michael_jackson
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- Aug 14, 2007
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was a great match
england did very well to get so close to what would have been a record run chase
actually the record run chase was in 2006 when south africa chased down austrailias 434 .
was a great match
england did very well to get so close to what would have been a record run chase
Cracking stat from Siddo, our prolific man at the ground, who tells me Mascarenhas' 30 in the final over is the most by an Englishman. Ian Botham once mowed 24, and Andrew Flintoff clobbered 27.
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What an effort by England having stumbled to 20 for 2 and 83 for 4. They smashed 114 in the last 10 overs, with Luke Wright ('Luke the Duke' according to Bumble) providing the impetus and urging Owais Shah on to a very fine hundred. But Mascarenhas's hitting at the end - which prompted David Lloyd just now to call him 'dangerhanes' (what a great nickname) - was something else. With each six, his timing seemed to improve and the ball sailed further and deeper into the stands.
49.6 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, SIX, make that five sixes in the over! And the biggest of the lot, straight back over the bowler's head! Quite breathless cricket Where will he bowl now? Surely not another leg-side dart?
49.5 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, SIX, he's done it again! And this has gone even further into the midwicket boundary. A brilliant, crisp, effortless clip for six Poor bowling. Yuvraj is firing these, predictably, into his legs and Mascarenhas is picking them off with ease
49.4 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, SIX, and another one! This is marvellous batting here. Another step outside leg; another six into midwicket
49.3 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, SIX, he takes a step outside leg and smites him for six into the midwicket fence! Bosh!
49.2 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, SIX, and he swings this over midwicket, high and handsome - but Piyush is lurking, and makes excellent ground to take a brilliant catch. However...such was his velocity that he slid into the boundary, and it's six! Tough luck.
49.1 - Yuvraj Singh to Mascarenhas, no run, an ugly and not particularly effective mow
england nearly restored pride by gettin to 200 but its not enough and they go home with just 1 win from their 5 matches which is pretty shocking
And that win was against Zimbabwe. England needed to beat one of the top nations.
How the fucking hell is that sri lankan allowed to chuck the ball like that.
I'm getting withdrawal symptoms at the moment from having no England to watch. A bit of cricket is always good at helping cope with the ups and downs of following Spurs!!!!!
the England cricket team is just as up and down as spurs. :lol: