Super 12 - Group 1

[SillyCowCorner1]

Just dumb bowling. He can't handle the pressure

 

[wpdavid]

Easy as you like. Miller far too good for this chap.

 

[slippy888]

i would have risked a short ball to miller before

 

[Arachnodouche]

lmao I love seeing the air go out of overzealous fans

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yesterday we saw an almost perfect last over bowled by Andre Russell. Today Lahiru Kumara bowled the absolute worst last over I've seen in a while.

 

[andruid]

If david miller was ever going to show the world what he can do today would be the day

And how...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Hey, I hear my fellow Guyanese, Eddy Grant's Joanna playing

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yesterday we saw an almost perfect last over bowled by Andre Russell. Today Lahiru Kumara bowled the absolute worst last over I've seen in a while.

Doesn't Janat's penultimate over count?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Doesn't Janat's penultimate over count?

I was focusing on 20th over

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A few months earlier Akila took a hattrick and they lost that match against the Windies.
Today, another Sri Lankan spinner has taken a hattrick and they were on the losing end of the result.

 

[thierry henry]

Kumara is like the 2021 Mohammed Sami. Bowls consistently quick but no-one seems to have much trouble smashing him.

 

[Bahseph]

I'm not used to SA pulling these off. Good game.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Shamsi comes across as a pretty sorted type. Bavuma's innings one of those tottering on the line between anchoring the chase and costing his side the game.

 

[Dendarii]

I'm not used to SA pulling these off. Good game.

Yeah, this looked like it would be a classic South African World Cup choke. But how good has Rabada's batting been of late? He's always looked good at the crease, just never actually made runs, but he's turned into a genuine contributor with the bat.

The one thing I'm a little worried about is South Africa's net run rate. I know it's dangerous to focus too much on net run rate, but England thumping the West Indies might end up being the deciding factor in the group.

 

[andruid]

Yeah, this looked like it would be a classic South African World Cup choke. But how good has Rabada's batting been of late? He's always looked good at the crease, just never actually made runs, but he's turned into a genuine contributor with the bat.

The one thing I'm a little worried about is South Africa's net run rate. I know it's dangerous to focus too much on net run rate, but England thumping the West Indies might end up being the deciding factor in the group.

NOted that he's always good to smite a few boundaries during the Windies tour.

 

[BoyBrumby]

South Africa beating SL and England whipping yer crims does mean Bangladesh live to fight another day.

If England beat Sri Lanka and South Africa, Bangladesh beat Australia and South Africa, the West Indies beat Australia, and Sri Lanka beat the West Indies it'll leave England with 5 wins and everyone else with 2 each, so it'll come down to net RR.

Practically have one foot in the semis already.

 

[Burgey]

That was more the sort of result o expected from this Australian side tbh. Dunno why you’d go on a batsman light when you were virtually 4 out all out already

 

[_Ed_]

Amazing by Miller and Rabada for SA - I went to bed just after the hat-trick at 112-6, and I thought the game was completely done.

 

[Howe_zat]

That's nice. England practically through, even a belting in their final game vs SA is unlikely to knock them out given the NRR difference

 

[Howe_zat]

If I were a terribly annoying cheerleading fan I could point out that every team with a negative NRR is a team that's played England