Was thinking before this game that it'd be very like us to pull off an impressive victory against SA before losing to Afghanistan.Well anyway, watch us lose to Afghanistan next and make this whole thing pointless
ICC World T20 2016
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Willey has been bowling well, has some good variations of pace and is great at the start. Topley is a bit hit and miss, he needs to be a bit smarter with variations. What other alternatives are you thinking of?
Agree about Topley however he needs to be a bit smarter with variations, Jordan is very hit and miss at times, too erratic.
T20 sticks up a massive middle finger to test cricket.
Wow. Jst saw the score. That was unexpected
Won;t have to worry for long. We will lose tomorrow and go outSo Root is the best England batsman you've seen
I'm worried about us. It looks like we lack big firepower in batting, and our bowling is hit and miss
We're trendsetters now.
don't make me laugh. Great batting but totally shambolic bowling and you think this is better then Test Cricket? Tests will always be the real examination of cricket. T20 is great to watch but never be a substitute for test matches.What the feck? This shit isn't real sport. It's who has the biggest bat on a flat pitch. It's isn't a contest, just batting. Change the name of the sport to hitting or some shit rather than making us watch this crap.
I'd have had Woakes over either of them, I know they like them because they're lefties, but Woakes is just a better bowler and also has a, sigh, good yorker would be more handy with the new ball than anyone in that side now, too, I think they've probably got to look to get Plunkett into the side as well.
I'm not writing off Topley, he's still young, but I've seen a lot of him for Essex and I said as soon as he came into the side he lacked pace.
Going forward, I think they might give Tymal Mills a run. His body is fecked, but at least he's a left armer with some actual pace, it seems to be what they want but they keep picking the Topley and Gurneys of this world.
Its such a shame they dropped Parry for no reason and took an absolute flog like Liam Dawson. Given how important spin has been so far he'd have gone great on these pitches and I think England should be looking to play 3 spinners.
That was more fun to watch than any session of test cricket I've ever seen. Including that time I saw a 70 year old Jamaican guy spent the entire 2 hours brutally heckling Jerome Taylor.
You mustn't have watched proper test cricket then.
Totally agree about Liam Dawson, not sure what the logic is behind taking an uncapped player. Root can be a useful bowler as well. Woakes is useful, has improved his pace and can bat. Not sure about Plunkett. Heard alot about Mills but only seen him a couple of times in action so will need to see him a bit more to make a judgement. Personally cannot see why Broad is not playing. You need to have your best bowlers there.
I guess the logic is that he is a left arm spinner (so takes the ball away from the right hander) who can bat a bit, and had a reasonable T20 season. I'm probably biased against him, because I've had a chat with him before and thought he was a massive cnut, but he never struck me as a player that was good enough for international cricket. Although, he's opened the bowling for Hampshire before, and seeing as how pace has disappeared up top it might be an idea to get him in over Topley (even if he only bowls 1 over the seamers aren't bowling out at the minute anyway).
Mills is one for the future, but they're understandably hesitant about him and have to manage him carefully, this world cup was just too soon for him: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Det...very-process/story-28462644-detail/story.html
There's a few knocking around the county scene who this world cup probably came a little too early for: Chris Wood, Toby Roland-Jones, both the Currans, both the Overtons, Gregory, Jake Ball, Hannon-Dalby etc... I'm not sure if any of them are currently better than who we took with us, but theres not a huge amount in it, which is the problem with who we did take.
I'm not going to suddenly pretend like I think Broad is a good short format player, but yeah, he's an improvement too.
I did say England batsman and not English batsman...So Root is the best England batsman you've seen
And yeah not taking Parry, easily the best slow bowler in the T20 cup last year for Lancashire is a poor decision which was obvious at the time. Who cares if he can't really bat, we have enough firepower.
How the feck did we lose that???
C word.
Topley just seems another Dernbach. A supposed specialist 'death bowler' who just bowls pie after pie.
Haha don't think it was that - it wasn't really a pressure game.
If this game was lost by a certain nation it's players would have been accused of throwing the game. Still can't understand how South Africa lost the match.
Easy, look at what the pace bowlers for both teams did and then compare it to the spinners...then add 3 extra overs due to wides...along with a few factor...
And of course 3 amazing knocks from England, and voila!
Topley is genuinely dog shit, I've seen him get hit by club cricketers in the past. No idea how he made it to the England squad.
Thought it was a joke when I saw it on Essex's Twitter account.
Thought it was a joke when I saw it on Essex's Twitter account.
I think you're right
England would be flecked without Joe Root
The Proteas are the poster boys for choking in Sport.
I cant think of any team that comes close.
Cant see them winning the world cup within the next 30 years (Yet they almost always the favourites before every tournament).
Mentally very weak.
I cant think of any team that comes close.
Cant see them winning the world cup within the next 30 years (Yet they almost always the favourites before every tournament).
Mentally very weak.
4 completely inaccurate posts in a row from me
Day 11: India vs Pakistan
Raining here
What's the forecast for tonight?Raining here
feck off Kolkata.Raining here
Thunderstorms. It has stopped now though and have a bit of sunlight coming through
Well, we're fecked then
Let's hope it happens early and clears off by evening.
If that happens, might actually be good - there would be no dew
Chances of rain in Kolkatta are 0% from 7PM onwards.
You've jinxed it. Weather turning bad now. Looks like you'll deliver rain at 7pm sharp
Arafat Sunny has been banned for chucking.
Taskin's been cleared somehow.
Taskin's been cleared somehow.
Lightning, thunderstorms. Apocalypse at Eden Gardens.
So I'm skipping my work colleague's wedding(in Vijaywada) for this..
@Varun what's the weather like? I'm hoping for it to be rained out. A point would be good for Pakistan, no chance they win today.
You can all quote me on it. Pakistan have about a 5% chance of winning and that 5% is if India forget how to hold the bat.
You can all quote me on it. Pakistan have about a 5% chance of winning and that 5% is if India forget how to hold the bat.