Cricket

7 ODI's or 7 20/20's are far too much. as are 5. 2 or 3 20/20's should be the max. But they're money spinners and are more popular with the public than test matches so there's just going to be more and more.

3 ODI's and 3 20/20s in a tour is still too much.

Disagree. Unless you wanna cut that down to 2 of each

1 each would be enough for me

Not sure what purpose ODIs serve in the 20/20 era. Both are shortened "more exciting" forms of the game, 20/20 works better than day night after work and given the amount of tinkering that has been done with ODIs to keep them "interesting" (powerplay nonsense) I'm not sure what the point is.

There hasn't been an ODI double-hundred yet! When that happens, time for byebye maybe. :P

Somerset seem to have unearthed a new legspinner. More importantly, he has an awesome, awesome name: MAX WALLER

although tbf it only works if spoken in an American accent

lol Andrew "Disciplinary issues" Symonds

RIP

He's like the Amy Winehouse of the Cricket world, amirite?

more the oliver reed

Wrestling naked with Ricky Ponting in front of an open fire.

^ evil

...or erotic?

Women In Lord's

drunk in charge of a fishing rod

lol so i'm going to this, let's nail us some dutchmen

as it were

england really wasting that good start

I thought David Gedge bowled really well.

162-5 no sixes and only 13 fours. Hardly any runs off the last 5 overs. Holland very much in this. They look delighted.

It should be enough as it's only Holland but it's not good enough after the start they had. England have no chance of winning the world cup.

Holland look like winning and its raining and are ahead on duckworth-lewis

i was just about to ask how are we doing, cause i can't even understand those scoring lines. as long as we're winning it's fine by me.

Holland need 47 from 42 balls with 6 wkts left

so the England guy that throws the balls is trying to hit a wicket right?

Englands fielding has been abysmal

some of the worst fielding ever, england wont win this

absolutely disgusting fielding there. shameful

fuck off england you useless fuckers.losers.

England are officially a joke now.

That was comical in the extreme. Lost their heads. I must admit I find it hard to care - but let's hope this 20/20 doesn't set the tone for the summer the way the one in 2005 against the Aussies did.

yay! i guess. but since this was so close, i guess "we" sucked as hard as the English, except there are only 6000 people playing this sport here anyway. (we probably threw around some passports for anyone who was interested in playing for us)

Lot of pressure on the Dutch at the end there and they didn't crack, so completely deserved winners I reckon.

I think there may be a few saffas on the Dutch side, but I hope there's plenty of focus on how well Holland played, despite how woeful England were, they were ace.

Absolutely, the win was utterly deserved. England middle order poor, english fielding dreadful, but the Dutch played really, really well.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE WORLD TWENTY20

RIP English Cricket, heaven needed another 5-0 Ashes whitewash

reporting to you from dutch media, players trying to remain in their underdog role "we were lucky" but also dreaming of the final! ("that's my birthday!")

Eng-er-land lost to....the Dutch??? Bwaahahahahahahahahhahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard it was because of Holland's "Total Cricket" strategy...

7 overs a side is farcical, no? Still, decent total by Scotland.

Yes, it's nonsense, I remember some friends going to a Twenty20 a couple of years ago which was rained into a five over per side match. But it gives a good chance for the underdogs to cause, well, not exactly an upset, because it's almost like flipping a coin, but put the cat amongst the pigeons a bit.

English cricket - bringing the lulz since 1882.

i watched about an hour of the game in the pub yesterday while playing pool and actually found it fairly exciting. How queer.

also lol england, fucking holland?!

I. Was. There.

all-time A+ lulz almighty

Anyway, you can argue that Australia just got even more comprehensively mullered by a non-team. Cricket = beautiful.

4.1

Lee to Gayle, SIX, One mighty wallop! He cleared the front hit and thwacked it high and over midwicket. Into the school beyond the boundary. What a whack that was.

4.2

Lee to Gayle, no run, yorker around the off stump, dug out to the off side

4.3

Lee to Gayle, SIX, Oh boy what a violent six this was .. Immense fun ... It was the slower one but he picked it up early, waited for it, cleared the front foot and killed it over long-on. Hope the school kids are not wandering around the stadium. It crashed into the roof .. what a big big hit ....

4.4

Lee to Gayle, no run, he moves towards off, comes back into position to dig out a yorker to the off side

4.5

Lee to Gayle, (no ball) FOUR, Violence refuses to abate at The Oval. Gayle is wreaking havoc. Lee, from round the stumps this time, serves one full delivery outside off and Gayle crashes it over covers in his inimitable style. What's more, it's a free hit too

4.5

Lee to Gayle, FOUR, That has almost decapitated Fletcher. It was full and outside off, Gayle murdered it past the startled Fletcher who dived to the ground. Blink. The ball is picked up from the long-off boundary. Lee is bleeding here. What can he do to stop this man?

4.6

Lee to Gayle, SIX, As it turns out, he can do nothing but watch Gayle dismiss him everywhere around the ground. It was a short delivery, Gayle opened up his stance, kept his front foot outside leg and smashed it high into the midwicket stands.The white ball is flying all over.