Re: World Cup 2015

by taipan Sat 14 Feb 2015, 08:31

Ballance chucks it away.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 08:46

LOL @ Athers. Describes Gatt as looking like box TV these days. Laughing

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 08:48

Belf chucks it away. Fair catch by Koo.

Scene set for Morgan?

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 08:51

Now Neph chucks it. Puddle on a hattrick.

by beamer Sat 14 Feb 2015, 08:52

Dello wrote:
Henry wrote:The world is watching. It's the biggest stage in world cricket. And everyone is laughing at England.

The biggest laugh of it all is that this has been four years in the planning. Four years since the last world cup debacle and the best they can come up with is another debacle.

It really is quite something that the geniuses at the ECB can watch the entire world of cricket playing a better, more effective, more successful, more current brand of one-day cricket (a format in which England are terrible and have been since around 1992) and wilfully not learn a f*cking thing. In fact, rather than embracing some of the tactics and trends that other teams are using, England (and I repeat: terrible since 1992) delude themselves that it is they, rather, who are the pioneers of the game, who have the trump hand that will win the day in the end. "We're doing stuff no-one else is doing. That's winner talk."

No-one else is bowling 90% half trackers at the death, not because they're behind the times but because they're not f*cking idiots.

It's still essentially a meaningless month of warm-ups ahead of a lottery knockout competition that will decide the winner. Any one of the eight could get lucky with weather, tosses etc. and be in the final... then suddenly there's no problem, is there?

Alternatively we could lose to two minnows and be going home before the competition proper starts. That would focus attention on the issues and probably lead to a specialist one-day coach and selection panel. But we just don't have the quality or experience to produce a consistently good ODI side at the moment.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:15

Good Lord. Puddle has got 4-fer with a pile of tosh. Good catch by Haddit.

by embee Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:15

Dello wrote:Anyway, a/o 178. Morgan will score less than 2.

50% so far

by furriner Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:20

I've only come here for what Henry has to say. Go on Henners, don't hold back.

by taipan Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:22

Taylor seems incapable of hitting it off the square.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:26

A screamer by Tweek gives Puddle 5!!!

by taipan Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:27

The non favourites cruising through their first match.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:34

Yes, NZ played well.

by furriner Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:34

These Australian b@stards are going to take some beating.

by Big Dog Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:37

I suspect Chef is sitting somewhere with a wry smile on his face.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:45

Finch drops a sitter after making good ground. Hazy needed that.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:46

Review.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:47

Not out. Can't give it.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:50

Draughthorse.

by skully Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:51

Don't be giving England a better NRR than they deserve, FFS. Foot on the throat, Beetle!!

by Brass Monkey Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:54

Dogshit

by beamer Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:57

Yeah, NRR damage limitation is the key here, as it will probably mean we could lose to Bangladesh and still sneak through (since the Bangers will no doubt lose to one of the other minnows and/or we could beat Sri Lanka...)

by Guest Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:58

Well well well. Who could have possibly seen this happening?

by taipan Sat 14 Feb 2015, 09:59

vilkrang wrote:Well well well. Who could have possibly seen this happening?

KP?

by beamer Sat 14 Feb 2015, 10:01

Shame he can't switch to Scotland for a month or so just to show them a thing or two.

by Guest Sat 14 Feb 2015, 10:03

taipan wrote:
vilkrang wrote:Well well well. Who could have possibly seen this happening?

KP?

And anyone who'd watched any ODI cricket over the past year.

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