Group D - West Indies, England, Ireland

[four_or_six]

Come on boys...

[King Pietersen]

Really need to get after Rankin here. Just can't seem to get the medium pace away.

Ok Luke, or not. Just smack it to cover.

[four_or_six]

Damn, Wright gone. Gotta hope someone can thrash a few here. 130 sounds so much better than 120.

[Kyle]

Just checked George Dockrell's Cricinfo profile and he has some pretty awesome batting statistics. Averages 0.00 in ODi's, 0.00 in T20i's, 0.50 in List A's and 0.00 in T20's. Quality stuff. Excellent T20 bowling figures though, looks a talented bowler for a 17 year old.

Hands off!

[four_or_six]

Goodness, Morgan has such a good attitude. Great running.

[King Pietersen]

Only 5 off the over. Good bowling from Rankin, but not great batting. Could do with Bresnan launching a few out of the park.

[Thirdman1]

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[King Pietersen]

100 up at last. Morgan playing another blinder. He really is a gem of a batsman. Delighted he's in blue.

[grecian]

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yeah the hilarity...


about the only way we're gonna get any runs atm. this is pish, very embarrassing.

[four_or_six]

Daft batting from Bresnan. Should have had Swann in imo.

[King Pietersen]

Doesn't look like we're getting to 125-130 unless Morgan has a blinder in the last over. Just have to hope the rain stays away, as if D/L gets involved they'll barely have to chase anything.

[Kyle]

Morgan off strike, not sure that was a good idea.

[BoyBrumby]

Bresnan; eeeuww, eeeuw, eeeuw. Why's he batting ahead of Swanneh & Broad?

Some irony in an Irishman being our only hope of salvation too. Were he playing for his home nation, etc....

112/6 with an over to come. We're gone, IMHO.

[Sir Alex]

Well you were wrong.

West Indies scored those runs thinking they'd have 20 overs to bat, but they actually only had 6, so they're adjusted to take account of the heightened risk they would've taken had they known. That's why the target was smaller than most thought it'd be. Two overs of going of going at 13s or whatever when the RRR was about 9 means a ****load in a 6-over contest.

DWTA Prince. Unless DL has undergone significant change in the last year with respect to it's core concept, I don't think runs already scored by the chasing team are figured into determining the REVISED TARGET. In other words West indies could have well been 0-0 after 2.2 overs yesterday and they still would have to chase 60 in 6 overs (of course obviously harder task than yesterday's but nothing to do with DL) However had they lost 2 wickets, they'd be chasing 72 afaic.

Would love to be proved wrong, particularly with a 'For Dummies' example.

[four_or_six]

Shocking, the Irish pinching South Africans.