@Chris-B. said in T20 World Cup:
@Canes4life No!
Thank god I didn't witness the great Australians get their arses handed to them by Zimbabwe....
Fun fact!
Australia are 0-2 against Zimbabwe in t20 tournaments
@Dodge said in T20 World Cup:
i realise this is a sport forum, and we're all slightly weird, but genuine question, is anyone else you know aware that this tournament is taking place? I didn't know it had started until the day we lost to the Windies, didn't realise we'd already played a game, don't know when our next one is, haven't heard a single mention of it on tv, radio, even online. I've never cared about T20 but this feels even more ignored than usual.
I'm aware there was some noise about Pakistan and Bangladesh before the tournament as i listen to the Sky Cricket podcast but i don't really know what's happened. I have no idea how the tournament works (even though i had a look at the tables etc when i realised we were playing the Windies) and even if were winning, i would genuinely have no interest in finding out.
Genuinely curious if this is just a me thing, a UK phenomenon or whether this is true in other cricketing nations.
Was aware, but I'm not 100% sure if I would have been aware and as engaged without a mad keen 12 year old fan in the house.
I did read a harsh but fair comment on the ABC Facebook page:
"The Loch Ness Monster has been sighted more times than Cam Green"
In the series against India in the leadup to the WC, I was far more interested in the ODI results than the T20 results. I still value that form of the game more, you need a better all round team to win. I've been watching a bit of this WC as the times of the first game are good, though there are a lot of shit games it seems. The finals should be better viewing.
@Bones said in T20 World Cup:
@Dodge first day of treatment a couple of weeks ago, as soon as he heard my accent about the second thing one of the techs said was "are you a cricket fan?".
One guess as to where he was from though.
Sao Tome and Principe?
@Smudge said in T20 World Cup:
@Bones said in T20 World Cup:
@Dodge first day of treatment a couple of weeks ago, as soon as he heard my accent about the second thing one of the techs said was "are you a cricket fan?".
One guess as to where he was from though.
Sao Tome and Principe?
Guinea-Bissau
So lost toss, NZ first game outside of Chennai too. Can we win the group? South Africa surely favourites lol
51/1 after 5. Rachin finding some runs even if lucky to be still in, hopefully finds some form
Great catch and Rachin out at least he got a couple of runs, six was good just no patience, need a good little partnership now
Allen throws his wicket away game starts to ebb back to bring South Africa back into this. Doull thinks 200 min needed on this deck
Chapman shoulda gone, woulda been quite the catch, but insult to injury and it goes for four.
@Bones said in T20 World Cup:
Chapman shoulda gone, woulda been quite the catch, but insult to injury and it goes for four.
If that stayed in the hand and he didn’t go into the boundary would have been catch of tournament qualifier
That was horrible fielding by the saffa there. One of those moments that makes you wonder...
Dew coming in to play now, ball skidding faster, saffa fielding pretty impressive apart from the last couple of balls
@Bones said in T20 World Cup:
Weird review, you clearly heard it hit the bat.
I’m guessing they thought hit pad first… but were way off
Well NZ threw that away. SA bowling and fielding been very good but on this wicket NZ should have been better. Nz limp to a below par total of 175