Nice work Punter, an innings of pure grit and determination in the face of stupendous pressure… bloody awesome! 8)

Now to go a bit nuts in these final overs and get us over 270 odd, then over to the bowlers

Wish I was watching this at home and not as text on cricinfo!

Sorry… missed the ‘spoiler’ bit 😳

It has been a while waiting for him to cometh though!

had to wait for the right hour! 🙂

260… will it be enough?

well, some betting syndicate will have made a fortune from that, even after paying ‘expenses’…

And possibly commeth the Indian man too

Gritty innings from punter.

This is going to be a close one I think.

Come on India! 😉

Cometh the hour, cometh the man…

I think you’ll find the ‘hour’ passed by a couple of months ago

never been a poonter fan, but that was a great innings. looks like sachin could match it though….

he had to get one eventually and not a bad way to end you career 😉

yeah baby – tendulkar gone – chances of their making 260 now significantly reduced!

You blokes need a wicket and quickly

Edit: there you go!

speak of the devil! thanks Yossarian 🙂

Bugger, sorry India.

Looking forward to Dhoni

Have we mentioned the ashes yet?

260 isn’t going to be enough I don’t think 🙁

Yeah probably around 30 short but India haven’t won this yet

Yossarian, what are these Ashes you talk of? Tell me more…
16 to win from 26 balls

The ashes are a devalued cricket series played between England and Australia. Unfortunately our antipodean cousins can no longer bowl or indeed bat to the required standard so the 5 match bi-annual format is going to be replaced by a single twenty20 every five years until they remember how to compete.

I know nothing of Ashes…

Great chase this by India, must be enormous pressure on them but they’ve handled it well, their clash against Pakistan is going to be epic (perhaps… depends which Pakistan team turns up of course!!)

I’m off to have a wee cry and a sulk now 😥 😐

yeah baby

260 was never going to be enough

Lol at klunk!

Edit: I think it’s worth admitting at this point that I have absolutely no faith in england progressing any further and in many ways it would be totally wrong for us to win the thing having been beaten twice in the group stages.

Would love to see India win the cup, tendulkar and the nation deserve it.

Great stuff 🙂

260 was never going to be enough

It should’ve been tbh… but we lack the bowlers to keep things tight enough unfortunately. Ah well, at least there’s some joy to be taken in seeing our Captain stand up to the challenge 🙂

Reckon Sri Lanka will win this overall, that’s who I picked at the start of the tournament, was never really confident of Australia’s chances…