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For any crickets fans in Notts there are warm up games today and tomorrow including England v Scotland tomorrow. There are loads of tickets left for all the games.

http://twenty20.trentbridge.co.uk/

I might go tomorrow, weather is great depends on how pricey it is. Stuck in the house today waiting for gas people to come, tossers.

£25 I think for both games, might go and watch pak v SA later if I can get finished in time.

Just had a walk down to the ground and there a loads left for today, got one for £20.

It sure is going to be tough watching cricket in the sun with a few beers this afternoon, but someone has got to do it.

I have tickets for The Oval on Monday 15th June.  If all goes to plan in the group stages i will be watching Pakistan v Bangladesh and England v Australia.
Should be a cracking day as long as England and the Aussies get through their first groups and weather to stay like it is at the moment please  :cheers:

Lords a week today. NZ v SA & Pakistan v Holland - can't wait

Really not happy tonight!!!

Bump tickets still available for Eng v SA on Thurs in Notts- Expensive though £45 upwards. Earlier game in the day included as well Ireland v can't remember.

 :D Aussies  ;danafish;

20/20 is to cricket what one-card turnovers are to poker imho.

Will not disagree with that, I love the test matches, but 20/20 sure can be entertaining...........

Off to The Oval today to watch the 20/20.

1 time England
1 time the rain to stay away!!!!

I was at the Oval on Sat, Lords yesterday and back to the oveal today. Superb game yesterday, i was amazed that teh Indian fans out numbered the England Fans but it was good to shut them up !!

More of the same today please England

Have watched a little bit of this and WTF is with the sri lankan Malinga and his bowling action surely that is chucking the ball? it just doesnt look right...

i went to trent bridge the other day when we lost to SA, crap result but good day out.

Malinga, over shoulder height and straight arm = legal.

The West Indies national anthem sounds rather like the soundtrack for a 1950's Western movie to my ears.

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It was a great tactical decision to bat first in a match which was almost certainly going to be Duckworth Leeeeeeeeeewised (say in Inspector Morse type accent)

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Don't know much about cricket, but just out of curiosity, since this was only a 20 over game, why did they have to use the D/L method at all?  They had flood lights, why not just continue the game from where it left off once the rain had cleared?  It's not like they would have been playing until 2am. 

ICC answer- Thems the rules before the start of the tournament.

Real Answer- Fk knows makes little sense practically but ESPN/Sky have TV schedules and viewers to please.

It has been happening for nearly 2 decades since the farce that was the 92' world cup semi final (England were the winners that time) and they haven't changed it.

DL is just a joke

any team in the world is going to beat us when set 80 from 9. you can't defend against that

It is better than any system for rain delays we have had before in cricket and is based/adjusted on actual cricket matches that have happened. It may not be perfect but it is the best we have got and I really doubt you could think of a better system to deal with reduced over games.

I'd wait for the rain to stop and then finish the game but then I don't have to pander to tv companies

quite simply there was absolutely no issue with fitting 40 overs in today under lights

in cases where it doesn't clear up then I'd finish the game the next day

anything is better than just handing the game to the team batting second. I could probably put together a team from people I know who'd get close to knocking off 80 in 9 vs england

yeah its slightly annoying for them to bludgeon out in this manner, typical england cricket really, show you how terrible they are and then give false promises as to how good they could be. Cricket matches like this (and most sporting events)  should imo always be played out to a conclusion or just be cancelled if they aren't completed and then replayed another day as long as the logistics arent too onerous. I was watching this in running on betfair at the same time and at one stage I think england, when bowling,  went down to 1.4 so it wasn't all one way, but I do wish it was just played out in a fair way and that the better team on the day wins.

West Indies have really peaked at the right time. Their reading of the duckworth lewis sheet has come on so much in the last 6 months.

lol, so true. 6 months ago they would've declared on 79

Why don't they play in the rain?

They will stay out and carry on playing if it is raining - but wont start in the rain!!!

Apart from the result it was a great day out yesterday.
Good atmosphere at both games, guy in underpants running onto the ground and sliding over the covers was hilarious and guy stacking about 50 plastic beer glasses before dropping the whole lot was great.

Said at the time that i couldnt understand the team selection or toss decision, but i guess when we talk about England and 1 day cricket in the same breath it is difficult to understand most things.

[ x ] The women dancers arent as hot close up as on the tv

Sri Lanka good again

Looks like SL v WI at the Oval

 SA v Pak at Trent Bridge

SA v Sl would make a corking final, that would be my expectation at this stage

Pakistan v Sri Lanka would be my ideal final.

I backed Pakistan before it started and have Sri Lanka in the sweepstake.