T20 World Cup Game 54 2nd Semi Final India v England June 28 2400hrs @ Providence Stadium Guyana

[compact72]

Same boat, was happy to watch the first 3/4 of the first innings as a late nighter, now I feel like we're not even going to start until nearly 2am

Yup exactly the same. Was happy to stay up until 2am, 2:30am MAX

Not worth it now

 

[icyflakes]

Gotta say t20 really highlights how slow the game is to return from rain delays. It's been sunny for 15 minutes or so, now we have to wait another 15 minutes for the umpires to inspect the pitch, THEN do the toss, THEN the players have to warm up and THEN the game starts.

 

[010203]

If England win, I hope Matthew Mott expresses some satisfaction at beating the most pampered and pandered to team in the entire tournament. I know Jos Buttler won't have the balls to say it.

 

[compact72]

What a cluster **** this WC has been.

From short turn around times to the weather impacting each game. Most uninspiring WC for a while

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Gotta say t20 really highlights how slow the game is to return from rain delays. It's been sunny for 15 minutes or so, now we have to wait another 15 minutes for the umpires to inspect the pitch, THEN do the toss, THEN the players have to warm up and THEN the game starts.

It’s an outdoor sport and bowlers run ups have to be safe otherwise it can end very badly

 

[LukeParkerno1]

What a cluster **** this WC has been.

From short turn around times to the weather. Most uninspiring WC for a while

UAE was worse that was win toss win match despite us winning it was horrible to watch

 

[compact72]

UAE was worse that was win toss win match despite us winning it was horrible to watch

Wish I could re-live the Ashes series last year. What a series that was.

It had everything

 

[icyflakes]

It’s an outdoor sport and bowlers run ups have to be safe otherwise it can end very badly

Yeah but why can't we simultaneously do things - why can't we have them warming up for either eventuality of the toss, why do the umpires need to inspect the pitch then a toss several minutes later. It's all very old school formalities where everything happens in a specific order with breaks in between each task.

 

[compact72]

Yeah but why can't we simultaneously do things - why can't we have them warming up for either eventuality of the toss, why do the umpires need to inspect the pitch then a toss several minutes later. It's all very old school formalities where everything happens in a specific order with breaks in between each task.

Exactly. I'm sure they can do the toss under covers, so when the pick is ready, all teams are ready to go.

 

[icyflakes]

Exactly. I'm sure they can do the toss under covers, so when the pick is ready, all teams are ready to go.

It's not like if there's a risk of more rain, the captains won't know about it in modern times with rain radars everywhere. Just ****ing get shit done, even if the umpires get out there and say "yeah needs about 20 minutes to be safe" - rather than waiting on formalities to occur.

 

[010203]

England won the toss and chose to bowl first.

 

[icyflakes]

Choosing to bowl first against India didn't work out too well for Australia though.

Yes but England aren't shit at t20s

 

[NYRB]

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w/c), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley

England have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Pitch should get harder to bat the longer it goes

Good

 

[compact72]

What a crowd

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[010203]

I thought the final was Monday morning our time but Beaky (Nasser) and Ian Ward said it's Saturday in Barbados, Sunday morning our time.

 

[icyflakes]

Pitch should get harder to bat the longer it goes

Good

What makes you think that? Giving the weather looks to be holding, would have thought as the heat picks up and the pitch/field dries up it should normalise?

 

[NYRB]

One thing is for sure, this wicket isnt the road like Kohlis home ground in the IPL at Bengaluru.

 

[010203]

Virat looks as comfortable as Bairstow on a Jenny Craig diet.

 

[NYRB]

Outfield 'reasonably slow' according to Nasser.

 

[010203]

I read somewhere that Phil Salt is a Manchester City fan. Apparently the reason he has 61 on his shirt is so he can have the numbers 6 and 1 on his shirt to commemorate Manchester City beating Manchester United 6-1 in 2011.

 

[010203]

Virat's one of my favourite modern batters to watch but he's had a stinker of a tournament.

 

[icyflakes]

Rohit starting to get going now.

Rohit deciding he wants an early lunch is my favourite cricketer

 

[HK_Hawk]

This tournament has sucked for weather.

 

[010203]

Started to rain again. Shameful that this tournament has been organised that one semi has a reserve day if needed and the other doesn't.