England just won cricket F***ing worldcup!!!

[Tomjas]

I think he puts at least two Aussies batsmen in hospital. Hopefully it'll be Warner and Smith. F****** cheats.

Say hi to Atherton and the 2005 England team

Do you know anything about cricket?

[Sparked_26]

I think he puts at least two Aussies batsmen in hospital. Hopefully it'll be Warner and Smith. F****** cheats.

To be fair when Carey got
Smashed on the chin and caught his helmet to stop
It rolling on the stumps that’s the positive aspect of Australian psyche. The presence of the mind and will to win.

Mitchell Stark and Jofra are going to try and take each other’s faces off. No yorkers for them, lol

[denium]

Say hi to Atherton and the 2005 England team

Do you know anything about cricket?

Yes, more than you. You do know that we defeated you in 2005?

[Tomjas]

Yes, more than you. You do know that we defeated you in 2005?

And admitted to ball tampering

Do you know anything about cricket?

[Fairweather]

Nobody gives a fuck.
Cricket is a fucking faggot sport.

No wonder the UK rat faggots won it.

Cricketers aren't the ones that catch the ball with a mitt and cry about it when the bowler targets their body. Until about the 80s it had been one of most dangerous non contact sports.

[denium]

And admitted to ball tampering

Do you know anything about cricket?

You mean Tresco and the sweets? Don't be ridiculous.

Australia was rubbing the ball with sandpaper, a foreign object specifically brought on the pitch to cheat with.

Australians are cheats, and Warner, Smith and Bancroft should never play cricket ever again. Scum.

[denium]

Cricketers aren't the ones that catch the ball with a mitt and cry about it when the bowler targets their body. Until about the 80s it had been one of most dangerous non contact sports.

It doesn't get much more dangerous than 80s cricket.

Check out this video of Holding trying to maim Brian Close. How the fuk do you face an 80's West Indian fast bowler without a helmet? It's ****ing nuts.

To get an idea of how fast Holding is bowling, look how far back the wicket keeper is taking the ball.

[Tomjas]

You mean Tresco and the sweets? Don't be ridiculous.

Australia was rubbing the ball with sandpaper, a foreign object specifically brought on the pitch to cheat with.

Australians are cheats, and Warner, Smith and Bancroft should never play cricket ever again. Scum.

Dimwit

England experimented with various types of foreign objects before settling upon mints

Why do you think Kohli and Faf were caught doing same?

You obviously know nothing about the game if you think that Australia was the first (or last) team to tamper with a ball

Stop embarrassing yourself by talking about stuff you know nothing about

[denium]

Dimwit

England experimented with various types of foreign objects before settling upon mints

You obviously know nothing about the game

You really love making outlandish claims without providing any source whatsoever.

You're a liar, plain and simple.

[siablo14]

I was so glad/relieved when we won that match, but the look on the New Zealanders faces was hard to bare, they'd scrapped so hard these last 2 games, I'm sure it was easier to take getting blown out by Australia in the last final than this, to lose on a technicality.

Still, a line has to be drawn somewhere. They put a 5 day limit on tests after they used to go on for weeks on occasion back in the day, and the slow over sanctions now, then introduced the 50 over and 20 over games so the sport could be played in a timely fashion and people could get on with their day. The odds of an exact tie in a 50 over games, then an exact tie on a super over must be microscopic, what if there was another tie, how many do you play? The game had already overrun massively. It's still a better shake than the South Africans got in 1999.

As for the runs when the ball hit Stokes, if he didn't change his line I don't see an issue people could have, its the same as any overthrows, there's always the risk, they didn't need the wicket at that point they'd have been better off saving the runs.


Fate was cruel to New Zealand on this occasion, but on the other hand, they benefitted from the structure that allowed then to go through to the semis instead of Pakistan, despite losing to them, because someone deemed net run rate was the decider in result of a tie in that circumstance. They also got a bit of luck with their semi against India getting stopped for rain when India had them on the ropes and they were able to come back on a fresh day when India seemed to have lost their edge. And the rain that allowed them to get a point for a tie against India while Pakistan a point against Sri Lanka when I'd have picked India and Pakistan to win those games. So they did get a bit of help from the rules aswell.

That over should have been 5 runs not six. NZ got robbed.