Cricket: International Discussion Thread

[Creag]

Great moment in cricket as Rangana Herath came in to bat. Poms formed a guard of honour. Root took off his cap and welcome Herath. Kudos!

 

[Dan C]

SL 200/9

SL 203-all out

 

[Creag]

New Zealand v Pakistan in 1st ODI, Abu Dhabi.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

32/1 after 7 overs. Should have been 2 down but for a regulation catch in the slips.

 

[Creag]

Stumps in SL with Eng 38/0 & lead by 177.

 

[Creag]

Shaheen Shah Afridi to Munro, OUT, Munro has reviewed an lbw call. Beautiful delivery from Afridi. A slower one that completely cut him in half. Beats the inside edge on his half-forward push and pings him in front of leg. The angle's sharp but straight enough to crash into leg. Wickets hitting. Review lost
C Munro lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi 29 (27b 5x4 0x6) SR: 107.40

Appalling review. Got him plum on the back leg.

NZ 38/2

Afridi 2/20 in 4.

 

[Dan C]

Stumps in SL with Eng 38/0 & lead by 177.

That is a substantial lead going into day 3.

 

[Creag]

NZ 150/3 in 33 overs

 

[Agent_Smith]

NZ 150/3 in 33 overs

The evergreen Ross Taylor leading the reply.

 

[Creag]

The evergreen Ross Taylor leading the reply.

He is phenomenal.

 

[Dan C]

Before ... NZ 208/3

41.2 Shadab Khan to Latham, out Lbw!!
41.3 Shadab Khan to Henry Nicholls, out Lbw!!
41.5 Shadab Khan to de Grandhomme, out Caught by Babar Azam!!

After ... NZ 208/6

 

[3WA]

Before ... NZ 208/3

41.2 Shadab Khan to Latham, out Lbw!!
41.3 Shadab Khan to Henry Nicholls, out Lbw!!
41.5 Shadab Khan to de Grandhomme, out Caught by Babar Azam!!

After ... NZ 208/6

And he wasn’t finished.

 

[Dan C]

And he wasn’t finished.

And another falls... NZ screwing up here.

NZ 210/7

 

[Creag]

Decent recovery to 266/9

 

[Dan C]

Decent recovery to 266/9

Yeah... could be competitive...

 

[Creag]

Yeah... could be competitive...

On telly, they said that Pakistan were only 28% successful at this venue chasing. But that does not credit that currently the Pakis are on a bit of a roll.

 

[Dan C]

Hat-trick for Boult

2.2 Boult to Fakhar Zaman, out Bowled!!
2.3 Boult to Babar Azam, out Caught by Ross Taylor!!
2.4 Boult to Hafeez, out Lbw!! Boult has a hat-trick,

 

[Creag]

Just as I was thinking that their batting line up looked quite formidable ... bang ... Bang ... BANG!!!

Beautiful hat trick from Boult.

 

[Creag]

Joel Wilson, umpire in the thick of that, got the soft dismissal and LBW spot-on!

 

[Agent_Smith]

Fantastic stuff from Boult, but what a catch from Taylor!

 

[Creag]

Fantastic stuff from Boult, but what a catch from Taylor!

Would love to know the reaction time. It was sheer brilliance. Something Faf would be proud of.