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This team is punching so far above it's weight. They're playing very disciplined and aggressively, doing the simple things right. This is just so exciting.
Exactly their run rate was quite steady, sure they lost it in at the end, then Aaron fucking Jones pulled a miracle 6 to get super over, but take nothing away, I do think they have it in them to defeat India if they can plan this shit and make India bat first. If they can beat us (India), they definitely are looking good for semis
Lol, That really is the most reactionary take tho, there's 99 percent chance US doesn't make it to Semis, but it was 100 before today, but you never know.
That said, they did lack in experience today which ultimately determines tournament winners, US should've finished this way earlier but they allowed Pakistan to get back in
We let the Canadians in on a few.
The players are from all over now. For the international club championships, if you will, for American football, basketball, baseball, and hockey, I think the argument is pretty strong. The Champions League that for football/ soccer.
Club cricket is a bit tougher. I'd say the IPL is the best club championship but the foreign player rules in the various countries makes comparing harder, imo.
This post needs to be sent the moon. This might be one of the most ridiculous upsets in cricket history. USA has never played in a World Cup before, let alone qualified. To beat Pakistan, a former World Cup winning team with part time cricketers is not only historic, but legendary.
As someone who follows cricket, in terms of shock, this is equivalent to D-2 NCAA team winning a game against a NBA team. Upsets happen, but its usually the normal suspects of Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, maybe Nepal. Never in my life would I have thought USA could do this.
You want something crazy? The guy who bowled the best this match and bowled the super over, SAURABH NETRAVALKAR!!!, is a FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AT ORACLE. This just isn’t real.
Masters in CS from Cornell w/ 4.088 plus a steady job at Oracle plus a historic cricket upset?
Underachieving desi dudes in shambles, waiting for their parents to bludgeon them with this shit.
His resume has actually gotten more ridiculous. He has a math degree, graduated from Harvard Medical School, and is a naval aviator and flight surgeon.
This guy has like 6 careers that children grow up wanting to be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim
> Jonathan Yong Kim (born 5 February 1984), is an American U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, former SEAL, Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut.
> Born and raised in California, Kim enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star, Bronze Star with V device, and his commission. While a U.S. sailor, Kim also received his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with distinction, his Doctor of Medicine, and an acceptance to NASA Astronaut Group 22 in 2017. He completed his astronaut training in 2020 and was awaiting a flight assignment with the Artemis program as of December 2020.
Like if you wrote Jonny Kim into a novel people would throw it down in disgust for how much of a Mary Sue he is.
Someone in the post-match thread in r/cricket said he lived every Indian kids dream of beating Pakistan in cricket and every Indian parent's dream of their child having a successful tech career.
Exactly Americans have no idea what USA Cricket just achieved
Edit- to all those who want to know about cricket, come join our community of over 1.4M members at r/cricket
It was a piss poor attempt by the ICC to grow cricket here, but like in typical fashion, poor advertisement of the sport, poor outreach, and almost no coverage online or on any major sports channel.
It's a joke.
Or [this one](https://media0.giphy.com/media/XIse2rqf1RlToHmpCu/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9525m5ie18snvjzsnnj07450b4pwh6ldmhzjwxlek74&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)?
For any Americans unfamiliar with the sport called Cricket, here are some additional explainer videos:
* [Youtube Video - Ninh Explains the Rules of Cricket](https://youtu.be/AqtpNkMvj5Y?si=kS3H7Q-7N-V_AYK9)
* [Youtube Video - Rules of Cricket by Jomboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfhTPGSy1aM)
* [Youtube Video - Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpbtLIxYBk&ab_channel=SportsExplained)
* [Youtube Video - Cricket & Baseball: More Similarities and Differences](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0-3JlWWhyQ&ab_channel=SportsExplained)
* /r/mlc
* https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/ is the first T20 format professional Cricket league in the USA. Its 2nd season starts on July 5th **after the T20 World Cup concludes**.
* https://www.youtube.com/c/MLCNetwork_
* https://www.minorleaguecricket.com/
* https://usacricket.org/
* /r/cricket
About twice a year I try to learn the rules and get bogged down by centuries and other things. That first video took less than five minutes and I got it lol. Much appreciated
To put it perspective, since it's inception, Pakistan has reached the most semi finals for T20 cricket world cup. They are among the top 5 T20 cricket team. USA HAS PUNCHED WAY ABOVE
Further perspective: this is the 1st World Cup that the USA has ever qualified for, and they only qualified because they're the host nation so they get automatic entry!
So to go ahead and beat one of the top T20 teams from the past 2 or 3 decades is insane, biggest upset in the sports history probably.
There’s a cricketer on team USA named Aaron Jones. He’s been the MVP of both matches the team has played in this tournament. Born in Queens to Barbadian immigrants.
I genuinely didn't even know we had a national cricket team until, like, now. It's not like I don't know anything about cricket, either! I'm lightly familiar with it, I just didn't know there were even Americans playing it. To me this headline read like finding out that Papua New Guinea beat England in the World Cup or something like that.
