Paddock Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Absolutely ridiculous. From way under 2 a ball we now need just below 3. WTF why can't they just play an extra 45 mins it's under lights. Mfucking madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Fuck off, just fuck right off. What an absolute fucking travesty that was. Ruined an absolutely wonderful game of cricket. And they wonder why they struggle to get people to watch the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 We woz robbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 The batting looks immense for us right down the order, but the bowling isn't looking too hot - we could do with finding a consistent one day bowler because all of the current ones seem to go through periods in a game where they completely lose their head and leak runs. Just having one bowler who didn't give runs away cheaply would be massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Fuck off, just fuck right off. What an absolute fucking travesty that was. Ruined an absolutely wonderful game of cricket. And they wonder why they struggle to get people to watch the game. Can understand the logic of using stats to decide an outcome if a game is abandoned, but what was/is the point of shortening a game under circumstances like last night? Moral victory for me whatever the record books will say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 The batting looks immense for us right down the order, but the bowling isn't looking too hot - we could do with finding a consistent one day bowler because all of the current ones seem to go through periods in a game where they completely lose their head and leak runs. Just having one bowler who didn't give runs away cheaply would be massive. I don't really follow county cricket any more so I've no idea if we've any potential coming through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 The Duckworth/Lewis method was designed for the longer form of the game. I have long thought that it is not fit for purpose for the shorter forms of the game with some bizarre results ensuing. I saw the result of the Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire 20/20 game. Notts scored 149 Warwickshire scored 101 for 3 in 10.2 overs when rain stopped play. D/L quite rightly declared Warwick the winners but the result was ' won by 7 wickets'! What was that all about? D/L should be about calculating 'runs' not forecasting 'wickets'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Can understand the logic of using stats to decide an outcome if a game is abandoned, but what was/is the point of shortening a game under circumstances like last night? Moral victory for me whatever the record books will say. Exactly. If we'd had about 20 overs in our innings and it was torrential rain that was relentless and not going off it makes sense to do it but that game lasf night had an hour MAXIMUM and had floodlights. I guarantee every person in that ground would have wanted to stay longer. It went from an exciting "gettable" runs needed to a practically impossible target. They keep moaning saying it's hard to get people to watch the game then they ruin it with ridiculous outdated rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Jordan and Plunkett are ruled out for the rest of the series. We'll miss their run scoring more than their bowling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Not as explosive today but we're still on for a good score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Not as explosive today but we're still on for a good score. But, as you rightly suggested, the lack of runs in the tail cost us big-time. Could still be close though, we need a couple more wickets pretty soon now (NZ 66-2 after eleven). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 But, as you rightly suggested, the lack of runs in the tail cost us big-time. Could still be close though, we need a couple more wickets pretty soon now (NZ 66-2 after eleven). Willey can certainly score big runs but it was a bit much to ask him to come straight in and do it in only his second game for us. It's looking like a stroll at the moment for NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Normalservice resumed I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I really wish we had better one day bowlers so we could give up on Finn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 We did brilliantly to take it as close as we did. If only we'd managed to bat even a couple more of those 5 overs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) We did brilliantly to take it as close as we did. If only we'd managed to bat even a couple more of those 5 overs! We just don't click as a team often enough. Too often we bowl (not lately admittedly) really well but bat like dogs next game we can't bowl any sort of line or length and bat beautifully. Bar that first odi we just haven't played effectively as a team. Totally agree with you on Finn, he's all over the place. Far too wayward for a odi bowler. Edited June 14, 2015 by Paddock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 The common theme with England right now is the number of fielding errors. They've been costly in most of the games played this year, and they were costly again today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Here we go again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) I doubt this will go the full 50 overs each side with the weather but here's hoping.. We're bowling shite as per usual. Edited June 17, 2015 by Paddock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 The bowlers are dragging it back a bit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 And then our death bowling has been annihilated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 We need a solid start here. Hope the rain doesn't ruin this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 The openers are doing brilliantly. Great foundation for the rest of the batters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hales is going like a rocket. Watch him get out now I've said that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Bet the rain screws us again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 And there we go. Kiss of death. 100 for 1 though off 64 balls is good going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Four sided march this now; England v NZ v rain v D/L. Three more overs to guarantee a result and we're currently ahead on D/L, so then we start wanting rain . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Please don't collapse England! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Please don't collapse England! It'd be an embarrassing one if it were to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddock Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Under a hundred needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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