Champions Trophy 2025

[Paddy O'Dors]

Watched Afghanistan muller us on the subcontinent in the last global ODI tournament. Can see it happening again tbh, we haven't learned many lessons from it.

Was half listening to the wisden podcast last night, and they were talking about the bowling.

Since 2023 World Cup Wood and Archer are taking wickets at 55+ and at 7 an over. Topley, Willey, Woakes sub 30 and at 5 an over

Numbers not reconciled before anyone starts

Bowling superfast is only any good out there if you're unerringly accurate, which sadly neither Archer or Wood are.

 

[Hetty]

Afghanistan won the toss and bat

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[chunkyshanhawk53]

Fair play to Sky for addressing the big issue upfront.

Still don’t think this should be happening, I see the other side too, but it’s not a decision for ECB or the players (unlike the Zimbabwe shambles of years ago)

 

[Hetty]

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[chunkyshanhawk53]

Fuck off with your whataboutery Nasser

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

It should be a pre requisite for any aspiring test nation to have a women's team.

The ICC should be all over this. It shouldn't be up to the England team to make any political stance.

Anyway on to the cricket. Hope we can restrict them to under 250. I'm not confident in our boys ability to play high class spin.

 

[Rufus T Firefly]

Fuck off with your whataboutery Nasser

Yup. There are lots of things to consider but the old 'you shouldn't do this because you don't not do that' is not an argument. No-one would ever do anything or get anything done on that over simple idea.

Spot on Mr B-H. Anything done has to be ICC, not just England or any individual country. As you say though, let's get onto today's match.

 

[Hetty]

Nearly an empty stadium, why so?

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Hadn’t realised Trott was taking the Afghan coin. Must admit I find that piss poor

 

[the dude]

I think you tried to use this analogy before mate. It didn't hold up to any scrutiny then either.

So, basically what you're trying to say is the Indians are too scared to play cricket in Pakistan.

When you consider everyone else is playing there okay and have been for a while, makes you think.

Looking at his recent posts of various areas of the forum he's obviously just a wum that is trying to annoy folk.

 

[Voice of fair play]

Their spin attack isn't raw which is England's Achilles heal.

Yeah anything but, don’t want too big a score to chase with their class spinners

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Yeah anything but, don’t want too big a score to chase with their class spinners

Started well. Afghans look nervous. No longer unknowns or big underdogs. Might be affecting them.

Hopefully keep it tight and we might run through them here.

 

[Keith S30S]

Yeah anything but, don’t want too big a score to chase with their class spinners

They reckon the due affects the spinners negatively which makes the Afghan's decision to bat odd.

Great start by Archer and Wood, very tight and a wicket.

 

[Nasser Butt-Head]

Hadn’t realised Trott was taking the Afghan coin. Must admit I find that piss poor

Hasn't he been with them a canny while though? Before any regime change.

Gerrin. Archer!!!

 

[chopsfc007]

Boom

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Nearly an empty stadium, why so?

Working day won't help.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

Hasn't he been with them a canny while though? Before any regime change.

Gerrin. Archer!!!

He has yes. Point still holds

 

[Voice of fair play]

They reckon the due affects the spinners negatively which makes the Afghan's decision to bat odd.

Great start by Archer and Wood, very tight and a wicket.

Yeah think because they did it that way when they beat us in the World Cup would have been in their thinking

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Couple of wickets during the first few overs, job done. I'd take them off for the rest of the PP and put someone a bit slower on.

 

[the dude]

Couple of wickets during the first few overs, job done. I'd take them off for the rest of the PP and put someone a bit slower on.

Might have no choice. Wood looks fucked.