T20 World Cup, June 1-29

[mikesiva]

A slow, low New York pitch. Canada did well to score 137-7.

Kirton 49
Movva 37

McCarthy 2-24

Ireland 125-7

Adair 34
Dockrell 30*

Gordon 2-16
Heyliger 2-18

Another upset!

Associate team beats a Test playing team.

[Durhamfootman]

not that big an upset

Ireland are a test nation in name only

but, yes.... Canada did very well there (I say that as someone who can only follow the scorecard)

[Arthur Crabtree]

Australia v England tomorrow.

England need the win more.

[Durhamfootman]

Zampa will be the man tomorrow

[Durhamfootman]

Hurray..... Durham's 75 all out means they are as good at T20 as New Zealand, which is very encouraging

[Durhamfootman]

after shooting NL out for 103 on the dodge-pot pitch (again), SA find themselves in a bit of trouble on 22-4 in the 8th over

they have time and they have the batters to get home, but will they?

Bas de Leede is on now and he usually goes for 30 odd off 2 overs when he plays for Durham

[Durhamfootman]

Wee Davey flogging the sh1t out of the England attack

[meninblue]

Finally two back to back wickets for England after a massive power play by Australian openers.

[mikesiva]

after shooting NL out for 103 on the dodge-pot pitch (again), SA find themselves in a bit of trouble on 22-4 in the 8th over

they have time and they have the batters to get home, but will they?

Bas de Leede is on now and he usually goes for 30 odd off 2 overs when he plays for Durham

South Africa managed to avoid the Dutch banana skin this time to scrape home by four wickets, thanks largely to Baartman 4-11 and Miller 59* from 51.

[Durhamfootman]

England are screwed

Young Jonny Blameless wastes 2 overs to score 7

[Durhamfootman]

they won't even get close

[mikesiva]

Afghanistan crushed New Zealand by 84 runs!

Gurbaz hit 80, which was more than the entire NZ team. Ibrahim chipped in with 44.

Rashid and Farooqi then took 4-17 each to skittle NZ out for just 75.

[Durhamfootman]

no England batter scored at a SR of 170 or higher

Four Aussies did

massive 36 run win and once England have another match washed out, they'll be *modded* as well as screwed

[bigfluffylemon]

Called it

[alfie]

Zampa will be the man tomorrow

Got that right ! TBH England were very little chance after conceding 201 ; but they were still theoretically in the game until Zampa came on. He took out both openers and no one coming in was able to really get started against him so always two or three overs behind.

It is t20 so anything can happen on another day. But I am not confident England will come back from this much better than they did in the Fifty over WC. May not even get out of the group unless they can lift that NRR !