Group E - England, India, South Africa, West Indies

[Shri]

No we didn't. I still don't think 161 off 20 = 80 off 9

Should have been 82 off 10 overs?

 

[zaremba]

Is a 5 wicket maiden too much to ask for?

I would pay good money for any kind of maiden right now.

 

[GIMH]

Sidebottom just needs to take 5 wickets in a row and we're laughing

 

[four_or_six]

Come on Sidey, WWW.

 

[wpdavid]

we didn't deserve to lose today

We didn't bat well enough to deserve anything, even allowing for DL's comedy target.
We've spent the whole tournament batting like a pile of ****e, so there's no complaints. The wonder is we got this close.

 

[GIMH]

if there is a god, show me now

 

[Smith]

WI, SL, Pak, SA wow!

 

[zaremba]

Should have been 82 off 10 overs?

No - the point is that with 9 overs you can bat like muppets (as the Windies, except for Sarwan and Chanders, have done) and still have no real risk of running out of batsmen. That changes the dynamic so much that you should be looking at more like 95 off 9 imho

Mind you I would NOT be saying this if England were chasing

 

[jimbles]

come on god!

 

[Sutty]

2 from 5

 

[andruid]

maybe they should include desired number of wickets to these D/L target chases

 

[Adamc]

Why the **** are the fielders on the boundary?

 

[jimbles]

the game is gone. **** you God, **** you!

 

[superkingdave]

We didn't bat well enough to deserve anything, even allowing for DL's comedy target.
We've spent the whole tournament batting like a pile of ****e, so there's no complaints. The wonder is we got this close.

Yeah we deserve to go out. Certain players have performed, certain haven't (most of the batsmen). Hopefully Collie will step down.

 

[grecian]

Well, clever tactics by the windies letting their thrashers go up front, and having the class players to finish it.

Not pushing through on the middle overs was always going to cost us sometime,

Well done the West indies, no complaints here

 

[Smith]

Worth the late sit in the night really.

 

[cover drive man]

Well cant say England have shown anything which makes them deserve to go through.

 

[GIMH]

Sarwan & chanders batted well. we woz robbed.

 

[Scaly piscine]

We didn't bat well enough to deserve anything, even allowing for DL's comedy target.
We've spent the whole tournament batting like a pile of ****e, so there's no complaints. The wonder is we got this close.

Yes England batted badly at the end, but they still outplayed West Indies.

England have been totally cheated out of this game by a completely farcical DL total. That total implies 82-0 after 11 overs is par.

COMPLETE JOKE.

 

[superkingdave]

Why the **** are the fielders on the boundary?

because Collingwood is a ******