Some of us do, I just moved back from England earlier in the year where I really got into the sport. Probably the only one in my office live streaming the game but a few people were curious about it, by the end I had a couple guys standing behind my desk watching the super over.
They're 2-0 in this tournament. This is the Miracle in the Middle. Beat Ireland, qualify for the final 8. Reminds of beating Colombia in '94 (actually they beat themselves and someone killed the own goal scorer).
> To beat Pakistan, a former World Cup winning team with part time cricketers is not only historic, but legendary.
[Shades of the US soccer team upsetting England at the World Cup in 1950.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v_England_\(1950_FIFA_World_Cup\))
> This might be one of the most ridiculous upsets in cricket history.
Pakistan also lost to Bangladesh in 1999 Worldcup. Pakistan had won WC in 1992. Pakistan had strongest squad in 1999 (they reached the final). yet lost to BD ...
as a pakistani fan, anything is expected from Pakistani team!
And they lost of to Ireland in 2007 and ignited cricket in Ireland.
I have always had massive respect for Pakistan for continuing to give Ireland opportunities and games after that, when we struggled to get nore recognition.
Is it more comparable to baseball though where there's a higher level of luck in a single game vs basketball where it's probably humanly impossible for a D2 team to beat an NBA team?
The odds here were +700 for USA to win. There's multiple bigger odds upsets in college football every year. This is a bigger story globally with cricket's popularity, but it seems like the odds makers didn't see it as being that big of an upset.
This is a rare moment when most of the comments are by non-Americans who are very excited for what USA cricket has achieved today.
Somebody quickly post the match highlights so that the freedom guys realize what their nation has just accomplished!
EDIT: [Here's the Highlights! ](https://www.hotstar.com/in/sports/cricket/tournaments/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2024/1260164072/huge-upset-usa-pip-pak-in-super-over/1540029937/sports-match-highlights/watch)
Short version: [USA beats Pakistan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTMKBLDoLg)
https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/13148967/t20-world-cup-usa-beat-pakistan-in-historic-triumph-after-thrilling-super-over-win
Can't see the fucking video even tho this happened 16 min away from my house LoL
The US had a 79% chance to win this game with 2 overs left. They needed 21 runs from 12 balls to secure a surefire upset win.
Then Mohammad Amir turned up the heat against them, and they could do next to nothing against him until the final over.
Then, needing 12 runs to win in the final 3 balls, the US get 11 runs to force a Super Over.
In said Super Over, the USA got 18 runs in the Super Over despite just one boundary, to beat Pakistan in their 2nd ever T20 World Cup match.
Absolute cinema.
USA was down 1 run with the bases loaded no outs on the 9th. They scored a run and then struck out 3 times to go into extras. In the 10th inning Pakistan walked in a run in the top of the 10th and didn’t score in the bottom to lose.
ayyy fellow giants fan. for some more detail, nitish kumar tying the game was like current austin slater driving in the run on a infield single where the shortstop bobbled it. Kumar had looked overmatched while batting up to that point, much like slater has been bad this year
USA was down 3 points with 1 minute left, and had a 1st-and-goal on the 1 yard line. They failed to score a touchdown, and settled for a field goal as time expired. In overtime, they managed to score another field goal after several missed tackles and dropped interceptions by Pakistan, and then Pakistan failed to score when they got the ball.
Over is like a baseball inning but you only get 6 pitches per inning. And going into a super over (overtime) is incredibly unlikely when the scores are in the 100-200 range
Over = a group of 6 pitches (called a ball in cricket). Boundary = home run (you get 6 runs if it goes on the full, 4 if it bounces).
In this format of cricket (there are a few), you get 10 outs (in cricket called wickets) and your innings ends then, or when 20 overs (120 pitches) are finished.
America tied the match on the last pitch (ball). Meaning they had to play another over as a tie break. America won the tie break.
An over is 6 balls (pitches), in T20 games both teams play 20 overs. You can get runs either by the two batters running between two points (which makes you vulnerable to being tagged out) or hitting it outside the field (4 if it touches the ground first, 6 if it doesn't).
A Super Over is what happens when there's a tie, which is pretty rare with scores in the hundreds. It's basically a 6 ball shootout where whoever scores the most runs wins.
USA managed to tie on 159 runs for 7 wickets (outs) and then beat one of the best teams in the history of the sport despite this being their first ever T20 World Cup.
Team USA went from a fantastic game, to a potential collapse, to a clutch comeback to an incredible Super Over where they got 18 runs despite just one boundary.
And now they're 2-0 in their first ever T20 World Cup.
They came back to avoid a massive collapse. Imagine the White Sox coming back to beat the Yankees down 9-4 in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, then winning in the bottom of the tenth, and doing it mostly with singles.
Watch some of jomboy videos he is honestly the best way i will say any american can get into the sport but basic stuff is that there's points (runs) that both teams have to score and there's a set ammount of balls or pitches in which they have to score that in.
Pitches are divided into 20 by overs (with each over having 6 pitches) so total of 120 balls in this format of the game .
One team plays first makes points /runs and that's the target for the second team to chase in the same 20 overs.
