**Official** Group A Discussion

[flibbertyjibber]

Think SL win from here and Sanga has been brilliant.

 

[BeeGee]

Can't say I rate Cook's tactical captaincy one iota.

Ludicrous captaincy. You need wickets, bring on your best seamer and don't put a slip in? Then the ball goes where the slip should have been and he then puts a slip in. Jesus, that's school yard level captaincy.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Played bowls last night and beat a main rival in cup but there was 4 or 5 of their team going to this today. I wish I was one of them as this knock from Sanga has been awesome.

 

[Howe_zat]

"Batting" powerplay now then. England's last weapon.

 

[Jarquis]

I wish I could play the dab to third man half as well as Jayawardene does.

 

[Stapel]

Another Sri Lankan goes out in a rotten way....

 

[MW1304]

There was no need for that. Still think we're ****ed.

 

[BeeGee]

"Batting" powerplay now then. England's last weapon.

Does the trick. Big wicket.

 

[Jarquis]

Jesus Christ, I've been watching this in some sort of stupor. As soon as that came off the bat I woke myself up with a cry of catch.

I usually hate it being said but that was a great time for a wicket. Nuwan is itstl. Not like Chandigun can't take advantage of the BatPP.

 

[Howe_zat]

Kulasekera a classic example of of how batting aggressively is not the same thing as scoring quickly. That's a really poor promotion.

 

[Stapel]

Why does Kulasekara come in before Mathews and Chandimal?

 

[Furball]

I can only assume every other batsman was having a **** when Jayawardene got out.

 

[Prince EWS]

Why does Kulasekara come in before Mathews and Chandimal?

Pinch hitting. He does it from time to time.

 

[MW1304]

The fact that we're all criticising this decision means its inevitable that he'll score a 30 off 15 balls and the match will be done.

 

[Jarquis]

I don't mind it that much as a move tbh. Obviously if it comes off then it takes them a step closer to the win but if it doesn't they're going to have Chandimal/Mathews/Thirimanne batting in the pressure situation rather than Nuwan.

 

[Howe_zat]

The fact that we're all criticising this decision means its inevitable that he'll score a 30 off 15 balls and the match will be done.

Sangakkara will win the match no doubt, which is why he needs a proper batsman there to give him the strike while getting themselves in, and able to accelerate if Sanga gets out. A pinch hitter is just as likely to eat up dot balls on the misses as hit boundaries. And dots building up is the most likely thing to result in wickets now.

They needed seven an over, it was a completely unnecessary gamble.

 

[Prince EWS]

The fact that we're all criticising this decision means its inevitable that he'll score a 30 off 15 balls and the match will be done.

I don't think it's a bad call. Saw them do something pretty similar with him against RSA a year or two ago and he scored 40 (30) or something like that.

The thing with Nuwan is that he can actually play attacking shots off the back foot. He's not going to be bogged down by the short balls like a lot of pinch hitters are.

 

[Jarquis]

One over of Swann and one of Bopara still to come. They could go for a few.

 

[Stapel]

Do England mind dropping a tail-ender, whilst there are proper batsmen waiting to come in?

 

[Stapel]

I don't think it's a bad call. Saw them do something pretty similar with him against RSA a year or two ago and he scored 40 (30) or something like that.

The thing with Nuwan is that he can actually play attacking shots off the back foot. He's not going to be bogged down by the short balls like a lot of pinch hitters are.

Thanks! That's actually useful information.