The eponymous co-creator of the D/L method today countered Paul Collingwood’s criticisms, blaming England’s defeat on the eight wides they bowled, and suggesting the ICC reconsider whether 5 overs a side should constitute a legitimate match.
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Very predictable by Duckworth. If he thinks that chasing 60 in 6 overs is the equivalent of 191 in twenty then he can’t be much of a statistician!
However, obviously we’re all glad that 3 overs doesn’t constitute a match – otherwise we might have been in trouble. We got out of jail against Ireland.
I was hoping for a tie, so Bumble would get to have his ‘champagne super-over’.
Did you hear about the England women’s T20 against Australia yesterday? The game was a tie, so a super over took place. Both teams scored 5 runs, but Australia were awarded the win because they’d scored more sixes during the match! How often has that happened? Never I’d wager.
Must have been an agonising one to lose. Why not have a second super over?