T20 - Scarlet Fever, Scarlets Rugby Forum, Llanelli

Yes watched it should of won playing again tonight

Batting was poor dropped catches bowling cost them

Cracking one handed catch though

England lost by seven runs so might not qualify

hoppy wrote:

Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs

astonishing result....The afgan fielding was the difference....several miracle catches

The afghans may even qualify if they beat bangladesh by enough

I think its absolutely marvellous to see the emergence of the afghans , especially when you consider what that war torn country has been through for 30 odd years

This is the main positive from t20 it makes money and allows so many emerging nations to grow their game and compete on a world stage Clap

oooh gotta go the saes v the yanks on now , great occasion, saes got to win comfortably to try and get out of the group of death

ROYMOND MUNTER MBE (FOR SERVICES TO THE COMBOVER)

Yea vintage butler and terrific bowling from rashid and Jordan...rashids variation was immense unplayable at times and hat trick for Jordan at his former home ground...out if a heck if a tough group to the semis...so anything is possible....windies v s Africa on now...windies got to win to have a chance

Usa dream over for now but great run....apparently there's over 400 cricket leagues in.usa now and over 200,000 players....if they start to take it very seriously then look out...major league cricket restarts next week....increased to 25 matches and women's mlc to follow

Got me thinking too...if baseball has baseball nets in every park...then why no cricket nets in British parks for our national summer sport?

ROYMOND MUNTER MBE (FOR SERVICES TO THE COMBOVER)

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh and it's adios for Australia.

SA v Afghanistan and India v England SF.

India favourites for me but what a story if Afghanistan could pull it off.

I quite enjoyed the format tbh despite the rather weird fact you could qualify with 1 win in certain circumstances

I did think that if world cups are limited to fewer host cities then grounds and supporters villages would be more crowded ..But theres also the positive from spreading it to so many host venues too....Plus some kick off times were a bit weird to suit the indian tv market

As for the afghans , this was absolutely epic...It ebbed and flowed it looked for all the world as it bangladesh would ruin their dreams then several rain showers threatened it too....The pictch was turning and some variable bounce, the wind was howling and it al ended up the wind and rain at about 1am even then it was a 3rd umpire lbw...cure eruption

the wartorn streets of afghanistan were rammed with celebrations across the country ...nice to give them something to finally celebrate

BUT lest we forget the taliban have banned womens cricket....It was the tail end of last year ....I remember reading about it, heart wrenching stuff....the members of the team had to hide their bats and destroy anything to do with the great game or the taliban may kill them

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65263457

There needs to be a massive protest over this , theyre 1 of the elite test playing nations and they have responsibilities to uphold....Im not sure if sanctions are the way but maybe incentives ? perhaps somehow this will be a catalyst

Edited by roy munster - 25 June 2024 at 2:18pm

ROYMOND MUNTER MBE (FOR SERVICES TO THE COMBOVER)