ICC T20 World Cup 2021

[ursus arctos]

Dunno

Seems to me that they are much closer to the UAE, so perhaps they don't really care

Calamitous, but not atypical, start for Windies

[Satchmo Distel]

Opening the bowling with Ali is interesting and has paid off with the wicket.

England know they can't win with pace (Australia might but their trio is world class).

[Tony C]

Rashid takes 4 for 2.

[San Bernardhinault]

WI aren't going to win this, but that was a helluva catch.

[Satchmo Distel]

WI have lost their Top 8 ranking so a poor showing here will leave them in the qualifiers next time. More ignominy for ex-champs.

[Satchmo Distel]

I think Gayle is now the 3rd eldest player ever to represent West Indies, and eldest since Headley in 1954.

[Duncan Gardner]

The (Asa)Lanka are back, chasing Bangladesh's 171 with an over to spare

[Etienne]

Ready for the big one?

[Etienne]

I think Gayle is now the 3rd eldest player ever to represent West Indies, and eldest since Headley in 1954.

While in the England gerontocracy 26 men aged 42 or more have played test cricket.

[ursus arctos]

The first match was a remarkably high score for Sharjah, which makes me wonder if the pitch has been altered

[ursus arctos]

Rohit gone

[Etienne]

Rahul gone.

[Etienne]

Remarkable from yesterday that England's best 3 T20 bowling analyses have come in their last 3 games against the Windies, each improving on the last. Willey 4-7, Jordan 4-6, Rashid 4-2.

[Hot Pepsi]

On the edge sensor thing, where is the sensor. Is it in the bat?

[Hot Pepsi]

I’m watching this and el Classico at the same time. I feel like a member of the human race. Probably well more than a billion people are watching one or the other.

[ursus arctos]

On the edge sensor thing, where is the sensor. Is it in the bat?

It is based on a microphone in the stumps

[Hot Pepsi]

That’s hard to fine tune. That’s the kind of thing that Penn State specializes in.

My neighbor has a big house and a Tesla because his company figures out how to use vibration sensors to make machines more efficient.

[ursus arctos]

It is grounded in the synchronisation of the sound and video recordings and is not infallible (though it is generally reliable and getting better).

Baseball might have found it necessary to develop similar technology if the umpires had stayed a similar distance from the bat as they do in cricket, but the consequences of a missed tip in cricket are not comparable to those of one in cricket.

[ursus arctos]

Afridi is having himself a day

[ursus arctos]

Not in the field, though

[Ray de Galles]

He really lost his head with that run out attempt, the risk was far greater than the potential reward.

[Kevin S]

I do like that blue and orange number India are wearing.

But come on Pakistan!

[ursus arctos]

One can understand why he thought he could hit the stumps from that distance and angle, but it really is a different skill from bowling.

This should be intriguing.

[Kevin S]

Liverpool appear to be cruising in the football, so I think I'll be sticking with this match.

[Kevin S]

Chakravarthy's over of 2 was the first of the four you felt had gone India's way.