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England absolutely tonking the the domestic sides in this tour so far. 367 for 4 from their innings (including a 53 ball 104 from Bairstow!) and kept Hyderabad to 115/9 after 35 overs, with Borthwick taking a 5for.



Things aren't looking good for India.
Also considering the years we spent looking for a good aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman, we suddenly have three in the side!

Love this quote from Cricinfo:

"Well, this all seems to be going to the script that the Indian fans predicted - the batsmen rack up loads of runs against an attack that is totally unable to exploit the conditions, and then the bowlers run through a side completely unequipped to handle quality spin on low slow turning pitches. Even the team's second-string players will be too good for what is put in front of them, and will comprehensively rout the opposition. Have I got that right? Oh, wait..."

OMFG!
One of the best T20 chases EVER! S.Aus tried really hard, Tait was amazing, but RCB

We won without something big from Gayle Instead my baby made 70 He hit 6 sixes, and 4 fours But he's injured his thumb

Chasing down 215, I genuinely thought one Gayle was gone, that it would be unlikely

SO HAPPY

He's improved in T20's soooo much

However, Dilli and the tailenders played a crucial role too. I fully love Arun Karthik now :L Once Vettori was gone, I was like, NO WAY! 6 needed off the last ball with two tailenders at the crease....really?

No need for apology, I'm on cloud nine Rep is appreciated though

Want a Mumbai vs RCB final :

LOL why have you been negged twice for that?

I know I'm extremely late...

but muhahaha, MI made RCB wipe the floor clean and lick their boots for them In other words they were outplayed. Didn't know they could pull of that win without a decent amount of runs on the board. But once again, if Gayle and Dilshan don't play well, RCB will collapse. Good final but comfortable for MI once Gayle got out.

Onwards for this Friday now.

Barring Gayle, Dilli and Virat, RCB have NO batting line up (the Mallya's paid a whopping 1.6mil for Tiwary and he's done **** all for RCB!), Agarwal hasn't proved himself yet either, and then the batting ends!

They also have no bowling lineup, which doesn't help.

Thrice now. I'm guessing bitter India fans.

It's not MI fault that RCB threw their wickets away. IMO Bhaji bowled like a world class bowler. He kept it simple and wicket to wicket with turn. Gayle struggled against him and I'm not sure if that wicket was correct decision or not but he deserved it.

But you're right. Was a tad bit scared when Dilshan was putting away Malinga for boundaries in the first over. I thought he was for sure get a big score. But its his own fault. Mind you, he was entitled to hit big. It was actually Virat who ruined it for you guys when the big hits weren't needed. So blame him

Its clear though. If any team can get them 3 out cheaply then, quickly, RCB will collapse. Tiwary is rubbish. Too many swings and misses. He always looks nervous too. How he played alongside Virat Kohli at under 19 level I have no idea. Would love to see what he did that was so good to get recognised.

Overall, MI OUTPLAYED RCB. Not win due to a poor performance from RCB. Malinga got dilshan with a stunner which turned the game. So Malinga was the match winner in hindsight. Bhaji just then cleaned up the shaky lower order.

PS. Indias seamers. Why???!!! Why Vinay Kumar!! They better play Varun Aaron!

Yeah but to be fair, the ball kept low and then hit the pad, regardless of the big stride forward. If you watch it again just from the umpires view, it looked plumb. I don;t think he would have had the perpection of him striding forward to call it. Only from the front. But Gayle was struggling in that over.
Very true though, other players needed to step up. But Virat knew himself that the wieght was on his shoulders after dilshan and gayle left.

No idea about Tiwary. He scored alot of runs though. He used to open. I got all excited when I first heard of him 2 years ago and scored loads of runs. So I watched him once, and looked very nervous in his innings. And now he has gone fat like you said LOL. With a hairy chin he should shave. And maybe a hair cut.

Can't wait for Friday. Samit Patel is going to love all the pani puri he will be given. I think he must be coming for all the food rather than the cricket.

Yeah he must have since hes probably tired of chasing girls, it had to be something else for a change. Of course he'll learn. He has to. The weight will be on him in about 5 years time. He'll lvoe that weight on his shoulders anyway. It suits his style.

And I have absolutely nothing to say to you about Samit Patel. LOL. Its not an obsession :P Tomorrow!! Looks like its going to be a laptop/tv afternoon once again. That's if there is going to be anyone on this thread to discuss it with.

Ironic that this is the ONLY thing that I rate about him, and he fails.

Oh damn you! On my ones then it is! Infact it only ever used to be you and avatarguy I used to talk about cricket with. But that guy has gone AWOL on us. Must be loving his uni too much. Also I almost forgot I'm not even at home tomorrow LOL I too have uni. But I'll probably be back by the time Virat Kohli leads India to their first victory.
Haha yeah you have that odd way of jinxing the match. I remember you did it once in the summer.

Yes, he's reasonable at keeping the scoreboard ticking. Not exactly in the Yousuf league of eeking out singles at every possible opportunity, but he's decent.

Quite a lot of cricket coming up, odd for this time of year really. Also, does anyone know why only Butt and Asif are being charged by the CPS and not Amir as well?