Indian Premier League 2014

[Contra]

LOL Chris Gayle "Opps he did it again" ... in reference to Faulkner.

 

[Shri]

So so so good to look at the 2 ****s' faces at the end. Faulkner and Watson.

 

[91Jmay]

Faulkner absolutely nicking a living in the IPL this year. Took him 5 minutes to decide to bowl a knee high, leg stump full toss. Just put it outside off stump, if a new batsman cover drives you for 6 then you tip your cap and walk off.

Was pretty poor situational awareness from Anderson/Raydu actually. No need to take on suicidal 2nd run, should have left Anderson on strike.

 

[viriya]

Faulkner hasn't really done anything to warrant bowling that over.. after that WI last over it showed he wasn't good at handling pressure when bowling - even if he can do it when batting..

 

[Shri]

Lowest strike rate for MI(minimum 10 balls faced) - Sharma(145). ****, maybe they should just use this tactic in every game.

 

[viriya]

Faulkner absolutely nicking a living in the IPL this year. Took him 5 minutes to decide to bowl a knee high, leg stump full toss. Just put it outside off stump, if a new batsman cover drives you for 6 then you tip your cap and walk off.

Was pretty poor situational awareness from Anderson/Raydu actually. No need to take on suicidal 2nd run, should have left Anderson on strike.

No one knew about possible qualification after a tie..

 

[Contra]

Faulkner absolutely nicking a living in the IPL this year. Took him 5 minutes to decide to bowl a knee high, leg stump full toss. Just put it outside off stump, if a new batsman cover drives you for 6 then you tip your cap and walk off.

Was pretty poor situational awareness from Anderson/Raydu actually. No need to take on suicidal 2nd run, should have left Anderson on strike.

Both Anderson and Raydu were under the impression that that was the last ball of the match so they had no choice but to try for a potential last run.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wait no interview with Watson?

Or did I just miss it?

 

[Contra]

This match should once and for all tell Mumbai that you GIVE YOUR MAIN PLAYERS AS MUCH OVERS TO PLAY AS POSSIBLE! If only they had allowed Anderson and pollard to come in up the order instead of with 10 balls left or something they would have qualified much earlier.

 

[91Jmay]

No one knew about possible qualification after a tie..

Well they should have. No one in MI backroom staff do maths ?

 

[Shri]

This match should once and for all tell Mumbai that you GIVE YOUR MAIN PLAYERS AS MUCH OVERS TO PLAY AS POSSIBLE! If only they had allowed Anderson and pollard to come in up the order instead of with 10 balls left or something they would have qualified much earlier.

They just stumbled onto the best batting order by accident here. Wouldn't be surprised if they try the same thing again in the next game.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Holy ****. This is glorious.

 

[Esperance]

man.

 

[Esperance]

if i got a dollar for every time someone said mumbai would win i'd have nothing.

 

[hendrix]

It's weird how they're saying that Anderson flopped all season. He did pretty well with the bat most of the opportunities he got. His bowling was generally awful, but that must have been expected.

 

[Spikey]

faulkner sux

should have bowled a wide

 

[G.I.Joe]

faulkner sux

AWTA

should have bowled a wide

A wide would have given Mumbai the NRR advantage. It's an extra run without the extra ball.

 

[Spark]

This match should once and for all tell Mumbai that you GIVE YOUR MAIN PLAYERS AS MUCH OVERS TO PLAY AS POSSIBLE! If only they had allowed Anderson and pollard to come in up the order instead of with 10 balls left or something they would have qualified much earlier.

Quite. No idea why so many teams insist(ed) on doing otherwise.

 

[Bahnz]

It's weird how they're saying that Anderson flopped all season. He did pretty well with the bat most of the opportunities he got. His bowling was generally awful, but that must have been expected.

I think a lot of the criticism has been based on how much he was bought for. Prior to last night his performances may not have been terrible, but neither have they been worth anywhere near $800,000.

 

[hendrix]

I think a lot of the criticism has been based on how much he was bought for. Prior to last night his performances may not have been terrible, but neither have they been worth anywhere near $800,000.

yeah but talking value does not and has never made sense in the IPL. There are far worse buys across its history and even this season.