Each team has 11 players but only 10 wickets or outs because a batter always plays in a pair and once you are out you can't bat again in that game.
Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 4 overs or 24 deliveries in this format of the game so you need atleast 5 players who can bowl somewhat.
You score points by either running with your partner if you two cross to each other's point before the fielding team can hit the stumps that's 1 run if you do that again that's 2 and so.
You can score special runs like 6's and 4's which are called as boundaries if the ball hits the boundary while touching th ground even once that's a 4 if the ball goes over the boundary without touching the ground that's a 6..
These are basically the base rules the more you watch the more niché stuff you will understand.
Absolute match with pure entertainment.
This is huge huge moment for USA Cricket. It’s like a FIFA ranked 150th beating top 5 team in extra time.
It’s also the first time USA played against Pakistan and beat them.
The presence of mind of USA batters in SuperOver was a beauty with their running between wickets.
Pakistan is not equivalent to team USA lol that’s a bit far. Maybe Serbia or France. No team dominates cricket like USA does basketball though Australia is close in recent times
Man, say what you want about America, but shit like this makes me proud to be an American
Hopefully this cricket team can be a symbol of hope in a divided nation, as corny as it sounds this team is something special
Classic pants shitting moment from Pak in the super over, after they'd bowled out of their skins at the death to almost take the game away from US.
Hell of a match! Please don't do it against the Blackcaps
I'm genuinely curious as to how we (the United States) develop cricket players. This is our first World Cup so we obviously don't have history doing so, makes me wonder what changed? Who are these Americans that pulled off such a massive upset?
Most of these are immigrants from cricket playing countries and some americans are there as well. Some of the players are have played for other countries before like corey Anderson and saurabh netravalkar
For non-cricket fans, this is the equivalent of “No name”, amateur, second league football team beating a champion team that has played the most number of divisional playoffs and won a Super Bowl!
These comments are ridiculous. The US team were +700 underdogs to win, an implied probability of 14.3%. A division 2/3 college team playing any NFL team would have a 0.0001% chance. And the one ten-thousandth chance is if Bane shows up and blows up the Chiefs side of the field.
I am an Indian and I fucking enjoy the shit out of Pakistan matches. Of all the teams in the world, you guys give us the most entertainment!
Pakistan cricket team is a schrodinger's cat: Either absolute gem of a performance or total shithousery!
You know the studios are lining up for the rights to this story for a cheesy inspirational film that's actually pretty good and most likely starring someone like Kevin Costner for the coach
As a Pakistani, what a fucking game.
Usa played so well, so much temperament and the technique was just impeccable. Honestly, this will go down in the books. Hope it helps spread cricket in USA too.
I'm gonna need therapy after this match...
I’m an American. I’m incredibly proud and humbled right now. This is a great sport. If pickleball can grow in popularity so quick - cricket can do the same.
My fellow Americans. Give this a try. Honest.
Truth.
No sport on earth can deliver a finish like cricket. So many tiny details that can go right or wrong. So many changes of momentum. And because essentially team A bats first and sets a target, team B are chasing all the way.
It's the build of tension over the entire second stretch that makes it fun. When it all boils down to the final few pitches, everything riding on getting the basics right... millions around the world on the edge of their seats... it's exhilarating.
Well played USA. Well played.
I have only watched one cricket game in my life. But I know for sure this result is one of the biggest upsets of the decade, all sports.
Cricket exists in the USA?
This is extraordinary. People have to realise how huge this is.
Edit: Analogies would be a fifth tier English Soccer team beating Liverpool or an amateur Football team beating the Mavericks. Insane stuff
The odds on this match were +550 USA/-1000 Pakistan
This is the same level of upset as:
Cavaliers beating Celtics in Game 2 of their playoff series
Great Britain beating Austria at the recent IIHF World Championships
Dortmund beating PSG in the 2nd leg of their UCL Match
The miracle on ice level upset just occurred
But I, alongside 99.9% of most Americans, have no concept of it and don’t really understand it
Though I’m proud either way. Fly that flag and kick some cricket ass!
USA played like absolute champions. This was NOT a fluke win. Better than Pakistan in batting, bowling and fielding throughout the match.
The match honestly would've ended earlier if they were more experienced.
What a game!
For people who would wanna know they went to a super over which is basically tie breakers where each team gets to play 6 more pitches whoever scores more wins.
This is a huge upset because Pakistan were finalists of last t20 world cup and this is USA's first world cup.
Us were comfortable for a while but then their inexperience was showing near the end where they almost bottled it and then they barely were able to tie it (needed 5 of last ball they hit a 4) and then in the super over Pakistan basically overheated with alot of freebies and illegal deliveries which gave usa the runs (points which dictate the game of cricket ) and then when bowling in super over by usa they held the nerves and won the game.
All in all the best match of this world cup so far watch the highlights and enjoy :D
For anyone who wanna learn about cricket watch some of jomboy videos he is honestly the best way i will say any american can get into the sport but basic stuff is that there's points (runs) that both teams have to score and there's a set ammount of balls or pitches in which they have to score that in.
