Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 T20 World Cup results: USA stun Pakistan in World Cup super over WWW.BBC.COM The United States pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating Pakistan in a super over in Dallas. Quote The United States pulled off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating Pakistan in a super over in Dallas. Pakistan looked to be avoiding embarrassment at the T20 World Cup before Nitish Kumar hit the final ball of the US innings for four to tie the scores at 159. Sloppy for large parts of the game, Pakistan fell apart in the tie-breaker. Mohammad Amir bowled three wides, one of which the co-hosts also pinched two extra runs from. The US scrambled to 18-1, leaving Pakistan to chase 19 off left-arm seamer Saurabh Netravalkar. When 14 were needed off four balls, Kumar made another crucial intervention, this time holding a magnificent catch at long-off to dismiss Iftikhar Ahmed. With seven required from the last ball, Shadab Khan could only take a single, sparking joyous celebrations among the American players and supporters. All this at the end of a riveting contest, one which fluctuated in the burning Texas sunshine. For reference, the Pakistani team are all professionals whose only job is to play cricket while the American team are all part-timers with regular jobs! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 We have cricket teams?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 8 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: We have cricket teams?! EA used to make a video game lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 I guess that's cool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 One of the coolest parts of this story is that many of the US teams players are Pakistani-and were not good enough to make the Pakistani national team, so they chose to play for the US. An H1B-Visa team! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Several work acquaintances are going apeshit over this. Not my sport, but this is apparently huge. Good for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 T20 Cricket is actually pretty easy to follow for the average sports fan. You guys should try and watch a replay of this match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 That's a wicked googly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dre801 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Today I learned that the US has a Cricket team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 I'm sure all 12 fans are just over the moon! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 28 minutes ago, Biggie said: Cricket 22 is on game pass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 56 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Cricket 22 is on game pass! For real?! I might try it just for the hell of it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 3 minutes ago, Biggie said: For real?! I might try it just for the hell of it lol And if you end up liking that you can check out their new tennis game they're bringing out. Best says it looks as good graphically as Top Spin! But I also considered downloading it for the lulz as well. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 When I was a child, I'd accompany my father to the big test matches that the West Indies would play at the Queen's Park Oval. Queen's Park Oval - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Because of the length of cricket matches, it's standard that there are breaks for meals (lunch for daytime matches, dinner for nighttime matches) and afternoon tea. Playing time (cricket) - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Quote Games in the sport of cricket are played over a number of hours or days, making it one of the sports with the longest playing time, though sailing, yachting, road cycling, and rallying are sometimes longer. Typically, Test and first-class cricket matches are played over three to five days with, at least, six hours of cricket being played each day. Limited overs formats of cricket take place in one day, with List A matches lasting for six hours or more and twenty, 100-ball and ten10 matches lasting from 90 minutes to three hours. These variations in length of playing time occur because different formats of cricket have different caps on the number of legal deliveries or days that the innings or overall game can go, with games otherwise theoretically having no limit as to how long they can go. Cricket therefore has special rules about intervals for lunch, tea and drinks as well as rules about when play starts and ends. These rules are outlined in Laws 11 (Intervals) and 12 (Start of play; cessation of play) in the Laws of Cricket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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decemberdaddy Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 With this and that infamous Bluey episode making all the American toddlers curious about cricket... I say the US has a golden generation coming in a couple decades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 India beat Pakistan, which means the US has a great chance to advance out of the group stage at this point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 The US is through to the next round on account of a rainout of their match against Ireland. Pakistan can’t catch us! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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