The 'Couldn't think where to put this' thread part 2 or 'does my comment merit a NEW THREAD?'

Dodger58

Take your tool kit with you, could be some running repairs required.

MrsGrey

:nonono:
Take it from me, you'll be glad the weather has broken. It has been unbearable the last week.

But going forward, you'll be enjoying cooler temperatures, with highs of around 30, 32 degrees.

Positively chilly. :biggrin:


edit - best weather site for Greece, imo http://www.meteo.gr/cf.cfm?city_id=68

IronHerb

:ok:

baracks_a_hammer

Roger Federer is not human

PrestonHammer

Can he play up front?

MunichHammer

England have just won the Cricket World Cup ik the most dramatic fashion possible! 4 accidental overthrows and a step on the rope 6 lead to a super over which England tie and then win through boundaries scored!

What. A. Game
If that wasn't advertising for Cricket then I don't know.

OldCastleSwift

Even Ham must have enjoyed that

Pearces_Left_Foot

I sit next to a kiwi at work think we will be discussing cricket instead of football to tomorrow. Overall a blinding day of sport , longest Wimbledon men’s final Hamilton wins British gp and England win the World Cup

Hamstew

I actually caught the end of it and it was mildly entertaining

Hamstew

God I miss football

Brother_Sledge

Fantastic drama , Kiwis were so unlucky almost West Ham-esque.
I watched every over and I don't normally :clap: follow cricket

Bazshuayi

I used to love playing cricket. Had to give it up though as I kept getting the runs... :whistle:

Bazshuayi

‘Over’ and ‘over’ :run:

MrsGrey

:fishslap:

IronHerb

Bazshuayi said:

I used to love playing cricket. Had to give it up though as I kept getting the runs... :whistle:

So not because you bowled a maiden over then?

Bazshuayi

yes with a fine long leg... totally stumped me til I got out on bail :tumbleweed: :yercoat:

IronHerb

But I heard she was a slip of a girl and you were to going to keeper. I’ll stop now as I may cross a boundary only to get run out of town and be long off this forum.

:biggrin:

Cuz1

That was silly mid on

thornburyiron

It’s now being claimed that the six given when the ball hit Stokes’s bat and went for four overthrows should only have been five because the batsmen hadn’t crossed when the ball was thrown. Therefore we really lost by 1 run.
If the umpires don’t know the laws then that’s their problem and obviously none of the players are aware of the laws either.

baracks_a_hammer

Yes I saw that. That was the interpretation of Simon Taufel, former umpire (and highly regarded one too)

thornburyiron

“Law 19.8 Overthrow or wilful act of fielder:

If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be:

any runs for penalties awarded to either side;
the allowance for the boundary; and
the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.”

It’s the last point that appears to be the issue

Lukerz

Ridiculous to say that England should really have lost by 1 run.

Stokes’ approach would have changed for the last two balls knowing he needed 4 to win. He may well have just won it without it going to the super over. As it was he knew he could get a couple of singles to ensure England had that extra over opportunity. 5 instead of 6 changes the whole outlook of the game because he would have known he needed 4 off two balls.

Vorselaarhammer

always like reading the Aussie press after cricket success, not surprising they are all over that story..

Also after the semis all about Aussie rubbish no credit for us..

They also seem to forget that we won 4 games in a row against the semi teams in which we beat NZ twice...

Biter down under... they do seem a touch nervous for the Ashes... :thumbsup:

thornburyiron

Neither of the teams are saying that. It’s just been pointed out that there was an additional run. Who knows what might have happened. If it hadn’t have hit his bat it would have been either 1 and a run out or 2. If it had been 2 we would have needed 7.

It’s down to the umpires to interpret and use the laws. They use VAR unnecessarily at times especially run outs when it’s clear the batsman had gone past the keeper before he breaks the wicket. If they thought there was an issue they could have called for a replay. They did it when Boult stepped on the rope even though the fielder signalled it was a six.

IronHerb

He’s a Kiwi isn’t he? Anyway you cannot say we would have lost by 1 run as Stokes intent with 4 needed off 2 balls rather than 3 needed may have been different.

baracks_a_hammer

I think there could have been a better method of arriving at the result overall - ie sudden death should continue until a winner is found - As you would find in any other sport. The ICC need to look at that for the future.

However, England are rightly champions - easily the best limited overs side in the world over the past 3-4 years. Will do wonders for the sport in this country

IronHerb

But Golden Goal was done away with pretty quick as it didn’t really work. To my, limited, knowledge that was the first tied Super Over, definitely in a major event, that I’m aware of. And come to think of it we only win major World Cups when there’s a bit of controversy. :biggrin:

baracks_a_hammer

But a penalty shoot out is still a sudden death outcome Herb. They need to avoid resorting to a strange countback.

By my reckoning this is surely the first instance in cricket that the side batting last has been bowled out yet still managed to win

thornburyiron

They stopped using wickets lost for some reason and opted for this boundaries business. I expect no side ever envisages a tied super over so making sure you score boundaries for that reason probably doesn’t come into the thinking.

whupathman

Trying to encourage positive cricket thus boundaries, works for me