Twenty20 World Cup thread

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India :bow:

England :haha:

Syn :haha:

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WI win the toss and field

A genuine winner takes all match here finally

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Ireland 0-1 off the first ball :lol:

Porterfield bowled by Edwards

[McNamara That Ghost...]

33-1, rain stopped play.

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If its washed out, Ireland are out

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Covers are coming off

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19 overs a side now

Whats the point in that?

Takes 2 minutes to bowl an over so might as well keep it at 20

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33-2

Joyce gone, bowled Narine

Just 3 balls after the restart

Irish dont seem to do well when starting an innings

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah does seem a bit silly.

Speaking of which:
WICKET- Joyce b Narine 17 (Ire 332-)

Impressive score.

BBC. :haha:

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3 down

Stirling gone, bowled Sammy, Caught Gayle

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70-4

Wilson gone

Gayle with the wicket :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WICKET- K O'Brien b Rampaul 13 (Ire 197-6)

Are Ireland just losing their way here? Kevin O'Brien moves across his stumps and looks to flick Ravi Rampaul, but the yorker is too straight and tickles the timber.

101 in an over according to the BBC, previous wicket was 96-5. :lol:

112-6 in the real world.

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129-6 off their 19 overs

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Raining again

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WI need to bat at least 5 overs for their to be a result

They are through with a wash out so doubt they care if its still raining

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Roger King, TMS inbox: "I know you do your best to make it sound exciting but what a mindnumbing bore T20 is compared to Test cricket. It is almost impossible to summon up any enthusiasm for this one dimensional biff-baff. Who really cares. Sorry, but there you go."

Roger King :haha:

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Match abandoned

WI are through

Thats twice in a row Ireland have been knocked out cos of the weather in T20s

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Roger King :haha:


Jack Barkley-Smith on Twitter: "Re: 1753 - Interesting point; it brings joy to millions though, so maybe try biting your lip?"

In reply to Roger Kings stupidity

Jack :bow:

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Bangladesh win the toss and bat

Need to win by 36 runs to get through

Pakistan through if they avoid defeat

[Syn]

In reply to Roger Kings stupidity

Jack :bow:

Yeah. Millions of Indians. And they don't count because they're scum.

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Yeah. Millions of Indians. And they don't count because they're scum.

Never said it was Indians

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142-4 off 17 overs

Shakib is going a bit nuts

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175-6 off 20 overs

Pakistan need 140 to go through

176 to win

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Game on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan are 100-0. Game over.

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Imran Nazir 60 odd off 20 odd balls

T20 :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Gangstadesh need 10 wickets for 15 runs. It's on.

Make that 9 wickets. Squeaky bum time imvho.

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124-1

Nazir gone for 72 off 36 balls

Great innings

[Dennis Bendtner]

8 wickets needed for 13 runs. :popcorn:

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Hafeez gone

2 wickets in the over

128-2

[Dennis Bendtner]

:rose:

India-Pakistan on Sunday, then.

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Pakistan win by 8 wickets

All the big teams are through

Now the tournament really starts

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Thursday, 27 September 2012
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Pallekele, 11:00
England v West Indies, Pallekele, 15:00

Womens also start today but no one gives a shit about that

NZ batting

121-2 off 14.2 overs

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141-3 off 16 overs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

NZ make 174-7 off their 20 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dilshan just took out N McCullum. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sri Lanka are 108-1.

NZ. :rose:

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Dilshan and Jayawardene went nuts

Jayas gone but Sangakarra is in

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125-2

Sangakarra run out

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131-3

Mendis gone

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One to ate mend is gone.

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This is mental, Golden over?

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Super over

the next few minutes will be the most exciting you will ever see

Tests :haha:

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Super over

the next few minutes will be the most exciting you will ever see hear

Tests :haha:

Corrected for you and no, 20/20's like a quick knee-trembler with a chubby bint behind a club, great, but over too quickly and ultimately unsatisfying whilst tests are like a two week holiday in the sun with a filthy girlfriend, there's really no comparison :good:

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:gp:

And superover is stupid. Should have a bowl out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Who bowls a wide in a super over? Berks.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

9-1.

Mahela sacrifices himself.

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Shame about the wides. This has otherwise been a top over on length.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Horrific fielding by NZ. :haha:

Sri Lanka make 13-1.

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Wars should be decided like this.

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They won't score off malinga. SL through. :(

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Get on with it people, this is taking longer than enforcing a follow-on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They won't score off malinga. SL through. :(

It's the Super 8's, they'd only have one win in the group.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Not surprising that B. McCullum is out there.

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Ah right, yeah. Hope we turn it on against Man City in the Cc though.

Me :rose:

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Tony Grieg. :lol:

STFU.

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Oh dear. :haha:

What the hell was that from Sangakkara?

