Atkinson will come in for Curran or Woakes by the end of the tournament. I think we have enough on paper.
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Atkinson will come in for Curran or Woakes by the end of the tournament. I think we have enough on paper.
Cricket needs these stories, not just for the sake of the game with more competitors, but because sport has this historic way of uniting a nation's identity. I remember reading this CNN article, which puts the meteoric rise of cricket in terms of Afghan identity in context. They have only gone from strength to strength since.
I agree that a lack of grassroot infrastructure will hinder their development beyond participation and the odd win for now. That said, I still believe that much like early Indian teams, remarkably resilient individuals will continue to rise and stand out beyond expectations. When you survive through such difficult living conditions and rise to represent a country's primary source of emotional pride on a global stage, you are built different. As long as they keep producing big names that shine on the international stage consistently, and the country finds pride in their exploits, they will find a way to develop the infrastructure for the game over the decades to come. I can think of Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb off the top of my head. That list needs to keep growing.
Topley might have just injured himself, that would be a BIG problem.
At his height, he should just leave that. Try with your foot, maybe.
If Topley is injured we're properly fecked.
He's been our best bowler in this world cup so far by miles.
He's been our best bowler in this world cup so far by miles.
at Least England have bogged down Ibrahim 26 off 45.
Hopefully that’s not Topley’s WC finished
Hopefully that’s not Topley’s WC finished
It's a world cup, can't blame him for going all in. Poor bloke is just so injury prone.
Good last 4/5 overs from England.
Good riddance. This Zadran seems to be the same calibre of wasteman as Bavuma, Marnus and Imam.
That would leave a very weak tail and Atkinson is also hugely inexperienced in this format. Woakes took 4 wickets in the first 5 games of the 2019 WC averaging nearly 55 at over 6rpo. After that he took 12 in 6 at 18.91 with 4.54rpo. He'll come good in a game or two.
Hopefully Topley is okay here but no doubt the calls for Archer will be starting anytime now!
On the same note of cricket as a medium of unity, I appreciate how the IPL has fostered closer relations between not only the players of different nations but also the fans. David Warner is absolutely adored in Hyderabad (the affinity seems genuinely mutual).
In this very game, as Pollock pointed out from the commentary box, you could hear the Delhi crowd roar and cheer as Stokes made his way around the ropes.
In this very game, as Pollock pointed out from the commentary box, you could hear the Delhi crowd roar and cheer as Stokes made his way around the ropes.
Brilliant stumping that.
Unfortunate way to go for Gurbaz, that. That's that for the game, I suppose.
Game changing over
Thank god for Willey
May turn out to be the over that wins England the game
Rashid has been very good.
Even before the wickets he was tightening things up and building pressure.
Even before the wickets he was tightening things up and building pressure.
thought that looked out all the way.
Woakes out of England is like a fish out of water.
Things seem to have turned around quickly.
Ah. Another boring game in the making.
It'd be a big loss, as so far our medium paced swing bowling all rounders haven't had much success.
But. Worth noting that Archer is a travelling reserve and its believed he'd be fit enough to play in the latter stages of the tournament. It could work out fantastically for Archer, and it'd add a whole lot of quality to the bowling attack. Ideally we'd have Archer, Topley and Wood all available at the same time though.
Also given that spin has been dominant today, there's also the option of bringing Moeen back in. In conditions like these he's surely preferable to Woakes and Curran, assuming he's fit. I'm not aware of why he didn't play today. And having Root as an option for a few overs is always useful.
Edit: oh, Topley is bowling still. I'm only listening on radio and behind
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This is a great recovery by the Afghans. At 5 for 170, they could have easily folded out for 200 or so.
The Afghans are showing up the Pakistanis from yesterday in how to rebound when you’re up against it (yes I’m still upset).
Pak Afghanistan would be fun, that too in a turning chennai track
One down!
Cracking decision, not easy to give those ones.
Root goes, game on
England in trouble here.. the pitch wont be easy to bat on.. especially with the spinners to come.
Dunno if it'll turn out to be so yet, but it's about time we had some kind of close, competitive game.
Wasn't expecting this to be it.
Wasn't expecting this to be it.
England continuing to be poor at this WC. Need a big turnaround here.
Malan gone..
Hopefully
Oh maybe not.
Afghanistan on top here. What’re the odds like right now of an Afghan win?..
Once again poor captaincy from Afghan captain, why wouldn’t you bring Rashid now? This is the best English batting pair left.
Think he's being sensible for once. England's RR is going nowhere. Rashid more or less holding up one end between overs 20-45 can strangle the entire chase.
If England play 50 overs they have the batting to chase this. If Afghanistan want to win this game, they need to send buttler packing as early as possible.
Oh big trouble now
They’ve just done that. England in some trouble now. The batting depth isn’t there either.