This is BRUTAL.
It's the only way to play the Aussies - go into your shell and they'll be all over you.
zampa looks very aussie
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Great performance - 2 to go
Shame not to get the win, but what can you expect from June in England.
Australia out of the tournament without having completed a game!
Shame not to get the win, but what can you expect from June in England.
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Australia can't really complain the weather cost them - the kiwis were beating them, and The English Fat Lady was well into the second verse!! They would still only have 1 point from the group.
Who would England prefer to play on Wednesday? I'd chose unpredictable ****stan.
(@Rich - it was a comment on the prevalent rain this month)
Looks like PaK or SL, the way the way SA are batting!!
comical, diabolical, dismal, abysmal
Description of the saffers' run-outs. Thought I was watching Somerset!
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Assume that on equal points & win counts, it's all about the NRR.
Yep, so PAK or SL for us.
Ah - hadn't seen the disparity. On what I've seen, I'd have thought SL will just edge it over ****stan, and hopefully it'll be India v. England final, and Stokes' death bowling to win!
Big game today - Bairstow in for Roy, correct decision I think.
Morning everybodeeeeeee.
Agree, Roy has had enough chances.
Right decision with Roy, unfortunately you can't leave someone to 'find' a big knock he's looking for (and which I think he has in him) in a semi-final. Should be a good game, TMS on from 10:15!
RM.
Great weather forecast too. ****stan can be so dangerous. Fingers crossed we can put some pressure on them.
****stan batting first. By the looks of the track, the better option.
Nope, I was wrong! (Blame Aggers)
England bat first. Yay!
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Let's hope the England bowlers can do something with this pitch
It's like the bad old days.
And after a reasonably promising start... I'm suitably pessimistic for our chances in this game, here's hoping we can perform with the ball and in the field as well as ****stan have done today.
RM.
Come on, 210 is quite a decent score.
(wait - you say it's NOT 20:20?)
Well this is particularly shocking isn't it?
The good ****stan turned up today, given exactly the pitch they would like. We were awful,with the bat - bowlers looked toothless.
Urgh.
Urgh, indeed. It's almost the typical English way - we have our bad day at the office in the game that really matters when our opponents turn up with their 'A' game.
If we would have lost playing like we had in the group games it wouldn't feel half as bad.
Congratulations to ****stan, hope they play this well in the final.
RM.
oh come on anyone can beat anyone on their day in ODI , ****stan bowled superbly and won the toss. English one day cricket is in a very very good place.
Good game at the moment
... and naughtily getting very close to the swear filter on 5LSX just now with Fakhar 😀
This is going to be great, good total posted by ****stan.
Well done ****stan, maybe it will shut up some of the insufferable Indian supporters on cricket forums
Really didn't expect that
Deserved winners, utterly creamed the favourites (England) and the holders India. Well done ****stan
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Absolutely! A great performance and deservèd winners.
An amusing snippet from cricinfo, on the unpredictability of ****stan - "They have not just defied logic, they have spat in logic's face, questioned the moral inclinations of its parents, kicked it in the shins, put it in a headlock, strangled it unconscious, then shoved it into the mud and set its trousers on fire."
SA on the back foot!
And Roy goes cheaply. AGAIN!
FFS.
It's T20 FFS and he got 2 runs a ball. Stupid dismissal mind.
Was pondering that just listening on the radio in the car.
Does 14 balls constitute an 'innings' nowadays? Even if you do get 30-odd 😉
That's the point, he was in, he was scoring, and he gave his wicket away. Again.
Some day, he is going to come good and get a bucketful of runs. Some day....
He is scoring at the rate wanted by the team. 30 striking at 200 is hardly a failure in T20
In a game like that, with the score as required, he should have batted to the close.
Ireland and Afghanistan granted full test status.
Hurrah!
