Official Cricket Thread Part 302

[youarenotimmune]

2016 men's T20 world cup winners - West Indies.

2016 women's T20 world cup winners - West Indies.

2016 Under 19 world cup winners - West Indies.

 

[Salome]

Still not a big 20/20 fan, but, wow, what a finish.

 

[cobl04]

Wish I'd been able to stay up and watch it, sounds like a pearler.

If you were a West Indian, why would you bother with Test cricket? Seems like their future, sadly, is in T20.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Loved Samuels slamming Shane Warne.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

James Taylor forced to retire with serious heart condition | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Sad to hear, very awful.

 

[Axver]

What a horrible blow to a very promising career. Poor guy.

Also, what's up with that third-last paragraph that at 5'6" Taylor was possibly "too short" to play international cricket? Where does that leave Sachin Tendulkar, who's an inch or two shorter still? Or Brendon McCullum, who's barely an inch taller? Yeah Sachin and BMac clearly needed a few more inches to make it at international level. Come on.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Agreed wholeheartedly. Or Warner. Hell, let's talk about Aravinda de Silva who was 5'3. Cricket is a sport where height should matter relatively little.

 

[Axver]

If anything, being tall is a disadvantage in getting no ball calls. If you're a seven foot giant, the bowler's got to actually try to bowl a full toss above the waist or repeated bouncers above head height! If you're five foot, every second delivery from a wayward bowler trying for a yorker is going to be a free hit.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Also, if you're 7 foot tall you can't really field, see Mohammad Irfan.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

This image is still hilarious to me.

 

[Axver]

Oh that's a classic indeed.

Also, if you're 7 foot tall you can't really field, see Mohammad Irfan.

Surely he should just be put right on the boundary and told to catch sixes.

Like remember that amazing one-handed screamer Vettori took in the World Cup? That was probably about chest-height for Irfan.

 

[Axver]

Meanwhile, New Zealand has sent an ex-Windies cricketer back to Jamaica: 'Depressed' ex-Windies cricketer deported after attempt to stay in NZ fails | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I was just trudging through r/cricket and found this.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

James Taylor: 'The outpouring of emotion was like I'd died' | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Incredibly harrowing read. We are very lucky to still have him.

 

[Axver]

Holy shit that's quite a read.

 

[Axver]

On a lighter note, Yuvraj getting himself out in the IPL was pretty funny: Bizarre McClenaghan wicket not enough as Mumbai crash to IPL defeat | Stuff.co.nz

 

[Vlad n U 2]

That's the latest cut you'll ever see ...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

So in the IPL, both Kohli and AB got hundreds for RCB ... total score of 248 ...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

[tweet]731461089481777152[/tweet]

 

[cobl04]

England 2/50 on the first Test morning v a pissweak Sri Lanka. Excellent. All is well.

 

[Salome]

3/51

 

[Salome]

Shanaka 3-2-1-3

Oh, to get to bowl at England on your debut

 

[Axver]

So Sri Lanka turned out to be even more shit huh.

 

[cobl04]

They're going to get beaten by 10 wickets here but credit to the Lions for their second innings. Close to 500, nearly every batsman got runs. And this is really their first series without at least one of the two batting legends. Shows resolve and it won't be a walk in the park for us next month.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Chandimal undoubtedly a gun.

 

[cobl04]

I was wrong. Since losing Sanga they've played NZ (lost 2-0) and Windies (won 2-0).

 

[cobl04]

From about the 20-minute mark, you can watch McCullum's fantastic Cowdrey Lecture that he gave today. Runs the gamut from how New Zealand cricket got its soul back, Phil Hughes and corruption.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

My favourite part was when he started smashing sixes into the audience.

(Nah, I'll definitely have to listen to this when I have sufficient time)

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Zimbabwe are hitting new lows, as in they are constantly breaking the floor and falling further ala Homer Simpson's Stonecutters initiation.

Not helped by this: I Almost Hanged Myself, Fumes Zimbabwe Coach Makhaya Ntini After Loss - Zimbabwe vs India 2016 News

Bowled out for 123 today (after being 2/89). 126 two days ago. 168 four days ago.

 

[cobl04]

Amir sounds warning with devastating spell | cricket.com.au