Cricket

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.

he's a beast yes

anyway, it's the weekend and nothing is safe for work

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-n66ekX4AE5wU8?format=jpg&name=large

one loves to see it

England play Australia in the semi.

Had Carey managed to stay in, I think Australia would have won. Great performance from South Africa.

India going to video appeal on the first ball.

burn baby burn

1/1

NZ haven’t been able to cope with the opening bowlers at all.

Guptill has been painfully out of form, a real shame for the tournament and for NZ

Really doesn't seem like the weather to choose to bat first.

Good Test match here.

Lol but I think they've done well to play themselves in here

pandya injured. it's all coming together

Acid test coming up when they need to push on.

Acid test failed

Via the Guardian:

This just in from Andy Bull, our man at Old Trafford. It looks to me like good news for New Zealand, who stand to benefit from any resumption today:

“The ICC are very keen to get this game done today if they can. Play can go on as late as 10pm tonight, because they’ve added a two-hour extension to the playing hours for the semi-finals. They need to start play by 8ish, but he rain is supposed to stop around 6 or 7 so I think we’ll get a game in. If India’s innings is reduced to 20 overs, they’ll need to chase 148. The target’s high, because New Zealand kept so many wickets in hand.”

I don't understand what the point of having a second day available is if that's true. Tho I've been wondering what happens if Thu and Fri are wiped out

what happens is Australia go through

cat among the pigeons

Kohli!!!

What is happening

^^^^

Incredible catch