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Did Sangakkara just drop it? :haha:

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6-1, 8 off one needed. :doh:

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Sri Lanka win!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Windies have won the toss and will bat first.

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Just realised that it was a group game

Surely no super over should be played then and a point each would have sufficed

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Gayle has gone a little bit mad

37-0 off 4 overs

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Just realised that it was a group game

Surely no super over should be played then and a point each would have sufficed

It's your tournament. :ninja:

Also, Gayle is cutting loose.

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I'll have a word

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What a shot by Gayle. :blink:

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And there is a carbon copy of it. :lol:

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84 off 8.4 :lol:

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Finn drops Charles. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He catches Gayle though! 103-1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

118-2, Broad gets Samuels for 2.

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8 balls for 2 runs? He's almost as pointless as Shitwag.

W.I. look to have a very good team for this format. Good outside bet to lift the trophy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

158-5, Sammy didn't have a clue. :lol:

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#decent total. Not match-winning doe.

[Dennis Bendtner]

England 0-2

Ravi Singh Rampal on a hattrick

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England. :doh:

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Worst defending champions of all time in any sport?

Come back KP

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Bairstow is having a shocker

6 off 13

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29-2 off 6 overs :haha:

Playing Test style in T20 :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Bairstow is gone now, terrible innings. Windies have so many players that bowl. Russell, Bravo, Samuels and Pollard have not had a go yet

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55-3 off 10 overs

Bairstow gone

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Morgan swipes Gayle away for six. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

63 off 26 needed.

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45 off 17 needed. Morgan 50 off 25. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

24 off 8 needed!

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23 off the final over needed.

Smack it!

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23 needed off the last over

Only man to blame is Bairstow

Horrific innings

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Windies' fielding has had brilliant efforts. Some successful, some not. That one went for four.

19 off 5 needed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

18 off 3 needed. :lol:

Only one option now.

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18 off 2 needed. 162-4.

:rose:

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2 balls left

England lose barring no balls/free hits etc

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Windies win by 15 runs!

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WI win by 15 runs

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Friday, 28 September 2012
World Twenty20
Pakistan v South Africa, Colombo RPS, 11:00
Australia v India, Colombo RPS, 15:00

[McNamara That Ghost...]

South Africa are 104-4, off 17 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

110-5, De Villiers goes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

South Africa make 133-6 off their 20 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan are 66-6. :lol:

That mentalist Afridi went for a golden duck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

112-7 now. :blink:

22 needed off 18. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

12 off 10 needed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

125-8. 9 off 6 needed. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three off four needed, I don't fancy Morkel's chances here.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan win by two wickets!

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Sehwag has been dropped. :lol:

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Off a cliff? :pray:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Sri Lanka have had enough Tsunamis.

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I dont get that. is that a joke about erosion?

Geography banter. :bow:

Why is irfan pathetic opening the batting? I vont vickut.

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Turned off as soon as i realised Sehwag was rested

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74-5 :lol:

Why not play your best batsman in a big game? :doh:

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104-6

Dhoni gone

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India got 140-7

Aussies 5-0 off 3 balls with rain stopping play

Due back out soon though.

They were off for matter of minutes :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India have been absolutely walloped. :haha:

Aussies are about to win by nine wickets with quite a few balls to go.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aussies win with 5.1 overs to spare. :haha:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Crisps :haha:

Your boys took one hell of a beating.

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Aussies :bow:

My boys doing me proud

A non Sehwag less India was always going to lose this

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn's legs. :haha:

NZ are 34-2.

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42-3, Swann gets Nicol!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

67-4.

[Dennis Bendtner]

New Zealand scored 148-6. In the middle of that you had Finn knocking the bails off again, and Franklin scoring a boundary off the ball, which was then deemed dead. Very silly. These should not be called dead balls and it's even worse when you penalise the batsman. Anyway, England will win.

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21-1

Kieswetter gone

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4 from 14

:doh:

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38-2

Hales gone

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New Zealand scored 148-6. In the middle of that you had Finn knocking the bails off again, and Franklin scoring a boundary off the ball, which was then deemed dead. Very silly. These should not be called dead balls and it's even worse when you penalise the batsman. Anyway, England will win.

Finn should be ordered to undergo surgery.

84-2 now.

[Dennis Bendtner]

4 from 14

:doh:

:lol: that is terrible.

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63 needed from 42

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54 from 36

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9 off 13

Morgan gone

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142-4

Wright gone

2 new batsmen at the crease

7 from 10

England will do well to fuck up

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England win by 6 wickets

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England win! :bow:

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Gayle having a shocker

2 off 7 so far

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16-1

Charles gone

WI are having a shocker

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16-2 off 5.1 overs

Gayle gone for 2 off 9 balls

[Boss]

Sri Lanka :bow: :bow:

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81-3

Bravo gone for 40

Nearly 15 overs done

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90-4

Pollard gone

Mendis over has been 4 dot balls and a wicket so far

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123-5

Samuels gone for 50 odd

4 balls to go

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129-5 off 20 overs

SL were pretty awesome

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sri Lanka beat the Windies by nine wickets.

