T20 WC 2021 | SF1 | Eng v NZ | Abu Dhabi | Nov 10th at 9 AM EST

[maniac]

Livingstone can hit  the ball further than some of the WI brutes.

[Sandeep99]

1 minute ago, maniac said:

Livingstone can hit  the ball further than some of the WI brutes.

Man is a monster

[maniac]

This Livingstone is like a baseball hitter 

[vvvslaxman]

Pandu was struggling to get going against these guys. Livingston barely had a sighter.

[Nikola]

Expecting 25-30 more runs. England has chance to finish 175-180 with neesham bowling last over.

[coffee_rules]

Monster hit. Loved it from Livingstone

[Vivek92]

27 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

I explained this to one poster the other day...  But in his mind Jadeja was the best

Jadeja without doubt is one of the better fielders in the world but fielding is all about collective team efforts, no point having one Jadeja and filling the rest of the side with Varun, Ashwin, Rohit etc. 

Edited November 10, 2021 by Vivek92

[maniac]

Just now, vvvslaxman said:

Pandu was struggling to get going against these guys. Livingston barely had a sighter.

Forget about batting where it is a no contest but Livingstone has been a very useful 6th bowler for England too.

[Sandeep99]

He beat the living daylights out of Milne there... what a hitter

[Sandeep99]

Just now, maniac said:

Forget about batting where it is a no contest but Livingstone has been a very useful 6th bowler for England too.

LLiam is a better bowler than Chahal, Chahar, Varun put together

[maniac]

I love watching Gutpill field. Almost stopped that 

[vvvslaxman]

Clean hitting by Livingtone.

[New guy]

Difference having lower order hitters make. And do remember, each of them got enough match practice, england top 3 didnt play conservatively and hog overs in bi laterals

[Ajju]

Only Indians do give respect to Boult

[Sandeep99]

Just now, New guy said:

Difference having lower order hitters make. And do remember, each of them got enough match practice, england top 3 didnt play conservatively and hog overs in bi laterals

Also an advantage of having "actual" middle order batsmen getting selected in the squad.

[Sandeep99]

Just now, Ajju said:

Only Indians do give respect to Boult

Boult is an average bowler outside powerplay. We're the most hyped yet the worst batting team in the world.

[vvvslaxman]

Just now, New guy said:

Difference having lower order hitters make. And do remember, each of them got enough match practice, england top 3 didnt play conservatively and hog overs in bi laterals

 

Yea But Raina with Tendulkar/Sehwag/Gambhir/Yuvraj/Dhoni ahead of him still was able to time as soon as he walked in . It is a skill that you either have it or not. SOme of us don't have it. 

[Sandeep99]

Last over needs to go... come on Liam

[Pollack]

Who is a better hitter? Kandya or Livingstone or Asif Ali?

[maniac]

4 minutes ago, New guy said:

Difference having lower order hitters make. And do remember, each of them got enough match practice, england top 3 didnt play conservatively and hog overs in bi laterals

You don’t expect teams to use a meaningful international game as match practice. Sports or cricket is about winning. If your top 3 can get you over the line so be it, if they fail others should do the job it is that simple.

 

Sehwag scored 300’s and 200’s, Then we had Sachin, Dravid,Ganguly etc, still did VVS complain or  blame them? Similarly as @vvvslaxman pointed out Yuvi/Raina/Dhoni success came when we had a packed top order too with Sachin/Sehwag/Gambhir/Ganguly all vying for the opening slot and then there were guys like Uthappa,DK thrown into the mix as well.

 

You are either good or bad to bat in any position. Our planning could have been better but it is dumb to point a consistent performing set of players as a problem for the failures of others.

Edited November 10, 2021 by maniac