No problems with perceiving others as arrogant or what as Indians fans can be downright miserable but you insinuating that non English fans can't criticize or speak negatively about English cricket team cos we support United was pathetic. The fact that you don't think that there was anything wrong in that statement says a lot about you.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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No problems with perceiving others as arrogant or what as Indians fans can be downright miserable but you insinuating that non English fans can't criticize or speak negatively about English cricket team cos we support United was pathetic. The fact that you don't think that there was anything wrong in that statement says a lot about you.
Liam plunket winning a world cup just feels wrong.
Poor over by Wood so far.
Great stop on the boundary saves a couple of runs though.
Great stop on the boundary saves a couple of runs though.
He's due one but he is more likely to get out playing a reverse sweep off Archer after scoring 20 off 11.
Yeah let’s stick with calling the Aussies the favourites particularly given how much of an advantage batting first is.
High quality match.
Shaheen should be part of the conversation - 16 wickets in a debut tournament at the age of 19 is no mean feat.
But yeah, Carey has been pure class all the way through and his wicket keeping has been to a very good standard also.
All over the place by Wood there, 9 ball over.
Then he almost gets Smith with a beauty.
Then he almost gets Smith with a beauty.
Australia stabilising now
If Australia get to 250 ya'll have to get used to some very, very nervy England fans over the next 4 hours.
Smith showing Kohli how it's done. Absolutely class innings so far.
Looks a belter of a pitch so I'm happy chasing anything under 300.
Nerves will be the problem!
Nerves will be the problem!
They are. England have done well to dispatch the openers cheaply but they have to dig in now with the older ball. If the wicket has any turn Rashid could be the man to break through.
Similar to Pants inning before he lost his head
Shame Wood has bowled like toilet otherwise I'd be tempted to get him on to just pepper Carey with a barrage of short stuff.
On the plus side, I think this is an absolute road when the ball stops nibbling around.
On the plus side, I think this is an absolute road when the ball stops nibbling around.
This is shaping up to be a cracking match. Nice misfield from Stokes.
Australia promote carrey up the order instead of exposing Maxwell, india sends the likes of pants and pandya before dhoni.
I'd like another wicket now please, Smith preferably.
Carey looks like he'll get out to Rashid.
Smith I think is getting a hundred here.
Smith I think is getting a hundred here.
This is also true but my level of confidence in England in big matches makes me fear Starc taking six wickets in his first over.
And there, India, is how you recover from 15-3.
Let's be honest, we could take 7-0 from here and make a chase of 85 look difficult.
Carey's their inform batsman tbf. Australia's middle and lower order has been a lot more exposed though, and they've all had a chance to play a knock.
That's because Australias two openers don't play like wankers and bat through till the 40th over.
Yes.
Oz did not lose their best batsman as part of the three.
first time I ever read that openers should get themselves out. Rahul has been slow but sharma batted very well the whole tournament.It's not about being in or out of form, it's about which player has the technique for a given situation. Maxwell is a hitter, like pandya. You dont send the two to recover from 3 wickets down.
Nor did they face the NZ attack.
Difference of experience.
Won't disagree with that. However, my focus was how they promoted Carey to stabilize instead of sending in a pinch hitter.
Are we now going to pretend that Kohli doesn't know how to bat under pressure?
Smith had plenty of misses early on in his inning, he's made most of his luck so far but lets remember Kohlis decision was umpires call.
England's third and fourth choice pace bowlers have been awful so far. The pitch has eased up ofcourse but their line has been off.
I would argue there are two possible outcomes here. England absolutely trashing Australia or Australia going through.
Aus get 250 and two early wickets and I'll be burning bails.
Aus get 250 and two early wickets and I'll be burning bails.
I feel England has let their great start get away from them. These two look set to bat out majority of the innings.
It really is either one extreme or the other on here isn't it.
England are smashing them!
England have blown it!
England are smashing them!
England have blown it!
Carey is very, very similar to Mike Hussey
Largely the difference between neutrals who think England are doing well and England fans who have suffered too long to trust.
Good recovery from these two. Need to get Australia to 250+ to make it competitive.
Carey and Smith have dragged Australia right back into the thick of things.
Finely balanced though. Feel if England get a couple wickets in the next 10 overs, while keeping the run rate below 4 (which they’re struggling to do), they’ll be favourites by the end of the innings.
As someone else said though, confidence in England’s batting vs Starc et. al is horrifically low!
England need to bring back Archer. Wood, Stokes, Rashid & Plunkett don’t look like they could take a wicket if there life depended on it
It has seemed that way for every team across the entire tournament
I think it's fair to say Plunkers, Stokes, Wood and Rashid haven't quite kept up the pressure Woakes and Archer built, but you also have to say there's a reason they're change bowlers, the ball/pitch can change and you must credit Smith and Carey who came in under immense pressure. Cricket's always been a game of phases, England have definitely still had the better of this game but the Aussies are keeping themselves in it as they're wanton to do (the bastards!).
Yup. That slog sweep shot is peak Hussey.