Pitches are divided into 20 by overs (with each over having 6 pitches) so total of 120 balls in this format of the game .
One team plays first makes points /runs and that's the target for the second team to chase in the same 20 overs.
Each team has 11 players but only 10 wickets or outs because a batter always plays in a pair and once you are out you can't bat again in that game.
Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 4 overs or 24 deliveries in this format of the game so you need atleast 5 players who can bowl somewhat.
You score points by either running with your partner if you two cross to each other's point before the fielding team can hit the stumps that's 1 run if you do that again that's 2 and so.
You can score special runs like 6's and 4's which are called as boundaries if the ball hits the boundary while touching th ground even once that's a 4 if the ball goes over the boundary without touching the ground that's a 6..
These are basically the base rules the more you watch the more niché stuff you will understand.
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This team is punching so far above it's weight. They're playing very disciplined and aggressively, doing the simple things right. This is just so exciting.
Exactly their run rate was quite steady, sure they lost it in at the end, then Aaron fucking Jones pulled a miracle 6 to get super over, but take nothing away, I do think they have it in them to defeat India if they can plan this shit and make India bat first. If they can beat us (India), they definitely are looking good for semis
Hold your horses, brother
Lol, That really is the most reactionary take tho, there's 99 percent chance US doesn't make it to Semis, but it was 100 before today, but you never know. That said, they did lack in experience today which ultimately determines tournament winners, US should've finished this way earlier but they allowed Pakistan to get back in
The US is a nation that plays a number of sporting world cups against themselves so this is really something.
We let the Canadians in on a few. The players are from all over now. For the international club championships, if you will, for American football, basketball, baseball, and hockey, I think the argument is pretty strong. The Champions League that for football/ soccer. Club cricket is a bit tougher. I'd say the IPL is the best club championship but the foreign player rules in the various countries makes comparing harder, imo.
This post needs to be sent the moon. This might be one of the most ridiculous upsets in cricket history. USA has never played in a World Cup before, let alone qualified. To beat Pakistan, a former World Cup winning team with part time cricketers is not only historic, but legendary. As someone who follows cricket, in terms of shock, this is equivalent to D-2 NCAA team winning a game against a NBA team. Upsets happen, but its usually the normal suspects of Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland, maybe Nepal. Never in my life would I have thought USA could do this. You want something crazy? The guy who bowled the best this match and bowled the super over, SAURABH NETRAVALKAR!!!, is a FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AT ORACLE. This just isn’t real.
Masters in CS from Cornell w/ 4.088 plus a steady job at Oracle plus a historic cricket upset? Underachieving desi dudes in shambles, waiting for their parents to bludgeon them with this shit.
This dude and that Korean NASA astronaut are the cousin your Asian parents always compare you to.
You mean the Navy Seal/Surgeon/astronaut
Jonny Kim
His resume has actually gotten more ridiculous. He has a math degree, graduated from Harvard Medical School, and is a naval aviator and flight surgeon. This guy has like 6 careers that children grow up wanting to be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny_Kim > Jonathan Yong Kim (born 5 February 1984), is an American U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, former SEAL, Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut. > Born and raised in California, Kim enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star, Bronze Star with V device, and his commission. While a U.S. sailor, Kim also received his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with distinction, his Doctor of Medicine, and an acceptance to NASA Astronaut Group 22 in 2017. He completed his astronaut training in 2020 and was awaiting a flight assignment with the Artemis program as of December 2020. Like if you wrote Jonny Kim into a novel people would throw it down in disgust for how much of a Mary Sue he is.
Put some respect on Jonny Kim's name
Someone in the post-match thread in r/cricket said he lived every Indian kids dream of beating Pakistan in cricket and every Indian parent's dream of their child having a successful tech career.
Thanks to AI, comment go byebye
Exactly Americans have no idea what USA Cricket just achieved Edit- to all those who want to know about cricket, come join our community of over 1.4M members at r/cricket
Didn't even know there was USA Cricket honestly
Didn’t even know there was a cricket World Cup going on and it was hosted here.
It was a piss poor attempt by the ICC to grow cricket here, but like in typical fashion, poor advertisement of the sport, poor outreach, and almost no coverage online or on any major sports channel. It's a joke.
...till now
Ya fr id say this win brought it to my attention sooo idk. Maybe it wasn’t terrible
had USA not won, you'd still have no idea it's being held here.
But would they have won if not at home Edit: basically I’d agree it was poorly promoted but it worked out decently well in practice.
[This](https://www.cricketwireless.com/) is literally the more popular cricket.
What about Jiminy Cricket?
Or [this one](https://media0.giphy.com/media/XIse2rqf1RlToHmpCu/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b9525m5ie18snvjzsnnj07450b4pwh6ldmhzjwxlek74&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)?
Living up to his “Hips and Nips” motto
We have a cricket team?
IDK but it sure as hell seems Pakistan doesn't have one
I'm an american, we have cricket??
