CWC 19 England v Sri Lanka

[Gary Baldi]

A nice bowling session for England - largely in control and bowled to plan. SL will be disappointed with giving some of their wickets away so cheaply

 

[Gary Baldi]

Another wicket for Archer.

 

[Sarge]

Another wicket for Archer.

showboat style catch from Root that was

 

[Sarge]

Archer now equals Starc on 15 wickets in this World cup

straight after SL get their 200 up

203 -7 after 46 overs

 

[Sarge]

Wood takes another wicket

Malinga at the crease

SL 220 -8... 2 overs left

 

[Sarge]

and Malinga gone for 1 ... Wood bowled him (90mph!)

one over left .... 224-9

 

[Sarge]

232-9 after 50 overs

233 to win, c'mon England

 

[ZeroTheHero]

You'd think it *should* be a straightforward enough chase.

Having seen England play in many forms of cricket over many years though, I still reserve the right to be nervous!

 

[Oufcluke34]

Should knock these off with ease

 

[Foley]

You'd think it *should* be a straightforward enough chase.

Having seen England play in many forms of cricket over many years though, I still reserve the right to be nervous!

I know what you mean, but...
England are a very different team now and Sti Lanka bowlers are not as good as they were.
I reckon we will win comfortably.

 

[Leysboy]

Bairstow gone for a duck. Not the ideal start, but one good thing about England is we have a long batting line up.

 

[unification]

And now Vince .

NZ have shown a bit of bottle when things have been against them. England now have to show some.

 

[Sarge]

And now Vince .

NZ have shown a bit of bottle when things have been against them. England now have to show some.

need to stabilise and start scoring too

 

[Sarge]

Heres hoping Root n Morgan build a partnership and put on a good knock each too

 

[Sarge]

excellent bowling from SL so far

 

[Marked Ox]

And now Vince .

NZ have shown a bit of bottle when things have been against them. England now have to show some.

There has to be better options than Vince, isn't there?!

 

[Leysboy]

Vince is not good enough at this level. He might be good at county cricket, but on the big stage he never delivers.

Roy will be back soon. Thank god!

 

[Sarge]

Vince is not good enough at this level. He might be good at county cricket, but on the big stage he never delivers.

Roy will be back soon. Thank god!

Vince only got the gig due to Hales being a badboy?

England scoring rate actually slower than SL was at the same stage in their innings!

 

[Sarge]

68-2 after 17 overs

165 to win

 

[unification]

There has to be better options than Vince, isn't there?!

There is but he’s barely played since engaging in Tory MP-style ‘playing in the snow’ activities.

need to stabilise and start scoring too

Run scoring isn’t the issue so much. It’s a low score so you can accelerate later in the innings. Staying there and keeping the singles rolling along is fine for now.

SL are turning to their third, fourth and fifth bowlers now. Play the bad ball and look to take a few more runs off them.