**Official** Super 8 Group 1 Discussion - Eng, WI, SL and NZ

[Meridio]

Eh, I honestly think we deserved this. The team is woefully unbalanced. I've got nothing against Nathan McCullum, but he shouldn't be coming into bat at number 7 for anyone. Oram is past it. Nicol is a joke. Dr Southee and Mr Braindead-****wit can't be relied upon. Taylor is one dimensional. Guptill is even more one dimensional. The whole team is pants. This tournament has just shown that to be the case with blinding clarity.

Just out of interest, who is Mr Braindead-****wit? I can't narrow it down from the 7 or 8 remaining possibilities.

 

[stumpski]

From some bloke emailing cricinfo ....
"If Sri Lanka bat first, they should declare at 1-0 off 0.1 overs," "We can then get 2 off the 1st ball and then both Sri Lanka and England will qualify. Easy."

Grecian would approve.

Heh, Brian Rose tried that one a few years ago. Bairstow to keep for England, presumably? Buttler doesn't do it very often for Somerset.

 

[straw man]

Just out of interest, who is Mr Braindead-****wit? I can't narrow it down from the 7 or 8 remaining possibilities.

it's the Mr Hyde side of Southee

 

[grecian]

From some bloke emailing cricinfo ....
"If Sri Lanka bat first, they should declare at 1-0 off 0.1 overs," "We can then get 2 off the 1st ball and then both Sri Lanka and England will qualify. Easy."

Grecian would approve.

Indeed, was a disgrace when that tactic got us thrown out, was genius.

 

[Meridio]

it's the Mr Hyde side of Southee

Ah, I see. Didn't read the post properly. Vision clouded by rage.

 

[GGG]

Oh FFS, it's "Would've won". Take a ****ing grammar class.

Ok, that's a drastic overreaction and I apologise (my grammar is hardly flawless). This is just kinda difficult to take. Here's some more Homer, to sum up my feelings atm.

Why Must Life Be So Hard! - YouTube

*added to my list of dickheads to ignore.

 

[grecian]

Well. I guess we'll see how Bairstow is wqith the gloves, if he does a Khatmal, I may have to eat my words.

Blimey the Kiwis are getting feisty, have they all been taking Scaly pills. It's only t20.

Well done Finn, two balls without kicking the stumps.

 

[straw man]

Ah, I see. Didn't read the post properly. Vision clouded by rage.

I'm going with:

This is good - if we'd done well this tournament it would've been all T20 for the next three years. So instead we'll accept we are crap at T20 and instead improve at real cricket, play more tests and even win some.

Self-lies help

 

[stumpski]

The Sri Lankan anthem is quite jolly, isn't it? (if a bit long) - has a bit of a Eurovision feel.

 

[stumpski]

Eight from the first over, but at least Finn got through it without hitting the stumps. Only want him to do that at the other end today.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Ugh ffs.

 

[grecian]

Swann you ****ing idiot. Jade has bowled well here, I hate to say.

 

[stumpski]

All Dernbach-phobes, please remember later that he had a simple catch dropped in his first over.

Without which he would have taken 6 for 20, obvs.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Dernbach actually bowling properly for once, unlucky to not have a wicket.

 

[wpdavid]

Swann's annus mirabilus continues.

 

[stumpski]

Umpires and both teams in dark blue, I see.

 

[wpdavid]

The bowlers rather unlucky not to have a wicket each. You'd imagine we'll pay for that.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And we're back to unadulterated ****e. Wide long hops and leg-side long hops.

All the boundaries have been short deliveries.

 

[wpdavid]

The bowlers rather unlucky not to have a wicket each. You'd imagine we'll pay for that.

EDIT
There we go

 

[grecian]

And we're back to unadulterated ****e. Wide long hops and leg-side long hops.

All the boundaries have been short deliveries.

Yeah, is this a tactic bowling short, if it is could they stop it please.