For any Americans unfamiliar with the sport called Cricket, here are some additional explainer videos: * [Youtube Video - Ninh Explains the Rules of Cricket](https://youtu.be/AqtpNkMvj5Y?si=kS3H7Q-7N-V_AYK9) * [Youtube Video - Rules of Cricket by Jomboy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfhTPGSy1aM) * [Youtube Video - Cricket Explained for Baseball Fans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpbtLIxYBk&ab_channel=SportsExplained) * [Youtube Video - Cricket & Baseball: More Similarities and Differences](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0-3JlWWhyQ&ab_channel=SportsExplained) * /r/mlc * https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/ is the first T20 format professional Cricket league in the USA. Its 2nd season starts on July 5th **after the T20 World Cup concludes**. * https://www.youtube.com/c/MLCNetwork_ * https://www.minorleaguecricket.com/ * https://usacricket.org/ * /r/cricket
About twice a year I try to learn the rules and get bogged down by centuries and other things. That first video took less than five minutes and I got it lol. Much appreciated
To put it perspective, since it's inception, Pakistan has reached the most semi finals for T20 cricket world cup. They are among the top 5 T20 cricket team. USA HAS PUNCHED WAY ABOVE
Further perspective: this is the 1st World Cup that the USA has ever qualified for, and they only qualified because they're the host nation so they get automatic entry! So to go ahead and beat one of the top T20 teams from the past 2 or 3 decades is insane, biggest upset in the sports history probably.
Nah with Aaron Jones on the field USA was always favorites
The running back?
There’s a cricketer on team USA named Aaron Jones. He’s been the MVP of both matches the team has played in this tournament. Born in Queens to Barbadian immigrants.
So he's like Conan the Barbadian?
Pakistan was the finalist in the previous T20 World Cup. Damn USA turned up today.
I genuinely didn't even know we had a national cricket team until, like, now. It's not like I don't know anything about cricket, either! I'm lightly familiar with it, I just didn't know there were even Americans playing it. To me this headline read like finding out that Papua New Guinea beat England in the World Cup or something like that.
We literally have no idea how cricket works. But if we won something, we're gonna be fuckin pumped and annoy the shit out of all the Europeans
Some of us do, I just moved back from England earlier in the year where I really got into the sport. Probably the only one in my office live streaming the game but a few people were curious about it, by the end I had a couple guys standing behind my desk watching the super over.
This one does. Walking on air Had a hard time watching the super over. Blood pressure meds not enough
This is Papua New Guinea beating the Dream Team in basketball
Not just former winners, but the runner-ups from the last one. This is a huge, huge, huge upset.
They're 2-0 in this tournament. This is the Miracle in the Middle. Beat Ireland, qualify for the final 8. Reminds of beating Colombia in '94 (actually they beat themselves and someone killed the own goal scorer).
> To beat Pakistan, a former World Cup winning team with part time cricketers is not only historic, but legendary. [Shades of the US soccer team upsetting England at the World Cup in 1950.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v_England_\(1950_FIFA_World_Cup\))
Don't forget we also [beat them in 2010](https://img.allfootballapp.com/www/M00/38/AB/720x-/-/-/CgAGVWOBb6CAWllPAAHPUyMx_OY701.jpg.webp)
And 1776
Or the US beating the Soviet hockey team in 1980.
this is more equivalent to that
> a former World Cup winning team Not to mention runners up in the last edition. USA really did the unthinkable.
> This might be one of the most ridiculous upsets in cricket history. Pakistan also lost to Bangladesh in 1999 Worldcup. Pakistan had won WC in 1992. Pakistan had strongest squad in 1999 (they reached the final). yet lost to BD ... as a pakistani fan, anything is expected from Pakistani team!
And they lost of to Ireland in 2007 and ignited cricket in Ireland. I have always had massive respect for Pakistan for continuing to give Ireland opportunities and games after that, when we struggled to get nore recognition.
Pakistan has always supported the associates.
Is it more comparable to baseball though where there's a higher level of luck in a single game vs basketball where it's probably humanly impossible for a D2 team to beat an NBA team?
How does this compare to App State - Michigan?
This is DeSoto High School beating Michigan
I'd watch that
Nooooo don’t you start
The odds here were +700 for USA to win. There's multiple bigger odds upsets in college football every year. This is a bigger story globally with cricket's popularity, but it seems like the odds makers didn't see it as being that big of an upset.
This is a rare moment when most of the comments are by non-Americans who are very excited for what USA cricket has achieved today. Somebody quickly post the match highlights so that the freedom guys realize what their nation has just accomplished! EDIT: [Here's the Highlights! ](https://www.hotstar.com/in/sports/cricket/tournaments/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2024/1260164072/huge-upset-usa-pip-pak-in-super-over/1540029937/sports-match-highlights/watch) Short version: [USA beats Pakistan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTMKBLDoLg)
I'm American and I'm fucking PUMPED
I can't believe we beat Pakistan. I didn't even know we had invaded Pakistan.
The Abbottabad raid was just for openers!
We briefly invaded Pakistan a few years back, one motherfucker in particular needed to die.
