Cricket
Prefer Delhi's bowling and power in the batting. KKR too reliant on their spinners and top order.
Some explosive hitters still to come. 10 an over. I don't expect them to die wondering. They know they need close to 180 to defend.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:27PM, tomtimtum wrote:
Just noticed Matthews playing, bit harsh on Corey to drop him after his MOM performance last game! Or was he injured
Just read he was unwell
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:26PM, tomtimtum wrote:
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:21PM, Charlie wrote:This innings needs to get going again. Doing what so many teams do in middle overs.Yep, teams overvalue the importance of wickets in the final overs
Depends on your line up a bit but I do think they should look more towards getting past 180 rather than settle for 160-170. Sure, you'll sometimes fizzle and only get 150 or so if your hitters don't come off but they've got Morris and Mathews to come.
Got back on DD after the wicket which has turned out to be a nice trade with Pant not being pants this over.
Agree with you about Mathews, by the way, ttt, although he is a good batsman so you would naturally bat him ahead of Morris but think the upside in him coming off is lower.
Carnage here.
Pantyman to the rescue for me!
After yesterdays debacle and Jason Roy again we see examples of why your best ans hardest hitting batsmen should be nearer the top of the order. Iyer and Nair have not helped and why has Angelo come in ahead of Morris and Cummin?
Overs
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Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:51PM, tomtimtum wrote:
FS check this out - https://twitter.com/sportdw/status/853298814840713216
Interesting, thanks. So essentially you can lose 2 wickets totally for free and the utility of having more than 4 in hand is still pretty low. Does depend on your guys but think not having Morris in with a few overs left with his SR of over 170 (and apparently about 230 this IPL) must be bad cricket, unless your other guys are murdering the bowling. This tapping singles around feels wrong, doesn't it? Fine, get singles when the big shots don't come off for you but you must play the big shots.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:56PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:
You heard it here first!Pantyman to the rescue for me!After yesterdays debacle and Jason Roy again we see examples of why your best ans hardest hitting batsmen should be nearer the top of the order. Iyer and Nair have not helped and why has Angelo come in ahead of Morris and Cummin?Overs 158.5167.5173.5
Mathews can hit the thing so think you bat him ahead of Cummins for sure but definitely not Morris.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:57PM, Fatslogger wrote:
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:51PM, tomtimtum wrote:FS check this out - https://twitter.com/sportdw/status/853298814840713216Interesting, thanks. So essentially you can lose 2 wickets totally for free and the utility of having more than 4 in hand is still pretty low. Does depend on your guys but think not having Morris in with a few overs left with his SR of over 170 (and apparently about 230 this IPL) must be bad cricket, unless your other guys are murdering the bowling. This tapping singles around feels wrong, doesn't it? Fine, get singles when the big shots don't come off for you but you must play the big shots.
Yep, teams need to be going earlier when they have wickets in hand, all this "leave yourself wickets in hand for the last 5 overs" is completely outdated.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:59PM, tomtimtum wrote:
Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:57PM, Fatslogger wrote:Apr 17, 2017 -- 12:51PM, tomtimtum wrote:FS check this out - https://twitter.com/sportdw/status/853298814840713216Interesting, thanks. So essentially you can lose 2 wickets totally for free and the utility of having more than 4 in hand is still pretty low. Does depend on your guys but think not having Morris in with a few overs left with his SR of over 170 (and apparently about 230 this IPL) must be bad cricket, unless your other guys are murdering the bowling. This tapping singles around feels wrong, doesn't it? Fine, get singles when the big shots don't come off for you but you must play the big shots.Yep, teams need to be going earlier when they have wickets in hand, all this "leave yourself wickets in hand for the last 5 overs" is completely outdated.
It's obviously fine to have wickets in hand at the end and you certainly don't want to be bowled out or anything but hit hard and hit often seems to be the way to play it to me. England's batting approach to limited overs batting seems pretty good to me. We'd have one hell of a side if our bowling were any good. A fair bit of the wickets in hand thing will just be the higher chance of having set batsmen in at the death.
Having said that, DD has finished this without many wickets in hand and not scored many runs!
Apr 17, 2017 -- 1:09PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:
ffs I need a single off the last ball, a wide will do!
Should have cashed out after that Pants over, although obviously easy to say now. Oh, no, you shouldn't have, easy win.
Think KKR will get off to a good start and trade low and then lose (or at least have a bit of a collapse) !
Apr 17, 2017 -- 1:10PM, 1alph1 wrote:
Fancy KKR here
I'm quite tempted to reverse my position, at least for the start of KKR innings.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 1:31PM, Fatslogger wrote:
Reversing not looking a good call so far. Perhaps the actual proper openers can do okay for me.
Or not. Should just have stuck rather than twisted looking to trade. I've rarely done terribly well out of trading T20, although I am at least still a bit green on DD.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 1:39PM, slip5 wrote:
slogger did you go all in on delhi
I did my now established bet a grand for value then top up with £500 to trade, which was working very nicely a few trades later to get me to £1.4k on DD for only £700 red on KKR. I then broke my plan to go bigger green on KKR, which has been less successful.
DD have picked the most wickets in powerplays (10), also have the best economy and average. And that's also 50 Powerplay wickets for Zaheer.
I have a strong fancy for the better bowling attacks in this IPL.
DD look like they are back in this. Glad I am not betting against them!
I gues this is the wonder of this game. They looked down and out and now look like they have Woakes at 8 and Coulter-Nil at 9. Battle lines drawn.
Not sure which way this will go and how a wicket will affect the game. How easy is it for new batsmen etc. I think DD should still be my favourite but I would be nervous if I had money on it. KKR are within acceptible runs /balls ratio's
That's is soul purpose..
Anything else is just a subsidiary.
small bet 
Apr 17, 2017 -- 2:30PM, 1alph1 wrote:
Morris still has 3 i believe. could be close
Probably won't be but a wicket could just bring it back into the balance. Was looking tight until the last three balls of that over went for 13.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 2:47PM, Puzzman wrote:
thinking out tbh
never mind
Poor Chris Woakes, yet another disappointing game for him.
Apr 17, 2017 -- 1:10PM, tomtimtum wrote:
Going to go for an Ayt prediction here.Think KKR will get off to a good start and trade low and then lose (or at least have a bit of a collapse) !
AYT 
Apr 17, 2017 -- 3:11PM, tomtimtum wrote:
I smell a THAI
Never likely, to be fair. Oh well, medium win for me after a lot of effort getting my trading spot on during the DD innings then nowhere near after that.
Great game, enjoyed that. What a rollercoaster!
