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meeesh said:
This is on BBC hahahahah

The world champions can still qualify for the semi-finals but will likely have to win all five of their remaining group matches to guarantee doing so.

So in other words forget it
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Especially with a captain who wins the toss then opts for the wrong decision on batting/fielding first. Get a new captain is the place to start.
 
waspish said:
Dearer me Buttler

www.bbc.co.uk

Fielding in the heat probably a mistake - Buttler

England captain Jos Buttler admits that his decision to bowl first and field in the heat was probably a mistake after his side suffered a 229-run thrashing by South Africa in Mumbai.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Said it yesterday it was a brain-dead decision to field first. It was 36c when the game started but the humidity meant it felt like 40c.

I've been to Mumbai and the humidity is absolutely oppressive. I remember walking around the City and within an hour I was fucked and I looked like a walking sponge!!

God knows how the players felt standing in a field for nearly 4 hours. If you're not used to that weather it will sap you
 
It looked like England were pulling it back before I left for the footy, was hoping for a 340 chase and England were 11/10. Went a bit sideways then.

NZ steadying the ship, but not looking great after 10 overs.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Lord only knows what our ODI side will look like next summer.
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Hopefully a bit better, and frankly more intelligent. Watching NZ now I love the way the more intelligent teams can lose early wickets and have a slow run rate but sensibly rebuild. We just seem to bat in and on in the same carefree manner and don’t take care of our wickets. Time for a change in philosophy in my view
 
Corky said:
It looked like England were pulling it back before I left for the footy, was hoping for a 340 chase and England were 11/10. Went a bit sideways then.

NZ steadying the ship, but not looking great after 10 overs.
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Even England wouldn’t be 11 for 10!!
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Said it yesterday it was a brain-dead decision to field first. It was 36c when the game started but the humidity meant it felt like 40c.

I've been to Mumbai and the humidity is absolutely oppressive. I remember walking around the City and within an hour I was fucked and I looked like a walking sponge!!

God knows how the players felt standing in a field for nearly 4 hours. If you're not used to that weather it will sap you
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What stands out is what research did they do as in conditions?! So unprofessional!
 
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kippaxwarrior said:
Said it yesterday it was a brain-dead decision to field first. It was 36c when the game started but the humidity meant it felt like 40c.

I've been to Mumbai and the humidity is absolutely oppressive. I remember walking around the City and within an hour I was fucked and I looked like a walking sponge!!

God knows how the players felt standing in a field for nearly 4 hours. If you're not used to that weather it will sap you
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I don't think winning the toss and bowling first had anything to do with England being shit, We must have known the conditions in India and trained with a player's boot camp long before the tournament started, ohh that's right we are England, We are the holders and the best team in the world, We don't need any prep for any sort of conditions in India we are the best ODI team,

4 years is a long time in cricket and living on the back of a home World Cup win by the number of boundaries we hit vs NZ in the final,

I truly believe we had no intention of winning this World Cup and just turned up to make the numbers up.
It must be so good to have no pressure to do well and treat it like a holiday
 
Bishan Bedi was a master bowler in the Indian spin era of the 60s. A left arm spinner of great variations.
He was very outspoken, famously calling Murali a chucker. He once declared India at 95 for 5 in protest at Windies non stop bouncers.
An all round good guy who loved food and drink with good friends and company.
RIP BB.
 
KS55 said:
Bishan Bedi was a master bowler in the Indian spin era of the 60s. A left arm spinner of great variations.
He was very outspoken, famously calling Murali a chucker. He once declared India at 95 for 5 in protest at Windies non stop bouncers.
An all round good guy who loved food and drink with good friends and company.
RIP BB.
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He was right too. Murali was a chucker, I cant stand to watch him bowl it has always agitated me
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
He was right too. Murali was a chucker, I cant stand to watch him bowl it has always agitated me
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Yes. The only way Murali escaped sanction was a rule change
which allowed a 15 degree straightening at the elbow. The suspicion was that the rule was altered just to placate Sri Lanka.
I always discount his record: Warne was the best spinner by a mile.
 
Gray said:
England heading for bottom of the table?
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But still a good result for England.

The top two are flying ahead with South Africa just behind but then the battle for fourth is pretty much every other team now.
 
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