Posted on 06/07/2024 1:30:39 AM PDT by Cronos
In one of the biggest shocks in cricket history, the USA defeated Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup in Dallas, Texas.
The co-hosts, who have never played in the T20 World Cup before, have now won their first two games in a competition involving a shorter format of cricket in which each side has one innings of up to 20 overs (six balls).
The U.S. now stand a strong chance of qualifying for the Super 8 round (another round-robin stage before the semi-finals).
The scores were level after 20 overs, meaning the game was decided by a super over — a single-over shootout where the highest-scoring team are victorious.
Pakistan wobbled at the start of their innings, but a recovery partnership of 72 between Babar Azam and Shadab Khan allowed the team ranked sixth in the world to post a competitive 159-7.
USA, ranked 18th in the world, started their reply strongly, with Monank Patel scoring an impressive 50 and Andries Gous chipping in with a very handy 35.
After Gous was bowled by Haris Rauf, in came Aaron Jones, the man who scored 94 runs in the USA’s victory over Canada on Sunday.
He fired a quick 36 runs, including two sixes, but despite playing themselves into a strong position, USA failed to get over the line in the regulation 20 overs and the scores finished level, leading to a super over to decide the winner.
USA batted first and got a very strong 18 from their over, mostly thanks to wayward bowling from Mohammad Amir and more powerful hitting from Jones.
Needing 19 to win, Pakistan laboured to just 13, with Saurabh Netravalkar bowling well in a pressured situation for the USA.
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Reading how the match went down just validated that I have zero interest in this odd ball game.
We found enough Americans who know the rules to form a team?
Not knocking it, mind you. Any game where they break for tea might be relaxing to watch, if I understood it.
From some n00bie clown who claims to "understand geopolitics", you're remarkably uninformed, Chaddie.
I think you graduated from amoeba to flatworm status.
Referencing Pakistan - the former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, who was color revolutioned by your scum idols in the US neocon establishment, is a cricket god in Pakistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imran_Khan#Cricket_career
Us old-time freepers tire of the ignorance of you Know-Nothing n00bies.
Your specious insults are my rocket fuel. Thanks for the fill-up! Would you mind checking the oil and washing the windshield?
Hell Yeah!
My Jamaican friend showed me how to play.
Cricket Hall of Fame is in Hartford, CT. Hartford has the largest number of Jamaicans in the USA.
I don’t understand a single stat in that article...LOL!
All Indians......just like the National spelling bee. (with the exception of a couple Asians)
"I'm not sure whether we are in Nepal or Dallas"
An “over” is six pitches to a batter. A home run is worth six runs, and a ground rule double is worth two runs.
In this format each team get twenty overs to score as many runs as they can. The limited time aspect makes this form of cricket increasingly popular.
An “over” is six pitches to a batter. A home run is worth six runs, and a ground rule double is worth two runs.
In this format each team get twenty overs to score as many runs as they can. The limited time aspect makes this form of cricket increasingly popular.
Phillies play the Mets tomorrow in London. I wonder if the Brits watching are going to be as confused as I was when I saw my first cricket match.
WOW, the Great Shaytan wins!
For what it’s worth the after market get inthe door price for one of these games is 1600.00 total for two tickets
The “Americans” were probably immigrants from Pakistan.
Yeah, I noticed there were no European names front and center. So my comment was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Not to say sarcastic.
There is a YouTube video, ‘Cricket explained for baseball fans’ that pretty much explains the game. Baseball is looked upon in Britain as the children’s version of the game.
The pitcher and batter play in the middle of the field. There is no foul territory, only two ‘bases’, and only one fielder can wear gloves. The ball is similar to a baseball and the pitcher (bowler) can run partway to the batter before he ‘bowls’ and virtually all pitches are bounced in the dirt, often with spin. Oh, and all outs like a caught fly ball have to be appealed to the umpire for them to count.
How many Americans can explain the "infield fly" rule?
In cricket there are only two innings, and the singular for innings ... is innings (with an "S").
In cricket, you can run when you haven't hit the ball (which only is the case in baseball in the event of a dropped third strike on a swing and a miss), but you also can hit the ball but choose not to run.
There are two bowlers, one at either end of the pitch. Each in his turn gets six balls, called "an over." Each bowler gets all six balls, regardless what happens on the pitch (unless the innings ends), but the batsmen may move from one end to the other. So the bowler might be tossing all six balls to the same batsman, or alternating between them, or something in the middle.
It's never the bowler's fault if his throw hits the batsman and in certain cases the batsman can be put out for blocking the ball (leg before wicket).
And as long as a batsman keeps hitting the ball without he or his base-running partner getting "put out," he gets to keep batting. It isn't uncommon for a batsman to score 100 runs before being retired, and scores of as much as 400 have occurred. From a single at-bat.
So if you like a high-scoring baseball game, you might want to look into cricket, because they put way, way more runs n the board.
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