World Cup Thread

[viccarlton]

Still don't think Archer's first ball in the Super Over was a wide

I agree

 

[TopCat]

Yeah he’s normally decent but he has a bit of a meltdown yesterday

I found all of the NZ commentators insufferable yesterday - Ian Smith, Simon Doull, Jeremy Coney.

Still don't think Archer's first ball in the Super Over was a wide

It wasn't. It hit the tramline making it a legal delivery

 

[Mainze]

I found all of the NZ commentators insufferable yesterday - Ian Smith, Simon Doull, Jeremy Coney.


It wasn't. It hit the tramline making it a legal delivery

I thought Smith was decent tbh, called the game quite well despite his obvious allegiance. The other two I agree, right up there in thundercuntville with Slater & Clark.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

I found all of the NZ commentators insufferable yesterday - Ian Smith, Simon Doull, Jeremy Coney.


It wasn't. It hit the tramline making it a legal delivery

Don't get me wrong England had a lot of luck, New Zealand had an extra delivery though

 

[Mainze]

Good decision. As can be seen the arguments over paragraph and sub sections is off and running

I lost a chunk of money on both the Semi Final & Final. I can conclusively say it was the best money I’ve ever given to the turf accountants

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

Don't get me wrong England had a lot of luck, New Zealand had an extra delivery though

They didnt, they had a bonus run. You can't score off a wide, by definition. A no-ball is an extra ball.

 

[TopCat]

I thought Smith was decent tbh, called the game quite well despite his obvious allegiance. The other two I agree, right up there in thundercuntville with Slater & Clark.

Doull is a prize bell end

 

[dafunk2]

I lost a chunk of money on both the Semi Final & Final. I can conclusively say it was the best money I’ve ever given to the turf accountants

I had £20 (at 5/2) on England to win, and Roy, Bairstow and Root to each score 20+ runs. Best £20 I've ever lost!

 

[TopCat]

They didnt, they had a bonus run. You can't score off a wide, by definition. A no-ball is an extra ball.

They could have scored off it though....because it wasn't a wide it was a play and miss. They got to have another go as well as getting a bonus run

 

[Mainze]

Doull is a prize bell end

When he shouted down Isa Guha when Bairstow got out, it was one of the most cringeworthy bits of cricket commentary I’ve ever heard.

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Stuart Broad on Twitter

 

[TheRey]

I found all of the NZ commentators insufferable yesterday - Ian Smith, Simon Doull, Jeremy Coney.


It wasn't. It hit the tramline making it a legal delivery

"The line is the Umpires"

I thought Smith was decent tbh, called the game quite well despite his obvious allegiance. The other two I agree, right up there in thundercuntville with Slater & Clark.

Thundercuntville

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

It wasn't. It hit the tramline making it a legal delivery

The tramline is only a guide, not the definition of a wide.

 

[dangermows]

You're confused; the batsman have to have passed each other, or crossed, in the middle of the pitch at the time the fielder throws for the run to count. It looks as if you think they just have to start the run.

So basically England have won the world cup in the least convincing, luckiest way possible. Losing 3 group games and almost going out; NZ ducking under the last ball of their innings; the fielder standing on the rope with the ball in his hand; a lucky 6 that should have been only 5 anyway; actually being bowled out but having a weird new tiebreaker; not even winning that outright either.

Did I once say I'd like them to not just win, but do it in style?

No I don't, I know they have to cross I'm laughing at the person who thinks by the time the ball gets to the stumps that Stoke could've turned then ran the full length. It's fairly obvious that wasn't the case.

Edit: England won it fair and square.

I thought Smith was decent tbh, called the game quite well despite his obvious allegiance. The other two I agree, right up there in thundercuntville with Slater & Clark.

This.

 

[TravellingMackem]

They didnt, they had a bonus run. You can't score off a wide, by definition. A no-ball is an extra ball.

They very much did. The ball went through for a legal dot, should have been 16 off 5, instead it was 15 off 6. One extra ball to score one less run. And the batsman stepped to the offside, was definitely not a wide under any metric. And the puff of dust was inside the line not on the line

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

They very much did. The ball went through for a legal dot, should have been 16 off 5, instead it was 15 off 6. One extra ball to score one less run. And the batsman stepped to the offside, was definitely not a wide under any metric. And the puff of dust was inside the line not on the line

It was a one day wide. For all you know the umpire may have said anything down the leg side was going to be wide. It's in the playing regulations that they're supposed to be stricter on wides in odis, presumably this is even more so in a super over.

 

[TravellingMackem]

It was a one day wide. For all you know the umpire may have said anything down the leg side was going to be wide. It's in the playing regulations that they're supposed to be stricter on wides in odis, presumably this is even more so in a super over.

It wasn’t down the leg side...

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

It wasn’t down the leg side...

oops

Still going to be stricter than normal ODI, which is stricter than first class.

 

[scotch]

Can guarantee the cheating crims would have gone up for obstructing the field, India as well and probably Pakistan and SL with their track records.

Tthey'd have mankaded wood off the last ball

 

[Comeback_Kenwyne]

You're confused; the batsman have to have passed each other, or crossed, in the middle of the pitch at the time the fielder throws for the run to count. It looks as if you think they just have to start the run.

So basically England have won the world cup in the least convincing, luckiest way possible. Losing 3 group games and almost going out; NZ ducking under the last ball of their innings; the fielder standing on the rope with the ball in his hand; a lucky 6 that should have been only 5 anyway; actually being bowled out but having a weird new tiebreaker; not even winning that outright either.

Did I once say I'd like them to not just win, but do it in style?

Boil yer heed. A win is a win.

It was a one day wide. For all you know the umpire may have said anything down the leg side was going to be wide. It's in the playing regulations that they're supposed to be stricter on wides in odis, presumably this is even more so in a super over.

It still wasn't a wide.

Look, you get the luck sometimes in sport. Maradona won the World Cup in 86 with ludicrous luck and dubious calls. Does anyone say he doesn't deserve it, or that his quite obvious genius didn't light up the World Cup? Does anyone think Argentina weren't the best team in that tournament? No.

Same for England, essentially. They deserve it based on the whole tournament and the last four years. Take the four sides who went through to the semis - England had the best record, the only team to beat all the other three at least once.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

@stephen cartwright

I plan to add vids tot he end of the other thread in a few days when more have been posted.

If we can get as many as possible in this thread “ll add them all.