Cricket

[75A]

I had wondered about that, as I was watching (as I always watch TNT) via Discovery +, and had noticed the lack of adverts.

If someone had watched on a regular TNT channel, would they have got adverts?

Yes, I watched the Sri Lana innings on TNT 1 and went to TNT via Discovery+ for the England debacle, after reading about it here in between innings.

 

[Haywain]

In today's ODI, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. After 31 overs they are 121-3 and England have already used 8 bowlers!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

After 41 overs, Sri Lanka have moved on to 178-5.

UDATE

Sri Lanka all out for 219 in 49.3 overs.

No England bowler took more than two wickets.

 

[gswindale]

Scotland are apparently replacing Bangladesh at the T20 world cup.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In the 3rd and final ODI, after 10 overs, both the England openers, Ahmed and Duckett, had been dismissed.

After 28 overs, Root and Bethell had taken the score on to 126-2.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bethell just out for 65.
England 166-3.
Root 65 n.o.

 

[75A]

England closed on 3-357 with Brook 136 & Root 111 Not Out.

At a drinks break the hosts are 6-230 after 36 overs with Rathnayake not out on 83, so require 128 off 84 balls.

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England closed on 3-357 with Brook 136 & Root 111 Not Out.

At a drinks break the hosts are 6-230 after 36 overs with Rathnayake not out on 83, so require 128 off 84 balls.

Sri Lanka all out for 304 making England winners by 53 runs & series winners 2-1.
As a neutral a really good game to watch, both teams really went for it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rathanayake kept matters going whilst he was still there, scoring 121 from 115 balls, before being bowled by Curran.

Both sides passed the 300 mark in this ODI.

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First T20 International

Sri Lanka 133 all out (16.2 overs)
Kusal Mendis 37 from 20 balls, with 2 x 6 and 4 x 4

England 125-4 (15 overs)
Salt 46 from 35 balls, with 2 x 6 and 3 x 4
Banton 29 from 15 balls, with 2 x 6 and 3 x 4

Rain caused the covers to come on. England win by 11 runs under the DLS methodology.

 

[DelW]

First T20 International

Sri Lanka 133 all out (16.2 overs)
Kusal Mendis 37 from 20 balls, with 2 x 6 and 4 x 4

England 125-4 (15 overs)
Salt 46 from 35 balls, with 2 x 6 and 3 x 4
Banton 29 from 15 balls, with 2 x 6 and 3 x 4

Rain caused the covers to come on. England win by 11 runs under the DLS methodology.

Well-deserved man of the match award to Adil Rashid for his 3 for 19 off 4 overs. Sam Curran also took three (in a hat-trick), but Adil's were all top-order batsmen not tail-enders, and he was much more economical. Good to see a bowler getting the recognition.

 

[Mikey C]

Well-deserved man of the match award to Adil Rashid for his 3 for 19 off 4 overs. Sam Curran also took three (in a hat-trick), but Adil's were all top-order batsmen not tail-enders, and he was much more economical. Good to see a bowler getting the recognition.

Curran bowled 2 over of dross, then came back to take a hattrick with his 3rd over

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Second T20 International

Sri Lanka are 39 - 0 after the first three overs. Archer went for 21 in his first over.

UPDATE

Sri Lanka scored 189 - 5 in their 20 overs.

 

[High Dyke]

Under-19 World Cup, semi-finals

England 277-7 (50 overs): Rew 110 (107); Schiller 2-31

Australia 250 all out (47.3 overs): Peake 100 (88); Minto 2-30

England won by 27 runs
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Third T20 international, Pallekele

England 128-9 (20 overs): Curran 58 (48); Chameera 5-24

Sri Lanka 116 (19.3 overs): Kusal Mendis 26 (26); Bethell 4-11, Jacks 3-14

England won by 12 runs; won series 3-0

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sri Lanka looked well placed on 90-4 after 13 overs, then lost their last six wickets for only 26 runs, slumping to 116 all out.

 

[75A]

Curious that since Crawley stopped playing England have won every game. Just saying.

 

[bspahh]

In the Under 19 50 over final, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 175 off 80 balls for India. He is 14 years 316 days old.

England are 0/0 after the first over, chasing 412.

 

[Haywain]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 175 of 80 balls

Blimey, 150 of them in boundaries!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Blimey, 150 of them in boundaries!