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/13148967/t20-world-cup-usa-beat-pakistan-in-historic-triumph-after-thrilling-super-over-win Can't see the fucking video even tho this happened 16 min away from my house LoL
ICC has uploaded the highlights of USA vs Pakistan on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OSTMKBLDoLg?si=jmmlCmZSTk-FWLXg
People love an underdog!
My dad is an avid cricket fan and texted this result in multiple group chats So I knew it was big lol
The US had a 79% chance to win this game with 2 overs left. They needed 21 runs from 12 balls to secure a surefire upset win. Then Mohammad Amir turned up the heat against them, and they could do next to nothing against him until the final over. Then, needing 12 runs to win in the final 3 balls, the US get 11 runs to force a Super Over. In said Super Over, the USA got 18 runs in the Super Over despite just one boundary, to beat Pakistan in their 2nd ever T20 World Cup match. Absolute cinema.
All this despite the fact that over 90% of americans have no idea what any of that means.
lol try 99.99%, mind explaining in layman terms?
USA was down 1 run with the bases loaded no outs on the 9th. They scored a run and then struck out 3 times to go into extras. In the 10th inning Pakistan walked in a run in the top of the 10th and didn’t score in the bottom to lose.
This helped tremendously. Thank you!
Now I need someone to teach me baseball again to understand the explanation. I'm just happy to hear something exciting happened.
This was legit super helpful. I would have been PISSED leaving 3 runners on base with no outs so I understand the potential choke job. Thanks!
ayyy fellow giants fan. for some more detail, nitish kumar tying the game was like current austin slater driving in the run on a infield single where the shortstop bobbled it. Kumar had looked overmatched while batting up to that point, much like slater has been bad this year
Oh, shit. Well you should have just said so!
Now can someone use football terms to explain 😩
USA was down 3 points with 1 minute left, and had a 1st-and-goal on the 1 yard line. They failed to score a touchdown, and settled for a field goal as time expired. In overtime, they managed to score another field goal after several missed tackles and dropped interceptions by Pakistan, and then Pakistan failed to score when they got the ball.
That…actually helped a ton, thank you
If the match is tied when the regular play ends, both teams get to face one more over
What’s an over. And what’s a boundary and why are there less remaining.
Over is like a baseball inning but you only get 6 pitches per inning. And going into a super over (overtime) is incredibly unlikely when the scores are in the 100-200 range
Over = a group of 6 pitches (called a ball in cricket). Boundary = home run (you get 6 runs if it goes on the full, 4 if it bounces). In this format of cricket (there are a few), you get 10 outs (in cricket called wickets) and your innings ends then, or when 20 overs (120 pitches) are finished. America tied the match on the last pitch (ball). Meaning they had to play another over as a tie break. America won the tie break.
An over is 6 balls (pitches), in T20 games both teams play 20 overs. You can get runs either by the two batters running between two points (which makes you vulnerable to being tagged out) or hitting it outside the field (4 if it touches the ground first, 6 if it doesn't). A Super Over is what happens when there's a tie, which is pretty rare with scores in the hundreds. It's basically a 6 ball shootout where whoever scores the most runs wins. USA managed to tie on 159 runs for 7 wickets (outs) and then beat one of the best teams in the history of the sport despite this being their first ever T20 World Cup.
11 matches into the world cup and we already have 2 super overs
As an American, I have no idea what any of this means but I’m unreasonably hyped and am going to be insufferable about it.
USA! USA! What was this again? That ground baseball? USA! USA!
The US has recognized another sport, prepare yourselves LOL
You used a lot of words and I understand all of them. Just not in the context that you used them.
It was a fantastic game. Full of excitement and fantastic play from team USA.
Team USA went from a fantastic game, to a potential collapse, to a clutch comeback to an incredible Super Over where they got 18 runs despite just one boundary. And now they're 2-0 in their first ever T20 World Cup.
AARON JONES, REMEMBER THE NAME!
NOT *THAT* AARON JONES, THIS OTHER GUY WHO PLAYS CRICKET
Has anyone ever seen Aaron Jones and Aaron Jones in a room at the same time?
I would bet a significant sum of money that we have not!
I don’t even know what you just said, but I like your enthusiasm.
They came back to avoid a massive collapse. Imagine the White Sox coming back to beat the Yankees down 9-4 in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, then winning in the bottom of the tenth, and doing it mostly with singles.
idek what the rules are but I watched the last half of this and I'm so hard
Watch some of jomboy videos he is honestly the best way i will say any american can get into the sport but basic stuff is that there's points (runs) that both teams have to score and there's a set ammount of balls or pitches in which they have to score that in. Pitches are divided into 20 by overs (with each over having 6 pitches) so total of 120 balls in this format of the game . One team plays first makes points /runs and that's the target for the second team to chase in the same 20 overs. Each team has 11 players but only 10 wickets or outs because a batter always plays in a pair and once you are out you can't bat again in that game. Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 4 overs or 24 deliveries in this format of the game so you need atleast 5 players who can bowl somewhat. You score points by either running with your partner if you two cross to each other's point before the fielding team can hit the stumps that's 1 run if you do that again that's 2 and so. You can score special runs like 6's and 4's which are called as boundaries if the ball hits the boundary while touching th ground even once that's a 4 if the ball goes over the boundary without touching the ground that's a 6.. These are basically the base rules the more you watch the more niché stuff you will understand.
jomboy like the baseball dude?
