T20 Cricket World Cup
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Are you sure? SKY nearly got his thumb broke, and now he's got another that flew up out of control. Two balls later Pant gets a grubber that gets him out.
Hazlewood trolling England...
www.theguardian.com
How do you police that though
Hazlewood raises prospect of run-rate shenanigans but England’s task clear
England face Oman on Thursday with their T20 World Cup future at stake while Australia stir the pot
How do you police that though
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I'm going for eight 6's and all done in 2 overs!!
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Apparently they need to do it in 5.2 overs to beat Scotland's NRR
Doesn't matter how many wickets they lose, as long as it's not 10
Doesn't matter how many wickets they lose, as long as it's not 10
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'm not sure cricket or anybody is getting anything out of this fixture.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Well that was quick!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Well if Aus throw the match, they are still through and knock out England. No points are carried over in this version of the 'super 8', so they don't harm their tournament chances.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
The public got it right.
There was a very good crowd for the earlier match between Bangladesh and the Netherlands, which was a good game. St Vincent has a population of 100,000. A pretty big proportion of them were there.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Worth having a bet on Australia losing to Scotland?
You'd want really long odds before it would be worth it IMO. Australia might have enjoyed trolling England a bit about net run rates but they're not about actually throwing matches and they're a better team than Scotland by a massive distance.
The risk to England would be another washout I think but it seems the weather forecast looks OK at the moment.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Who'd have thought that USA vs Ireland would be a huge game? But it is. Hope for no more rain. It's played enough havoc already.
Florida in June? Rain? Never!
Florida in June? Rain? Never!
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Australia won't throw their game, sandpaper-gate is still too fresh and they'll be under extra scrutiny. And I'd like to think they wouldn't anyway. But Hazelwood wasn't trolling I don't think. He was being a dick.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yeah. Hazelwood was being a dick and his teammates probably won't thank him for it. If anything, he's put extra pressure on Australia to win a game that ordinarily would only have an embarrassment factor to deal with.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Probably a better spectacle if England had batted first. At least you'd have (probably!) seen them score 220 or so before watching Oman collapse, perhaps even more quickly if they'd been chasing 10/11 per over.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
And now a thunderstorm, so the USA are through, Pakistan are out.
Shame. It's good to see the odd 'minnow' qualify but not by default like this. Would have liked them to have earned it properly by winning today.
Shame. It's good to see the odd 'minnow' qualify but not by default like this. Would have liked them to have earned it properly by winning today.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
They did beat Pakistan tbf.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Well this doesn't look good. If England go out because of rain it will be galling!
Nah, they'll be going out because they're... shit
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
But that's not true. Yes they lost to Australia but other teams will be going through with a loss.
Only playing two of the four scheduled games is, well, as I said galling.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I mean I'm not saying that they might not be shit and, if they go through, would crash and burn but at the moment it's shit weather rather their own shitness that is confounding them 
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
90 minutes left to start a game. It's grim. England are out.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Is there anywhere in the world that plays cricket where it isn't raining? Or melting degrees.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Seriously, fuck climate change. If it's starting to cost England World Cups then this shit is serious. I'm voting Green.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
11 overs, England to bat first. Game on. England..... don't be shit
