World Twenty20 thoughts

The World T20 has left everyone with a warm, fuzzy glow.  It was fun, exciting and unpredictable.

  • England got beaten by the Dutch minnows
  • Australia only played (and lost) two matches
  • Ireland upset Bangladesh (although so many people predicted this it didn’t really feel like an upset)
  • India didn’t even reach the semi-final
  • England managed to beat India, then got knocked out by West Indies
  • Pakistan won the thing despite (because of?) all the domestic turmoil of late

Then again, there were some things about it that were very predictable.

  • South Africa looked invincible until their traditional semi-final choke
  • Pakistan were enigmatic and scintillating
  • England talked a good game but weren’t really good enough
  • Everyone was delighted when Australia were knocked out
  • Everyone was delighted when South Africa were knocked out

Pakistan were worthy winners in many ways, and congratulations to them.

Quite how the cricket world will manage to last a whole 10 months until the next ICC World Twenty20 I am not sure.

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