Cricket Thread

[Dr Jacoby]

Ravindra has turned into Brian Lara for the day. Great.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Wickets change matches especially if they fall in batches, most games ebb & flow don’t write us off yet

 

[Tourist since 1971]

At least there’s hardly anyone in the ground to watch England lose so badly.
Shocking for the very first game of a World Cup.

 

[BringBackSwales]

The pressure of batting first and looking to accelerate. Just needed a couple to stay in and knock it about didn't it. That last over gives the score a bit of respectability. Hopefully we can get off to a good score with the ball, got enough part timers of our own to take some wickets!

I think we often lack that discipline - often looking to go a bit too fast

 

[dadnlad]

looks like were in a rush to get this done

 

[kippaxwarrior]

At least there’s hardly anyone in the ground to watch England lose so badly.
Shocking for the very first game of a World Cup.

Apparently there's about 15,000 people in although the ground holds 110,000. Really should of been India playing the first game. It would've been a sell out

 

[Don Karleone]

This is wank

 

[supercity88]

Getting battered. On for a huge loss here, which is no good for our NRR... ouch!

 

[Gray]

Getting a good tonking not going to last long at this rate

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I thought we were about 50 runs short. Turns out I was about 100 runs off with my estimation.

 

[waspish]

New Zealand better side than us!

 

[supercity88]

A good warm up match, shows we need to improve on a lot if we're going to win the World Cup - when does it start?!

 

[supercity88]

Got to give Harry Brook a bowl here, he'll take wickets.

 

[Corky]

English counties don't play 50 overs anymore with their first XI. The best one day players play the 100 instead.

 

[WickyWain]

Call me controversial, but I reckon New Zealand might just win this one.

 

[waspish]

We probably have to win every game now to qualify

 

[BringBackSwales]

We probably have to win every game now to qualify

All 4 sides to qualify for the semi finals won’t only lose 1 game each, I would have thought? Appreciate the net run rate has started off shit

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Turns out we were 250 light.

 

[Tourist since 1971]

I think England might have taken the old adage of ‘start slowly in a World Cup and get stronger’ a bit too literally.

 

[Gray]

New Zealand better side than us!

Much better going off this game.