England cricket 2019 (6 Viewers)

[lifeskyblue]

Actually feel sorry for kiwis. A credit to cricket.


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[Gazolba]

I wonder why NZ didn't pick De Grandhomme to bowl the super-over, he was easily their most economical bowler in the 50 overs.

 

[Grendel]

I wonder why NZ didn't pick De Grandhomme to bowl the super-over, he was easily their most economical bowler in the 50 overs.

Oddly because when it’s one over the game is a totally different concept

 

[tisza]

I wonder why NZ didn't pick De Grandhomme to bowl the super-over, he was easily their most economical bowler in the 50 overs.

Had to go with Boult. England history with left armers and think he is rated no 1 or 2 in the world in 50 over cricket.

 

[Gazolba]

If you didn't see it on TV, there are some excellent highlights on this site:
New Zealand 241/8 vs England 241 | Final | ICC

 

[tisza]

Ironic with all those 350+ pitches final is an old-fashioned ODI score with a proper contest between bat and ball

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

It was amazing. Great tennis final - felt sorry for Federer, felt sorry for Kiwis in the cricket, and Hamilton winning. What a day for sport.

 

[Grendel]

It was amazing. Great tennis final - felt sorry for Federer, felt sorry for Kiwis in the cricket, and Hamilton winning. What a day for sport.

Hamilton winning lol

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I wonder why NZ didn't pick De Grandhomme to bowl the super-over, he was easily their most economical bowler in the 50 overs.

At his pace in one over he’d have been smacked around.

 

[ddsdube]

Amazing day of sport... cricket takes it, so tense and so good.
Pleased for stokes and co, bad luck to the kiwis.
It was England’s day from the first ball of their innings through to stokes getting a boundary from a dive into the crease. Amazing


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[Grendel]

Well the tournament has been fantastic. I’ve been to 5 games. Brilliant atmosphere, great organisation at every ground I’ve been and just a superb 7 weeks

 

[oscillatewildly]

Speechless

Incredible, wasn't it?
You need an element of high drama in (any) sport - Otherwise it just becomes a routine and predictable procession.

 

[Otis]

Must confess I was a bit puzzled that Woakes didn't get to bowl the super over.

Massive responsibility on Archer. Felt that Archer was more likely to bowl wides and the odd bad ball and that Woakes would be more economical.

 

[Esoterica]

Must confess I was a bit puzzled that Woakes didn't get to bowl the super over.

Massive responsibility on Archer. Felt that Archer was more likely to bowl wides and the odd bad ball and that Woakes would be more economical.

Woakes hits the top of off again and again. He has nagging consistency but it's easier to put away when you know you're facing 6 balls of it. Think Plunkett would have got the over for his variations if Archer had said no.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Well the tournament has been fantastic. I’ve been to 5 games. Brilliant atmosphere, great organisation at every ground I’ve been and just a superb 7 weeks

For once I can’t disagree with you. Top quality from 1st ball in the tournament to sensational finish. Hopefully there will be a cricket resurgence in this country.


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[Otis]

Woakes hits the top of off again and again. He has nagging consistency but it's easier to put away when you know you're facing 6 balls of it. Think Plunkett would have got the over for his variations if Archer had said no.

Yeah, fair point.

 

[chiefdave]

Think my heart rate is just about back to normal. What a game.

 

[Covstu]

I had to go for a walk and calm down! It was incredible, it had everything, massive drama, controversy and great spirit. You don’t get that ‘countdown’ style drama anywhere.

Followed English cricket for about 15 years now and seen some dross and highs but never seen a team with this attacking strength and belief.

One happy but emotionally drained person tonight!

 

[Otis]

Think my heart rate is just about back to normal. What a game.

Have to confess, it came to the super over and I put it on pause and went out and walked the dog to calm down.

Oh, snap, stu.

 

[RegTheDonk]

The rules are a bit barmy!!

Today was a bit easier than working out Duckworth and Lewis! lol

We made it harder than we should have, but fair play to the NZ bolwers, put us under a lot of pressure. An absolutely tremendous match with two teams playing the game in the right spirit. And a real treat to see so many fans of other teams fans getting behind England. Free to air, fair play to Sky for a change.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

OH MY GOD. What a day. Can’t believe it. That has to be one of the most dramatic moments in sport ever. Can’t think of a game I’ve been at that swung from one side to the other so much. We’ve won the World Cup at Lords. Nothing in sport can top that. Pleased we didn’t give it a second thought when we said no to the touts who were offering silly money outside!

 

[mark82]

Well the tournament has been fantastic. I’ve been to 5 games. Brilliant atmosphere, great organisation at every ground I’ve been and just a superb 7 weeks

Superb, wasn't it? And to top it off, the way the tournament finished. Don't think this tournament will be easily forgotten.

 

[Liquid Gold]

I had to go for a walk and calm down! It was incredible, it had everything, massive drama, controversy and great spirit. You don’t get that ‘countdown’ style drama anywhere.

Followed English cricket for about 15 years now and seen some dross and highs but never seen a team with this attacking strength and belief.

One happy but emotionally drained person tonight!

NFL comes up with grandstand finishes like that.

 

[Otis]

NFL comes up with grandstand finishes like that.

It does indeed. Quite often too.

 

[Liquid Gold]

So regarding that incident where the fielder threw the ball and it bounced off Stokes' bat to go for four more runs, if the ball had bounced up off his bat and been caught by a fielder, would he have been out caught?

The fielder wouldn’t have caught it as it’s against the spirit of the game just as Stokes wouldn’t have made the runs. Only got extra runs as it made the boundary. Completely freak event.

 

[CanadianCCFC]

And England win the World Cup of the most confusing sport ever...

 

[Covstu]

NFL comes up with grandstand finishes like that.

Never watched it so don’t care!

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

I had it on my phone all day whilst watching the F1 and tennis and swapped it to the TV for the last 2 overs and the super overs. Absolutely incredible drama.

 

[CanadianCCFC]

And England win the World Cup of the most confusing sport ever...

Feels like I’m in the minority on this one...

 

[skybluesam66]

Feels like I’m in the minority on this one...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

 

[Mcbean]

Brilliant tension ! first free to view game in years - great competition - now what the fuck am i going to do during the day

 

[skybluesam66]

Brilliant tension ! first free to view game in years - great competition - now what the fuck am i going to do during the day

that is alongside Botham and Willis at Headingley as the 2 most exciting cricket games ive seen - excellent
Saying that we were very lucky, and I think the best team lost

 

[CanadianCCFC]

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

In and out, got it.
I hope you were joking with that explanation

 

[CanadianCCFC]

There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

Baseball umpires>Cricket umpires.

 

[oscillatewildly]

The main problem with cricket is it's only played by a small subset of the countries in the world.
Can you really call yourself 'world champions' of a sport most countries in the world don't play or have never heard of?
I've tried to explain it to the American guy who sits next to me at work.
I told him the USA actually has a national cricket team.
But he considers it a novelty sport and has no real interest in learning about it.

Tell him baseball would never exist without this 'novelty' sport.