Cricket World Cup 2023
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
He was shit in the first three games.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Livingstone
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Needs more than that though. England need to win by about 65 runs to give them NRR advantage.
Jesus. It's come to this.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
saved by the 'grumbings'. 
Dutch wheels came off from that moment on.
Dutch wheels came off from that moment on.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Looking at the dismissals, Bairstow, Root, Brook, Buttler and Ali were all soft. Malan needless. So they dug a hole for themselves there. Yes, Stokes and Woakes have got them out of jail but it was nearly a terrible performance again. They're lucky the Dutch fell to pieces in the last few overs.
Batting averages tell the story. Malan and Stokes both in the 40s. Nobody else in the top order over 30. Bairstow, Ali, Buttler and Livingstone all under 20. Bairstow and Buttler have both played all eight games and batted eight times. It's a decent sample size.
England are going to win this, but it's still been a misfiring performance.
Batting averages tell the story. Malan and Stokes both in the 40s. Nobody else in the top order over 30. Bairstow, Ali, Buttler and Livingstone all under 20. Bairstow and Buttler have both played all eight games and batted eight times. It's a decent sample size.
England are going to win this, but it's still been a misfiring performance.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Pretty sure I know what will happen post-WC.
England's bowling numbers are ok. They restricted India to 229, which was a good effort, and they've been left with nothing to defend a few times. Woakes has come good. Rashid's been consistently very good. Topley was good before his injury. Willey's done ok. Wood has been very patchy but not consistently awful.
It's the batting that hasn't worked.
But they're going to stick with this top order, more or less, and axe a bunch of bowlers.
England's bowling numbers are ok. They restricted India to 229, which was a good effort, and they've been left with nothing to defend a few times. Woakes has come good. Rashid's been consistently very good. Topley was good before his injury. Willey's done ok. Wood has been very patchy but not consistently awful.
It's the batting that hasn't worked.
But they're going to stick with this top order, more or less, and axe a bunch of bowlers.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Well you could argue that this is England's most important game of the tournament so far. It really is a must-win. And Stokes saved the innings from petering out into something not much more than 200.
I thought Willey had a tantrum over not getting a contract so has retired?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
As mentioned earlier on the radio, England will be champions of Europe!Looks like we could* have a celebrated victory against old but equally matched adversaries here
*assuming we don't fuck it up again
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Job done. Won the game and now have a bit of a NRR cushion.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
That would be very tough on NZ, although they would still qualify if England beat Pakistan and SA beat Afghanistan.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
IF needs capitals.
Realistically, if NZ v SL doesn't go ahead, that's worse for England. At best we need to not get beat heavily by Pakistan, and for India and Australia to avoid shocks. I'm taking nothing for granted.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I'll be amazed if India lose, and surprised if Aus lose. I won't be surprised if England beat Pakistan. England do still have it in them to put together some batting and the bowling, while not scary, is ok.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I remember years ago, when England were on some awful losing run, some wag - perhaps Private Eye - came up with the headline 'England Win Game of Cricket!' I know it's not their first win in the tournament, but we're pretty much in that territory.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
England have used nine players in the top seven this tournament. Five of them average under 20 and another two average under 30. This is a good win, but none of the underperforming batters performed.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I wouldn't have thought so. As you say it's a totally different squad, different coaches and everything, and I don't think anyone will get the push for not performing in the one day game. Regardless of the performance here though the test squad is getting pretty old and what this world cup does show I think is the danger of drifting along with the same old team based on past glories. They do need to start bringing in some new players and Bairstow definitely could be one on the way out soonish.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Pitiful from SL really. Played like a t20.
Could be bubbling up into a potentially enormous injustice if I have the rules correct. I believe 20 overs minimum needed. So they could come off after 19 overs with NZ 5 short of victory and it would be a no result.
Could be bubbling up into a potentially enormous injustice if I have the rules correct. I believe 20 overs minimum needed. So they could come off after 19 overs with NZ 5 short of victory and it would be a no result.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
If anyone's wondering about that fucking ridiculous mansion atop the tower block next to the ground, it's owned by an Indian crook who will probably never get to used it because he's hiding from the Indian authorities in the UK.
