Chris O'Connor
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Top drawer not top draw lol
Cricket
- Thread starter summerisle
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England win the toss and bat in the womens T20 final.
Looking forward to watching this. Hopefully our girls will inflict more misery on the old enemy after the rugby union boys beating the Aussies this afternoon.
Looking forward to watching this. Hopefully our girls will inflict more misery on the old enemy after the rugby union boys beating the Aussies this afternoon.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England 57-3 10 overs.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Struggling, 98-8, 18 overs.
Hope I'm wrong but I can't see us defending this total. When only two of your batters get into double figures you're always going to be struggling.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England 110-4, lead by 206. Buttler 28, Stokes 32, recovering from 39-4. Stokes out twice from no balls from the spinner, Sandakan.lol
300 lead should be enough, be nice to get a few more though.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England 128-5, Stokes out for 42, lead now by 224.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England getting to a dominant position : 160-5, Buttler 60, Moeen 17., lead by 256.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Two quick wickets, Buttler 64, Moeen 22. England 171-7, lead by 267.
Minimeister
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Christ mate, don't do that to me.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Tea, England 210-7, lead by 306, Foakes 20, Rashid 21. Plenty you would think.
...the Sri Lankan approach appears a bit odd, letting England accumulate singles. I’d have thought they would’ve pushed for wickets, surely the only chance they had of a victory.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
England bowled out for 230 ; Sri Lanka need 327 to win.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Foakes left stranded on 36, Rashid ct behind off a one that really turned sharply for 24, Broad soon went for 1 and Leach blocked for a while but succumbed too for a duck.
326 the lead, I think Sri Lanka should get within 200 of that.
Odds Sri Lanka 5/1 England 3/19
(tbf I think 5/1 is fairly miserly imo)
Up until tea...
England had their familiar early collapse to 39-4 but Ben Stokes with another useful 42 under immense pressure and Jos Buttler with a typically belligerent, even if not exactly explosive given the conditions, 64 have brought them round to 210-7 at tea, a huge lead of 306 on this deteriorating wicket.
167 put on for the last three wickets representing another and probably decisive momentum swing thanks mainly to Buttler and Stokes, what a match Stokes is having, and so the middle to lower order have done well again after the top order struggled (heard that one with England a few times before).
Of course England didn't really need to bat brilliantly with a lead of 100 odd on a worn and turning track but getting out super cheap (ie for 120-150 or something) would have given Sri Lanka a sniff and some momentum.
They have enough now but will bat until bowled out and will win this game sometime tomorrow.
326 the lead, I think Sri Lanka should get within 200 of that.
Odds Sri Lanka 5/1 England 3/19
(tbf I think 5/1 is fairly miserly imo)
Up until tea...
England had their familiar early collapse to 39-4 but Ben Stokes with another useful 42 under immense pressure and Jos Buttler with a typically belligerent, even if not exactly explosive given the conditions, 64 have brought them round to 210-7 at tea, a huge lead of 306 on this deteriorating wicket.
167 put on for the last three wickets representing another and probably decisive momentum swing thanks mainly to Buttler and Stokes, what a match Stokes is having, and so the middle to lower order have done well again after the top order struggled (heard that one with England a few times before).
Of course England didn't really need to bat brilliantly with a lead of 100 odd on a worn and turning track but getting out super cheap (ie for 120-150 or something) would have given Sri Lanka a sniff and some momentum.
They have enough now but will bat until bowled out and will win this game sometime tomorrow.