Today:

South Africa made 146-5 against Australia. Aussies are 32-1 in reply.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aussies win by eight wickets. Watson contributing again, this time with a 70. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pakistan vs India is on now. India need to win.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Hilarious. Pakistan playing India's dibbly dobblers and part-timers like amateurs. 59-5.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They improved up to 122-8 now. One over to go.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Umar Gul has been slogging it everywhere again. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 128-9.

Gul. :wave:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Dilshan scoop needs to be banished from cricket history.

Pakistan all out for 128. :lol:

India winning keeps South Africa in the tournament I believe. Otherwise, they're both out.

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India win by eight wickets.

Pakistan. :haha:

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India :bow:

Sehwag was brilliant

Didnt watch it due to work but kept in touch on the net

Sehwag is as good as it gets

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VK is different class. My second favourite person in the world sportsman delivering today, my favourite person in the globally speaking sportsman returning to action to-morrow.

:cloud9:

Come on sports.

And come on technical ability.

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World Twenty20
New Zealand v West Indies, Pallekele, 11:00
Sri Lanka v England, Pallekele, 15:00

Tomorrows games

England need to win

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Windies are 96-4 currently.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

98-5, N. McCullum bowls Darren Bravo for 16.

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129-7.

Bracewell misses the stumps from a yard to make it 8. :lol:

Taylor should've come over to commer though in fairness I suppose.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Taylor makes up for it with that catch though, Pollard goes for 28. 133-8.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

136-9. Windies are struggling to make the full 20 overs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Indies 139 all out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant catch from Gayle off Narine's bowling.

NZ are 85-4 now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

NZ are 125-6. 15 needed off 9. If NZ win, Windies are out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

13 needed off 6.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3 off 2 needed!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It goes to another super over!!

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NZ make 17. It is time for Gayle!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh dear. Gayle whacks it for six off a no ball!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

6 off 3 needed.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And now a wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Windies win! NZ are out!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Finn kicks the stumps again. :rolleyes:

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What a match

Brilliant

T20 :bow:

Syn and other Testicles :haha:

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35-1, Finn gets Dilshan!

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96-3 atm

Big 3 are gone

Swann was on a hat trick. He didnt get it

Controversy about the Sangkarra dismissal. He didnt nick it but umpire still gave it out

No DRS allowed as well

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Ahh shit. Missed the first game. :(

Super-overs are like London buses, apparently.

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126-5

Broad on a hat trick

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18th over goes for 16 runs

Dernbach :doh:

147-5 off 18 overs

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161-6

Yoss gone

Broad gets his 3rd

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161-6 off 19 overs

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168-6 off 20 overs

The last ball, the batsman leaves it :blink:

Never seen that before

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If England win, both they and SL are through

If England win in 13 overs, they and WI are through

SL win and they and WI are through

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If England's task wasn't tricky enough, Sri Lanka have found themselves an extra run. I'm not sure how you do that, although I'm dying to know. I'd love to be able to nip to the scorebox and add an extra few added to my name. To confirm, it's now 170 to win. Luke Wright and Alex Hales are in the middle, Angelo Mathews has the ball.:blink:

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Jamaican sprint sensation Yohan Blake on Twitter: "England you are one of my favorite teams but not today because I want the West Indies to go through"Big names are watching this

T20s :bow:

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16-1

Wright gone

Bairstow out there. Hes the guy who had the shocker v WI

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18-2

Bairstow gone

Malinga has both

Bairstow is terrible

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18-3

Hales gone

3 in the over :haha:

England are awlful

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Malinga taken off on a hat trick :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's nearly Bopara Time.

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Not sure why but Sangakarra is the official captain for this match ie he was the one out there for the toss despite their actual captain Jayawardene playing and he in fact has been making all the decisions on the field and not Sanga.

Something to do with Jaya being warned about over rates in previous matches so if they are slow this time, Sanga gets the blame and Jaya gets away witha ban

[Syn]

Sri Lanka need to find some legitimate players. Malinga should've been banned years ago for his stupid action.

Fatty on the charge though.

[Syn]

Not sure why but Sangakarra is the official captain for this match ie he was the one out there for the toss despite their actual captain Jayawardene playing and he in fact has been making all the decisions on the field and not Sanga.

Something to do with Jaya being warned about over rates in previous matches so if they are slow this time, Sanga gets the blame and Jaya gets away witha ban

Sounds fair enough in my book. Don't blame the players, blame the game. Might as well exploit the rules if they're stupid.

