Louis Expounds Upon Twenty20

NZ didn't look effortless when asked to bat first

Ok, watching England, i'm converted to the theory.

yep

this second ten overs had best be an orgy of self-destructive hitting. sick of seeing every fucking team freeze batting first

Funny feeling we're watching Eoin Morgan's final game as a pro cricketer

Yep. He's a good captain but has been absolutely terrible as a batsman all year in T20. He needs to do a Pollard and get Moeen in to bat.

Or do that :D

Yep, they’ve both woken up.

Kumara is, as we've seen, completely hopeless tbf

He is. He’s also extremely aggro which I think inspires people to want to hit him out of the park.

This is a pretty incredible innings. Not many world cricketers are transcending these conditions

lol brilliant

Yep, glad he got there.

This is going to be close.

yep, SL don't have Buttler but Hasaranga is an equally valuable T20 cricketer

That’s fantastic fielding.

could be the game aye

Oof. That’s that.

To think the Windies almost lost to this lot

59 off the first 10 overs, 130 off the last ten.

gonna be so sad when Maxwell slogs Australia to the title past Pakistan and England

looks like India have woken up

they're pissed off alright

It’s probably also the pitch least conducive to spin we’ve seen all tournament, which I guess is just a handy coincidence.

the fix requires Afghanistan to be presented a bunsen against NZ next obv

This is gonna be ugly isn't it

Honestly they'd have been better off going out in phase 1

This is literally unfolding like a ludicrously optimistic Shane Warne tweet

Ban Gladesh

SV's lot being summarily disposed of too (barring the sort of batting performance they CAN in theory pull off)

Yep, the bowling hasn’t been anywhere near good enough all tournament.

This scenario makes WI beating Australia more likely than if they still had something theoretical to play for, imo

This is great fun.

Neesham is a monster.

That's a phenomenal win.

putting Jordan on to bowl the 16th instead of Ali or Rashid was the error imo

sadly the script is that Pakistan and NZ will fold miserably upon seeing yellow shirts, which would be even worse than India winning

they really do both completely curl up and whimper when they play Australia though, it is psychological at this point

I'm more annoyed at England losing because it increases the chance of an Australia win than for England's sake

I’d slightly fancy Australia in todays game too, unfortunately. Let’s see who wins the toss. If it’s Pakistan and Shaheen comes out flying, who knows?

If it's Australia, Pakistan will be bowled out for 80

still hoping against hope that Pakistan do to Aus what they have done to every other team they have played thus far

there it is

yup

Solid total.

they'll find a way to fuck this

For sure.

they'll STILL find a way to fuck this

giving Imad a second over the first of many blunders

Looks ominous.