Don't understand cricket in the slightest but am hearing about this cat Maxwell's recent output. Is it Tiger Woods' level of excellence?
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Nah he’s not Tiger level. Think Adam Scott level. Very good but not quite the ducks nuts.
Dude highlights won't do this match any justice. Watch every ball from about 40/1. Some real crazy shit was going on in that innings.just wow. I boarded a flight when it was 95-7 thinking it was all but done. Got off the flight saw AUS won and Maxwell got 201 not out. Crazy stuff
Some brilliant bowling. Everyone thought Maxwell was gone on his first ball (hat-trick ball). Starc not reviewing after given out caught behind, ball was nowhere near the bat and hit the off stump! Maxwell walking off as he thought the LBW review was crashing into the stumps, only for the ball to go over the top. And then the absolute carnage and ridiculousness of the final partnership.
Everyone called in sick or working from home for this clash of the continent? 
how many runs do we need to win by to make the semi-finals?
England should tactically lose this game to allow European representation (Netherlands) at the champions trophy. For the greater good of the continent!Everyone called in sick or working from home for this clash of the continent?
What is Root doing playing that shot? He needs to be the anchor and play the overs. Let’s others play the silly shots.
Bit of a wee mini collapse here
You do know that Tiger Woods plays golf, not cricket, right?
Unfortunately it seems the team has checked out. Root is a winner and facing defeat after defeat with no chance of progressing further here. This causes mental lapses. It’s all in the mind.
England have given up here
Definitely you can tell there's no heart in anything we are doing tame chips to fielders or hand coming off the bat they just don't believe.England have given up here
Just need them to do it for one match against Pakistan as well. But they'll turn up and smash usEngland have given up here
Stokes saving an embarrassment.
That’s literally what every side has said against England and yet none of the players can be asked.Just need them to do it for one match against Pakistan as well. But they'll turn up and smash us
Just need them to do it for one match against Pakistan as well. But they'll turn up and smash us
I really doubt that, England are just going through the motions,
Obvs, but I couldn't tell a good cricket at bat from a great bat. Don't even know if an at bat is called an at bat, but all of a sudden I'm seeing tweets blowing up about Maxwell's at bat being historic,You do know that Tiger Woods plays golf, not cricket, right?
etc. Don't understand cricket one whit, but like to see & hear about memorable experiences in any sport.
That's why I asked if the at bat was at Tiger Woods' level of excellence like the 2000 US Open, he rewrote the record book for the majors in golf in that tourney.
It's Roy Keane vs Juve 1999 semi-final vibes.
Took the game by the scruff of the neck and led them to victory when all the odds were against him through will and force alone.
Perfect. Thanks.
I used to watch on occasion the second half of the 99 match against Juve when it was up on YT so I could watch Keane's performance.
at bat
I think this was (arguably) even better in some ways. Maxwell had to do everything by himself, his partner on the other end was essentially just turning up to watch him. Oh and he was limping on one leg.
See?at bat
No fecking clue.Just the way you kept repeating it, like you thought it was correct.See?
No, I was trying to showcase my avowed ignorance!Just the way you kept repeating it, like you thought it was correct.
What is an 'at bat' called in cricket?
Stokes ton
Depends. If it's your entire time spent batting then it's an innings, if it's facing an individual ball then it's "on strike". You'd think the Tories would hate it.
easily the best score of 100+ made this week imo.
Has there ever been a more clutch cricketer than Benjamin Stokes? His team looking dead and buried with Champions Trophy qualification on the line and he pulls a rabbit out of the hat.
Nope he's been a pleasure to watch over the years,if He doesn't get knighted one day it's a travesty.
Nothing say clutch like a century against Netherlands
It kind of does when you're a player who has scored multiple match-winning centuries across all formats, and who is renowned for digging his team out of tough situations.
Saying Ben Stokes isn't clutch. That is dumb, even for you.
Awesome. This is my first step in understanding cricket.
Oh, he meant innings, did he? Now it makes sense (sort of).
Ben Stokes is clutch. Scoring a century against Netherlands isn't proof of being clutch for anyone.
The two things aren't mutually exclusive - perhaps hard to understand for you.
And the post was made in jest - I'm not sure even Samid was serious.
Using clutch in relation to cricketers now, are we? Should be a banable offence.
Why are England fans in this thread so touchy? It's really weird.
I'm not sure it's mutually exclusive to just England fans though imo you can go in most cricket forums,cricket web etc and there's a high percentage of people who take comments/banter to heart or have a crazy bias.
Thought that looked out.
Agreed they had one camera view of it which was recorded with a potatoe and it still looked like he had something under it,seen way more contentious low catches given out before.