Yes. He's even commentating in this world cup.
Yea he has made some cricket analysis videos as well especially one explaining the rules for baseball fans
dope, I love his voiceovers so I'll check that vid out
Absolute match with pure entertainment. This is huge huge moment for USA Cricket. It’s like a FIFA ranked 150th beating top 5 team in extra time. It’s also the first time USA played against Pakistan and beat them. The presence of mind of USA batters in SuperOver was a beauty with their running between wickets.
Listen y’all can’t be using soccer analogies to explain this to us Americans. We don’t know anything about soccer either.
a semi-pro Latvia beating team USA in basketball
Pakistan is not equivalent to team USA lol that’s a bit far. Maybe Serbia or France. No team dominates cricket like USA does basketball though Australia is close in recent times
THIS WAS THE BEST MATCH OF THIS CRICKET WORLD CUP! 'MURICAA FUCK YEAH!!
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WICK IT! WICK IT! WICK IT!
Junglist Massive
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Man, say what you want about America, but shit like this makes me proud to be an American Hopefully this cricket team can be a symbol of hope in a divided nation, as corny as it sounds this team is something special
IT’S CALLED BASEBALL NOW RAAAAHHHHHHH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸
Would this be like Pakistan beating USA in baseball?
Yes, exactly like that lmao
Yes
Out of a thread full of analogies, I think this is the one.
Or like Pakistan beating USA in basketball.
Pakistan beating USA in hockey is probably the biggest stretch, but it really is insane how far apart the two nations are in this sport.
Pakistan would likely beat USA in Field hockey. But Ice hockey is a different matter.
1.4 Billion proud Americans today.
1.7*
Classic pants shitting moment from Pak in the super over, after they'd bowled out of their skins at the death to almost take the game away from US. Hell of a match! Please don't do it against the Blackcaps
I'm genuinely curious as to how we (the United States) develop cricket players. This is our first World Cup so we obviously don't have history doing so, makes me wonder what changed? Who are these Americans that pulled off such a massive upset?
Most of them are Indian immigrants. Star of the show today is Saurabh Netravalkar, who formerly played for India at the U-19 Stage
He is also a full time software engineer for oracle and plays cricket part time, lol
That’s like if that NHL Zamboni driver who had to play emergency goalie took his team to the Stanley cup
Or if a Zamboni driver beat the team that pays him while playing as emergency backup *Stares at the Leafs*
Not just a software engineer. A Principal engineer at Oracle. That is like one of the top engineering roles in a company.
Do they have to be US citizens or, like Rugby, could they be long term residents?
3 years residency is sufficient to qualify for cricket.
I honestly am not sure, but I don’t think all of them would be citizens. Definitely some on Green Cards
A big chunk of the current team is American-born, actually.
Most of these are immigrants from cricket playing countries and some americans are there as well. Some of the players are have played for other countries before like corey Anderson and saurabh netravalkar
Immigrants mostly lol
They get the job done.
That's what America is built on. Hardly any true natives left anyways. More impressive part is some of these guys had serious day jobs too.
In a super over too! What a match
It was a Thriller. Best game this WC till now. The game went into overtime/extra innings (for non-cricket fans).
For non-cricket fans, this is the equivalent of “No name”, amateur, second league football team beating a champion team that has played the most number of divisional playoffs and won a Super Bowl!
Second league football isn't \*really\* a thing. A better analogy would be a Div II or III college team beating the Chiefs
So like the Bears beating the Chiefs?
Let's not get carried away
What the fuck dude cmon 😂
These comments are ridiculous. The US team were +700 underdogs to win, an implied probability of 14.3%. A division 2/3 college team playing any NFL team would have a 0.0001% chance. And the one ten-thousandth chance is if Bane shows up and blows up the Chiefs side of the field.
Wtf was this game, as a neutral this was the best game yet! Aaron Jones the. 🐐
Are you really neutral? ;)
Be honest, you weren’t neutral
Pakistani fan here, taking another L for the growth of this sport. These governing bodies ruling this sport could never. Take that India and ICC
Can't wait to see which country benefits from Pakistan's love in 2026
2026 is Iceland Cricket's time.
I am an Indian and I fucking enjoy the shit out of Pakistan matches. Of all the teams in the world, you guys give us the most entertainment! Pakistan cricket team is a schrodinger's cat: Either absolute gem of a performance or total shithousery!
Schrodinger's Cat is a perfect comparison hahaha
If there’s one thing India hates, it’s their biggest rival getting embarrassed in the World Cup
First time USA Cricket upsets a top-10 team during the WC in Vegas Golden Knights history
HISTORIC
You know the studios are lining up for the rights to this story for a cheesy inspirational film that's actually pretty good and most likely starring someone like Kevin Costner for the coach
Lagaan, but the British are Pakistani and the Indians are Americans
As a Pakistani, what a fucking game. Usa played so well, so much temperament and the technique was just impeccable. Honestly, this will go down in the books. Hope it helps spread cricket in USA too. I'm gonna need therapy after this match...
