The Cricket Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

Great chase. Easy win, and hopefully well on the way to a semi-final berth now.

 

[Squeak]

Superb from Salt and Bairstow to steer England to victory with ease in 17.3 overs.... 8 wicket victory with plenty to spare. Worth staying up!

 

[Tredman]

Well that was easy.

 

[Tony Towner]

Sadly Syd Lawrence has MND

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Shit. Poor bugger.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Won the toss vs SA and bowling first. Unchanged

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

QdK battering Jofra after a quiet start, he read everything he tried in that over.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Curran is such popgun crap, stealing a living.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Iffy third umpire work saving QdK, Wood was a bit lazy going for a catch in the deep but I am 99.99% certain that didn't hit the ground, then we get the stupidity of looking at angles where you know full well the image is foreshortened and it reprieves him.

Hendricks out for a rubbish 19 off 25, could have done with him staying in. Mo with the wicket

86/1 off 9.5 overs

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Superb catch by Buttler and QdK is gone now.

92/2 after 11.5 overs

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Lazy, lazy running and Klaasen run out (superb work by Buttler)

103/3 off 13.4 overs

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Markram gone to Rashid for 1

113/4 off 14.4 overs

 

[Johnny75]

There's nobody there.

Music in an empty stadium just sounds odd

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

10.30am start over there, it's not great (ICC gonna ICC)

Excellent catch by Brook gets rid of Miller in the final over. 155/5 with 5 balls to go

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

155/6 and Jofra on a hat trick

 

[jd1981]

164 to get

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Quinton de Kock: 65 off 38
Extras: 10
Everyone else: 88 off 82

 

[Mel Evo]

There's nobody there.

Music in an empty stadium just sounds odd

Late to this but, yeah, why is there almost nobody in the ground??

 

[Squeak]

Late to this but, yeah, why is there almost nobody in the ground??

Multitude of reasons and it maybe that those in the Caribbean never learn. In 2007, I was there for the 50 over World Cup. Hotel prices were utterly ridiculous and ticket prices outrageous. Most fans in the Caribbean can't afford the ticket prices and the cost of traveling there for others is simply too much. Add into the fact it's basically a four hour game rather than longer and the appetite for the early group games really isn't there particularly when most locals may be at work. The other factor is the organization and transportation. No idea if it has changed since 2007 but it was pisspodical to say the least. Highlight for me was meeting Tim Rice in the small bus on our way back to our hotel.

 

[jd1981]

If you look at the crowds it’s mainly tourists very few local fans in the ground, if it’s that empty why not bring some local school children to matches?