#mi london

[stokesy55]

Ok, the auctioneer is calling them “my” London, rather than M-I London and…

No.

I think you’ll actually find it’s pronounced “Oval Invincibles” but if you have to say it, please, M-I

I am not calling them “My London”

[stokesy55]

Oohhhhhh

The Hundred is being IPL-ed 😫

I fucking hate this gold shit. It’s on basically all the IPL kits and that’s why I hate them.

Also, fucking really? You were bloody turquoise. Now we have two teams with London in their name that play in fucking royal blue 😓

[the-barest-of-margins]

5-17.

Come on, lad.

[the-barest-of-margins]

I love him

[dhiraj543]

MI London made 164. London Spirit needed only 89 balls.

MI London made 164 for 5 from 100 balls. London Spirit reached 165 for 3 in 89. The 11 unused balls tell the story of a chase that was controlled by the batting card. Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 64 from 28 balls, the largest score in either innings. Dewald Brevis added an unbeaten 37 from 18, Jonny Bairstow made 23 from 12 and James Rew 19 from 13. Those four scores supplied 143 of the 165 runs. MI…

[dhiraj543]

Two ducks. One 54. MI London still found the chase.

MI London’s scorecard contains two ducks near the top. It also contains Will Jacks’ 54 from 41 balls. That was enough to take them from a target of 130 to a three-wicket win. Jacks struck five fours and two sixes. Sam Curran added 30 from 29, Sherfane Rutherford 21 from 12 and Tom Curran 7 from six as MI London reached 130 for 7 from 100 balls. James Vince and Nicholas Pooran made nought, but…

[dhiraj543]

Rachin Ravindra’s 98 gave Welsh Fire the gap MI London could not close.

Welsh Fire made 167 for 5. Rachin Ravindra made 98 from 44 balls. The scorecard does not need many more words to identify the innings that set the match apart. Ravindra hit 10 fours and five sixes, supplying almost three-fifths of the Welsh Fire total. Joe Root’s 29 from 26 and Jordan Cox’s 17 from nine were the next highest scores. Welsh Fire had only 14 runs from their first two batters, which…

[dhiraj543]

From 51 for 3, MI London made 144 feel inevitable.

MI London were 51 for 3 after 44 balls. They needed 93 more to win. Sam Curran and Nicholas Pooran took exactly 40 balls to get them. That fourth-wicket partnership was the match. Curran finished unbeaten on 60 from 39 balls, while Pooran made an unbeaten 58 from 22. Together they added 93, and MI London reached 144 for 3 after 84 balls, with 16 deliveries unused. The beginning of the chase had…

From 51 for 3, MI London made 144 feel inevitable.