Group D - West Indies, England, Ireland

[GIMH]

This tournament sux so far

 

[Uppercut]

That'd be the case if they went off after 5 and then didn't come back on. If they go back on now and have to play until 5 overs it'll be about 40 I'd say.

31 more off 3.4.

 

[WorcsRoyal]

West Indies 2 wins 0 defeats 4 points
Duckworth Lewis 2 wins 0 defeats 4 points
Mother Nature 2 wins 0 defeats 4 points
Coin Toss 2 wins 0 defeats 4 points
Ireland 1 win 1 defeat 2 points
England 0 wins 2 defeats 0 points

 

[Uppercut]

The rain's easing apparently. We could end up chasing the full total. And the Upholders of Traditional West Indian Incompetence thought they'd let it rain on the pitch a while longer .

 

[superkingdave]

Ireland were gonna chase it down easy anyway...hopefully they get back on, after my win on WI yesterday i put it back on Ireland today

 

[GraemeSmith]

In t20 they should just replace the pitch with artificial pitches and let the players play in rain.

 

[King Pietersen]

What about the ball? Sure the fielding side would love bowling with a wet ball.

 

[Jarquis]

What about the ball? Sure the fielding side would love bowling with a wet ball.

Windball IMO

 

[GraemeSmith]

Replace the ball every over or so depending upon how wet the outfield is. It is much more fair than the Duckworth-Lewis and we get to watch the whole game.

 

[Uppercut]

What about the ball? Sure the fielding side would love bowling with a wet ball.

Yeah that's true. Although they may end up playing under lights the longer the match goes on.

All this **** evens itself out no doubt. I won't complain unless the match is completely washed out. That would be a travesty.

 

[King Pietersen]

Replace the ball every over or so depending upon how wet the outfield is. It is much more fair than the Duckworth-Lewis and we get to watch the whole game.

Brilliant theory. What about the players equipment too? A cricket bat + torrential rain is not a great combination. There's already talks of there being a shortage in willow round the corner, so this theory would exacerbate that issue further. Then there's also the matter of dark clouds normally causing rain, meaning visibility of the batsmen isn't going to be great, so in-turn all the overs in rain would have to be bowled by spinners. The cost of ruined equipment, countless new balls and decreased visibility makes it a pretty poor theory tbh. I'd actually rather stick with D/L than this idea.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeah, but I won't be complaining if that happens this time, we've batted really poorly and deserve to go out.

That'd be my take on it too. Obviosuly some halfwit DL calculation will be the icing on the cake, but any side batting like we did today can't have any complaints.

 

[GraemeSmith]

Would you like it if on a fine morning KP and Swann decide to play for India just because India promised them million dollar contracts?

I see nothing wrong with this. If anything the current rules should loosened up more to allow players to play for different countries. If a player is good enough they should be able to play at the top level, regardless of nationality.

 

[GIMH]

It's ridiculous that England are allowed to steal players like Morgan from Ireland. How are they going to be a good team when all their promising players are poached by Eng?

Yes, god forbid movement between borders here in the 21st century

 

[superkingdave]

Decent catch that

 

[King Pietersen]

Doesn't look like Stirling's hanging around. Not quite Chris Gayle though is he.

Ohhh, what a catch from Michael Lumb. Back you go Stirling; Nick Knight still hasn't seen him get a run.

 

[GIMH]

That catch was FIT

 

[four_or_six]

Bloody hell, what a catch!

Perhaps that's the kick up the backside we need.

 

[Zinzan]

Is it just me or was that catch not quite as great as Lloyd was making out,

 

[four_or_six]

Is it just me or was that catch not quite as great as Lloyd was making out,

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