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wrapped that up spectacularly. Anderson is amazing and Robinson fully justified his recall. Stokes and Foakes superb day 2.

Poor old young Johnny Bairstow has broken his leg. Playing golf. Such a shame the form he found- out of 3rd test and T20 WC.

How on earth do you break your leg playing golf?!?

The only thing I can think of is that he's fallen down a sharp drop while trying to get to a wayward ball. It's an impressive feat, certainly.

Puja

Mellsblue wrote:How on earth do you break your leg playing golf?!?

You should see my swing

He slipped going onto the tee. Very unlucky- a mate of mine did tear some knee ligaments doing similar, but then he's not an elite sportsman these days.

If he manages to turn his arm over in the nets during his recovery period, I suppose he could confidently describe himself then as a leg-break bowler..

Robinson's excellent effort not totally wasted by the batfolk but could have been better placed.
Series safe though.

zero feel taking them off then. ridiculous

World slam-bam starts today in Oz, Eng taking their bow next Sat v. Afg.
(Also W Ind- Sco, Ire-Zim. so plenty of home interest.)
Useful build up by in terms of results but always bit of a lottery feel tbh...2016 final over v W Ind. springs to mind, hopefully Ben S over that now
Buttler is T20 skip,leading from the front of course..

eta - warm-up match removed

Head scratch over for now,
1st. round stage = 2 Groups of 4.
(9-12 from last WC: Nam, Sco, SriL,W Ind
'Global' Quals: Ire, Net, UAE, Zim)

GrpA: Nam, Net, UAE, Sri L
Grp B: Sco, W Ind, Ire, Zim
Playing 16th - 21st., Winner/Runner up in each proceed to
'Super12', starting Sat 22nd.
Group 1: Afg, Aus, NewZ, Eng, A1, B2
Group 2: Ban, Ind, Pak, SA, B1, A2

Eng play in Perth, Melbourne (2), Brisbane & Sydney.
SF's are in Sydney, Adelaide
F is Melbourne.

Sri Lanka & Netherlands progress to 'Super 12's' from Group A in 1st/ 2nd places respectively, after victories for Sri L (v. Net) and
UAE ( v. Nam) today.

Zimbabwe & Ireland progress to 'Super 12's' from Group B in 1st/ 2nd places respectively, after victories for Zim (v. Sco) and Ire ( v. W Ind.) today.

Group 1 S12 underway - New Z thump Oz, Eng coast by Afg and look pretty sharp in the field.
Sri L v Ire in this group Sun.

How not to bowl under pressure - Ind win off last ball after needing 31 from last 2 overs. v Pak.
Kohli lording it again with 83 off 53.
.. 2 wides, a no ball and full toss thrown in the final over. mayhem.
Sums this format up. Hope Leicester stays quiet...

This looks familar - 4 in the shed and 10 per over from 9 to beat Ire, Buttler/Stokes fail.

well done Ireland. Shame it rained tho, would have been a great finish.

Banquo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:23 am well done Ireland. Shame it rained tho, would have been a great finish.

Pressure game now Fri v Oz. Losers probs. on their bikes..

Creamier teams starting to rise to top of Groups now ( Ind, NZ, SA), another mini-shock today with Zim sneaking win over Pak.
Didn't expect so much weather interference.

Good riposte that by Eng.
Just need win v Sri L on Sat in Sidders, with healthy run rate differential, to sneak through.They'll have the advantage of knowing what's needed after Oz play on Fri..

Anywinuldoo now v Sri L after less than emphatic win by Oz over Afg. Sri L can't get to semis, so hopefully will have one eye on the boat home..

Fine last over from Wood, just what was needed.Job arfdun -
142 well in sights as long as they don't think it that way..bish-bash-bosh!

eta - sneaked home with 2 balls to spare.Hales redemption continues; pity about the missing years given his talent.

Galfon wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:47 am Fine last over from Wood, just what was needed.Job arfdun -
142 well in sights as long as they don't think it that way..bish-bash-bosh!

eta - sneaked home with 2 balls to spare.Hales redemption continues; pity about the missing years given his talent.

we look a bit choky atm; I actually think Joe Root would be handy for this team. We don't really have a run acquirer (in relative terms, there isn't much time in these games) to build around- all biffers atm

Banquo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:32 pm all biffers atm

Wrong board to discuss England’s backline.

Turnip for the books - Ned play well and despatch SA, who now go home, leaving way through for Pak after they beat Ban.
Ind already through from that group.
With 2 wins Ned finish 4th. bringing automatic qualification to the next T20. Oranje-boom..

Eng v Pak final on Sun it is.
Pretty decisive stuff from Buttler & Hales, though Ind poss. held back a bit with the bat.