[Closed] Cricket World Cup - Spoilers obviously

So... Where do england go after this? Aside from offering Morgan the brandy and service revolver. New coaching staff - someone who'll give them a bit more of an attack? Be less conservative about bringing through the big hitters?

If anyone says KP I'll cry.

SCG to face the Afgans that seem to be capable of bowling a bit.

Then the airport.

Thankfully it should only take about 20mins to checkin after the game.

Thankfully it should only take about 20mins to checkin after the game.

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It's getting a little tense out there...

Don't worry, they've got an answer to that.

Pressure really on now.

Buttler clearly needs to move up the order and Morgan needs to go. Shame as he is such an explosive player on his day. Dunno what else they can do about being so rubbish though.

They won't get over the line from here now surely.

For ****s sake. Radio off.

and thats it I reckon

I,m not up on all the rules of cricket but I don't get that run out rule?? he made his ground once how can he be out,I know the bat needs to be grounded but he already grounded it once didn't he? oh well.

Time for KP? 😆

Sorry Lemony.

he made his ground once how can he be out,I know the bat needs to be grounded but he already grounded it once didn't he?

It has to be grounded as the stumps are broken. It's a rule which can sometimes be annoying as it doesn't seem right that someone can be given out because their bat ran over a bobble in the pitch and skipped up for a fraction of a second but nevertheless, it's the rule.

If you take away the rule then all of a sudden you lose some of the most impressive stumpings - when someone lifts their foot on the followthrough and the keeper spots it.

too tight

6! Nice to hear Boycott being made to look stupid with more of his lack of understanding of mental health etc.

Sorry Lemony.

Don't worry, I was already welling up.

Ok, radio back on

It's the hope that kills you...

Anderson will win it,all or nothing 🙂

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

defend Jimmy defend or 3 6's

<sigh>

Well at least we went out after a great campaign and covered ourselves in glory. 😐

FFS etc

It's not over yet, we could lose to Afghanistan, that would take the gloss off a bit.

It's the correct result. England are woeful.

Well could have gone either way... a few that never hit the rope and a few too many dots but in the end not bowling teams out was a bigger problem throughout.

It's not over yet, we could lose to Afghanistan, that would take the gloss off a bit.

Genuinely funny! 😆

Lose to Afghanistan and we can still finish bottom of the group.

Pffhh

Can we drop Morgan now? Root isn't all that much younger than Botham or Cook were when they first became captain.

Am I allowed to start supporting Ireland in ODIs? I think I've got some historical family connections.

aracer - 🙂

There have been some good games between the minnows at this World Cup!

Afghanistan up next could also be close?

Morgan needs to do the right thing and go and play for Ireland.

Pitiful

Morgan needs to do the right thing and go and play for Ireland.

He's not good enough to make the team.

Well could have gone either way... a few that never hit the rope and a few too many dots but in the end not bowling teams out was a bigger problem throughout.

But there's only so many games where england can say that - and they played them a year ago. There're reasons they're not hitting the rope and why they're picking out fielders and why they lose all their momentum in the middle of the innings and they've made no effort to correct them.

[quote=grum ]Am I allowed to start supporting Ireland in ODIs? I think I've got some historical family connections.

Yeah, and you can take Morgan with you.

Guess what England's next ODI fixture is after [s]getting beaten by[/s] playing Afghanistan?

When they were discussing Butler and where he should bat, great as a finisher but you have to get a start.... should have been in earlier to kick the innings off. Oh and stupid run outs

should have been in earlier to kick the innings off

Yup, same as any batter, if you make him start with the team already well behind then it makes it much harder for him to play his game.

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Oh and stupid run outs

Well yeah, if you cut those out they'd probably have won today. Confidence though innit.

Actually looking at the forecast for Friday we might be in luck, it could get rained off.

should have been in earlier to kick the innings off.

He's in the right place, but needed those ahead of him to play up so he could do what he is best at.

Not sure where England go now, but in general globally one day cricket seems to be on a bit of a high. Paradoxically the tempo in one day cricket has been ramped up so much as to make Twenty20 seem like a bit of a waste of time whilst a couple of years ago it was the 50 over variant that looked pointless.

He's in the right place, but needed those ahead of him to play up.

Not sure if the run outs were lack of confidence of just pressure stress and fear.

Maybe Twenty20 should be extended to Thirty30? That would allow more batsmen to "build" an innings while still having the spectacle of big hits.

Well the end of the group stages and the last chance for Ireland to get further than England...

Meanwhile down in Hobart
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The rain break and very expensive crap beer meant we ran away before the end, it only took a couple of hours to get it all dried out (and us too) and then it only took Australia a couple of overs to finally dampen the spirits.

Great atmosphere and not sure why Watson is still in that team.

NZ v Windies..... What a game! 8)

The Kiwi's are playing out of their skins, Gupthill double century, catch of the tournament from Vettori. And the Windies needing a massive 394 to win, can Gayle rescue the Windies?

Don't think there is a recuse in there...

Getting in there with the ball too.
Judging by how 1 sided some of these quarters have been the Semi's might be the games to watch
SA vs NZ could go off in a big way for runs or wickets