**Official** Super 8 Group 2 Discussion - Aus, Ind, Pak and SA

[Contra]

oh snap!

ASHWIN!

u can't keep this guy out when he bats, regardless of format

 

[benchmark00]

Good to see Starceh call someone a ****.

 

[Contra]

rain would seriously suck for us now.

 

[Valer]

Thing with Australia is that theyre so top heavy in the batting. Get 2 or 3 early and India are ahead of the game.

To the point that noone outside the top 3 has scored a 50 all year.

 

[benchmark00]

Wade is such a junk keeper.

 

[Contra]

Raina!

 

[benchmark00]

Whats the opposite of executing well.

 

[benchmark00]

Have they flown Damien Flemming home because of the grand final tomorrow and sent Mark Waugh out to replace him?

 

[Contra]

140...

gonna need something special to win from here. Need to get the 2 W's early to even have a chance.

 

[Valer]

140...

gonna need something special to win from here. Need to get the 2 W's early to even have a chance.

Dwta, as benchy mentioned we have no depth and the pitch is hardly giving out big scores (Pak barely got 133, SA 133 ect). I'd say par or so.

 

[Spark]

Pat Cummins (rf) 4.0 0 16 2

this kid. srsly

 

[theegyptian]

haha

"The man had gone into a player's room offering his services as a male ******," a police officer told the AFP news agency. "The player refused and he barged into another room when the Australians alerted hotel security."

ICC World Twenty20 2012 : Security tightened after breach at Australia team hotel | Cricket News | ICC World Twenty20 2012 | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[chicane]

HAVE to get Watson early, and try to choke the rest. Ojha needs to play the key role here.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh **** off rain.

 

[Contra]

this is gonna suck for India.

 

[chicane]

Well yes exactly, I couldn't see Pathan hitting Australia's express bowlers about. Fortunately Australia have bowled Twatto at him, and Hogg's gave him a pie.

In T20I you want someone who can carry on if they open the batting and get through the powerplay. It makes a big difference for instance when one (or both) of Australia's openers make it through to the 10th-12th over because they make what are statistically the quietest overs (7th over is the quietest, then it builds from there) into bigger overs because they can continue smacking the odd ball for 6, turning average overs into double figure overs. So you can easily gain 15-20 runs in that period over the 'average'. Whereas scoring much more than 9-10 an over at the death is difficult and requires assistance from the bowlers.

Australia should 'fear' a set batsman far more than a set player such as Pathan.

Plus, the opening pinch hitter role in T20 makes less sense IMO. Maybe one of the openers might try to bat long but the other guy is likely going to play about as aggressively as a pinch hitter anyway. You'd rather have your best batsmen up front.

 

[Contra]

he needs to have a man back there if Aswhin is gonna keep bowling in that same spot.

 

[Burgey]

What happened to Ashwin's action? It's diabolical.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

WHO THE **** IS GLENN MAXWELL.

wtf Australian cricket. Just wtf.

 

[Contra]

awe that was in the air.. Zak bowling well but we need wickets desperately.