The ICC T20 World Cup 2016 thread

[sand_man]

Bangladesh should have won that.

Interesting last over to say the least...

Amazing last over!! Possibly one of the most intriguing overs ever bowled in a T20 match?!! Had all the drama one expects from a T20 knock out match (India losing would have had less than no chance of progressing). Just sensational!!! Bangladesh butchered it! Such a pity!!

 

[AirWolf]

Amazing last over!! Possibly one of the most intriguing overs ever bowled in a T20 match?!! Had all the drama one expects from a T20 knock out match (India losing would have had less than no chance of progressing). Just sensational!!! Bangladesh butchered it! Such a pity!!

But it begs the question of: was it rigged? or was it just BMT pressure?

 

[SinghDude]

The Bangladeshi choke makes even the Proteas look good....

 

[kooldude]

The Bangladeshi choke makes even the Proteas look good....

Nothing beats the 1999 semi final draw

 

[SinghDude]

That's not kool.....low blow. Now I will need to see my therapist again.

 

[AirWolf]

The guys better have the tissues ready for De Kock if they don't pull off a victory.

 

[Neoprod]

Gayle is the side for later.

Wahab Riaz is taking the Aussies on...loving it.

 

[Creag]

Sadly this one ends Pakistan's hopes of a semi-final spot

 

[Creag]

Faulkner 5/27 in 4 overs puts Pakistan out. His final 2 overs for a paltry 13 runs incl. 4 wickets. Ouch!

 

[AirWolf]

Sunday's India vs Australia game will decide the second finisher in that group.

 

[Neoprod]

Don't fancy Pakistan through the tournament but was hoping they'd at least put down one of the top sides to make it interesting.

 

[poffle]

Well now the spotlight is back on us! Hope our boys have pulled some finger and we don't go into the game with 4 seamers. should be a goodie!

 

[Creag]

Points Table

 

[Creag]

West Indies wins the toss & will field

 

[Creag]

Rilee is in for JP. Phangio in for Abbott.

 

[Creag]

7.05pm West Indies win toss and bowl. Francois says he would have batted first anyway so he's all happy, too. Everyone's a winner. Everyone's a winner. To my eye, it looks like a good surface...Francois really was delighted to be batting first. It's one of those tracks, then, which nobody really knows how it will play. All the more exciting!

South Africa Team
Q de Kock†, HM Amla, F du Plessis*, AB de Villiers, DA Miller, RR Rossouw, D Wiese, CH Morris, AM Phangiso, K Rabada, Imran Tahir

West Indies Team
J Charles, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, ADS Fletcher, D Ramdin†, DJ Bravo, AD Russell, DJG Sammy*, CR Brathwaite, S Badree, SJ Benn

 

[Creag]

So Gayle is fit for this our must-win match. I suppose if you want to be the champion side, you have to beat everything coming your way.

 

[AirWolf]

We need to think outside the box. Change tactics, do something different if things start going pear-shaped.

 

[Creag]

According to media reports, the move from the pitch that hosted the low-scoring, spinner-dominated India-New Zealand match on March 15 to an adjacent one came at the behest of Andy Atkinson, the ICC's pitch consultant.

It remains to be seen how the new strip will play. Faf du Plessis, South Africa's captain, surmised that the move was made to ensure a less dry playing surface, but he still expected spin to play a significant role.

With Duminy out, South Africa might be forced to include a second specialist spinner, in Aaron Phangiso, to support the legspinner Imran Tahir. It will leave du Plessis - who has already had to deal with dropping his pace spearhead Dale Steyn - with a quandary over which pace bowler to leave out.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/988869.html

 

[poffle]

I have a feeling that we might see Miller or ab throw a ball or 2. That'll be fun come on proteas!