Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

[San Bernardhinault]

Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

What the hell is with that West Indies "national anthem"? And the players standing respectfully for it? It looked embarrassing, but perhaps I'm missing something.

[nmrfox]

Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

England 114-3 in 14.2 overs and after promoting Buttler up the order to 4, Morgan comes in ahead of Stokes at no.5. Seems a bit odd to me.

[nmrfox]

Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

Buttler out and Stokes in in the 18th over; 4 0 6 1 on his first 4 balls.

[nmrfox]

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182-6 - looks a decent score but by no means unbeatable.

[Gangster Octopus]

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Gayle's just woken up; looks like it's all over...

[Ray de Galles]

Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

I don't think I've ever seen a Spidercam used at cricket before. It produces some breathtaking footage, though it helps when the Windies are batting like this.

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[San Bernardhinault]

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Chris Gayle's in that mood, huh?

Well, if he's going to do this against England let's hope he does it all the way through the tournament.

[ad hoc]

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Come on NZ. We're all counting on you.

(After a very decent start, Guptill is just out at the beginning of the 8th over 61/1)

[ad hoc]

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Damn. A very disappointing 142/8 in the end. Let's hope they bowl as well as they did against India to recover this

[ad hoc]

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Hmmm, looks like this will be very interesting. Australia 66/4 off 10.2

[ad hoc]

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Sodhi bowls his 4 overs for 14 runs, which is spectacular. However NZ's 2 spinners who have been their saviours are now both done. Australia need 22 off the last 2 overs, with 5 wickets left. Can't see them not winning really

[ad hoc]

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2 wickets in that over leave Australia needing 19 off the last. But Faulkner on strike, so still could go either way

[ad hoc]

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Faulkner out. Yes.

[ad hoc]

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Australia need 11 off the last ball. I can relax now.

And all over. NZ win by 8. I love New Zealand

[ursus arctos]

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All because they brought back the beige

[Gangster Octopus]

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Less than four overs in, and it looks all over for England...

[San Bernardhinault]

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7 overs in and it definitely is.

Even as an England fan, I still find something satisfying about England, India and Australia all failing.

[nmrfox]

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9 overs in and Englands bowlers economy rates read - Willey 11:00, Topley 15:00, Moeen 8:86, Jordan 22:00, Rashid 13:50.

[nmrfox]

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Moeen 2-34 from 4 overs and Rashid 1-35. Who'd have guessed a spinners wicket in India? Root is on now but been hit for 13 in his first over. 6 overs remain, SA 152-3. England in a lot of trouble here.

[San Bernardhinault]

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You end up being pleased that Stokes only went for 14 off an over...

[nmrfox]

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Great idea to give Chris "half tracker" Jordan the last over. Carted away for 18, 3 overs for 49 as SA [strike]declare[/strike]finish on 229/4.

[meregreen]

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It could have been a lot worse, but South Africa seemed to ease off in the latter part of the innings.

Good reply by England though: 44-0 off 2.

[Ray de Galles]

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It's not an original observation I'm sure but this is just baseball, isn't it?

[meregreen]

Distorted Vision: 20/20 World Cup

I'm not sure it's baseball, which has a different and less frenetic rythmn, but it's certainly not cricket as we know it.

[ad hoc]

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This has been some chase. Shame Root didn't see it out.