Idle cricket musing

[citizenED]

Err..correction Mr Narnia - The Bs have it. Wow! Seat of pants Sunday!

[Atticus]

Choke choke

[Brendan]

South Africa suck.

To put it eloquently.

[Narnia]

Lucky lucky India..........

[Atticus]

Hardly lucky, won by 5 wkts. Are you beong ireonic?

[Narnia]

No........this is what I meant!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I think I've found the flaw in stealing from Murdoch, Brendan.

Apparently if I want to go on watching the Ire/WI match, I have to press the red button, otherwise I'll be stuck with Eng/Bang. Life's so tough sometimes.

[mockney piers]

Is England out to shred the nerves of a nation. Why can't they just either win or lose properly goddamit!!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I so thought we were going to pull it off. V distraught.

[Mick Mac]

Who invented cricket?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Carlo Collodi.

[Narnia]

How is that nose PGC?

[Atticus]

Will England qualify?

If Bangladesh win today, eng will have to beat the West Indies if they are to qualify for the quarters. I predict an early exit for Strauss et al.

[SimonM]

What a fascinating game to watch...and how typical of Sky to miss that final run-out!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I listened to it at work - was pretty hairy and rather satisfying.

Sky aren't the only knobs - I've not forgiven the BBC yet for the B&H One Day Final years' ago. No 10, Joey Benjamin facing the last ball with one run needed for Surrey to win and BBC switched over to the opening hyperbole of Wimbledon.

[Brendan]

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club have a lot to answer for.

[Narnia]

Yes but that Wimbledon opening could have given some kid just the right encouragement to go on and be the first British winner in years.How long ago was it?

[Atticus]

Simon, sure it Sky's fault? they have little or no control over the world feed provided by ESPN.

[????]

See the chokers have choked :))

[Atticus]

You do the chokey chokey and you turn around...

[Atticus]

England aren't good enough to be in a position to choke, rubbish!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I shan't be able to show my face in Tesco Express for ages now.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well done India.

Miffed that cricvid blocked it today, shall have to watch highlights if I can stay up that late.

[david_carnell]

A rather astonishing performance by Shane Watson vs Bangladesh.

Headline figures: 185 not out off 96 balls. 15 fours and 15(!) sixes

[Loz]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> A rather astonishing performance by Shane Watson

> vs Bangladesh.

>

> Headline figures: 185 not out off 96 balls. 15

> fours and 15(!) sixes

... from a score of 232/1. So he scored about 80% of the runs in the run chase. Amazing.

Also, his first 100 was quick (but failed to beat Matt Hayden's record of 66 balls). After that he upped a gear. His next 50 came off 14 balls!

# 100 off 69 balls (11 x 4, 6 x 6)

# 150 off 83 balls (13 x 4, 11 x 6)

# 185 off 96 balls (15 x 4, 15 x 6)