Cricket Thread

[crooky]

Next four games are crucial in building a base of points.

Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. If we win all of those and then beat one of either Pakistan or Australia then we'll be well in the mix still.

I'm thinking the India game is likely a guaranteed loss and the Netherlands game a guaranteed win..

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Can definitely afford to lose 2/9, losing a 3rd is probably okay still.

 

[ancoats]

I’ll bite. Who are you talking about? Buttler, Rashid, Bairstow, Wood, Woakes and Root were in both the 2019 team and played today.

I suggested earlier that picking Woakes was silly in India. The rest would be in most best XIs.

Who are the ones on their laurels?

Livingstone and Moeen Ali as well
I don't understand why Bairstow is being picked, OK he's in for the batting but his fielding is poor and looks overweight, looking at the group it looks like most of the other teams NZ will beat as well, So maybe getting them out of the way first will work in England's favour

I will say one thing ?
all of the above players you and I named will stand down after this world cup

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Livingstone and Moeen Ali as well
I don't understand why Bairstow is being picked, OK he's in for the batting but his fielding is poor and looks overweight, looking at the group it looks like most of the other teams NZ will beat as well, So maybe getting them out of the way first will work in England's favour

I will say one thing ?
all of the above players you and I named will stand down after this world cup

Livingstone‘s first ODI was in 2021.

Bairstow is using credit in the bank that Jason Roy has just run out of.

It’s very common for cricketers to retire after a World Cup cycle, so the mid-30s guys may well retire.

Who would you be picking instead?

 

[Blue Llama]

but was you entertained

By NZ yes.

 

[Corky]

9 group games each, no wonder no one is interested in paying to watch.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

New Zealand win, by the barest of margins. By the barest of all margins.

Absolute ecstasy for New Zealand. Agony. Agony for England.

2019 was immense, and its commentary, too.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Pakistan imploding against the Dutch

 

[johnny crossan]

Properly trounced but ready to bounce back and pounce on Bangla :)

 

[ancoats]

Livingstone‘s first ODI was in 2021.

Bairstow is using credit in the bank that Jason Roy has just run out of.

It’s very common for cricketers to retire after a World Cup cycle, so the mid-30s guys may well retire.

Who would you be picking instead?

That is the greatest thing in cricket/sports, A world-class message board manager like myself never shows his hand or his team selections to anybody else, I've seen what you did there in trying the oldest trick in the book but you're not fooling me,

that's why I have won 10 cricket world cups, 12 Fifa world cups, 10 Euro championships, 25 Premier League titles, 19 Champions League titles, I've even won world titles at Ruby, Hockey, NFL, Basketball, to name a few