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wallahay that is a great sport used play it at school, you should try it some time.Captain24 wrote:
What a Gay sport
it is way better then baseball, but nothing compares to the beautiful game they call football and my first love manchester city :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
England held their nerve to clinch a narrow 12-run Stanford Super Series victory over Middlesex in a low-scoring affair at Coolidge on Sunday.
Kevin Pietersen's team - on the island for the prestigious 2020 for 20 on Saturday - avoided the ignominy of defeat to county cricket's champions despite posting a modest 121 for four.
A late blitz from young star Dawid Malan briefly threatened to cause an upset but Ed Joyce's departure going for a six in the penultimate over left an unthinkable 18 required from the last, sent down by Andrew Flintoff.
Left-hander Malan finished unbeaten on 45 to further enhance his reputation as a clean hitter.
But ultimately this was another turgid contest dominated by the bowlers thanks to the slow surface at the Stanford ground.
It took an unbeaten 39 from Owais Shah against his county colleagues to ensure England posted a run-a-ball target after domestic 20-over champions Middlesex stifled the run rate in mid-innings through their twin spinners Shaun Udal and Murali Kartik.
It was Indian left-armer Kartik who bagged the prize scalp of Pietersen with a delivery which lured the batsman down the track and spun sharply to create a stumping chance.
Udal finished with brilliant figures of 4-0-14-0 but there would have been reward in the final column but for an extraordinary gaffe by Andrew Strauss.
Dangerman Flintoff had not got off the mark when Udal induced a false flick but Strauss somehow contrived to drop the simplest of catches to great hilarity in the middle.
Despite England's own sloppiness, needing 41 from the final four overs proved too much for Middlesex and Flintoff and James Anderson closed out the match.
WTF ? Run a ball target after domestic 20-over chamption? bro have u ever played the game beforeCaptain24 wrote:England held their nerve to clinch a narrow 12-run Stanford Super Series victory over Middlesex in a low-scoring affair at Coolidge on Sunday.
Kevin Pietersen's team - on the island for the prestigious 2020 for 20 on Saturday - avoided the ignominy of defeat to county cricket's champions despite posting a modest 121 for four.
A late blitz from young star Dawid Malan briefly threatened to cause an upset but Ed Joyce's departure going for a six in the penultimate over left an unthinkable 18 required from the last, sent down by Andrew Flintoff.
Left-hander Malan finished unbeaten on 45 to further enhance his reputation as a clean hitter.
But ultimately this was another turgid contest dominated by the bowlers thanks to the slow surface at the Stanford ground.
It took an unbeaten 39 from Owais Shah against his county colleagues to ensure England posted a run-a-ball target after domestic 20-over champions Middlesex stifled the run rate in mid-innings through their twin spinners Shaun Udal and Murali Kartik.
It was Indian left-armer Kartik who bagged the prize scalp of Pietersen with a delivery which lured the batsman down the track and spun sharply to create a stumping chance.
Udal finished with brilliant figures of 4-0-14-0 but there would have been reward in the final column but for an extraordinary gaffe by Andrew Strauss.
Dangerman Flintoff had not got off the mark when Udal induced a false flick but Strauss somehow contrived to drop the simplest of catches to great hilarity in the middle.
Despite England's own sloppiness, needing 41 from the final four overs proved too much for Middlesex and Flintoff and James Anderson closed out the match.
Funny cricket match report
man already hook..................to football and specially manchester cityCaptain24 wrote:Peace, Mind you, I don't even know how they play? What's the goal? to strike the ball with the flat stick? I can't be arsed to watch a snore fest debacle :dow
It's a cheap imitation of Basketball, one of the best sports you could ever watch. The elevation, the grand slams, the three run blasts, the no-hitters, 98 miles/hr curve balls, escaping a jam with the bases loaded and nobody out dramas... and the list goes
Watch it for a week, and you will be hooked forever
ceeb sxb man city is the pride of manchester, and finally sixteen years of my loyalty and pain is feeling being reward. fuc-k they all the glory who support that shit little team that i can even say their name. man i love when i go to the city ground and all tof our fans start singing stand if u hate unitedCaptain24 wrote:Manure city, the less glamorous half of Manchester city
