Read on Twitter“CARLOS Brathwaite! Carlos Brathwaite! Remember the name!”
For me, the final of 2016 T20 WC was not only memorable for ( @TridentSportsX ) 4 sixes in the last over of @benstokes38 but also for the epic commentary by the commentators.. 1/n
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Therefore, I tried to collect the commentary from the match and this thread contains the comm gems of Eng& #39;s batting innings.
FYI, The commentary panel was filled with elite players and commentators such as @BumbleCricket, @irbishi @nassercricket @sanjaymanjrekar @mmbangwa. 2/n
FYI, The commentary panel was filled with elite players and commentators such as @BumbleCricket, @irbishi @nassercricket @sanjaymanjrekar @mmbangwa. 2/n
Badree to Roy: "Oh! Just sneaking down, I think. It& #39;s gonna skid on, its not gonna turn much. Just sliding! may be clipping leg."
"Don& #39;t play for the spin. Not with the new ball"
"Oh! bowled him!!!! What a beauty!! Badree with the new nut." ..3/n
Nasser& #39;s classic first uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">Badree to Roy: "Oh! Just sneaking down, I think. It& #39;s gonna skid on, its not gonna turn much. Just sliding! may be clipping leg." "Don& #39;t play for the spin. Not with the new ball""Oh! bowled him!!!! What a beauty!! Badree with the new nut." ..3/n" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">Nasser& #39;s classic first uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">Badree to Roy: "Oh! Just sneaking down, I think. It& #39;s gonna skid on, its not gonna turn much. Just sliding! may be clipping leg." "Don& #39;t play for the spin. Not with the new ball""Oh! bowled him!!!! What a beauty!! Badree with the new nut." ..3/n" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
" Roy misses the first one.. Roy misses the second one.. He is bowled!"
Next, Hales chips one straight to Badree.
Nasser: "Picked up. Oh! Noo! he has hit it straight to the man there! Badree, you can& #39;t keep him out of the game. Hales thought he had four, England.. 4/n
Next, Hales chips one straight to Badree.
Nasser: "Picked up. Oh! Noo! he has hit it straight to the man there! Badree, you can& #39;t keep him out of the game. Hales thought he had four, England.. 4/n
.. thought he had four but Badree thought different!
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Bishop: "That is a fantastic catch! It was travelling and if you are Andre Russell.. The girls are celebrating as well... again.. you don& #39;t expect to be caught at short fine leg neither does Hales" 5/n
Bishop: "That is a fantastic catch! It was travelling and if you are Andre Russell.. The girls are celebrating as well... again.. you don& #39;t expect to be caught at short fine leg neither does Hales" 5/n
Meanwhile, Root gets his second boundary by playing his second back-foot cover drive.
Nasser: "He has played that shot well. That& #39;s how he got his 1st boundary, that& #39;s how he will get his 2nd"
Morgan departs
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B: "Oh! gone. There& #39;s another .. 6/n
Nasser: "He has played that shot well. That& #39;s how he got his 1st boundary, that& #39;s how he will get his 2nd"
Morgan departs
B: "Oh! gone. There& #39;s another .. 6/n
You just said he is not picking him. googly or straighter one, it doesn& #39;t matter! he is gone. Eng 3 down.
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M: Yeah spot on Bumble! You see it again, Eoin Morgan plant that front foot, just plays through his hands and not picking that wrong& #39;un again 7/n
M: Yeah spot on Bumble! You see it again, Eoin Morgan plant that front foot, just plays through his hands and not picking that wrong& #39;un again 7/n
Mbangwa classichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">M: Yeah spot on Bumble! You see it again, Eoin Morgan plant that front foot, just plays through his hands and not picking that wrong& #39;un again 7/n" title="You just said he is not picking him. googly or straighter one, it doesn& #39;t matter! he is gone. Eng 3 down.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">Mbangwa classichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧨" title="Firecracker" aria-label="Emoji: Firecracker">M: Yeah spot on Bumble! You see it again, Eoin Morgan plant that front foot, just plays through his hands and not picking that wrong& #39;un again 7/n" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Root plays some glorious shots that also included a flick to Badree
Bumble: "Flighted, full toss! flirted away and will find that long mid wicket boundary there"
Butler drives Benn for a one bounce four to the covers
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Bumble: "Flighted, full toss! flirted away and will find that long mid wicket boundary there"
Butler drives Benn for a one bounce four to the covers
And in the next over, he goes over long on for a huge six.
S: "He has gone straight, has gone very high... & the smoke comes uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎇" title="Firework sparkler" aria-label="Emoji: Firework sparkler">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎆" title="Fireworks" aria-label="Emoji: Fireworks">"
Butler middles another:
M: got the boundary but Butler wants more! He has got enough on this! back to back sixes" 9/n
S: "He has gone straight, has gone very high... & the smoke comes up
Butler middles another:
M: got the boundary but Butler wants more! He has got enough on this! back to back sixes" 9/n
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎆" title="Fireworks" aria-label="Emoji: Fireworks">"Butler middles another: M: got the boundary but Butler wants more! He has got enough on this! back to back sixes" 9/n" title="And in the next over, he goes over long on for a huge six.S: "He has gone straight, has gone very high... & the smoke comes up https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎇" title="Firework sparkler" aria-label="Emoji: Firework sparkler">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎆" title="Fireworks" aria-label="Emoji: Fireworks">"Butler middles another: M: got the boundary but Butler wants more! He has got enough on this! back to back sixes" 9/n" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Eng players seemed to find fielders for the good shots. Butler was the culprit this time as he hits it straight down to the mid-wicket fielder.
S: "looked a good shot but might go to the fielder and it does. And there& #39;s the bravo dance. The big man Braithwaite.. 10/n
S: "looked a good shot but might go to the fielder and it does. And there& #39;s the bravo dance. The big man Braithwaite.. 10/n
"Butler was teeing off.. Danger man Butler is gone"
Root played his best shots when Nasser was commentating. Hits a fierce cut and Nasser describes "Shot! Lovely Shot! It was short, it was wide, It was asking for punishment!"
On Root& #39;s fifty: "Run machine Joe Root!.. 11/n
Root played his best shots when Nasser was commentating. Hits a fierce cut and Nasser describes "Shot! Lovely Shot! It was short, it was wide, It was asking for punishment!"
On Root& #39;s fifty: "Run machine Joe Root!.. 11/n
"any form of the game. Test matches, One day, t20. yet another fifty. what a star!"
Stokes departs, Moeen too. N: "Oh, glove is it? down the leg side! yes, gone! nick down the leg side. Bravo has another. Eng have lost 6."
12/n
Stokes departs, Moeen too. N: "Oh, glove is it? down the leg side! yes, gone! nick down the leg side. Bravo has another. Eng have lost 6."
12/n
Eng somehow reach 142 when Plunkett is caught brilliantly by Badree.
Bish is ecstatic: "ohh! brilliant, brilliant from Samuel, Samuel Badreee but he might have hurt himself!"
and England finish on 155/9 in their 20 overs. Stay tuned for Part 2. 13/n
