CWC 19 : England V Australia

[Sarge]

brilliant .... Cummins gone for 1

 

[Gary Baldi]

The Aussie batting order

 

[Sarge]

Convicts lost 6 wickets for 86

 

[Sarge]

Starc looks to havea knee problem? ...hope so, anything that 'hamstrings' the convicts ability to bowl & field in this match is good news

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Poor final over from Stokes. Not sure he’s the player who should be bowling at the death.

 

[Sarge]

286 to win .... (& hopefully move back into the all important semi final qualifyng top 4 )

 

[Leysboy]

Great come back from the England bowlers. Unlucky early on, but 286 is the total to win this game. It’s achievable, but the ball will move around a bit, so the openers will need to be watchful.

 

[tonyw]

Would've taken 285 at the start - hell after 20 overs, I'd have taken 320!

So....very gettable, especially against an Aussie attack that falls off sharply after Starc & Cummins. We'll learn a lot about the bottle of the England side, and whether they've mentally got what it takes to win this thing (we know we've got the talent), in the next few hours.

 

[Leysboy]

Dreading Vince starting the chase. I think even if he scores a century I’d drop him, and put Roy back in.

Roy and Bairstow compliment each other very well.

 

[Foley]

Poor final over from Stokes. Not sure he’s the player who should be bowling at the death.

I agree.
After praising Morgan for his handling of the bowlers, I think that he miscalculated a little by bowling Archer an over short and having to bowl Stokes for the last over.
Having said that, if we dont have a bad start v Starc and Cummins then we should do it.
Agree with Strauss that we cant get far behind the run rate and let Lyon put a lot of pressure on the batsmen in the middle of the innings

 

[Leysboy]

Vince gone for a duck. Great delivery, but a shocking batsman.

ECB and selectors never pick him again.

 

[Gary Baldi]

James Vince

 

[Sarge]

Here we go .... C'MON ENGLAND

 

[Foley]

Oh dear ...

 

[ZeroTheHero]

One ball. One ******* ball.

Get shot of him, he's a walking wicket.

I'd like to apologise to everyone on the thread for raising hopes that his score might get into the teens....

 

[Sarge]

Oh FFS ... its a waste Vince even being in the Squad

 

[Foley]

One ball. One ******* ball.

Get shot of him, he's a walking wicket.

I'd like to apologise to everyone on the thread for raising hopes that he score might get into the teens....

Sorry for being pedantic but 2 balls ...

 

[Sarge]

Sorry for being pedantic but 2 balls ...

to be fair it was the one (match) ball that got him .... and re his batting ability I doubt if Vince has any balls, (theyve not dropped yet!)

 

[unification]

James Vince should have gone after Sri Lanka. He wasn’t the only one to blame that day but he’s exposed now. It’s like batting with a man down which is unfair on the rest of the team.

 

[Sarge]

2 0vers in and a wicket down, England's required run rate only marginally behind whats needed ( around 6 per over)

 

[Sarge]

2 0vers in and a wicket down, England's required run rate only marginally behind whats needed ( around 6 per over)

best I avoid comments like that ^ then


England batsmen need to steady the ship ... plenty of time and overs left (for now) though 2 wickets down this early really isnt good!

 

[Leysboy]

15/2 Root gone. Terrible start, but we do have a long batting line up. It’s not going to be easy this run chase.

 

[Oufcrealist]

Sorry to say it but I think our lot are big time bottlers!!

 

[Sarge]

Are these people batsmen or fcuking domino's?

 

[Oufcrealist]

And another. Very very poor from captain Morgan. Irrisponsible to say the least.

 

[Leysboy]

What a terrible start. Good bowling though from Starc. This could be a very bad day for England.

I’m sure Bangladesh and Pakistan are happy. It keeps them in the hunt. 4th place is up for grabs.

 

[Gary Baldi]

Brain dead from England, absolutely stupid and naive.

 

[SteMerritt]

Some perspective...

Brian Lara: West Indies legend in hospital following chest pain

Former West Indies captain Brian Lara says doctors believe his health scare is "nothing major" after he was taken to hospital in Mumbai with chest pain.

www.bbc.co.uk

Hope its not serious, get well soon BL.

 

[Foley]

They have totally outbowled us
Nassar has just shown how the Aussies have bowled fuller and consequently swung the ball a lot more.
The opening partnership for Australia was a brilliant one for them

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Four down - depressing listening.