Cricket Thread

mullokintyre said:

The shield final is under way, and Sam Whiteman shone on day one with a tough century.
Cooper Connolly also chipped in with a 90 when it lloked like WA were going to be rolled for less than 250.
He is product of the OZ U19 squad, and is someone to keep an eye on.
Making runs in the shield final is worth a lot more than the hit and miss T20 game.
Mick

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mullokintyre said:

Pat Cummins has just taken a hat trick against Bangladesh in the T20 world cup.
He is the second Oz bowler to take a hat trick in the WC, the other being Brett Lee, also against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh finish on 8/140, which may not be enough to defend against the OZ side.

Mick

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mullokintyre said:

South Africa retains their Choker tag by choking at the end of the biggest stage,
With the two onlu unbeaten sides playing off for the world cup, South Africa were cruising to victory after 16 overs need ing 30 runs off 30 balls with six wickets in hand.
That they managed to lose four wickets and cored only 23 runs to lose by seven runs.
They will struggle forever with the choker tag.
The end was not without controversy however.
The first ball of the last over where 16 runs were required was smashed by David Miller toward the ropes where Yadav took a spectacular catch taking the ball just inside the rope and flicking it back inside to retake and send Miller on his way.
However, replays shown on social media suggested that Yadav had flicked the boundary rope when he still had the ball in hand which would have meant the shot was called a six, Sth Africa would then have required 10 off the last 5 with the big hitting Miller still on strike.
Inexplicably, match officials did not show any replays of the incident, though that does not mean they did not look at it.
Mick

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SirRumpole said:

This series was of little interest to me given the time zone and the restricted broadcast in Australia.

Tournaments where our national team competes should be broadcast FTA in my opinion.

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mullokintyre said:

South Africa retains their Choker tag by choking at the end of the biggest stage,
With the two onlu unbeaten sides playing off for the world cup, South Africa were cruising to victory after 16 overs need ing 30 runs off 30 balls with six wickets in hand.
That they managed to lose four wickets and cored only 23 runs to lose by seven runs.
They will struggle forever with the choker tag.
The end was not without controversy however.
The first ball of the last over where 16 runs were required was smashed by David Miller toward the ropes where Yadav took a spectacular catch taking the ball just inside the rope and flicking it back inside to retake and send Miller on his way.
However, replays shown on social media suggested that Yadav had flicked the boundary rope when he still had the ball in hand which would have meant the shot was called a six, Sth Africa would then have required 10 off the last 5 with the big hitting Miller still on strike.
Inexplicably, match officials did not show any replays of the incident, though that does not mean they did not look at it.
Mick

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mullokintyre said:

Cricket has had some crazy results recently.
Firstly, the incredible win by England in Pakistan.
Pakistan batted first and put on a more than respectable first innings score of 556, at at a decent clip too of just under 4 per overb with three players reaching their century..
Nine times out of ten, batting first on the sub continet and gettinga 500 plus score means yoiu are likely to only bat once.
But England don't follow the historical scripts.
fresh from getting knocked over by Sri Lanka in the last test on Endglands home turf, they looked anything but overawed.
They managed to bazball their way to 8/723 for 7 declared at the phenomenal rate of5 .5 an over.
It was the higest total scored by any team in Pakistan.
Despite losing Captain Ollie Pope of the second ball, they cruised to 3 for 249, then did not lose another wicket for another 530 runs, almost as much as Pakistan scored in total.
Along the way, Joe Root continued his recent outstanding form to post 262, and Harry Brook racked up a cool 317 to bring his test average up to an astounding 88.6.
It was his first triple century in any level of cricket.
This bloke can bat.
Pakistan folded in their second innings for 220 to give England an innings and 47 run victory.
They managed to set so many records, it would take half a page to fill them,
Pakistan became the first term in test history to lose by an innings after making more than 500 runs in their first innings.
Root and Brooks partnership was the highest for the 4th wicket for England, and the highest for all wickets for England.
It was the highest 4th wicket partnership for all countries, and the forth highest partnership in all tests.
Joe Root passed Alistair Cooks record for the most runs scored by an England player, and has a good chance of eventually overtaking Tendulkar as the highest run scorer in test Cricket.
Both players recorded their highest ever test scores.
A remarkable test, and Australia's expectations of a clean sweep against the poms next time they tour here may be severely dented.
Mick

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