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England vs Afghanistan.
- Thread starter Aleem Dar
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"English" conditions here in sydney town. cool, breezy, overcast with a chance of a shower or two... the coldest day for a long while.
Soft shite!
Rain stopped play, the Afgans 111/7 after 36.2 overs.
Tredwell and Bopara in for Ali and Woakes. Hales opening with Taylor back at 3.
Too little to late against the 3rd worst team In the tournament.
Dead rubber between Bangla and NZ is a decent game. NZ should chase down just shy of 300.
ChicagoCat
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Not a dead rubber at all. Big match for setting up the quarter final matchups. I'd think South Africa would prefer a Bangladesh win here.
GordonMuchallNo1Fan
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looks like we'll end the world cup unbeaten thanks to the rain 
And we're off again.
101 from 25 overs to win, exciting stuff
Ian Bell hasn't hit a 6 in this world cup! Our highest run scorer and prior to this innings no sixes and a strike rate of 74
101 from 25 overs to win, exciting stuff
Ian Bell hasn't hit a 6 in this world cup! Our highest run scorer and prior to this innings no sixes and a strike rate of 74
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Think I prefer the Afghan bowlers to ours, better pace for a start.
Hales nice and aggressive but been dropped at backward point twice like.
We won!
Bell gets another 50, ended the tournament with an average of over 50 due to his not out.
However, a strike rate of just over 77 which means he's playing for Ian Bell's stats rather than the greater good of the team IMO.
We won!
Bell gets another 50, ended the tournament with an average of over 50 due to his not out.
However, a strike rate of just over 77 which means he's playing for Ian Bell's stats rather than the greater good of the team IMO.
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wayne entwhistle no9
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Great tweet from George Dobell the cricinfo journo, today Bopara and Broads average speed differed by 4.5mph.
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ollie c
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I know I Am a two faced bastard, but, for me, everything is great again.
Dexter
Striker
They've silenced the doubters today.
A win and Ravi playing
Coincidence?
Coincidence?
Bob Fleming
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This was the absolute sporting pinnnacle
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ollie c
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No coincidence at all. He should start every time we play Afghanistan.
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johnson
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Hales nice and aggressive but been dropped at backward point twice like.
We won!
Bell gets another 50, ended the tournament with an average of over 50 due to his not out.
However, a strike rate of just over 77 which means he's playing for Ian Bell's stats rather than the greater good of the team IMO.
Criticise him and what him dropped fair enough, but he isn't playing for stats, he was just trying to set up the innings, played a lot better than most of the other feckers.
He is, but probably time to move on, been made too much of a scapegoat for me though
The biggest issue in the England side is the bowling and the lack of runs in the middle overs, the ability to consistently pick up 1s and 2s.
The batting in the first 10 overs has been fine actually, not sure why people pick on this part.
Sport is all about momentum and Bell doesn't provide it. He has hit no sixes making over 250 runs but has the best part of 30 fours.
He hasn't used his feet to the spinners the whole tournament and I can't remember any fours that have fell just short of six. In the modern game it's not good enough. Tail end bowlers are hitting sixes but not Bell.
He needs to be told to aim to score at a run a ball, 4.5 runs an over just won't cut it. It wasn't important today but he again dominated the strike over the hitter. He should be letting the big hitter have as much of the strike as possible.
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