ICC T20 World Cup 2021

**themaclad** · 25-10-2021, 10:13

Stokes makes himself available for all forms of cricket and there was nearly a punch up in teh Sri Lanka/Bangladesh game

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 25-10-2021, 18:41 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

Scotland chasing a whopping 191 to beat Afghanistan, have at least made a positive start; 11-0 after the first over, Munsey racing out of the blocks.

Coetzer bowled by Mujeeb for 10. Scotland 28-1.

MacLeod LBW first-ball duck, Mujeeb on a hat-trick. Scotland 28-2.

Berrington LBW third-ball duck, three in the over for Mujeeb. Scotland 28-3. Welcome to big-boy cricket.

Cross caught behind first-ball duck off Naveen. Scotland 30-4.

Munsey bowled by Mujeeb for 25. Scotland 36-5. Suspect that 191's gone for a burton.

Leask LBW fourth-ball duck, Rashid Khan claiming his first scalp of the tournament with a trademark wrong 'un. Scotland 38-6. McCollapse.

Watt bowled for 1, Mujeeb has five-fer. Scotland 45-7. Their previous lowest T20I total of 81 is the only realistic target to beat now.

Chris Greaves LBW for 12, Rashid Khan at it again. Scotland 53-8. Air of inevitability around proceedings.

**Lord Snooty** · 25-10-2021, 18:51

I know it's only Scotland, but these Afghani lads look good. An outside bet for the title?

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 25-10-2021, 18:56 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

Davey LBW for 4, Rashid Khan making an impact. Scotland 60-9.

Aaaand we're all done. Rashid Khan four-fer, Scotland 60 all out. A new lowest score for them in T20Is. And they still have India, Pakistan and New Zealand to come.

(25-10-2021, 18:51)Lord Snooty Wrote: I know it's only Scotland, but these Afghani lads look good. An outside bet for the title?

I suspect their batting will come undone against the bigger fish, as it did at the 2019 World Cup. But they'll give a few teams a run for their money.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 25-10-2021, 20:33 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

Week Two Roundup A

The weekend saw Australia stumble to a hard-fought low-scoring victory over South Africa, England put West Indies to the sword, Sri Lanka survive a wobble to triumph over Bangladesh, favourites India suffer a real body blow at the hands of Pakistan, and Scotland undergo a chastening introduction to life at cricket's top table with a rout against Afghanistan. Both home nations are back in action on Wednesday in a Great British double-header, as the English take on Bangladesh while the Scots try to claw back some dignity and form against fellow minnows Namibia, before a week's break gives them chance to contemplate their three daunting fixtures versus the giants of world cricket.

Sixty-two runs for Mohammad Naim on Sunday lift him straight to the top of the run-scoring stakes, while fifty-seven for Mushfiqur Rahim likewise boost him into fifth. Shakib Al Hasan managed only ten runs in the same match to maintain his third-place position, and likewise picked up a couple of scalps to keep himself at the top of the wicket-taking charts, just ahead of Scotland's Josh Davey, whose rise to second is pretty much the only positive to be taken from the Afghanistan defeat. On the subject of the Afghans, Mujeeb's first five-wicket haul in T20Is puts him hot on the heels of the top five, and four-wicket teammate Rashid Khan is unlikely to stay out of the race for very long either.

Leading Run-scorers

1. Mohammad Naim (BAN) - 126
2. Max O'Dowd (NED) - 123
3. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) - 118
4. Jatinder Singh (OMA) - 113
5. Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) - 106

Leading Wicket-takers

1. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) - 11
2. Josh Davey (SCO) - 9
3. Maheesh Theekshana (SRI) - 8 [for 45]
4. Lahiru Kumara (SRI) - 8 [for 67]
5. Wanindu Hasaranga (SRI) - 6

ritchiebaby · 25-10-2021, 22:12

Back to reality for Scotland. Doh

Welcome to the real world.

Hopefully we can pick up a win against Namibia to make our trip worthwhile.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 25-10-2021, 23:18 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

It was mystery spin that did for Scotland today; one batsman after another failing to pick Mujeeb's off-breaks and Rashid Khan's googlies, just playing sweep shots and hoping for the best, which is a recipe for a collapse. Fortunately Namibia's spinners are mostly Steady Eddies who are easy to pick, don't get much turn, and aim to bowl dot balls rather than take wickets. They look to pace (especially Jan Frylinck) for wicket-taking threat, and Scotland have mostly played fast bowlers well in this tournament, so there's a fair chance of getting a decent score with the bat. Get Erasmus and Wiese out cheaply during Namibia's innings and that's half the job done with the ball. Should hopefully be an entertaining match.

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England restrict Bangladesh to 124-9. Run-a-ball chase coming up, will be interesting to see how we manage to turn this into an uphill struggle Rolleyes

Decent start, but Buttler's now holed out for 18. England 39-1 just shy of five overs.

90-1 at the halfway point. Think we might just scrape through Laugh

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Roy gone for 61, England 112-2 just short of thirteen overs.

Perhaps a six-wicket maiden in the fourteenth might give Bangladesh a glimmer of hope?

Jonny Bairstow strikes the winning boundary, eight-wicket win wrapped up in a little over fourteen overs. Net run-rate: through the stratosphere.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 27-10-2021, 16:59 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

Namibia win the toss and put Scotland in to bat in Abu Dhabi.

Ooooooooof, Munsey gone first ball, bowled by Trumpelmann. Absolutely the worst start imaginable for Scotland.

Little bit unlucky for Munsey on second viewing, the ball was outside off and he chopped it onto the stumps attempting a cut.

Jesus haggis-munching Christ, MacLeod's edged behind for a duck off his second legitimate delivery faced. This is bad, bad, bad.

Now Berrington, very next delivery, LBW for a golden duck! Again a bit unlucky, stumps were umpire's call, but he's got to go. Scotland 2-3, without a single run scored off the bat so far.

First boundary for Scotland in the fifth over, now into double figures. Small milestones. 16-3.

Wallace LBW for 4. Can only hope when Mel Gibson plays him in the film adaptation, he'll score a century and bowl Namibia out single-handed. Scotland 18-4.

A decent partnership from Leask and Cross in the circumstances, Scotland have made it to 43-4 at the halfway mark. Need to take it as deep as possible, drag that score up above 120 if feasible, then there's still hope.

Four and a six back to back from Leask. Good batting, potential counter-attack on.

Or maybe not. Cross bowled for 19, Scotland 57-5.

Greaves dropped by the keeper on 0. Needs to punish them for that mistake now.