# Cricket - World T20 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962 "2016-03-14T11:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/41 "2016-03-18T14:40:06Z")
England taking an absolute pounding here from SA. 114-2 off 9 overs. Could be a very large run chase. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/42 "2016-03-18T15:59:33Z")
33 off 1.3 overs in reply. :eek: EDIT: Now 48 of 2.2 This ain’t your Dad’s LOI games. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/43 "2016-03-18T16:06:51Z")
OMG. What a start by England! If they win it , that has to be a world record. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/44 "2016-03-18T16:25:40Z")
No. But would be the second highest successful chase if they win - > **[T20I matches | Team records | Highest innings totals batting second |...](https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/highest-innings-totals-batting-second-283214)** > > Find records of Highest innings totals batting second in T20I matches only on ESPNcricinfo. Check the list of players with Highest innings totals batting second in T20I matches. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/45 "2016-03-18T16:52:49Z")
70 off 42 needed, with 6 wickets left… on this pitch, I’d say it’s starting to swing England’s way here… ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/46 "2016-03-18T17:23:24Z")
Joe Root has almost sealed it. well batted. This group is looking interesting ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/47 "2016-03-18T17:24:42Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Joe Root has almost sealed it. well batted. This group is looking interesting Out now. What was the review about? Looked like a clear out. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/48 "2016-03-18T17:32:19Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Out now. What was the review about? Looked like a clear out. Full toss ball above waist height is an invalid delivery But it was way below waist height as it turned out and was clear out as you said. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/49 "2016-03-18T17:36:10Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Full toss ball above waist height is an invalid delivery… Didn’t know that. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/50 "2016-03-18T17:36:27Z")
England…win. What a game. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/51 "2016-03-18T17:37:57Z")
Well, they made a bit of a meal of getting those last 2 runs, but a good win in the finish. Still worried about the state of England’s bowling though. Yes, we may have batsmen capable of overcoming the weakness there, but there were too many poor balls. Mind you, Steyn bowled 2 overs for 35. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/52 "2016-03-18T17:40:40Z")
As I said right at the top, England have decent firepower in the batting line up; the bowling is the weak spot. Cracking effort from Roy to get them off to a great start and the Joe Root for keeping it going. Heart pounding near the end there though - convinced that they were in the process of throwing it away in that last over. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/53 "2016-03-18T17:45:55Z")
Failing to score 1 run from 6 balls with 4 wickets in hand would have been the choke of all chokes, credit to Ali as well for pulling himself together in the end. Amazing game of cricket. England bowled poorly, SA, were worse. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/54 "2016-03-18T21:01:33Z")
Cricket eh?..bloody hell. There has been some chatter doing the rounds that Joe Root must be very close to the best ever English batsman across all versions of the game. I admit that if he isn’t yet…well I struggling to think of too many better. As I’ve mentioned before he is a smart cricketer, he seems to know when to push and when to hold and that’s a rare quality indeed. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/55 "2016-03-19T04:52:22Z")
What should the theme song be to the “thoroughly amusing crapshoot”? Benny Hill maybe? [Australia loses to New Zealand.](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-19/australia-loses-to-new-zealand-in-first-world-twenty20-match/7260218) Watching Glen Maxwell’s plan to bat left handed against leg breaks and right handed against off breaks and some sort of hybrid when he couldn’t pick the spin would cause any 9yo batsman to get a royal bollocking from their coach. Selected quotes from the linked article by Geoff Lemon might be in breach of the fair abuse rules, but they are a hoot. > [@](#): > > **(Australia)** Once again they tried to fang a V8 down a rutted mud road. There’s a reason that every cabbie in this mountainous, twisting town drives the smallest hatchback they can find. > [@](#): > > But the captain **(Steve Smith)** didn’t take his own advice, marching down the pitch past Mitchell Santner’s turn as though he were carrying a tuba instead of a cricket bat. > [@](#): > > after Shane Watson had turned his trademark booming off-drive into a trademark catch at mid-off. > [@](#): > > **(Warner)** He’s one of the team’s best runners … but when he thunks the ball down the ground and wants a second, he isn’t … \*\*(Usman Khawaja) \*\*His cover drives, his midwicket flicks, his cut, his pull, all had a beauty defying the pragmatism of the format. To throw that away for a bunted run was like hosing down a driveway with pinot noir. > [@](#): > > Glenn Maxwell began a dying blowfly routine that saw him buzzing all over the pitch with no apparent intent or design. ROFL. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/56 "2016-03-20T07:35:23Z")
Love it . 11-0 hahaha. India over-dependent on Kohli. Bad thing. But that may mean others are due for a score. Bowling good, nothing extraordinary. Fielding pretty good. Feel bad for Pak fans. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/57 "2016-03-20T07:38:19Z")
It was a spinners’ pitch. Both teams faltered in reading. Dhoni didn’t give enough overs to spin. Afridi played 1-2 spinner less. Also, afridi batted up the order. Wasn’t suitable for this pitch. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/58 "2016-03-20T19:21:34Z")
And the West Indies win 2 from 2, and Sri Lanka looking a bit hopeless there. I’m hopeful now that England can turn over Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, and thus get through to the semis. ---
**Author:** ![Artfog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/artfog/32/1011_2.png) [@Artfog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artfog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/59 "2016-03-21T04:20:08Z")
Next up is Australia v Bangladesh. For Australia to go through to the semis they’re probably going to have to do it via a superior run rate. That means they either need a big win here or for Pakistan to implode against them. Alternatively, Bangladesh could give themselves a chance of making the finals with a win. They don’t appear to have been all that convincing against the associates but I’m seriously worried about Australia’s lack of effective spinners. It defies logic that Nathan Lyon was left at home. Anyone following the Women’s event? There’s a weird level of concordance in the points tables between the two competitions, both currently topped by West Indies and New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962/60 "2016-03-21T12:30:14Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > And the West Indies win 2 from 2, and Sri Lanka looking a bit hopeless there. I’m hopeful now that England can turn over Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, and thus get through to the semis. I’m hopeful, too, but doesn’t that rather rely on WI beating SA? If SA beat WI, it will come down to NRR, and England’s is worse than WI’s at the moment. If SA beat the other two by bigger margins than England manage, they could go through. Failure to hit a boundary of the first ball of the final over in Eng vs SA could yet prove costly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962.md?page=4)