Cricket

still no guarantee england wins their group

'mon holland

they'll have to put an armed guard on Intikhab Alam's door amirite

need a biggish win for either pak or ned.

So the start of something big for Dutch cricket, or an abberation?

any win for ned mon ami

of course - go oranjes (or pakistan win the toss and hit 250)

biggest danger to netherlands = umar gul and his yorkers

gul was excellent against england

Bjottlers

Yeah, looking suspiciously like Scotland - played well in their opening game, ruthlessly dispatched by the sort of team we expect to demolish us.

SA v. NZ should be tasty, even though there is nothing to play for.

If i were NZ I'd be pissed off at missing out on the free hit when the umpires failed to spot that there was only 3 fielders in the circle in the 2nd last over.

always wondered why fixtures in the super 8 were lined up before all the key fixtures were completed.

http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/world/icc-world-twenty20-2009/format/

wouldn't have mattered if pakistan had scored 300 and bowled netherlands out for 3, england were always seeded B2. only change to the pre-seedings is that instead of australia we get west indies.

going to be interesting next round. someone (and of course we presume england) is going to have a howler. tonight's s.a/n.z. game was a great one, showing you don't have to slog out all the time for 2020 to be compelling.

i'm not sure it's a foregone conclusion that england will lose all three. WI and to a lesser degree SA are there to be beaten. I'd be amazed if India don't win the tournament.

Some cracking batting here from SL

kiss of death there

Also, funny commentary:

Ian Bishop (as Jayasuriya plays and misses): Could this be the end of his career, the eyesight goes, you miss where once you could hit?

next ball

Ian Bishop (as Jayasuriya wangs it for six over square leg): Wonderful shot! Could this be the start of his revival after a slump in form!

other comm (as Jayasuriya steps back in his crease a bit): And that is what he has to do more and more as he gets older with the brisker bowlers, just step back in his crease - he doesn't quite have the time that he once had.

(as Jayasuriya then wangs the ball through point): And that's what makes him so good! A step back in the crease just gives him that extra time so that he can do that to you!

I love Ian Bishop - probably the best player I ever saw play for Derbyshire

Same here, although unfortunately I never saw him at a ground. He's a good commentator as well.

I saw him play at Queens park and he tore through the tail end of....can't remember...in the space of about 3 overs, absolutely brutal.

I wonder what Karl Krikken's up to now, he was lovably mental (and also v v good)

So head says SA, heart says England this evening. We have won the toss at least...

So head says SA, heart says England this evening. We have won the toss at least...

my bottle of bombardier english premium bitter says "come on!"

need to bat steyn and parnell out of the attack as gayle did to brett lee. i hope so anyway.

still don't understand why owais shah makes the T20 team

nice start. ravi, the honeymoon is over.

nice one luke. watching the ball would help.

no worries though, shah's here to hit 20 in 30 deliveries, hogging the strike.

and 2 run outs

one off the fourth over of the power play.

England Women vs India at Taunton looks much more promising.

kp gone, but scored 19 out of the 25 we'd got....

I vote we replace our big time charlies with the Womens team.

Comparing Shah to the womens team is an insult to women!

I know, our opening batswoman has 2020 average of 55.

Can also take wickets with and ODI av of 21.5

crowd booing shah there? the guy who never comes forward...

more boos

did anyone remind shah this isn't a 50 over game?

why shah is anywhere near an england squad i'll never know. He's far worse than Vaughan,Bell etc at their very worst

He mustve went to the proper university since louis defends him ;)

He is a liability. And if he manages to stay in for more than two overs scoring runs without actually getting run out he gets cramp.

don't forget hussain's commentary: "two great players of spin in at the moment"

that not a no ball? and if he'd been caught from it? suppose it would put us out of our misery. time for another beer...

megaboos now

full toss and a six for shah!

nice that shah took the strike there

and another!

such an underrated batsman ;-)

and a four!!

England win by 10 wickets, 26 balls to spare.

what a boo can do....

and another four!!