Cricket 2019

[Chiltern Fox]

Was f8ing static at the cease.move ur feet moen.

[EastAnglianFox]

So genuine question

 

On a flat track with not much at stake I guess you would back us ahead of any team to go on and smash 400+ on a given day with most players on form.

 

On anything other that requires a bit of game management and playing very good tactical cricket under pressure, where would we be? 4th-5th in the world?

[Izzy]

Very clever catch that 

[Super_horns]

Oh dear - hammered in the end .

 

Nice easy game next up - India .

 

Their top players performed - ours didn't:

[fuchsntf]

England outclassed..in field,in Bowling..grrrr, in batting....und also in captaincy....from the 5thn over I already knew,we were going  to lose,

No use of pace,no discipline of Bowling to right lengths...we Never do!!! 60 Bloody years of English stupidity...daaaa!..

 

We lost the no1 Spot before the tournament began.  We Simply dont have the disciplines,und we have Learning defencies.....We dont earn from the losses!!

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

25 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

So genuine question

 

On a flat track with not much at stake I guess you would back us ahead of any team to go on and smash 400+ on a given day with most players on form.

 

On anything other that requires a bit of game management and playing very good tactical cricket under pressure, where would we be? 4th-5th in the world?

I guess we could be considered flat track bullies, we’re coming unstuck on pitches that are slightly slower due to the poor weather, we are struggling chasing down scores, not building partnerships and in all honesty some poor shot selection.

We also used to bat all the way down the order but now we seem to have a tail that doesn’t wag.

[fuchsntf]

Morgan....cant see that his bowlers were poor..!!!

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

2 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

You just can't get enough of him...? 

 

(I hope you reply with: "Oooooooooooh oooooh sometimes....")

We really do need to get the balance right ?

[AKCJ]

Plenty of the England squad needs to have a long hard look at themselves now.

 

Too many players coasting along.

[Corky]

Only England could get to number one in the world playing thrilling cricket then not make the top four in their own World Cup due to limp batting efforts.

[TheSomersetFox]

Fair play to the Aussies. Performances seem to be picking up game by game.

 

Baffling couple of performances from us. Batting has been wretched.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Credit where credits due Mitchell Starc bowls a fantastic fast swinging yorker 

[EastAnglianFox]

And who the heck is this Behrendorff? Like Starc and Cummins need anymore help.

 

Not sure why but I think we will beat New Zealand and still be ok to finish 4th, on the positive side we can't get much worse surely

[RowlattsFox]

Basically prepared for this tournament on flat pitches scoring 350 with ease and we have no idea when we can't do that on slow pitches. Couple of world class players but then mixed with some average who come in and out of form. 

[deejdeej]

Edgbaston will be difficult on Sunday with a slow pitch, best chance of us going through now is praying Pakistan don't turn up tomorrow and we do against new zealand.

[purpleronnie]

Backed the aussies to win today, had to really backed them to win the whole thing.  Easy win in the end.

[Super_horns]

48 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

And who the heck is this Behrendorff? Like Starc and Cummins need anymore help.

 

Not sure why but I think we will beat New Zealand and still be ok to finish 4th, on the positive side we can't get much worse surely

Only had 8 wickets in 7 games before this ..

 

Typically he turns up against us .. 

[wardyfox86]

Can't understand the decision to field first. We can't bat under pressure it seems, and we lack tactical game management,

 

Still think we'll get to semi's, but no more. 

[StanSP]

Anyone else see Pakistan giving NZ a big test and possibly winning tomorrow?

[Guest MattP]

30 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Anyone else see Pakistan giving NZ a big test and possibly winning tomorrow?

Yep.

 

It's Pakistan - they can beat or lose to anybody.

 

35 minutes ago, wardyfox86 said:

Can't understand the decision to field first. We can't bat under pressure it seems, and we lack tactical game management,

 

Still think we'll get to semi's, but no more. 

It was the right call to bowl first we just got it wrong and the decision to play a second spinner was a joke over a paceman.

 

Vince and Ali can **** off, no need for either of them in this team.

[CosbehFox]

4 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Credit where credits due Mitchell Starc bowls a fantastic fast swinging yorker 

That’s his time at Yorkshire. Aussie fast bowlers always use their time as an overseas player well in developing their game 

[fuchsntf]

If England & S.lanka end upon in tue same pointfor for =4th.   So so they go through,because they Beat us..in the Early rounds.??

 

Now we Need rain,so the 3 Teams End agerung us, only get Single points.......

[StanSP]

6 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

If England & S.lanka end upon in tue same pointfor for =4th.   So so they go through,because they Beat us..in the Early rounds.??

 

Now we Need rain,so the 3 Teams End agerung us, only get Single points.......

Depends who has won the most games. 

Then it goes on net run rate. 

Then if that is remarkably and almost impossibly the same, it goes on head to head. 

[Lionator]

You're also forgetting Bangladesh, if they win one of their last two games and we don't then they'll go through. 

[AKCJ]

11 hours ago, wardyfox86 said:

Can't understand the decision to field first. We can't bat under pressure it seems, and we lack tactical game management,

 

Still think we'll get to semi's, but no more. 

We bowled first because it was absolutely the right thing to do. Archer, Wood and Woakes beat the bats of Finch and Warner about 15 times between them in the first 10-15 overs. They were very unlucky.