How Farcical Is This ?!

[MaD]

The guy gave his opinion and that's what he was meant to do, big whoop

 

[kirby]

We smashed West Indies bowling attack for 191 iirc, before getting royally done over by D/L. There was no way WI would have failed to make the adjusted score in 7 overs, and the fact that taking wickets didn't affect the required score was laughable. Then in the Ireland game we recovered well to get to a par score on that wicket, and were then dominating Ireland with the ball before the rain came. To say the way we got through was a fluke or a farce is frankly laughable.

Did they win either game against the West Indies or Ireland? No. My point has nothing to do with the situation of either game, nor the potential outcome if they hadn't been rain affected. England didn't win a game in the group stage, and therefore it's not logical for them to be able to qualify for the next round, is it?

 

[Dutch]

Well good on you for writing mate. Certainly stirred up an ants nest. But then again that's what forums are for aren't they???

 

[kirby]

^^ That's what I thought. Just to clear something up, the article wasn't a swipe at the England side, but at the tournament.

 

[aussie1st]

Same thing could happen with the current World Cup format. Throw in a washed out match or two and you potentially could have teams going through to the Super 8 without winning a match.

 

[superfreddie]

you're right, but it'll be snowing in the sahara before england wins this tournament. how did they fluke their way into the finals

Is it snowing out there yet, HAAAAHAAAAAAAAA, Brilliant

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And now, if you subscribe to such trash, they are the best/second best international Twenty20 side in the world.

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Thats Kirby talking about England.

Firstly, how do you know how good England are when you say you dont watch T20.

and

B, England have just beaten Five of the best T20 teams in the world mostly quite comfortably including Australia and you say its trash that they are the best or second best T20 nation.

Yeah right, you mate are an ass.

 

[CaptainOZ]

Has anybody watched the coverage of the T20 final? I found it incredibly frustrating how the stadium announcer would scream "woooooooooooh!" every time a boundary or 6 was scored. It's stupid sh!t like this that cheapens cricket, and I hope announcers in Australia don't succumb to the type of hype-inducing rubbish we're seeing in IPL and now the T20 World Cup.

 

[riz7khan12]

meh..

 

[MaD]

Good run by England, it was fair enough

 

[kirby]

Thats Kirby talking about England.

Firstly, how do you know how good England are when you say you dont watch T20.

and

B, England have just beaten Five of the best T20 teams in the world mostly quite comfortably including Australia and you say its trash that they are the best or second best T20 nation.

Yeah right, you mate are an ass.

When will you realise that we don't care?

 

[superfreddie]

Yes you do or you would just ignore me

 

[pcfan123]

Ok SuperFred, take it easy now. I know you are excited and so am I but lets not turn into Indian fans.

The Aussies may not be jealous that we won this one but we have the urn and that is all that matters.

 

[Mike23]

Ok SuperFred, take it easy now. I know you are excited and so am I but lets not turn into Indian fans.

The Aussies may not be jealous that we won this one but we have the urn and that is all that matters.

Nah i'm sure they are, if you ask anyone what could be the icing on the cake after ashes victory the'd say beating Australia in the final, so basically it's like the final nail in the coffin!

 

[sohum]

Same thing could happen with the current World Cup format. Throw in a washed out match or two and you potentially could have teams going through to the Super 8 without winning a match.

IIRC the 2011 WC is going to go back to the old (2003) format. However, as with 2003 when teams refused to tour Zimbabwe due to security reasons, we may see similar things with Pakistan this year.

 

[Mike23]

IIRC the 2011 WC is going to go back to the old (2003) format. However, as with 2003 when teams refused to tour Zimbabwe due to security reasons, we may see similar things with Pakistan this year.

Pakistan aren't one of the hosts it's only India, Ban and SL.