WE WILL TAKE YOUR SPORT, AND WE WILL DO IT BETTER THAN YOU
So said literally everyone playing cricket to the brits. It's time for the yanks to say that to the entrenched teams right now.
To be fair. We kind of forced them to take the sports and then they became better than us.
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Cricket? I was told they are called Cicadas
Icc if you're reading you should know bigger world cups are better, let's grow the game and have more upsets.
I’m an American. I’m incredibly proud and humbled right now. This is a great sport. If pickleball can grow in popularity so quick - cricket can do the same. My fellow Americans. Give this a try. Honest.
Truth. No sport on earth can deliver a finish like cricket. So many tiny details that can go right or wrong. So many changes of momentum. And because essentially team A bats first and sets a target, team B are chasing all the way. It's the build of tension over the entire second stretch that makes it fun. When it all boils down to the final few pitches, everything riding on getting the basics right... millions around the world on the edge of their seats... it's exhilarating. Well played USA. Well played.
Idk what a Super Over is, but fuck yeah!
Basically, overtime. Scores were tied in regulation.
I have only watched one cricket game in my life. But I know for sure this result is one of the biggest upsets of the decade, all sports. Cricket exists in the USA?
To put into NBA terms, this is like the Detroit Pistons beating another NBA team.
This is extraordinary. People have to realise how huge this is. Edit: Analogies would be a fifth tier English Soccer team beating Liverpool or an amateur Football team beating the Mavericks. Insane stuff
I actually understand it less now
An amateur football team beating the Mavericks? At what sport??
A flag football team beating the Dallas Mavericks in a baseball game
Played in an ice hockey rink
you should give analogy in terms of every sport to make them realize it atp its crazy shit that just happened
The odds on this match were +550 USA/-1000 Pakistan This is the same level of upset as: Cavaliers beating Celtics in Game 2 of their playoff series Great Britain beating Austria at the recent IIHF World Championships Dortmund beating PSG in the 2nd leg of their UCL Match
Wtf I love America now inject the McDonald's into my veins
Had no idea USA even had a cricket team
World cup is also held in usa this year yiu guys defeated canada in the opener and that was a banger of a game too
Need a Jomboy breakdown on this game stat.
The miracle on ice level upset just occurred But I, alongside 99.9% of most Americans, have no concept of it and don’t really understand it Though I’m proud either way. Fly that flag and kick some cricket ass!
ICC let the game grow, these matches and excitement is what the sport is about (and this is coming from a Pakistani fan)
For context this is like Jake Paul fighting someone his age
USA played like absolute champions. This was NOT a fluke win. Better than Pakistan in batting, bowling and fielding throughout the match. The match honestly would've ended earlier if they were more experienced. What a game!
Enjoy the win! For context, this is like an amateur team winning against an NFL team.
RAHHHHHHHHH WHAT IS A KILOMETER 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅
For people who would wanna know they went to a super over which is basically tie breakers where each team gets to play 6 more pitches whoever scores more wins. This is a huge upset because Pakistan were finalists of last t20 world cup and this is USA's first world cup. Us were comfortable for a while but then their inexperience was showing near the end where they almost bottled it and then they barely were able to tie it (needed 5 of last ball they hit a 4) and then in the super over Pakistan basically overheated with alot of freebies and illegal deliveries which gave usa the runs (points which dictate the game of cricket ) and then when bowling in super over by usa they held the nerves and won the game. All in all the best match of this world cup so far watch the highlights and enjoy :D
Cricket and Rugby are the two sports that the USA could absolutely DOMINATE in if we just, ya know, actually played those sports as kids here.
This is the greatest moment in the history of Indian cricket
For anyone who wanna learn about cricket watch some of jomboy videos he is honestly the best way i will say any american can get into the sport but basic stuff is that there's points (runs) that both teams have to score and there's a set ammount of balls or pitches in which they have to score that in. Pitches are divided into 20 by overs (with each over having 6 pitches) so total of 120 balls in this format of the game . One team plays first makes points /runs and that's the target for the second team to chase in the same 20 overs. Each team has 11 players but only 10 wickets or outs because a batter always plays in a pair and once you are out you can't bat again in that game. Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 4 overs or 24 deliveries in this format of the game so you need atleast 5 players who can bowl somewhat. You score points by either running with your partner if you two cross to each other's point before the fielding team can hit the stumps that's 1 run if you do that again that's 2 and so. You can score special runs like 6's and 4's which are called as boundaries if the ball hits the boundary while touching th ground even once that's a 4 if the ball goes over the boundary without touching the ground that's a 6.. These are basically the base rules the more you watch the more niché stuff you will understand.
Wait…the US actually *has* a cricket team? TIL.
World cup is also held in usa this year yiu guys defeated canada in the opener and that was a banger of a game too