Cricket

Needs a spectacular last over.

this useless keeper-batsman has lost it for them

Buggeration.

these classless fuckers in the crowd celebrating like they've won the whole thing

Hat trick!

who gives a shit about that tbh

Jesus, this Windies/NZ game is another cracker!

Ah, damn it.

Jesus fuck, everything's going wrong today.

Trying to win it with a six :(

It is our way.

Still coming to terms with Dave Warner, Mostly Sensible Opener.

oh god the pato entrance of doom

pommie blood in the water

I said "mostly."

I said "mostly lol england!!!!"

how are the Windies going to botch it from here

I mean, they are. thinking a Chahal 6-fer

Target of 269

250 feels about par for the wicket.

Or maybe less, when you bowl a powerplay this tight.

Afghanistan cruelly doing their best to help England here

Afghanistan in danger of blowing it here.

Pakistan likewise

6! balance shifts heavy to Pakistan now

need 6 from the last over, Afghanistan just going to fall short again

Blew it again.

cruel. great finish to a match.

It was. That expensive over when Imad racked up about 16 killed them off.

The match on Friday should be lit.

Pakistan : Why Dhoni is taking singles at this stage ?

Indian Fans : #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/gVLAuaWZAU

— Møhît Rãj (@mohit_R_rakshit) June 30, 2019

Had to follow that by text at work and had exactly the same thought :D

Wondering what the worst example of fixing is: Gulbadin bringing himself on vs Pakistan, Dhoni and Jadhav yesterday or the WI picking Shannon Gabriel in any ODI ever

LOL Gulbadin, that was a shocker.

It’ll be interesting to see what happens if Bangladesh win the toss today. If Bangladesh bat first, Pakistan can’t qualify, if Pakistan bat first they’re probably going to have to aim for a target of about 600 - so it’ll potentially either be a run-fest or an extremely rancorous dead rubber based on the flip of a coin.

Yeah, the run rate system seems a bit fucked up. They have to win by 320 runs or something don't they (batting first)?

Likely to finish level on points with a team they beat yet don't go through.

316 to be exact, yep.

If they win, they'll finish one point below England - but would have potentially been level had the match with Sri Lanka not been rained off.

I fancy Bangladesh to win today

Depends how much money's on them.

harsh, Shakib has been player of the tournament

Coin toss and it’s...Pakistan!

Bangladesh bowling has been tight and Pakistan are chasing crazy singles already. There’s going to be half a dozen run-outs.

Astonishing c&b there.

Pakistan looked in complete control about an hour ago but it has all gone sideways since Imam kicked his own wicket.

Pakistan have at least passed the threshold where they can theoretically qualify (308, bowling Bangladesh out for 0).

Ok, I think they have to bowl them out for 6. Maybe 7. I didn't go to enough decimal places to be sure :)

316 was the threshold I think. Pakistan scored... 315.

Nah they had to win by 316 if they scored 400 iirc

Yeah, 308 was the absolute minimum. The more they scored, the greater the margin of victory required to still overturn the NRR deficit. 308 vs 0 works, as does 350 vs 38, 400 vs 84, 450 vs 129, etc.

And... they're out. Bangladesh are 8/0.

gotcha, thanks. NRR is obviously not fit for purpose, well done ICC as ever

Bangladesh are a tough team to score quickly against on wicket like this. Mehidy bowled brilliantly - with an economy of 3.00 - five of which were misfields, all at about 45 mph. It wasn’t until Babar started swinging they were able to get past four an over.

Amir’s pace is giving Bangladesh huge opportunities for boundaries but he already has Soumya out.

My god, Shaheen is something else. 25/5. Absolutely terrifying.

Make that 35/6.