Yep - the longer the game, the worse the Windies become. They certainly played a pivotal role in one of the worst Australian summers of cricket I can remember.
What happened?
I'd have to hear the news again to hear his exact words, but from what I can gather, Warnie has been bad mouthing Samuels, so Samuels reacted savagely in the press.
Haha burn, Warnie has been critical of him in recent times.
So your team is world champions in the men and in the women. Pity their test side can't take turn back the clock to become world champions again.
And that final over in itself was probably worthy a hundred games.
Yeah not sure why T20 has such a bad reputation amongst the traditionalists, compare that final with the World Cup ODI final we flogged the Kiwis in and at least that had ups and downs.
We just suck at the format so people say who cares but if we were continually in the finals playing that type of cricket people would be just as proud of our country.
Shame for the Southern Stars finally losing after consecutive finals wins but I was stoked the male Windies got up after going to bed thinking they were Rooted after being 3-15 but Braithwaite hitting 4 6's off Stokes wow what a win.
I'm glad they're at least good at one format because they are entertaining to watch, they do need to get better at the longer forms but ranking top in T20 means more than it did a few years back so good on them.
Also Lol England
, and as you say, we suck at the T20 format, so people say who cares?
Doing other stuff whilst listening to the cricket on the radio is very normal worldwide, so is it when its on TV but obviously less so than the radio. Doing ironing when the cricket is on is probably the most common chore I do when cricket is on but I will do work and have it on in the background and turn around and watch it when a boundary is hit or wicket or near wicket happens.Yes, it was lucky that the Windies won it all in the very first tournament I decided to watch as it probably helped in making me persevere with the game.
I will be honest, I still find it very odd how people might hold interest for a game that can be 5 days long, but I'm used to 3.5 hours long games of baseball which have a similar pace to it, not to mention their other many similarities.
I watched some of the games like I frequently watch baseball - I put it on and did other stuff at the same time, which is quite different as to how I watch Port games, for example, when I nearly try not to blink. So I won't say I was 100% focused all of the time during the T20 games I watched... but you need to start from somewhere!
I consider myself to be a very open minded person and it delights me that there is still so much to learn about other sports. I don't think I'll ever be a cricket fanatic but just to be able to enjoy it is something I value.
