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RandallFlagg · June 2019

Adil Rashid not singing the national anthem. Appalling. Are you not proud to be in that English shirt boy?

RandallFlagg · June 2019

Good start from England with a lot of luck though! Roy was out with a nick on the glove but umpire didn't call it then hit a 6!

SouthpawMark · June 2019

Very pleased with this start (there’s a jinx). It’s more Bangalore than Brummieland.

scrumhalf · June 2019

I've seen worse starts to an innings...

iseverynamegone · June 2019

RandallFlagg said:

Adil Rashid not singing the national anthem. Appalling. Are you not proud to be in that English shirt boy?

who gives a shit?

iseverynamegone · June 2019

Plenty of luck for young Jonny Bairstow early on so nice to see him cashing in on it now. Great start but lots of work to do, you would be thinking 350 plus

SouthpawMark · June 2019

That was a pretty good catch. Bugger.

RandallFlagg · June 2019

iseverynamegone said:

RandallFlagg said:

Adil Rashid not singing the national anthem. Appalling. Are you not proud to be in that English shirt boy?

who gives a shit?

I do, as do many people who are patriotic, proud and respectful of the long tradition of the game of cricket.

RandallFlagg · June 2019

India choking the runs, we need to break out and get the boundaries to get a 330+ score

SouthpawMark · June 2019

Bumrah is annoyingly good.

earwighoney · June 2019

RandallFlagg said:

Adil Rashid not singing the national anthem. Appalling. Are you not proud to be in that English shirt boy?

He probably doesn't know the words. He's not supposed to be the sharpest tool in the box.

I can't remember which player came out with his story, it might have Jos Buttler but a group of players went out for a steak in South Africa and when the waiter came to the table to ask how they would like their steaks, the players one by one said 'Rare' or 'Medium Rare', until Adil Rashid who when the waiter asked him how what kind of steak he would like simply answered 'Large'.

earwighoney · June 2019

Gassage said:

Re Afghanistan- my mate is about to take over as Dir of Cricket for them (Andy Moles) and he said that there's a huge ego issue with Gulbadin and a few others.....I think it was arrogance not match fixing!

I thought that as well. The team dynamics on the pitch looked a bit off. IMO, when Inzamam was around his huge ego seemed to offset the ones of the players.

What many seem to overlook about the Afghan team is it will take time for them to learn about cricket, they've come a very long in an incredibly short time but will probably need a lot more time to learn some of more nuanced aspects of the game.

RandallFlagg · June 2019

earwighoney said:

RandallFlagg said:

Adil Rashid not singing the national anthem. Appalling. Are you not proud to be in that English shirt boy?

He probably doesn't know the words. He's not supposed to be the sharpest tool in the box.

I can't remember which player came out with his story, it might have Jos Buttler but a group of players went out for a steak in South Africa and when the waiter came to the table to ask how they would like their steaks, the players one by one said 'Rare' or 'Medium Rare', until Adil Rashid who when the waiter asked him how what kind of steak he would like simply answered 'Large'.

LOL!

RandallFlagg · June 2019

England look on today, nice early wicket taken from India.

RandallFlagg · June 2019

Kohli digging in, here's where England need to show some imagination, get some variations going, round the wicket, give Root a couple of overs, try and mix it up.

SouthpawMark · June 2019

Game over.

scrumhalf · June 2019

SouthpawMark said:

Game over.

Which way?

SouthpawMark · June 2019

scrumhalf said:

SouthpawMark said:

Game over.

Which way?

To India.

SouthpawMark · June 2019

Yay! My jinx worked!

RandallFlagg · June 2019

Well England won, now to beat NZ.

scrumhalf · June 2019

Good performace, we need to do the same on ?Wednesday? against NZ.

Adil bowling a bit like Adele at the moment.

RandallFlagg · June 2019

scrumhalf said:

Good performace, we need to do the same on ?Wednesday? against NZ.

Adil bowling a bit like Adele at the moment.

I bet Adele would sing the national anthem

sixstringsupplies · June 2019

RandallFlagg said:

Well England won, now to beat NZ.

Easy....ha we will see. I’m confident. One always is after several beers by the swimming pool. I think PAK will beat Bangladesh which means England have to win, or an extremely unlikely tie.

crunchman · June 2019

sixstringsupplies said:

RandallFlagg said:

Well England won, now to beat NZ.

Easy....ha we will see. I’m confident. One always is after several beers by the swimming pool. I think PAK will beat Bangladesh which means England have to win, or an extremely unlikely tie.

You never know with Pakistan.

I'm nervous about NZ. It's up in Durham. If there is any grass on the pitch, and NZ win the toss and put us in, I could easily see Boult reducing us to 40 for 5.

sixstringsupplies · June 2019

crunchman said:

sixstringsupplies said:

RandallFlagg said:

Well England won, now to beat NZ.

Easy....ha we will see. I’m confident. One always is after several beers by the swimming pool. I think PAK will beat Bangladesh which means England have to win, or an extremely unlikely tie.

You never know with Pakistan.

I'm nervous about NZ. It's up in Durham. If there is any grass on the pitch, and NZ win the toss and put us in, I could easily see Boult reducing us to 40 for 5.

It goes both ways though. Woakes could reduce NZ to 40-5. Twill be a close game regardless. And if England win and qualify, having beaten two of the most likely semi finalists and losing to Australia, it’s any ones tournament.

SouthpawMark · July 2019

Kohli whining about the short boundary... were India not allowed to target it too? Pretty pathetic excuse. If he’s looking for a reason for the loss, he could start by asking why Dhoni played for his average, rather than hit out in an attempt to win.

guitars4you · July 2019

SouthpawMark said:

Kohli whining about the short boundary... were India not allowed to target it too? Pretty pathetic excuse. If he’s looking for a reason for the loss, he could start by asking why Dhoni played for his average, rather than hit out in an attempt to win.

fantastic batsman - No 2 ways about it - But IMO he is far to arrogant - Above comments just don't do him any favours - Surprised he did not moan about Roy okay to bat but don't believe he fielded at all (didn't Vince field throughout ?)

I thought that after such a great start, from around overs 25-35 we missed out - Credit to India to pull it back - With 200 on the board and 30 overs bowled, we had a chance to hit 370 +, so always a bit worried we might have not achieved enough - I'm a big Root fan, but with such a good score already posted, not sure we needed Root to 'glue the innings together' at that stage - Would we have been better bringing in a more aggressive hitter like Butler, to keep the momentum going ? - We could always have gone back to Root if we had have lost 2 quick wickets - Hindsight eh ? - But great result in the end

Bairstow's fielding was immense - But a good effort by all

Stuckfast · July 2019

guitars4you said:

Surprised he did not moan about Roy okay to bat but don't believe he fielded at all (didn't Vince field throughout ?)

Possibly because Jadeja fielded throughout our innings despite not being in India's starting XI?

shrinkwrap · July 2019

So who are going to be the quicks, come the ashes?

SouthpawMark · July 2019

shrinkwrap said:

So who are going to be the quicks, come the ashes?

Probably 3 from Archer, Broad, Anderson, Wood & Woakes, with Stokes being the 4th seamer.

England really need a left armer, as their pace attack is all a bit samey.

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