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

[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.

 

[Plugger35]

And now he's bowled lol.

 

[010203]

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

 

[Plugger35]

Rohit starting to get going now.

 

[icyflakes]

Rohit starting to get going now.

Rohit deciding he wants an early lunch is my favourite cricketer

 

[Plugger35]

Pant is on his bike now too.

 

[HK_Hawk]

This tournament has sucked for weather.

 

[Plugger35]

Looks like it's raining again.

 

[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.

 

[icyflakes]

This tournament has sucked for weather.

From memory this was supposed to be a US only tournament when they organised it, then a bunch of the plans for US Stadiums fell through and they just threw it on the Windies to save it?

 

[Nuggetz]

I have nfi whats a par score on this pitch in these conditions. Sometimes batting looks easy but other times it looks difficult.

 

[Nuggetz]

bumrah could be even more lethal

 

[Plugger35]

From memory this was supposed to be a US only tournament when they organised it, then a bunch of the plans for US Stadiums fell through and they just threw it on the Windies to save it?

Apparently this is the time of the year in the Caribbean where they get the most rain, the 2007 ODI WC was held in March/April.

 

[Plugger35]

Here comes the covers again.

They tried their best to stay out there but the rain got too heavy.

 

[Nuggetz]

ffs, until what time (aus) can they play until?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I have nfi whats a par score on this pitch in these conditions. Sometimes batting looks easy but other times it looks difficult.

There’s uneven bounce already, anything north of 165 is going to be ultra tough to chase

 

[icyflakes]

Looks like we're gonna be raining for a while - that said, what I've learnt about the weather in the Caribbean/upper South America in this tournament is that rain appears out of nowhere, dumps for a few minutes, then disappears.

Very Melbourne like, except its like 35 degrees the whole time.

 

[NYRB]

Livingstone was about to bowl the 9th over before rain came. Can the English still chance bowl to start the 9th over, given Livingstone hasnt bowl a delivery yet?

 

[Plugger35]

I don't think I will be watching the rest of this game now, you will need to stay up all night to watch it all with all the rain delays.

 

[NYRB]

From Cricinfo:

"1:26pm Here we go part deux, restart time 1:40pm"

 

[NYRB]

We have lost 153 minutes of play .

 

[NYRB]

The ball skidded down to get rid of Rohit Sharma, kept lower than usual.

I think spin is the way to go win this for me.

 

[NYRB]

Nearly caught at 1st slip , on Hardiks 1st ball.

Hitting Livingstone is harder to hit at the moment than Sam Curran, thats for sure.

 

[NYRB]

Livingstone 18/0 off his 3 overs tells you everything you need to about this wicket. And India have 3 spinners in their bank.