ICC World T20 2014

[Cricket_Hacker]

The thing which impressed the most about nepal is the way they construct their innings. I think they are the only associate side to reach 140 odd on a regular basis batting first in their group. Afghanistan are probably more talented. But Nepal have more brains and better tactics.

Nepalis definitely have better batting and some good death over bowkers

[SLICKR392]

Nepalis definitely have better batting and some good death over bowkers

Excellent death bowling and pretty good fielders too. Seems like a better team overall compared to Afghans.

[Switchblade]

If Ireland lose skIndia gets banned from icf :giggle:

[tweaker]

Is he out of the tournament,or is it a niggle

[Crookbond]

Why Indian bowlers struggle in death overs http://www.cricketaakash.com/blog/?p=933

Two overs—29 runs conceded. Dhoni had, quite reluctantly, gone back to his pace bowlers for the final 12 balls of the warm-up game against Sri Lanka. And by the end of those 12 balls, one could gauge the reason behind the skipper’s reluctance. The same trend continued in the second warm-up game against England. Indian fast bowlers bowled only 12 balls in the last five overs. Games before the tournament are good indicators of the team’s strengths, weaknesses and options. India’s weak and inexperienced fast bowling department isn’t a secret, and both the games just reiterated that point. Why does India leak so many runs in the death overs?—that’s the question. Is it because our bowlers don’t bowl enough Yorkers or they haven’t mastered the art of mixing the deliveries? Since India doesn’t play enough International T20, I’m taking into account India’s death bowling woes in the ODI too. Bowling in the final four overs of a T20 game is quite similar to bowling in the last ten of an ODI, and we’ve been found wanting in both. Three lengths When you talk about bowling in the death overs, there are only three lengths that you can bowl—Yorker, bouncer and a back of good length ball that rises sharply and hits the higher part of the bat. Anything other than these three lengths is likely to be carted around with ease. You may like to vary the pace every now and then too, but bowling a half volley or a good length ball is simply blasphemous, even when you take the pace off. So, where do the Indian bowlers bowl? Don’t they bowl enough in the blockhole? In fact, they find that spot more often than their counterparts. On the tours to SA and NZ, Indian bowlers bowled a total of 48 yorkers in the 8 ODIs as opposed to 22 from Kiwi and South African bowlers in the same number of matches. Incidentally it’s not the yorkers that are going for plenty but the balls before and after a perfect Yorker. Yorker is a tough ball to bowl and requires a lot of accuracy and body strength. While the former can be achieved by practice, the latter is something that you build over a period of time. But, bowling a Yorker, or rather not bowling a Yorker, hasn’t been India’s bane but the constant struggle to get it right has. Since Indian bowlers don’t have a fast bouncer like Steyn or Johnson they stay away from it and since they don’t get extra bounce like Morkel, even the back of length ball isn’t an option either. That leaves our bowlers with the option of only one ball, which is the most difficult ball to execute. The pressure to find the block hole every time takes its toll and they end up missing the mark more than they would prefer. The other major problem of bowling a Yorker is that the margin of error is too little, for a bad Yorker turns out to be the easier ball to hit. While Indian bowlers may have bowled a lot of Yorkers, they’ve also dished out most number of half volleys and full tosses while attempting the Yorkers. In addition to that, most batsmen around the world have found a way to score against the Yorkers too. Most go deep into the crease, which makes even a low full toss ineffective and others, the more adventurous ones, bend their knee to play the lap shot. Yorker has lost a little bit of sting off late, most definitely the ones that aren’t reasonably quick or the ones that reverse swing. India’s best chances, however radical it may sound, lie in playing three spinners and asking one or two of them to bowl in the backend of the T20 innings. India must also dearly hope that the ball continues to grip the surface and turn in Mirpur, for Indian pacers simple can’t be trusted with the job of bowling the final four overs in the World T20.

[tweaker]

We should identify a specialist death bowler like Ian Harvey who can bowl with different speeds,lengths

[Crookbond]

Afghan and Ireland have a lot of support too :--D

Different motivations, quite clear here.

[Midfielder]

What is the par score for this wicket?

[skindia]

:(( now netherland will win t20 cup

[Switchblade]

:(( now netherland will win t20 cup

:hysterical::hysterical: 2nd prediction fail so you are nothing else but a liar

[game_changerr]

intresting scenario--if ned wins before 14.2 overs they will go through super 10 if ned wins after that-zimbawe goes through super 10

[Switchblade]

SKINDIA you are about to be banned :hysterical:

[game_changerr]

66666666666666....ned throughhhhhhhhh....skindia:hysterical:

[Switchblade]

Where is he hiding is SK there :hysterical:

[Sir john]

Thanks zim nd ireland for playing nepal nd uae too

[Sir john]

:yay:

[vijay50]

What happens if we lose against Pakistan Are we supposed to win the remaining against australia, bangladesh and WI? If so, looks tough.

[-Robin-]

abhi itne bhi kharab di nhi aye lol But WI aur Aus se zarur harne wale hain

[Roshanrocks]

No. even if we lose all the games we will still qualify :giggle:

[Sachin=GOD]

Sidhoni gets banned from ICF.