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A solid exciting performance from England to open the World Cup.
I was a touch nervous at 311 after 50 overs - But great performance all round - Good to get the first win under the belt and build from there
The catch Stokes took was one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Imran Tahir may be one of the most annoying people in the world. His wicket celebration makes me want to throw my telly box out of the window.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fVH1AtnEVk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6CI142pus
And if we're going to talk mad catches, watch Trevor Barsby here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSHoDnxg_G4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/world-cup/table
And here is a summary of how the group stage works:
The group stage format is a round-robin, where all ten teams play each other once, in a single group. This means a total of 45 matches will be played, with each team playing a total of nine matches. The top four teams from the group will progress to the knockout stage.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup_group_stage
When England realised it wasn't a road they simply knocked it around taking whatever low risk runs they could.
One reading of why 4 got 50's and not more was that when they tried to accelerate they couldn't. Buttler's dismissal the same.
SA didn't bat properly.
Both teams bowled very well also the SA fielding was good. Duminy was a cracker.
Highly impressive start.
Stoke's catch? Ridiculous. I thought his pickup and throw for the run out was superb.
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West Indies were swinging the bat crudely like lumberjacks and still coasted home.
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There's sure to be few cider'd up fans at Bristol this afternoon that won't let us down!
The Bristol Post have reported that 2 men, one short and ugly with a 1970s 'tache, were seen acting suspiciously in the local B&Q yesterday and when approached ran off yelling “Fair dinkum you pommie baarrstards”
More seriously, I think Australia can be their usual pain in arse, resilient, forceful selves again and should do well.
I could see him being really useful on the Aussie pitches but not sure I would want to drop Stuart Broad for him at home with the Duke ball.
I wonder how Jofra Archer feels playing for England when they face the West Indies?
I don’t see why not. It will be interesting to see what happens if a test series is played at the same time as one of the global T20 leagues. Obviously he’s made his name there, and makes an awful lot of money from them, so I wouldn’t blame him if he said thanks but no thanks.
If he were to play in the Ashes, I’d probably drop the 3rd seamer for him (so Wood or Woakes). Of course, that depends on how Anderson and Broad are bowling at the time, as both are sadly coming to the end.
I don’t think Archer playing the WI will be an issue. He could have played for them, but chose not to, so I guess that tells you a lot about where he feels home is. He might get a bit of abuse from the WI team and crowd, but seems a pretty strong character.
Team something like
Roy
Bairstow
???
Root
Stokes
Butler/Foakes
Curran
Ali
Broad
Archer
Anderson
Somehow want to get Rashid in as well - so maybe will depend on the wicket - If 2 spinners then maybe Curran for Rashid - Not sure who should be at 3 - We have issues to open so I don't see why we don't go with Roy + Bairstow
England vs Pakistan tomorrow, after their woeful display against the West Indies are Pakistan all but spent? or can they come out and surprise us?
If they take a horses for courses approach, then he will play. Sam Curran has obviously had a great start of his career but he looked underpaced in the West Indies. A dry summer with a lack of green in the wickets won't enhance his chances. If we're going to have a Jimmy-Broad-Archer-Stokes attack then Leach in as someone who contains and attacks. Also decent against left handers(his dismissal of Burns stumped at Taunton in the CC this year was one of the smartest bits of flighted spin bowling I've seen in ages).
C'mon then, pick yer 1st Ashes Test side.
Burns
? - ANYONE. Fuck it, send Sam Curran in to open.
Ballance (on the form he's shown in the CC and a lack of anyone else saying YEAH).
Root
Buttler
Stokes
Bairstow
Archer
Broad
Anderson
Leach
Wood, Woakes, Ali in reserve. If it's going to be a spinning track, easy to switch Curran for Ali.
Ashes XI:
Burns
Vince might be the best of a bad lot (unless someone can talk Cook out of retirement)
Root
Stokes
Bairstow
Buttler
Foakes
Archer
Broad
Leach
Anderson
Foakes is the best keeper, and is likely to make considerably more runs than whatever batsman they would otherwise pick at 3. That does necessitate moving Root up to 3, but Root at 3 and Foakes at 7 is likely to generate more runs than Root at 4, and a walking wicket at 3. You also get the best keeper in the team, which is important.
In the unlikely event of a total greentop, I'd swap Leach for Ali to stiffen batting a bit.
If a second spinner is required, then leave out Broad for Ali.
I'm still not convinced by Buttler at test level. He's likely to come unstuck against good bowling on non-flat pitches, but until he does they probably have to stick with him. It's not like there are any other batsman banging the door down. I know Balance is making runs at county level, but he has repeatedly been found out at test level. Unless he has fundamentally changed his technique, I'd look elsewhere.
Vince versus Ballance: JV's been found out at Test level an awful lot more than GB has. So it's one perceived Test failure with an average approaching 40 versus one averaging under mid 20s with no centuries to his name yet. Had Joe Clarke not been a fucking idiot when still at Worcestershire, he'd be in there but there's nobody else I think is good enough. Plenty of decent looking young players but nobody's pushing. I'd rather have a guy with Test centuries to his name than go back to a guy with none.
Foakes will probably make more runs than Ballance (or any other top order option you could pick) anyway. That's why it's stupid it to leave him out. If there were good top order options, then it might make sense to play Bairstow as keeper, but there aren't.
I picked Vince as opener because he's been opening for Hampshire. It's not ideal, but he has ability if he can stop flirting with balls outside off stump. I'm not sure he can tighten up his game, but the cupboard is bare when it comes to openers. After all, you picked Curran there. Vince has the potential to do a better job than Curran or Ali.
England vs Pakistan - Pakistan batting well 156-2 after 26 overs, England's body language is a bit heads down after Jason Roy dropped a pearler of a catch.
Heads up boys you like a chase, we've got a game on here.