# International cricket rolling thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** cricket\ **Created:** [January 22, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205 "2019-01-22T16:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 116
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2303 "2022-11-10T10:51:13Z")
ENG 0-140 off 13 Clear your voices for a resounding chorus of Jerusalem or Rule Brittania ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2304 "2022-11-10T10:55:36Z")
Blimey Joss Buttler, that was probably the least effort for a 100m six that I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2305 "2022-11-10T10:57:13Z")
ENG 0-154 off 14 Buttler last burst takes Hales century all but out of the question. They are going to win this with 3 overs to spare Need just 3 runs per over ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2306 "2022-11-10T11:04:43Z")
Poms home with 4 overs to spare. Wow! Masterclass in modern power hitting. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2307 "2022-11-10T11:04:44Z")
oooof! that’s the way to finish it. A win by 10 wickets and 4 overs to spare, that’s a hammering, I did not expect that. I know I said our injuries could be an issue and I still stand by that but they are far less of an issue when you only need two batsmen. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2308 "2022-11-10T11:05:19Z")
So that seven match T20 series did have a purpose after all. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I know I said our injuries could be an issue and I still stand by that but they are far less of an issue when you only need two batsmen. Your final opponents have lived by the “we just need two batters as long as they don’t get out” philosophy for 2 years now. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2309 "2022-11-10T11:12:38Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Your final opponents have lived by the “we just need two batters as long as they don’t get out” philosophy for 2 years now. I think the world has long since given up on trying to fully understand the Pakistan cricketing philosophy. “mercurial” seems as good an adjective as any but they were excellent at times in that series, as were England. Hopefully at least one excellent team shows up on the day. Here’s to an entertaining (if slightly less noisy) final. Lord knows what’ll transpire. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2310 "2022-11-10T11:16:19Z")
This was yesterday. After the Pak-NZ game. The W’s for once had no rhythm. > ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2311 "2022-11-10T11:26:00Z")
PAKvENG The best and deepest lineup versus the most ruthless bowling attack. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2312 "2022-11-10T12:09:51Z")
What an extraordinary batting performance by England. And quite the opposite of the way that sentence has more often been used over the last 40 years or so. I have never seen us make it look so straightforward. If both teams can keep up this form for the final, it could be an absolute classic. Impossible to pick a winner. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2313 "2022-11-10T14:59:25Z")
India lost that game in the first ten overs. Their power play batting had been poor throughout the cup, and it’s come home to roost against a team who know how to leverage the first six overs. Both semi finals one sided. Channel 4 are going to show the final on free to air in the UK on Sunday, which is great news for cricket. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2314 "2022-11-10T16:36:17Z")
That is good news! I was hoping they would do this again, as they did for the final in 2019. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2315 "2022-11-10T16:40:15Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Channel 4 are going to show the final on free to air in the UK on Sunday, which is great news for cricket. yay! I’ve been watching through “other means” so far but would much rather have it in 65" uhd glory. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2316 "2022-11-13T09:45:12Z")
Pakistan finish on 137/8. Even with big boundaries it’s hard to see that being enough, although as @AK84 has pointed out, Pakistan’s bowlers are very good. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2317 "2022-11-13T11:00:33Z")
And they are bowling well, a run a ball from here should be easy but it is anything but when the bowlers are moving it like this. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2318 "2022-11-13T11:07:15Z")
Naseem’s last over was incredible. Pulled it back from run a ball and created the wicket next over. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2319 "2022-11-13T11:23:56Z")
Would have been a thrilling ending if Afridi didn’t get injured. They were really choking England hard. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2320 "2022-11-13T11:25:04Z")
Yeah, feels that really swung the match. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2321 "2022-11-13T11:27:36Z")
England on the charge now, as they say. One more over of Afridi would have made things interesting! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/2322 "2022-11-13T11:29:38Z")
two big overs changes things completely, should be England’s now, fascinating game for a low-scoring match. Both teams have turned up and the rain stayed away thankfully [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205.md?page=117)