Come on Ingerland - it’s coming home
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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England will win & would be deserving champions. They’ve been very consistent & dominant in ODIs for the last 3/4 years.
That said, I’m still hoping NZ can pull off a shock win. Hopefully will be a good game.
That said, I’m still hoping NZ can pull off a shock win. Hopefully will be a good game.
England need to be very aggressive. Like you said, try get rid of their openers early and make them rely on Williamson. His average is good but his strike rate is slow and it will be even slower if he knows he has to anchor their innings. If Roy and Bairstow can see out the first 10 overs I'm backing England all the way.
Sadly no one is interested nor is the final big news in the media. Sad state of affairs.
Probably good for your players not for the sport.
Bad for the game. I also suspect we'll see empty seats at the ground today. Cricket will never be huge here but surely they can do more to spread the game. It doesn't help when a sport like cricket isn't free to air.
ECB has to somehow make Cricket accessible & co-exist alongside football in mainstream.
Thought ICC/ECB missed a trick by not having Ireland. Atleast have couple of games in Ireland/Scotland. Would have done its bit to promote sport there as well as raise some competitive spirit with the English.
Ireland were a loss. There are twelve full ICC members. A format with ten teams isn't ideal.
As if it’s raining...
What's the forecast like? Seeing quite a bit of rain on TV - not sure if it's live or recorded earlier today.
Should be fine once it stops but could rain till 12/1pm, after that looks fine
Lords is near Marylebone, right? That's what I'm checking and it looks like we'd be unlucky not to start on time.
Would winning this be as celebrated as the rugby win?
Any empty seats will be because Indian fans bought them all up and they failed to get to the final.
My suspicion is that was celebrated so much as we'd had very little sporting British sporting success for a long while.
Since that we've had England win numerous ashes series including beating one of the best teams ever in 05 as well as a 20/20 win, a Scottish bloke winning numerous tennis grand slams, four major tournament semi finals in the football from the men and women of the English and Welsh teams, I think it's two different English F1 champions (I don't follow it much), a Northern Irish bloke reaching world number one in golf and consistent remarkable success in the olympics.
You could probably list the British sporting achievement from the decade and a half before the rugby win on a postage stamp.
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Am at Lords right now. Rained abit overnight but been fine for a few hours and dried up in streets around the ground.
Overcast with some dark grey clouds nearby though
It's been sold out for over a year. If people don't turn up it's one (odd) thing, but they've had no issues selling tickets to games this tournament.
A lot of Olympic success too in 08,12 and 16 as well as the Tour de France wins. Been a great 15 or so years for British sport
Might be a good toss to lose?
Was just thinking that - from all accounts, doesn't seem an obvious choice.
Ganguly on TV said bat first..
KP on TV saying he wouldn't bat first.
I still think I'd bat first if it was up to me.
Get through those difficult first few overs, easier said than done of course, and then as it gets easier to bat rack up the runs.
I'd bowl first but I wouldn't be confident about it.
KP on TV saying he's not sure he'd bat first - says you can lose it in 30 minutes if you bat first.
Eurgh don't make me watch fecking Mourinho.
Day 41: England vs New Zealand (The Final)
Bowling, don’t mind that at all
Not a bad toss to lose at all.
NZ bat.
Reckon that's more important for pressure at the end than it is for overheads up first.
Reckon that's more important for pressure at the end than it is for overheads up first.
Morgan says we'd have bowled first anyway
I didn't hear that. I heard him, every so slightly lean towards fancying bowling, after being told he was...
I don't think New Zealand would have won chasing, so them winning the toss and batting first is their best chance of winning.
Nervous.
Nervous.
And me. If it is going to swing it will be the first 10 overs this morning. I wouldn't want to be facing either teams opening bowling pairings if the ball is swinging around.
NZ just need to see out the new ball here.
Not the worst of mornings to have a bowl
Yeah.
They really don't.
NZ choose to bat. Good call, just need to bat well now.
Going to be very interesting if New Zealand can get through the first 10 overs relatively intact. Wouldn’t be surprised if we managed to get some early wickets in these conditions.
I wouldn't want to be chasing anything 280 or above.
Anyone nerdy enough to know how these pitches at Lords have been playing?