Cricket

[cronullasharks]

No one could convince me Murali wasn't a chucker but that fella takes it a step further. That's a putrid action.

 

[Milk]

He interesting to see what the pitches do in the T20 World Cup. The schedule :

Group A: India, Pakistan, USA, Netherlands, Namibia

Group B: Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Oman

Group C: England, West Indies, Scotland, Nepal, Italy

Group D: New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Canada, UAE
All start times GMT

7 February: Pakistan v Netherlands (Colombo, 5:30), West Indies v Scotland (Kolkata, 9:30), India v USA (Mumbai, 13:30)

8 February: New Zealand v Afghanistan (Chennai, 5:30), England v Nepal (Mumbai, 9:30), Sri Lanka v Ireland (Colombo, 13:30)

9 February: Scotland v Italy (Kolkata, 5:30), Zimbabwe v Oman (Colombo, 9:30), South Africa v Canada (Ahmedabad, 13:30)

10 February: Netherlands v Namibia (Delhi, 5:30), New Zealand v UAE (Chennai, 9:30), Pakistan v USA (Colombo, 13:30)

11 February: South Africa v Afghanistan (Ahmedabad, 5:30), Australia v Ireland (Colombo, 9:30), England v West Indies (Mumbai, 13:30)

12 February
Sri Lanka v Oman (Kandy, 5:30), Nepal v Italy (Mumbai, 9:30), India v Namibia (Delhi, 13:30)

13 February: Australia v Zimbabwe (Colombo, 5:30), Canada v UAE (Delhi, 9:30), USA v Netherlands (Chennai, 13:30)

14 February: Ireland v Oman (Colombo, 5:30), England v Scotland (Kolkata, 9:30), New Zealand v South Africa (Ahmedabad, 13:30)

15 February: West Indies v Nepal (Mumbai, 5:30), USA v Namibia (Chennai, 9:30), India v Pakistan (Colombo, 13:30)

16 February: Afghanistan v UAE (Delhi, 5:30), England v Italy (Kolkata, 9:30), Australia v Sri Lanka (Kandy, 13:30)

17 February: New Zealand v Canada (Chennai, 5:30), Ireland v Zimbabwe (Kandy, 9:30), Scotland v Nepal (Mumbai, 13:30)

18 February: South Africa v UAE (Delhi, 5:30), Pakistan v Namibia (Colombo, 9:30), India v Netherlands (Ahmedabad, 13:30)

19 February: West Indies v Italy (Kolkata, 5:30), Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (Colombo, 9:30), Afghanistan v Canada (Chennai, 13:30)

20 February: Australia v Oman (Kandy, 13:30)

21 February: Y2 v Y3 (Colombo, 13:30)

22 February: Y1 v Y4 (Kandy, 9:30), X1 v X4 (Ahmedabad,13:30)

23 February: X2 v X3 (Mumbai,13:30)

24 February: Y1 v Y3 (Kandy, 13:30)

25 February: Y2 v Y4 (Colombo,13:30)

26 February: X3 v X4 (Ahmedabad, 9:30), X1 v X2 (Chennai, 13:30)

27 February: Y1 v Y2 (Colombo,13:30)

28 February: Y3 v Y4 (Kandy, 13:30)

1 March: X2 v X4 (Delhi, 9:30), X1 v X3 (Kolkata, 13:30)

4 March: Semi-final 1 (Kolkata or Colombo,13:30)

5 March: Semi-final 2 (Mumbai, 13:30)

8 March: Final (Ahmedabad or Colombo,13:30)

After single round-robin matches in the group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Eight round, while the remaining teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

In the Super Eight stage, the eight qualified teams will be split into two groups of four teams each. No points or results from the group stage will be carried forward.

Each team will face the other three teams in their Super Eight group once, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.

The two semi-final winners will meet in the final to contest the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 title on March 8.

Pakistan have refused to play India in their group A match ... in part due to Bangladesh being booted out.
Will (should) still qualify for knockout stage though. Which is wrong

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

The World Cup U19 semi final between Australia and England just finished. England won by 27 runs, Thomas Rew made 110, will play either India or Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, England 118-8 (19 overs) against Sri Lanka, Curran 54*

 

[ToffeeTim]

Why is Root not selected for the t20 world cup. Am I missing something

 

[summerisle]

Why is Root not selected for the t20 world cup. Am I missing something

He hasn't been in the team since 2019.

Are England missing a trick by not taking Joe Root to the T20 World Cup? | Taha Hashim

Nerveless batter is a master of building an innings on spinning wickets and his form suggests he could have prospered in India and Sri Lanka

www.theguardian.com

 

[ToffeeTim]

He hasn't been in the team since 2019.

Are England missing a trick by not taking Joe Root to the T20 World Cup? | Taha Hashim

Nerveless batter is a master of building an innings on spinning wickets and his form suggests he could have prospered in India and Sri Lanka

www.theguardian.com

Maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't think it's smart to leave out your best player in conditions where he is consistently your best player.

There is no way he is a worse player in these conditions than Bethell Jacks Duckett etc

 

[summerisle]

Maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't think it's smart to leave out your best player in conditions where he is consistently your best player.

There is no way he is a worse player in these conditions than Bethell Jacks Duckett etc

There is that, but I'd rather he have a rest before the start of the new season, he's played an awful lot of cricket, and he is our best player.

England finish on 128-9, Curran 58. Were 60-6, so at least they've got a sniff, but Overton had better bowl better.

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 5-1, Luke Wood with the wicket.

 

[summerisle]

Overton's first over goes for 14, get rid of him, Sri Lanka 28-1, (4 overs)

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 65-4, (10 overs), wickets for Dawson, Rashid and Jacks.

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 97-5, 15 overs. Need 32 off 5 overs.

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 97-6, Jacks with his third wicket.

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 112-7, need 17 off 2.4 overs.

 

[summerisle]

Sri Lanka 112-8, Bethell with the last two wickets, definitely on now.