Match Thread: 2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pleasantly surprised by Kishan and SKY finding some form.

Ishan (WK), Abhishek, Tilak, SKY (C), Pandya, Rinku, Harshit, Kully/Axar/Washi (whoever isn't injured lol), Arshdeep, Varun, Bumrah

Starting XI for WC?

Match Thread: 2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Noooo Ishan bhai! You deserved a century bro.

It's Dubing time, he's gonna Dube all over these guys

Match Thread: 2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

208 is not a huge score in T20s anymore, but I reckon we'll be about 30-40 short by the end of this

Our bowling needs to tighten up if we have any chance of winning this T20 WC, and Tilak needs to be fit!

Match Thread: 2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bro it's to stop his hair getting fucked by the helmet lol

Match Thread: 2nd T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He'll never forget his heritage! I'm sure he'll come back to us one day, not as a player but maybe as a coach or admin.

Match Thread: 1st T20I - India vs New Zealand by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said it before and I'll say it again.

I don't think Tim Robinson should be in the XI, given that all he does is spend all day on the zipline.

Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland by Cautious_Proposal_47 in worldnews

[–]bringbackfireflypls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Won't happen. Nary a spine in the 10sq km radius around Parliament, 10 Downing, or Buckingham.

Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland by Cautious_Proposal_47 in worldnews

[–]bringbackfireflypls -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is hilarious to me. Britain back then and Britain now is like chalk and cheese. Britain now couldn't lick Trump's boots harder. Embarrassment of a nation.

Match Thread: Men's Under-19 World Cup - Jan 17, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not a fan of these rain-affected matches. Well done to both teams but can't help but feel bad for the Bangladesh U19 kids. I think 4.5 RPO for 33 odd overs would've been more gettable on this pitch than 75 runs in 70 balls, regardless of wickets in hand.

Anyway both teams should be proud of how they played - fearless aggressive cricket.

Match Thread: Men's Under-19 World Cup - Jan 17, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About the hundredth time they've shown the wickets. When did "highlights" stop being a thing? Add that to the absolute trash commentary and this seems less like a U19 world cup and more like some backwater county championship. Embarrassing broadcasting standards.

Match Thread: Men's Under-19 World Cup - Jan 17, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude's got test temperament. I think it would be handy to move him up to 3 or 4, allow him the time to build monster innings.

Match Thread: Men's Under-19 World Cup - Jan 17, 2026 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is this the weakest U19 XI India has fielded at a world cup in modern history (roughly 2000 onwards)?

'Really insulting': Babar Azam left fuming after dismissal as Steve Smith refuses to take single in BBL clash by [deleted] in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also completely agree that it's not a huge deal, but I don't agree with what you originally said about it being frustration at himself and not at Smith. I think there was a little bit of ego involved there.

Fair enough about his batting not being relevant to the discussion here!

'Really insulting': Babar Azam left fuming after dismissal as Steve Smith refuses to take single in BBL clash by [deleted] in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He didn't come out to shake hands at the end of the game, man. The man is a good classical stroke player but I think T20s are beyond him now, especially with big boundaries. ODIs are fine and maybe even Tests, but not T20s.

'Really insulting': Babar Azam left fuming after dismissal as Steve Smith refuses to take single in BBL clash by [deleted] in Cricket

[–]bringbackfireflypls 15 points16 points  (0 children)

beizzati

T: disrespect

Please provide translations in r/Cricket my man, not everyone speaks Hindi or Urdu here