Sport Cricket World Cup

[SteMerritt]

Bloody hell we were doing OK the last time I checked. What an absolute disaster this has been, don't think anyone saw it coming either.

Wonder what the Test boys will make of Indian conditions when they go there...

 

[Big Ron]

I see that England are managing their normal WC performance today - 77-4 and a whole load of playing and missing as well. It's a pity there aren't proper group stages in this competition - we'd have been put out of our misery by now!

It's actually excruciating to watch!

 

[Big Ron]

Bloody hell we were doing OK the last time I checked. What an absolute disaster this has been, don't think anyone saw it coming either.

Wonder what the Test boys will make of Indian conditions when they go there...

I think the test pitches will be very different and prepared for Ashwin - while the ball has spun in the tournament, I haven't seen any massive turn in the games I've seen. The best attacks have been very balanced in terms of spin and pace.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

It's actually excruciating to watch!

It is. We've managed three or four decent boundaries, but the rest has been singles, mishits and edges.

 

[Andy Stroud]

Good job we went with a strong batting line up, so the bowlers have a decent total to defend!

 

[Sharp Edges]

Good job we went with a strong batting line up, so the bowlers have a decent total to defend!

At least they wont have to worry about dew..........

Has Harry Brook upset someone? He is the only batsman I have seen that looks remotely like he knows what he is doing out there.

 

[Marked Ox]

Hahahahahahaha that is embarrassing. Do England have any games after this? If they do they should just forfeit them and come home as it would be less embarrassing.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Yes, that 'strong' batting lineup is now 130-7. Feeble.

 

[unification]

The mood music has at best been disinterested from England. I don’t think anyone is giving much of a toss about this World Cup.

It’s certainly showing on the pitch.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

It seems so obvious to me what cricket should do:

Get rid of the Hundred.

Get rid of 50 over cricket.

Have T20 cricket as the only short form of the game, with a World Cup as well as short tournaments within a country eg the IPL/something exciting in the UK.

Make Test cricket much more prestigious again. Have some players be test specialists, some be T20 specialists and the odd exceptional one play both formats.

 

[Foley]

Our bowling looked far weaker than I'm the last world cup ( Willey and Woakes?)
Buttler is nowhere near as good as captain as Morgan.
A pretty impressive fall from grace!

 

[tonyw]

So, to be fair, that's now been two cracking games in the past two days.

Problem is that we're now 99.9% sure who the four semi-finalists are going to be (India, SA, Aus & NZ) but there's still two weeks and 17 more games to play before we get there......

 

[chuckbert]

That finish was quite exciting.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

So we play India and restrict them to 230 - not bad.

We are now 33-3. Please god, just make it stop!

 

[holdsteady]

Looked at what India scored and thought I will have watch of our chase, haven’t lasted very long.

Still only 6 more years and this group stage will be over.

 

[Sarge]

another england wicket gone

 

[Andy Stroud]

98-8

I thought our bowling and fielding were excellent, but the batting performance has put that into context

 

[ZeroTheHero]

They didn't prepare properly for this competition (we said so on here before it had even started). Whether that's because they didn't really care about the competition, they were arrogant enough to think they didn't need to prepare or they couldn't arrange any proper preparation because of the loopy scheduling of the cricket season, I don't know. It has been (in sporting terms) an unmitigated disaster though, and heads should roll.

 

[Sarge]

They didn't prepare properly for this competition (we said so on here before it had even started). Whether that's because they didn't really care about the competition, they were arrogant enough to think they didn't need to prepare or they couldn't arrange any proper preparation because of the loopy scheduling of the cricket season, I don't know. It has been (in sporting terms) an unmitigated disaster though, and heads should roll.

Starting with those who came up will the hundred..... and bin the hundred at the same time too

 

[Mike_H]

Rohit summed up how to win that game post-match - adopt a Test match attitude for 10-15 overs or so - we should do the same, except our Test match attitude is to smash it around. We need some players with game sense.

 

[Andy Stroud]

On a brighter note, Aussies are 87-6 against Afghanistan chasing 292.

Another victim of losing the toss and having to bat second.

 

[38yearsofpain]

On a brighter note, Aussies are 87-6 against Afghanistan chasing 292.

Another victim of losing the toss and having to bat second.

Australia are hopeless at chasing, their record is abysmal in 50 over games in recent years.

 

[unification]

When England went out I lost almost all interest in this WC. When India steamrollered South Africa, a team that had looked pretty decent, I lost the rest.

It's India's to lose. They're the best team in it. I hope they choke but they probably won't.

 

[SteMerritt]

Aus 96-7 now. Why isn't Smith in the side? Anyone know?

 

[Andy Stroud]

Aus 96-7 now. Why isn't Smith in the side? Anyone know?

Vertigo!?

Australia captain Pat Cummins: "It doesn't change the plans too much. We would have had a bat but it's fine.

"We've got two changes. Steve [Smith] has struggled in the warm-up [after struggling with vertigo this week]

 

[SteMerritt]

Vertigo!?

Australia captain Pat Cummins: "It doesn't change the plans too much. We would have had a bat but it's fine.

"We've got two changes. Steve [Smith] has struggled in the warm-up [after struggling with vertigo this week]

Blimey, that's not something you hear of causing someone to miss a game very often.

 

[Foley]

Maxwell 124 not out.
Come on Afghanistan

 

[SteMerritt]

Maxwell 124 not out.
Come on Afghanistan

They dropped him in his 20s as well.

 

[Foley]

Oh dear.
Maxwell 175 no looks as if he maybe winning it for Aus.

 

[Andy Stroud]

Aussies showing the fighting spirit sadly lacking in the England performances.
Maxwell 201 not out, as they win by three wickets