My dear old things, it's STW TMS!

SIX !

Game on, for sure 😀

*Pretends it isn’t happening *

Bairstow to replace Roy for Champions Trophy?

Well that will take some historic bowling…

England win the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat.

No Rashid, Roy somehow clinging on to his spot.

Two quick wickets, a little pressure off…..

Roy…..again.

It’s difficult to see why Bairstow isn’t in the team as first choice.

310 to defend, caught the last 10 so see how long I stay awake for this evening. Hopefully a win to take pressure off the Australia game

From the Beeb text,

If you’re an England fan, this is a bit of a conundrum.

You want to beat Australia, obviously. It’s Australia. But also, there’s something quite sardonically funny about Australia being knocked out of a competition without completing a single game, due to the terrible English weather.

If you’re an Australia fan, do you have any suggestions for rain-proofing the grounds? Sending out all the players with giant umbrellas, maybe?

🙂

England win the toss and bowl.

looking forward to this!

Shaping up to be a good game!

Good day to be sat indoors waiting for my new kitchen to be delivered!!

Woop woop!

That looks short. Now we don’t need to go mad – get in & stay in.

277 shouldn’t be enough

Never take your foot off an Aussie throat. If we let them win this game the WILL win the final.

Oh Jason! Not again…

Urgh

Best join the Bangladeshi fans praying for the rain to persist.

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

😀

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 Pakistan.

(@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!
(Low-lights here.)

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 Pakistan, 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. Pakistan can be so dangerous. Fingers crossed we can put some pressure on them.

Pakistan batting first. By the looks of the track, the better option.