Comments on: England win something!

By: munimma

munimma — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:30:06 +0000

Well, england supporters are the experts in sour grapes havin tasted ample of it in 35 years so I’ll bow to expert opinion.

Wish england wins the football wc too. Surely, the world will be destroyed by 2012 I that happens? Suits me!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:00:32 +0000

Raj,

Go run yourself out!

By: V

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:20:16 +0000

Sour grapes come to mind Raj.

By: raj

raj — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:53:58 +0000

England was the best team. Really? How about a team that went unbeaten till the final and saw off Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies and an inspired Pakistan again?

England were shit against WI(6 overs 60 runs, face it, it wasnt as unlucky as England supporters make it out to be) and almost lost to Ireland.

Well, maybe they were as good as Oz till the finals, a maybe there buy by no means the clear, best team in the tournament. 2 more overs for Ireland, and they might not even have made the Super 8. And everyone says Pakistan was lucky to make the semis!

By: horatius

horatius — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:12:55 +0000

Clearly the Large Hadron Collider has bumped us into an alternate Universe. Very soon, we’ll see a fearsome foursome of English bowlers dominate the Test scene for the next 10 years.

By: thesaurusrus

thesaurusrus — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:32:49 +0000

I’m just back from celebrating artisan beer week in USA so forgive me. Surely all bowlers in T/T are part time, 13 mins cannot be considered a real job. Who is this no 7 batsman that only faces 7.44 balls, he needs to be dropped.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:12:10 +0000

Weighing in on the batsman-at-no.7 debate, it’s pretty clear that relying on part time bowlers has killed Australia and even more so India.

A no.7 faces an average of 7.44 balls per innings in T20.

A no.8 faces an average of 4.73 balls.

All you need at 7 is someone who would probably hit about 10 in 7 balls. By no.8 and below it is irrelevant.

No team should bowl Shane Watson and get away with it.

By: V

Mon, 17 May 2010 17:02:52 +0000

the guardian sums it up well in it’s headline,
“England lift the world cup!
[ok,it’s only Twenty20.Still…].”

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:26:57 +0000

Congratulations to team England! Apparently they played good cricket.

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:59:08 +0000

Apropos of nothing, but, amusingly, Lord Collingwood of Shotley Bridge is, taken across all 3 international formats, England’s second most capped cricketer ever, and will probably go past Alec Stewart at next year’s World Cup. Not bad for someone who’s seemingly been in a scrap for his place in the side ever since he first appeared.