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Match was fixed, Bell was never out.
Ishant lucky wickets was the decider. I was swearing at the TV when he was brought on to by Dhoni, but he's just got that luck as a captain!
The worst shot was Butlers. First ball trying to smash the ball to London
He had to try and smash it. He did make a spectacularly bad attempt to do so, mind.
The Bell decision was ridiculous.
Today reminds me of this:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/66210.html
England are so bad at ODI cricket, well done India, best team won it.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/66210.html
England are so bad at ODI cricket, well done India, best team won it.
Probably did make a difference too... we got about 1 run off 10 balls immediately after that. What the feck is the point of TV umpire if he's going to make decisions like that?
Indeed it was. But even then the game was England's to lose with 15 balls to left and they somehow did.
Appalling Decision to give Bell out mind. Not sure how Oxenford came to conclusion he did
Yeah, I don't know mate. Seems bizarre you can make a decision like that with the hindsight of as many replays as you like..
Bopara slapped a bouncer straight to square leg and Bresnan couldn't be bothered to bat so ran away.
Buttlers was horrific too.
An Aussie screwed over the English
Boparas was above head height too. Silly to even play it.
Cry babies
My point is he didn't need to play it hence he gave his wicket away. No point as it was going over his head.
As an England fan, I'm not too fussed, was pretty funny / normal watching us capitulate as standard. Congrats to India who were better than us throughout the tournament. England won't get a better chance to win that trophy for a while now though. We'd have had no hope if it weren't played in England.
England are bottlers though. Still don't understand how they lost.
Makes no sense that.Cry babies
England and SA in a world cup final.. Who would choke more??
I don't think the location made a difference at all. It was like an away game anyway!
That's a bit harsh on Bopara. It's quite impossible to judge whether it's over your head from a batsman's perspective especially if the bouncer is directed at your body like it was in this case
The Ashes are of course a much bigger deal for us. The English Press are expecting us to win comfortably though and that's never a good sign when it comes to our team.
Dhawan is a top bloke.
Should do quite comfortably imo. Not a cricket braincell going around the aussie squad at the moment.
Australia are shit. England have by far the better team
Awful, awful finish. Morgan I can forgive for one bad shot, but Bresnan for some reason trying to run in that situation? Once again he was the worst bowler and with batting like that he's extremely lucky to make the team, Woakes has been banished for far less. If he wasn't good mates with half the squad he'd barely play. Just remember he threw four overthrows as well with a lazy, lazy throw! The worst culprit is Buttler though who is atrocious and needs dropping. What good is someone who smash it if they're out for single figures virtually every game? Even with the 2 wickets the previous over it was a easily gettable target, hardly a need to be swinging like that on his first ball. Drop him from the team till he gets some brains and learns how to bat in more than one mode.
Of course the Bell decision was disgraceful as well and in the end probably cost the game, quite how they managed to give him out and not Broad at the end is beyond me. Neither were out, but still, consistency. Still at least Bopara has firmly established himself for England this tournament as a genuinely useful all rounder, very good again today.
Of course the Bell decision was disgraceful as well and in the end probably cost the game, quite how they managed to give him out and not Broad at the end is beyond me. Neither were out, but still, consistency. Still at least Bopara has firmly established himself for England this tournament as a genuinely useful all rounder, very good again today.
Indeed.
I don't think Bell decision mattered in the end. Infact it probably helped England since both Morgan and Bopara got the time to get their eye in and then attack in the end. You simply can not lose from a situation where you need to score 20 off 16 balls. And that too with 2 overs of Power play left. England lost the match from there on rather than India winning it
Pleased for Jadeja. He's been our best player this series.
Well it took Bopara and Morgan quite some time to get the innings back on track, who knows, maybe Bell would have got out next ball anyway, but it'd have been an extra batsmen who's well capable of scoring runs when he gets himself in as well. It was only really when Bopara got his first 6 that they started getting runs at a decent rate again.
Still the batsmen below him only have themselves to blame for losing the match even with that decision. The equivalent of having an open goal, turning round, smashing it up field for a backpass that goes to the opposition who then score to win the game. I cannot think of a single sport where England are not massive chokers, save for perhaps cycling.
Still the batsmen below him only have themselves to blame for losing the match even with that decision. The equivalent of having an open goal, turning round, smashing it up field for a backpass that goes to the opposition who then score to win the game. I cannot think of a single sport where England are not massive chokers, save for perhaps cycling.
Classic Bopara mind... had basically put himself in position to bring us home and be acclaimed player of the tournament. So guess what he does.
Dhoni almost bottled that one. Bizarre captaincy.
Great team we've got, but #7 going to the next WC.. hmm.
Jadeja's bowling has come on so much, though. Dhawan looks a great prospect. Rohit seems a little flaky still.
Great team we've got, but #7 going to the next WC.. hmm.
Jadeja's bowling has come on so much, though. Dhawan looks a great prospect. Rohit seems a little flaky still.
Still can't believe how lucky we were.
20 off 16 balls with 5 wickets to lose. It's real bottle job IMO.
20 off 16 balls with 5 wickets to lose. It's real bottle job IMO.
No rain forecasted tomorrow