Indian Premier League (IPL) Thread - (or general cricket thread)

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Slava

That sucked. I was watching the game here and there through the morning. When I had to leave for a meeting though it looked like Bangalore had the game in hand...apparently I missed the most exciting part though? Must have been a crazy last few overs?

both teams really racked up the runs down the stretch.

RCB started slow, then got a chunk of runs at the end. Then CSK started even slower, but ended up taking a lot of runs in the last couple of overs. CSK needed 33 in the last two overs, and got 34 in the next 10 balls.

CSK had 36 runs in the first 8 overs, and 106 runs in the last 8 overs.

[GirlySports]

Wickets in hand are always the key.

[fundmark19]

Pretty tempted to have a IPL championship party on saturday in hopes for my boys in yellow to repeat. By that I mean I need an excuse to drink beer at 8 30 am

[Slava]

Mumbai just won and advanced in the 3-4 playoff.

[You Need a Thneed]

Gayle just destroying Mumbai right now.

[fundmark19]

I don't know who I would rather have win. If Mumbai wins they are beatable. If they lose you have a huge wild card in Gayle. He can single handidly win a game

[Slava]

RCB is looking pretty good at this point. Mumbai is 89-6 and it could well be RCB vs. CSK tomorrow morning.

[You Need a Thneed]

Yup, Mumbai hasn't gotten anything going since Tendulkar got out.

[fundmark19]

Any chance someone can fly to india and wack Gayles knee Nancy Kerrigan style?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Any chance someone can fly to india and wack Gayles knee Nancy Kerrigan style?

I'm not sure anyone would want to even attempt that on a man of that size and power holding a bat.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

Any chance someone can fly to india and wack Gayles knee Nancy Kerrigan style?

Canceling the IPL Finals party you had planned?

[fundmark19]

Apparently none of my friends want to be up that early Anyone want to drink beer at 830 in the am tommorow?

[Slava]

Can someone dumb this down a bit for me though: If they need 57 runs from 7 balls isn't the game over? If a boundary is 6 then how can they possibly score more than 42? I guess I don't have this as figured out as I thought?

[You Need a Thneed]

technically, it is possible to score an unlimited amount of runs off of a ball. That's why they don't end the game.

[fundmark19]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

I'm not sure anyone would want to even attempt that on a man of that size and power holding a bat.

Don't do it while he is still holding his bat! Get him coming out of the shower or going out for dinner or off the team bus. Be sneaky! He won't be able to run and catch you since his knee will be blown

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Slava

Can someone dumb this down a bit for me though: If they need 57 runs from 7 balls isn't the game over? If a boundary is 6 then how can they possibly score more than 42? I guess I don't have this as figured out as I thought?

Statistically there can always be wides and no balls. It's not totally uncommon to get 13 off one ball. Batter hits a 6 off a no ball (foot fault) and then on the following free hit get another 6.

[GirlySports]

The Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have chosen to BAT FIRST!

[fundmark19]

10 0 after 1.5 overs let's keep this rolling

[fundmark19]

Back to back jacks! Husssssssssss let's keep rolling

[GirlySports]

CSK looking good and they bat very deep in their lineup. Could be a huge score!