England rains, India reigns
Tweet report for the Champions Trophy game between India and Sri Lanka
All set for the finals. May the wetter side win.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 23, 2013
Have they decided the outcome of the toss through the D/L method?
— K Balakumar (@kbalakumar) June 23, 2013
Two nations. United by a colonial past, powerless heads of state, and an inability to predict rain.
— Earl of Vadukut (@sidin) June 23, 2013
Breaking news.... I have just spotted 6 England fans inside Edgebaston..!!!!!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 23, 2013
#IndvsEng If the match does start, in the interests of fair-play, I suggest that Duckworth play for one side and Lewis for the other.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 23, 2013
"Water, water every where, nor any drop to drink" as Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously said about cricket at Edgbaston #ct13
— The Cricket Geek (@TheCricketGeek) June 23, 2013
Team of #CT13: Rain, Rain, Cardiff ground staff, Rain, Misbah, Cardiff hover-cover, Rain, Rain, Oval ground staff, Rain, Rain #EngvInd
— fwildecricket (@fwildecricket) June 23, 2013
Soggy in Birmingham. Grumblings about a lack of reserve day. To be fair, the last time it rained in England in June was way back in 1765.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) June 23, 2013
I know it's wishful thinking for the ICC to show common sense, but they couldn't even organize a drunken brawl in a Walkabout.
— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) June 23, 2013
Can we please call Srinivasan, so that the crowd can actually boo properly? ICC & ECB deserve it. Bigtime!!
— Swarna. (@iCricketard) June 23, 2013
This is when you need @LalitKModi in charge. He would have shifted the CT final to another city. Or another country. Or to the sun.
— Sidvee (@sidvee) June 23, 2013
Jadeja walked out. And it stopped raining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #AGodAmongstMen
— Earl of Vadukut (@sidin) June 23, 2013
Ah, the glorious return of TwentyFour24 Cricket. Remember, stopping a terrorist attack is an automatic win. USA could win this trophy yet.
— Burton DeWitt (@bsd987) June 23, 2013
Real chance for England to end their 24-over global tournament hoodoo here today
— Dean Wilson (@CricketMirror) June 23, 2013
"Now it's clear why England tried to invade the world. They just wanted some place where they could play 5 days of cricket in peace." #ct13
— Zarin (@unserPokal) June 23, 2013
Another delay has delayed the start to the delayed start at Edgbaston. Yes, yet more rain. Follow the weather here: https://t.co/Hz0R5iMpY8
— Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) June 23, 2013
Looks like there's going to be a short cricket delay at the rain. #EngvInd
— King Cricket (@TheKingsTweets) June 23, 2013
india have started as if they spent the day doing what I've been doing- drinking milkshakes and eating tyrrells
— kap (@kaprashoo) June 23, 2013
22,250 Indians erupt as the first boundary is edged down to third man. The 115 England fans sit motionless as India move to 10/0 #EngvInd
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 23, 2013
One of those days where we just look to the heavens... ...and see Sachin smiling down at us.
— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) June 23, 2013
@GeorgeDobell1 I think it's because Joe Root has to be home by 9.30pm
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 23, 2013
This is probably the first ever 50-over, 24-over, Twenty20, day & day/night cricket match. #EngvInd #CT13
— fwildecricket (@fwildecricket) June 23, 2013
Champions Trophy Logo - pic.twitter.com/iSoyiAn2GH
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 23, 2013
Match now a T5 game. Yes ICC has said that they will play the remainder of the game in Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport now. #CT13
— Mohan Krishnamoorthy (@mohank) June 23, 2013
star cricket has run out of highlights packages to replay in coloured clothing #thatsortofday #CT13
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravCNNIBN) June 23, 2013
Apart from averaging 88 (SR 144) with the bat and 28 with the ball, what has Ravi Bopara done this tournament? #ct13
— Ashley Thompson (@ash_thompsoon) June 23, 2013
Ridiculed, humiliated, hurt. And now bossing it. Ravi Bopara is the new Ravi Jadeja.
— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) June 23, 2013
MS Dhoni 7th duck in ODIs. His last duck vs Aus at Vizag 20-10-2010, 44 innings ago! #IndvsEng #CT13
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 23, 2013
Bangladesh are now the only subcontinental team not to shrink at the crease in the late-middle overs this tournament.
— Burton DeWitt (@bsd987) June 23, 2013
Trott drops a catch. He's already the most hated man in Britain and he hasn't even batted yet #EngvInd #CT13
— 51allout (@51allout) June 23, 2013
If Ashwin hesitated any longer before the second run he would have been charged with loitering.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) June 23, 2013
Ashwin can't run. So, Dhoni keeps him in the slip cordon. Ashwin doesn't want to run. So he dives and catches everything. #TrueStory #CT13
— LOL SPORTS (@LOL_SPORTS) June 23, 2013
The rate Trott is scoring he must want to have this won so he can watch Spain v Nigeria at 8pm! #ct13
— Stephen Beech (@bossbeechyscoop) June 23, 2013
Just imagine what Ishant Sharma would look like after Liz Hurley gave him a Shane Warne style makeover
— The Cricket Geek (@TheCricketGeek) June 23, 2013
I wonder if David Warner's punch were in the air as long as that ball was.
— Burton DeWitt (@bsd987) June 23, 2013
I can see Ian Bell approaching the Indian dressing room along with a photograph of Andy Flower #ct13 #IndvsEng
— Bored Cricket (@BoredCricket) June 23, 2013
With great technology comes great responsibility
— Samir Chopra (@EyeOnThePitch) June 23, 2013
I think Dhoni said "Sharma, bowl" and Ishant snatched the ball from Rohit! #GetTheSpinnersOnMSD #IndvEng #ct13
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) June 23, 2013
Dear Dhoni, if you really want your pace bowlers to bowl, please ask them to bowl spin. #CT13
— LOL SPORTS (@LOL_SPORTS) June 23, 2013
Chetan Sharma is no longer India's worst sharma at the death.
— Shyam Sundararaman (@shyamuw) June 23, 2013
MS Dhoni starting to look like Santa Claus with the beard. Giving little gifts to England with one more Ishant over. #ct13
— HoldingWilley (@holdingwilley) June 23, 2013
Wouldn't it be brilliant if it rained now?
— Burton DeWitt (@bsd987) June 23, 2013
To be honest Morgan and Bopara were distracted by Ishant Sharma's hair #CT13
— Manan Choksi (@insaneinstinct) June 23, 2013
Reminder that Ravi Bopara was perhaps three shots away from proving everyone wrong today, but instead revealed he doesn't know the wide law.
— Dave Tickner (@tickerscricket) June 23, 2013
Buttler served by Sir. That's surely the wrong way round. #ct13
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) June 23, 2013
England choke at a major sporting occasion. Now it really does feel like summer.
— JOHN LUDDEN (@JOHNLUDDS) June 23, 2013
The problem of importing South Africans, England, is that you might just *cough cough* #Choke #IndvsEng
— shashreek roy (@shashreek) June 23, 2013
England had their foot on India's throat then somehow choked on their own shoelaces. #ct13
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) June 23, 2013
ODI World Cup. World T20. World No. 1 in Test cricket. Champions Trophy. World's No. 1 ODI side. All of this under MS Dhoni's watch.
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) June 23, 2013
Will MSD win Nobel Peace Prize next?
— Tony Sebastian (@notytony) June 23, 2013
Epic! RT @LukeshMalhotra: Please tell me @henrygayle watched what virat Kohli did at the presentation ceremony for India
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) June 23, 2013
England rains. India reigns. #CT13
— gaurav kapur (@gauravkapur) June 23, 2013
This 20-over match will be a great warm-up for the big series starting on Tuesday.
— King Cricket (@TheKingsTweets) June 23, 2013
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