Cricket World t20 - England have a chance?

[muckthenuts]

Hard to pick a favourite for the final, it totally depends on which West Indies team shows up. Most unpredictable side in world cricket today for sure. They could just as easily blow England away or capitulate meekly. Personally i think you'd be mad to bet on it.

[nirvana]

Matt Prior - don't like the cut of his jib - wp Windies, gwan England

[vegaslover]

It's always a flip you either win or lose!  The old ones are the best.  This is a totally flip match surely.  Of all the sports to smash into a short one I think 20/20 cricket must be the most insane form of sport to do so.

First time I have ever watched a 20/20 game from start to finish ever, are they all that good or was that a one off today?

Been a fair few games that have been really good/close in this comp.

For me whoever bats 2nd is the likely winner in the final imo

[nirvana]

It's always a flip you either win or lose!  The old ones are the best.  This is a totally flip match surely.  Of all the sports to smash into a short one I think 20/20 cricket must be the most insane form of sport to do so.

First time I have ever watched a 20/20 game from start to finish ever, are they all that good or was that a one off today?

Been a fair few games that have been really good/close in this comp.

For me whoever bats 2nd is the likely winner in the final imo

Yep, think this is the best WC so far for the quality of the games, not least because the batsman have just become so good/innovative etc

[nellberg]

It's always a flip you either win or lose!  The old ones are the best.  This is a totally flip match surely.  Of all the sports to smash into a short one I think 20/20 cricket must be the most insane form of sport to do so.

First time I have ever watched a 20/20 game from start to finish ever, are they all that good or was that a one off today?

Been a fair few games that have been really good/close in this comp.

For me whoever bats 2nd is the likely winner in the final imo

Yup, will be backing whichever side wins the toss and chases

[HutchGF]

Whilst watching Russell launch the ball into the top tier of the Wankhede stadium, my friends and I were discussing what innovations were going to be next in T20.

One of them suggested that 6 is no longer enough reward for some of the hits the batsman are now producing.

Do you think we'll ever see an 8 or a 10?

[Tal]

How about a batting powerplay where you get double runs?

[Cavey007]

Surely as they become more commonplace it'd make it less points? Maybe award 6 for over 100m instead of just clearing the boundary or similar

[DungBeetle]

I think the product is excellent at the moment so wouldn't change it too much.  One thing I noticed though there are some games where the chasers have wickets in hand but the run rate gets too high and they are stuffed.  How about making power play the 1st 4 overs and the last 2 overs just to make absurd run rates chaseable at the death?

[TightEnd]

there is a huge toss bias in t20 cricket, especially in sub-continent conditions where pitches are such a big factor

in this tournament 17 of 22 games since the supertens started have been won by the side winning the toss

on slow low ones, win the toss and bat and then let your spinners defend a total as the pitch dies (nagpur, dharamsala etc)

on good pitches, especially with dew a factor, ti can be impossible to defend a total. win toss and bowl (mumbai)

new zealand won four tosses on the spin, batted first each time on slow ones and then sodhi/santner won them games, then lost as soon as they found themseleves put in on a decent pitch where it was tough to defend (delhi)

west indies have won five tosses in a row, and have chased down everything apart from the afghanistan blip

i might consider awarding the side that loses the toss 10 runs at the start of their innings whether batting first or second and try and even up the toss bias

[TightEnd]

They have left some grass on the pitch.reckon this is great news for England.50-50 shot in a run fest and less than that if the pitch was a Turner, which it won't be now. There is a short boundary too as the chosen pitch is fresh/unused to the sodeq

[nellberg]

They have left some grass on the pitch.reckon this is great news for England.50-50 shot in a run fest and less than that if the pitch was a Turner, which it won't be now. There is a short boundary too as the chosen pitch is fresh/unused to the sodeq

Match sixes a bet? 12.5 the line.

I think the side who chases has a decent advantage, given the nature of the 2 sides. Anywhere you can do that bet, or just wait till the toss?

[TightEnd]

I have backed sixes.72 combined so far this tournament
Power hitters through both sides and side chasing to be favourites given toss bias over there

[nellberg]

Ok Corral 21/20 for over 12.5, as you say both sides have six-hitters all the way down the order, stats back it up so looks a fair bet. Others have gone 13.5 so getting odds against on 12.5 looks a good bet

[HutchGF]

Ok Corral 21/20 for over 12.5, as you say both sides have six-hitters all the way down the order, stats back it up so looks a fair bet. Others have gone 13.5 so getting odds against on 12.5 looks a good bet

Looks a great bet to sweat whilst watching the game. Can't remember looking forward to a game of cricket as much as I am this one!

Good luck lads.