If we can't beat Bangladesh, we don't deserve to go through.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
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Shakib gonna choke us through the middle overs.
If we lose, it'll be because of our terrible fielding.
They are Australian.
England are going to get their act together and destroy everyone and win the World Cup, then we will go on to win the Ashes 5-0.
White text!
White text or a happy pill? I can't decide, Langs.
Just the ramblings of a completely delusional madman.
I think a loss for England against Bangladesh later could actually be a good thing. It would save the humiliation of getting smashed by a superior side in the Super 8's, (providing England beat Afghanistan first) and it would give the English Cricket Board and the selectors nowhere to hide, nor give them any excuses.
England....
Regardless of what happens the selectors will have nowhere to hide anyway and at the very least we will hopefully start bringing some bowlers through that will enhance our attack.
Just the ramblings of a completely delusional madman.
I think a loss for England against Bangladesh later could actually be a good thing. It would save the humiliation of getting smashed by a superior side in the Super 8's, (providing England beat Afghanistan first) and it would give the English Cricket Board and the selectors nowhere to hide, nor give them any excuses.
too good.
Just the ramblings of a completely delusional madman.
I think a loss for England against Bangladesh later could actually be a good thing. It would save the humiliation of getting smashed by a superior side in the Super 8's, (providing England beat Afghanistan first) and it would give the English Cricket Board and the selectors nowhere to hide, nor give them any excuses.
This "I hope we lose because it'll cause changes" mentality rarely ends well, or really leads to much different happening in any sport for any team ever. If things are that bad there'll either be plans to change things regardless or the decision makers will be too incompetent to make the correct changes anyway. As it is England have a fair amount of batting potential coming through but very little bowling, certainly any genuine potential world class hopes so its all likely to be fairly irrelevant anyway.
I think we'll beat Bangladesh as it is, we've been bad so far, very bad, but things have also been exacerbated by the fact we've got the two hosts who went into this in flying form in our group. AustraliaI suspect if we'd been in Group B it wouldn't be the crisis it is now. Anderson's bowling was fine in the pre-tournament games, hopefully playing back in Australia he'll find his form again now for the next few games he'll find form. Get Woakes on the new ball with him. Drop Broad for Tredwell, and perhaps Finn for Jordan and we might actually put in a respectable end to the tournament. I'd like to see Bopara in for Ballance and Taylor moved up to 3 too to shore up the batting.
It's also incredible how quickly things change too - when the draw was made in December 2012 England were the top ranked side, and New Zealand 9th, behind Bangladesh!
Brilliant! The guy was a genius.
Day 23: England vs Bangladesh
Ballance and Finn dropped for Hales and Jordan.
No idea why England chose to field first. Putting up runs on board and putting the chasing team under pressure has been the norm this world cup. I hope England win today.
Wicket in the first over for Anderson.
Pitch looks juicy
Good start by England.
This partnership will probably be key to the game. Gotta try to stay there till the 30th over to have a chance imo.
we made a very good start but we need to do something about this partnership and quick
Wow, two wickets in succession again. Shakib is a biggie. Good chance for England to tighten groove.
250 plus looks gettable at this stage
England are so sterile
Bangladesh have been very good so far.
Mahmudullah gets his hundred! First ever Bangladeshi centurion at World Cups. Good knock.
Great innings by Mahmudullah, now is the time to cash in.
BD are missing out here. A couple of poor overs now.
Poor strike rate though, given the nature of the tournament.
That was exactly what Ban needed at that stage. With Shakib gone and them 4 down they could easily have been blown away for 150.
These last 10 overs will probably cost BD the game. They should've easily got 290+ from the position they were in at 40 overs.
I think 280 will be a defendable total. Need a couple early wickets though.
Good enough start from England.
Moeen ran out. 
Bangladesh choking England for runs now.
England will still win. Bangladesh at least 30 runs short if not more. With likes of Morgan and Butler, England would happily chase even 80 off last 10.
Infact if England can't chase this down, they should pack up from limited overs cricket for some time and sort it out.
Infact if England can't chase this down, they should pack up from limited overs cricket for some time and sort it out.
Two wickets in quick succession. Game on!
Shit just got real yo!
hah! England sure want to make it hard for themselves
Ok now it's interesting.
I doubt England will chase this total now.
Tough for England now. Morgan is atrociously out of form. Cook would have been better