Super Eight

[Magrat Garlick]

And of course cricinfo are too gutless to put up any one of the million comments saying so

Hey, give the lad some time to type. It's not like he doesn't already have a match to commentate on.

 

[Jono]

NZ just dropped 14 cents for the win... for absolutely no reason I can think of tbh.

 

[simmy]

Haha nice, is this CW Fantasy Cricket, or cricket.com.au Dream Team?

I had Kallis as my captain which has done me good so far.

Actually the SkySports one. I didnt think to use the CW one which was pretty stupid of me.

Franklin needs to be changed. Vettori perhaps?

WHAT A GAME THIS IS!

 

[GGG]

Franklin is getting absolutely slaughtered, as he does when he gets no swing.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

I don't think he's bowled at all badly really. The over-pitched ball deserved the treatment I guess, but there was little wrong with the other balls that got hit IMO, other than their general innocuousness.

But its always that over-pitched ball or similar that he bowls each over that lets the pressure off the batsmen.

 

[pup11]

Gayle just nailed that straight drive there, could have cleaned up Franky there.

 

[simmy]

If we were going to get really critical, you could say they were slightly wide of off-stump but that's about all I can think of.

Well... they were definitely too full as well. Not majorly but enough to ensure the batsman has the confidence to hit through the line.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

From cricinfo:

Richie Edwards: "Skinner of the US is incorrect. It made no difference whether you won your crucial game or not. The venues were arranged according to seeding not position in the group. So Aus would always be A1 and would always have played at the same ground. If a minnow went through it would take the place of the seeded country that was knocked out."

Dammit, they didn't use my one

 

[simmy]

Sarwan is class.

 

[Prince EWS]

If we were going to get really critical, you could say they were slightly wide of off-stump but that's about all I can think of.

Yeah, but that's generally where you'd aim to bowl ITBT. That width or slightly closer in. The fact that Franklin is generally inaccurate and yet he's still innocuous enough to get smashed when he gets his radar right says it all about his ODI bowling really.

 

[wpdavid]

WI could have done without Sarwan taking 5 balls to manage a single against Oram after Gayle's last over. Still, at least he's back on strike now. Lets see what happens this time.

 

[Perm]

I've always been a James Franklin supporter and said that he comes back later in his spell, would like to see Styris, McMillan or Vettori bowl a couple of overs here at Franklin's end so we can leave him for later.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well... they were definitely too full as well. Not majorly but enough to ensure the batsman has the confidence to hit through the line.

They were too full and yet Gayle played them both off the back foot? Odd.

 

[pasag]

Excellent catch!

 

[Perm]

McCullum takes a brilliant catch to get rid of Sarwan off the bowling of Oram.

 

[Perm]

They were too full and yet Gayle played them both off the back foot? Odd.

I didn't think they were particularly full, not the ones he threaded through the off-side. Still Gayle usually does prefer hitting the half volleys off the back foot so he can really get under them.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Bazza you lil beauty.

Great catch. Lara gotta come in now

 

[Pup Clarke]

What a catch by McCullum!!!.As Ian Smith pointed out his weight was to the right and he was waiting for the outside edge.Superb reflexes as he was wrong footed.

 

[simmy]

They were too full and yet Gayle played them both off the back foot? Odd.

Lol. We must be talking of different shots.

 

[Prince EWS]

I didn't think they were particularly full, not the ones he threaded through the off-side. Still Gayle usually does prefer hitting the half volleys off the back foot so he can really get under them.

They weren't full at all IMO and that was my point essentially. If anything, as you said, a little wide, but they'd never be balls you'd wish to get as a batsman really.