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Christian on Twitter: "What number is Poulter batting?":lol:

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Morgan having a bit of a shocker

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And right on time, Morgans gone

10 off 15 balls :doh:

73-4

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Its Bopara time

2 Indians at the crease for England :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh look Bopara does fuck all again.

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Bopara :haha:

Gone for 1

76-5

Ollie :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WICKET - Bopara b J Mendis 1 (Eng 76-5)

My overriding emotion here is one of sympathy. Ravi Bopara clearly is in no sort of confidence or form and was thrown in to what is effectively a quarter-final facing a huge run chase. He's completely undone by one that skids on from Jeevan Mendis, with middle and leg stumps splattered. How long will it be before he plays for England again?

Within a couple of weeks probably.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Off goes Buttler. :wave:

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Patel 50 :bow:

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93-7

Broad gone

Dont like the dude but cant blame him for the wicket. He had to go for it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fatel has been brilliant.

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SL are definitely through btw

England had to win by 13 overs to knock SL out

[McNamara That Ghost...]

59 needed off 24. There is only one solution here.

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Vic Marks on TMS critisising the SL captain issue

Russell Arnold, as you'd expect, doesnt give a shit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done Swann. 44 needed off 18.

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Swann is going nuts

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Swann hits it for six! :bow:

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Little to report from this Ajantha Mendis over, as England barely get the ball off the square. Only five singles from it. 59 needed from the last four overs, England need a miracle bigger than Medinah, Istanbul and Headingley put together.

I assume Istanbul is the CL final in 05

Whats the other 2?

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137-7

33 needed off 12

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26 from 8

[McNamara That Ghost...]

144-8, Patel bowled.

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Its over

Patel gone for 67

Played very well but Malinga has his 5th and wrapped up the motm award prob

[McNamara That Ghost...]

26 from 6 needed. :lol:

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26 needed off 1 over

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24 off 5

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No ball but no free hit

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No ball. No free hit though sadly.

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Umpires :rolleyes:

5 balls left but changing the ball

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Swann gone

147-9

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Swann goes for 34. :bow:

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23 from 4

4 sixes in a row and we do it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

22 from 3. :lol:

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22 from 3

Its over bar no balls/wides/free hits etc

[McNamara That Ghost...]

21 from 1. Three no balls. :pray:

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21 needed off one ball

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sri Lanka win by 19 runs.

England. :rose:

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150-9

SL win by 19 runs

England are gone

Come back KP, all is forgiven

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Terrible defense of the trophy

Won only 2 games, one of which was against Afghanistan which doesnt count

[Olivier's xmas twist]

150-9

SL win by 19 runs

England are gone

Come back KP, all is forgiven

:gp:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

On to the test series with India for England.

:popcorn:

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Fuck. England get more rest for the Champions League while India are wasting their time with the LDV Vans Trophy.

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England need to bowl better tbh

I cant see them making 170/180 in 20 overs especially without KP. 140/150 seem their limit so need to get the other side out around that

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Another thought. With his TV work, Kevin Pietersen will be the England player who lasts longest at the World Twenty20.

KP :bow:

England :haha:

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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara: "I was officially the captain, but Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews were on a warning. It was a big risk with the semis coming up so someone's got to take it on the chin.

Unsportsmanlike behaviour

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KP has one final apology to make (don't know why) and that might mean he is back with England.

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Pakistan 34-2 v Australia

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Come on Aussies

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J!mshed ggts his 40

Great name that

He

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149-6"off 20 overs

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Aussies only need to get to 112 to gu!rantee i place in the semis

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Fuck. India nged Pakistan to win - so then if they beat SA they're through.

If Pakistan win, SA are out and India have to beat SA by a massive margin.

Looks like Pakistan are gomng to win.

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Mohandas Menon tweets: " If Pak beat Aus by 15 runs then Aus 0.788 will qualify. Then India will have to win by 14 runs/12 balls to spare"

:blink:

[Syn]

And Then India will have to win by 14 runs/12 balls to spare

WTF? Winning by 14 runs is a helluva lot easier than winning with 12 balls to spare. Twenty20 cricket is stupid.

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Just reading Aus-Pak have fixed it. They're delaying the 112 'qualifying' target to the last over so they can both qualify (provided India can't beat SA by more than something silly like 30 runs).

Twenty20 :lol:

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Oh this is pathetic. Never has there ever been such a transparent 'fix' of a match.

Twenty20 :lol:

[Syn]

Pakistan win by 32 runs. :rolleyes:

India need to win by 30+ runs to qualify.

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108-4

K Akmal gonE

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Pakistan were a bit awesome today

Aussies through regardless

India need to whallop SA to go through

Can Kohli finally do something? We shall see

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India have been sent in to bat first. Match starts in 20 mins.

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37-3

Top 3 all gone

Kohli flops again

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61-3 off 9 overs

India need to win by 31 runs or more

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68-4 off 10 overs

Yuvraj gone i think

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82-4 off 12 overs