Sven Roeder 9:24 Tue Mar 8
ICC World Twenty20 in India
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Starts today with Hong Kong v Zim (9.30am) & Afghanistan v Scotland (2pm) as the associates battle to qualify for the tournament PROPER.
March 8-13
Group A - Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands, Oman.
Group B - Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Scotland, Zimbabwe.
March 15-28
Super 10 (Group 1) - England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Group B winner
Super 10 (Group 2) - Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan,Group A winner
March 30 & 31 - Semi finals
Apr 3 - Final
England matches:
v West Indies 2pm Wed Mar 16
v South Africa 2pm Fri Mar 18
v Winner Group B 9.30am Wed Mar 23
v Sri Lanka 2pm Sat Mar 26
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Grumpster
9:51 Tue Mar 8
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Guess you have to fancy Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to qualify, though the Afghan's have a fantastic opened in Shahzad who has a whack on him when in form.
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Sven Roeder
9:57 Tue Mar 8
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I'd go for Afghanistan especially in the Indian conditions.
They aren't a bad side at all.
India are the unbackable favourites but the rest need a couple of lucky days. Which is entirely possible in t20.
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Grumpster
10:35 Tue Mar 8
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Indian seem to have the one thing that no other nation has - decent spinners, or at least spinners who know the conditions like the back of their hands.
Right enjoyed the aussie chase the other day, but be tough keeping scores down relying on Maxwell and Agar's spin.
Let's not even bother talking about our gash bowling attack, though Rashid may have a decent tournament!! :o(
Hopefully won't see Tahir celebrating too much either the annoying sod.
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Takashi Miike
10:40 Tue Mar 8
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India will win the tournament. brilliant batting line up, two good young pace bowlers and three spinners who can strangle the opposition in the middle overs
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Sven Roeder
10:45 Tue Mar 8
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India have all the bases covered with their batting and their experienced spinners on the pitches prepared to order.
Don't seem to have a weakness in this format.
Australia's spinners are the inexperienced Zampa and Agar who probably have about 10 t20 internationals between them plus a bit of Maxwell.
No Starc so would need something extraordinary from the likes of Coulter-Nile, Marsh , Tye, Hazlewood etc
Their positive is the IPL experience of Warner, Finch, Maxwell, Smith, Watson etc in the batting plus someone like Khawaja
Will do well to join India in the semi finals
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Grumpster
10:48 Tue Mar 8
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Rather be in your group than ours Sven.
Pakistan are hopeless at the moment and New Zealand are your bitches.
In ours Sri Lanka also a shadow of their former selves and although the Windies are crap in the test and ODI arena, they can be dangerous in T20's and especially with some of the bowling we can be known to dish up, with an entire bowling attack incapable of bowling a Yorker.
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Sven Roeder
11:02 Tue Mar 8
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Initially thought we'd got the short straw but think the groups have evened up a bit.
Pakistan are having a wobble about going home and McCullum is saving himself for the IPL so that helps.
Sri Lanka have had a bit of a changing of the guard and the West Indies seem permanently at war. At Narine is still having to learn how to bowl rather than chuck.
Rashid is a key player for England. They have the batting but the bowling seems to go to water a bit sometimes.
Ryan CAMPBELL playing for Hong Kong at 44.
Was GILCHRIST'S deputy for WA behind the stumps and very destructive One day player.
Played 2 ODI's for Australia 14 years ago.
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Grumpster
11:17 Tue Mar 8
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I'm on Masakadza (11/4) and Hayat (7/2) in this first game
Masakadza out to an amateur piece of running in not putting his bat down.
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Sven Roeder
12:41 Tue Mar 8
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Zimbabwe 158/8 off 20 overs
Should be at least 50 too many for Hong Kong on a slow pitch.
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VirginiaHam
1:55 Tue Mar 8
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I'm a bit mystified by the commentators who say it's too early to bowl yorkers.
If you can bowl yorkers they are unhittable. If you miss, maybe not.
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Grumpster
2:01 Tue Mar 8
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Much better to vary the bowling and get smacked for 6's all over the place VH ;o)
They see Yorkers as just being to keep the score down without getting wickets, but surely that's better anyway?
What do we know eh.
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Sven Roeder
2:13 Tue Mar 8
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Hong Kong 120/4 off 17
Need 39 off the last 18 balls
Giving it a real go
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VirginiaHam
2:14 Tue Mar 8
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I think they are varying it too much.
There are three lengths to bowl, IMO......yourker, bang in (splice) and bouncer.
Low full toss, length and short shit just gets blasted; sad that a good 'ole length ball hitting off stump gets whacked.
But, as you said Grump, what do we know? I remember watching Singh hit Broad for 6x6 and after the fourth 6 I knew the next two were also going for 6. The rest of the over had that inevitability.
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Sven Roeder
3:12 Tue Mar 8
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Zim bt Hong Kong by 14 runs
Afghanistan win the toss and bat v Scotland on the same pitch
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Grumpster
4:10 Tue Mar 8
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This Shahzad is great entertainment.
Unlike a lot of the lesser nations players, he also knows to rotate the strike after some hefty blows instead of just going after everything and getting out.
No doubt he's now fucked after that statement!!
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VirginiaHam
4:13 Tue Mar 8
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The Jocks bowling complete shit at wee wee pace isn't helping. Mind you, that's a big ground and he is striking the ball very cleanly.
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VirginiaHam
4:14 Tue Mar 8
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Liked the one legged hack to long off for one.
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Takashi Miike
4:15 Tue Mar 8
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yes, the jocks are getting battered here
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VirginiaHam
4:32 Tue Mar 8
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Bring back Gavin Hamilton.......1 test, 0, 0 and 0 wickets.
Never played again, strangely enough.
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Sven Roeder
5:44 Tue Mar 8
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Afghanistan 170/5 20 overs
Scotland 53/0 off 5 overs
Good start by the Scots
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