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Say what you want about cricket but I have never, ever known nerves like that; only managed to listen to it today but fucking hell it almost killed me. For England to get progressively further behind the total, redeem it all in the final over helped by a monumental slice of luck; set a decent total in the super over, then stare well and truly down the barrel for the final for the final four balls only to win it not on the actual score and only by a matter of inches on the very last ball of the tournament is ridiculous. Not watching it or belittling it because England doesn't give a shit - it does, played in every village in the country and by a hell of a wider demographic than most other national sports - is their loss.

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1 minute ago, Cannabis said:

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When you look at the crowd and reaction from this game it's hardly the case. 

Wait til the Ashes comes around then we'll see if you think if cricket isn't taken seriously here. 

The other comment is just bizarre. As if Australia, New Zealand or South Africa have no interest in cricket either. Weird. 

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41 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

England are an absolute embarrassment if they celebrate this. 

 

31 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said:

If there's any reason why you doubt my hatred of England and English nationalism that is it. Steal players off white supremacist colonies and still barely win it. 

Lol do you just suck on lemons in your spare time to be that bitter

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1 minute ago, Stan said:

When you look at the crowd and reaction from this game it's hardly the case. 

Wait til the Ashes comes around then we'll see if you think if cricket isn't taken seriously here. 

The other comment is just bizarre. As if Australia, New Zealand or South Africa have no interest in cricket either. Weird. 

They aren't Pakistan like :ph34r: 

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1 minute ago, Fairy In Boots said:

Brilliant that it was free to air, hopefully the ECB fucking learn this time. An absolutely stunning hour of cricket 

Agreed. Said on Twitter to someone it's an absolute must the Ashes, at the very least, becomes free to air. How can the next generation be inspired by it if it's not as easily accessible? A kid watching today whether at the ground or watching on TV would have been so sucked in to the emotion even before winning it. 

More tournaments need to be on free to air TV. Especially when it culminates in a game like today. 

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2 minutes ago, Stan said:

When you look at the crowd and reaction from this game it's hardly the case. 

Wait til the Ashes comes around then we'll see if you think if cricket isn't taken seriously here. 

The other comment is just bizarre. As if Australia, New Zealand or South Africa have no interest in cricket either. Weird. 

It’s grown in Ireland & Afghanistan so they’re full members. 

Nepal, Scotland, Holland, UAE are all coming good. 

Its global

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Just now, Stick With Azeem said:

They aren't Pakistan like :ph34r: 

I know. He said 'it's more like Pakistan countries that follow it'. But the countries I mentioned also have a huge following in it. One of the teams even got to the final ffs. It's why no one can take him seriously these days. Always looking for bites or 'trolling' even in football discussion. Goes in to threads even though he doesn't even have any interest in them i.e the tennis thread and this thread :what:

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1 minute ago, Cannabis said:

Don't be upset Stan it was only one post. Don't let it spoil your Sunday afternoon.

Ha, not upset at all. Had a great afternoon thanks :)

Don't let cricket spoil yours though ^_^

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What an amazing game, edge of your seat once in your life sporting moment. New Zealand fought so hard and in reality lost in a manner in which I think every England fan expected us to. That 6 from Ben Stokes, sheer luck but sometimes it’s what you need. It doesn’t matter how you win as long as you win.

Very happy for Archer, so young and he was very much an outsider to the team at the beginning of all of this.

Bring on the Ashes

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14 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

Of course it is, if Brentford won the Johnstons paint, FA Trophy and the playoff trophy and we’re the first team to do it you’d be slinging jizz everywhere, it’s a World Cup the pinnacle of the respective sports. 

But none of the top nations in Football play cricket or Rugby (or take seriously)...half the top nations in Cricket barely play football and if they do they don’t take it seriously, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan are hardly renowned for playing Rugby either 😂 

Great that we won the World Cup, but we only have 2-3 consistent rivals in 2 of those sports. Celebrating that we’re the only team to win a World Cup in all three sports that we created and then shipped around the globe to different pockets where no one else takes all 3 as seriously as we do is genuinely mental 😂

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As mentioned earlier that Cricket has gained some new nations globally which is great but some countries have also been lost in the wilderness like Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sri Lanka need to address some serious issues with their Cricket. Even i was unsure about our Cricket teams future before this tournament.

and i hope ICC handle Afghanistan and Ireland better than they did with Kenya, they also had a promising start to their Cricketing prospect but their trajectory didn't hit the mark as their early promise to the point that they are now nowhere on competitive level.

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19 minutes ago, Danny said:

But none of the top nations in Football play cricket or Rugby (or take seriously)...half the top nations in Cricket barely play football and if they do they don’t take it seriously, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan are hardly renowned for playing Rugby either 😂 

Great that we won the World Cup, but we only have 2-3 consistent rivals in 2 of those sports. Celebrating that we’re the only team to win a World Cup in all three sports that we created and then shipped around the globe to different pockets where no one else takes all 3 as seriously as we do is genuinely mental 😂

Of course you should celebrate it, as your own post says no others compete in multiple sports as highly as we do. For all Germany’s footballing skill they’ve not got the domestic talent pool competeing with rival sports to contend with. 

 

Adide from the olympics these are the 3 big world cups, we’ve won all. Therefore no other nation can say that they’re as good as the English when it comes to team sports, if they do I’ll say “win the big 3 and we can talk”

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Just now, Fairy In Boots said:

Of course you should celebrate it, as your own post says no others compete in multiple sports as highly as we do. For all Germany’s footballing skill they’ve not got the domestic talent pool competeing with rival sports to contend with. 

 

Adide from the olympics these are the 3 big world cups, we’ve won all. Therefore no other nation can say that they’re as good as the English when it comes to team sports, if they do I’ll say “win the big 3 and we can talk”

Have you noticed the link between the countries who play cricket and rugby to England? 😂 Celebrate however you like there doesn’t need to be a debate over this mad stastictic 

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27 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

Of course you should celebrate it, as your own post says no others compete in multiple sports as highly as we do. For all Germany’s footballing skill they’ve not got the domestic talent pool competeing with rival sports to contend with. 

 

Adide from the olympics these are the 3 big world cups, we’ve won all. Therefore no other nation can say that they’re as good as the English when it comes to team sports, if they do I’ll say “win the big 3 and we can talk”

Well, they have several titles with their Handball and Field Hockey national teams, it's just neither Rugby or Cricket are big in Germany. Just because you English have this three as their main sports, doesn't mean this has to be the case for everyone, you see.

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