England in Australia .. One Day Series

[The General]

Woke up a interesting time here!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

7 needed off 7

 

[The General]

4 needed off the last over after a lovely 3 from Swann!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

4 needed off the last over

 

[EastStandBlue]

Woakes seems to have salvaged this *touch wood*

4 needed off the last over.

 

[The General]

Bad shot selection from Swann and is bowled

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

4 off 4 needed

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I don't have the stats to hand, but didn't he only bowl an over or two in the World Cup? I think there are better hitting batsmen than him. I'll give you his fielding though.

Bopara should be after his role - but he's let his fielding slip recently. You could argue he's let his whole game slip, actually.

He only had to bowl an over or two in the World Cup (and it was quite a good over IIRC), but how much chance has a no.6 got to influence a 20:20 game with his batting? I'd suggest it's less than with his fielding, if he fields in key positions.

Was Swann's shot as idiotic as cricinfo's commentary suggests?

 

[The General]

Scrambled single and Woakes on strike

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

3 off 2 to win

 

[The General]

Scores are tied. Dot ball seems an eliminator. England have nothing to lose.

 

[The General]

England WIN and set a new WR in the process winning 8 T20 games in a row!

 

[EastStandBlue]

Woakes gets England the win. Great game.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Scores are tied. Dot ball seems an eliminator. England have nothing to lose.

Do they have a magic over if scores are tied, and if so, what happens it a team is bowled out?

Basically the non-striker should be backing up by the wicketkeeper and the batsman should be taking strike half way down the pitch.

 

[Grayson]

He only had to bowl an over or two in the World Cup (and it was quite a good over IIRC), but how much chance has a no.6 got to influence a 20:20 game with his batting? I'd suggest it's less than with his fielding, if he fields in key positions.

Was Swann's shot as idiotic as cricinfo's commentary suggests?

A 25 off 10 at the end of an innings can swing it massively. If Smith got even 20 off the 11 balls he faced at 6, his team would have won today.

 

[The General]

Swanns' shot wasn't great. Played it as if it was going to be a short delivery and infact it was pretty full.

Not sure what happens in the golden over tbh. I've only just woken up and caught the last 2 overs!

:smile:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

A 25 off 10 at the end of an innings can swing it massively. If Smith got even 20 off the 11 balls he faced at 6, his team would have won today.

Absolutely, but you also need to recall that Wright is capable of that type of innings eg http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/412685.html. His domestic 20:20 SR is 144.37.

Someone like Bopara may produce that innings more often in international cricket (although I think he needs an over or two to get going), but you need to weigh up the runs Wright saves in the field (and with the ball, because he's a better bowler than Ravi) against the number of times Bopara will produce that innings when Wright wouldn't.

The fact that England have won their last 8 suggests that it's working.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Not sure what happens in the golden over tbh. I've only just woken up and caught the last 2 overs!

:smile:

Think it's just a one-over game, but you can only lose 3 wickets at most.

 

[Grayson]

Absolutely, but you also need to recall that Wright is capable of that type of innings eg http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/412685.html. His domestic 20:20 SR is 144.37.

Someone like Bopara may produce that innings more often in international cricket (although I think he needs an over or two to get going), but you need to weigh up the runs Wright saves in the field (and with the ball, because he's a better bowler than Ravi) against the number of times Bopara will produce that innings when Wright wouldn't.

The fact that England have won their last 8 suggests that it's working.

And another thing in Wright's favour is that he doesn't seem selfish with his wicket - not sure Bopara would be quite so willing to swing at the hip straight away for the team.

I'd like to see him contribute with bat and ball a bit more than he does, though.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

And another thing in Wright's favour is that he doesn't seem selfish with his wicket - not sure Bopara would be quite so willing to swing at the hip straight away for the team.

I'd like to see him contribute with bat and ball a bit more than he does, though.

I'd rather he contributed less with the bat and ball as it means England's top 4 have got out and one of the bowlers is leaking runs!