15 x 6 and 15 x 4

I wish the normal England full 5-day Test Match team had an opening batsman who could produce statistics such as that.

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England U-19 in reply had a mid-table slump, as often has happened toi their elders, from being 115-2 to 177-7 and despite a spirited knock o 115 from 67 balls by Falconer, batting at number 5, England U-19 were 311 all out in 40.2 overs, not being able to use all their 50-over allocation.

India U-19 win by 100 runs.

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ICC Men's T20 World Cup

I expected England, batting first, would post a very high innings total, for not many wickets, in the current match against Nepal, but after 20 overs, they had only reached 184-7, with 50s from both Bethell and Brook.

Almost a shock result, as Nepal were only just on the losing side, scoring 180-6 in their 20 overs.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

This current World Cup has certainly brought some *interesting" match results. Australia looked like amassing a large 20 over total when in the middle of the 8th over, they were 104-0, but then they were all out to the last ball of the 20th over for only 181 against Sri Lanka.

 

[D1511]

Nissanka is going to win the game for Sri Lanka, and Australia are now relying on Zimbabwe's results to stay in the tournament!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nissanka is going to win the game for Sri Lanka, and Australia are now relying on Zimbabwe's results to stay in the tournament!

Indeed he did. Sri Lanka 184-2 win with 2 overs to spare.

Nissanka 100 not out from 52 balls, with 5 x 6 and 10 x 4.

 

[gswindale]

It seems that the rain has knocked Australia out.

 

[Haywain]

It seems that the rain has knocked Australia out.

The rain might have finished the job, but it's their performances that have done the heavy lifting.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

So Northern Superchargers have been rebranded as Sunrisers Leeds. As a long-time Yorkshire member this doesn't really affect me as I refuse to watch "cretin cricket" - and I include T20 in that. But I wonder how well the new name will go down in Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and other places, given the deep rooted sporting and civic rivalries with Leeds?

 

[SuspectUsual]

So Northern Superchargers have been rebranded as Sunrisers Leeds. As a long-time Yorkshire member this doesn't really affect me as I refuse to watch "cretin cricket" - and I include T20 in that. But I wonder how well the new name will go down in Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and other places, given the deep rooted sporting and civic rivalries with Leeds?

There are a lot of cricket fans of Pakistani heritage in Yorkshire, and the new owners have refused to have any Pakistani players in their team.

Another horrible development in a horrible competition

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Not to mention one of Yorkshire and Bradford's own

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

A rather surprising match result......

South Africa ... 187-7 (20 overs)
Miller 63 from 35 balls, with 3 x 6 and 7 x 4
Bumrah ... 4 - 0 - 15 - 3

India ... 111 all out (18.5 overs)
Jansen.... 3.5 - 0 - 22 - 4
Maharaj......3 - 0 - 24 - 3

 

[Haywain]

With England's win yesterday that's both host nation teams well beaten in the first game of this stage, and needing to win both remaining games to make the semi-finals. England, just need one win from two to go through.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In the West Indies v Zimbabwe game, Shrimron Hetmyer came in at no 3 for West Indies at the fall of an early wicket and hit a 19-ball 50 to increase the run rate per over and had on gone into the 70s soon after, the last time that I checked.

 

[ainsworth74]

So Northern Superchargers have been rebranded as Sunrisers Leeds. As a long-time Yorkshire member this doesn't really affect me as I refuse to watch "cretin cricket" - and I include T20 in that. But I wonder how well the new name will go down in Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and other places, given the deep rooted sporting and civic rivalries with Leeds?

Does seem an odd choice. Surely Northern Sunrisers or Sunrisers Superchargers to incorporate the required ownership branding whilst not just potentially alienating anyone who isn't from Leeds! Or something along those lines anyway.

Not that it effects me, whilst I'm not as puritanical in my cricket following (no problem with T20 here, and the Hundred would be fine if it had been a T20 competition) as a Durham follower we weren't deemed important enough to warrant a franchise. Allegedly the "Northern Superchargers" were supposed to represent Yorkshire and Durham when this whole thing go started. Not that it's ever felt that way!

 

[SuspectUsual]

Allegedly the "Northern Superchargers" were supposed to represent Yorkshire and Durham when this whole thing go started. Not that it's ever felt that way!

Just one of the many lies told by the ECB when they dreamt up this nonsense