing both Pakistan and SAfrica to play in green.
Pakistan making a meal of a straightforward chase and South Africa dropping simple catches and bowling beamers as soon as they have the upper hand. Some things never change
Pakistan very very lucky to win that.
Good finish to the game.
Good finish to the game.
Made that far harder than it needed to be. Should’ve won comfortably, instead took it to the last ball like amateurs. Imbeciles need to learn to deal with a little bit of pressure without crumbling.
United right now are basically the footballing version of SA. Complete bottle jobs with some decent individual players.
Pakistan really struggling with the pace and bounce from Nortje. Unless Fakhar gets us off to a fast start, I don’t think we have the ability to chase down 320+ against decent opposition.
Class innings by Fecker, shame he ran out of partners
Oh Fakhar - what a way to get out 
Great effort nonetheless. Some class shots, deserved to get to 200.
We really need to sort out the middle order which is too reliant on Babar & Rizwan to do something - that ultimately cost us today & almost cost us in the first game.
Great effort nonetheless. Some class shots, deserved to get to 200.
We really need to sort out the middle order which is too reliant on Babar & Rizwan to do something - that ultimately cost us today & almost cost us in the first game.
Great innings by Zaman
De Kock dickhead
dickheadBrilliant by Zaman but De Kock completely outsmarted him there
Outsmarted? There's nothing 'outsmarted' about breaking the laws. Shouldn't have been given out and 5 penalty runs should have been awarded to the batting side.Brilliant by Zaman but De Kock completely outsmarted him there
Yea. Umpires had a cockup today, they missed the ball hitting Bavuma's hat as well, which would've been 5 penalty runs as well. I guess the third umpire cannot intervene on these things even if it's obvious from replays.
10 less runs in that chase with the form Fakhar was in? Could've made a difference.
Just saw it.. De Kock
That was clever.
That was clever.
Had no idea there was a law against pointing to one end while the ball was actually headed to the other end.
Going by what you posted I guess De Kock cheated by the letter of the law but on a practical level it was quite hillarious that something as simple as pointing to the bowling end completely fooled Zaman
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Cricket has laws for such small moments that it must be difficult for the umpires to keep up. The Bavuma catch hitting his hat, what de kock did.
Reminds me of the extra run England got in the world cup final because the umpires didn't notice that the throw came in before the batsman crossed.
Reminds me of the extra run England got in the world cup final because the umpires didn't notice that the throw came in before the batsman crossed.
The issue wasn't just the pointing, but Fakhar clearly slowed down and even looked back at the bowlers end thinking the throw was going there. Clear violation of the law missed by the umpires, I guess Fakhar didn't complain as well so no one looked into it.
That was hilarious by De Kock but what an innings by Zaman.
I think they got that one right because he was wearing the hat and it fell off naturally. Would have been different if he had deliberately flicked it off, or if it fell out of the back of his trousers or something.
But the fake fielding one is 5 penalty runs + the 2 they ran + ball not counting. So would have been 23 needed from 6 with Fakhar on strike instead of 30 from 5 and Fakhar out. With the way he was going you would have half fancied him to pull it off.
I get your point and that is what I said that I understand it was a wrong by the letter of the law.
To be honest though, I think it's a rather stupid law. I can understand distraction and obstruction being and issue but deception like what De Kock did is is far more acceptable in my book as compared to the sledging that happens in games.
I have seen Dhoni do something similar in the past where he stood near the stumps with his arms next to his side with a body language that made it seem like the ball is goin to the other end and then suddenly coming alive and running a player out. Only difference was he didn't point but he definitely decieved the batsmen with his body language.
Hard to call it a deception when the ball is clearly in play and can be seen by everybody. I think deception would be where a fielder tries to hide the fact that he has the ball and then throws it when the batsmen start running
Now this makes sense as the correct definition of deception.
It is deception because Fakhar was running towards his end and therefore not looking at where the ball is, which is what every batsman does. He only slowed down, and even looked back at the bowlers end, when De Kock pointed there. That's clearly deception, it's the same if the fielder pretends the ball has hit the boundary and suddenly throws it with the batsman in the middle. Even in that case the ball is visible to everyone, it's still deception.
Don't think it would've mattered in the end in terms of the result, though maybe Fakhar would've gotten his double century
Lovely pink SA kits.
Fakhar only has himself to blame for being lazy and not getting back. Shades of Inzi Ul-Haq
Fakhar only has himself to blame for being lazy and not getting back. Shades of Inzi Ul-Haq
What a disgusting tweet from Taslima Nasreen about Moeen Ali
She's a nasty piece of work, and always has been.
What's the little narcissist said?