Group C - New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada

[GIMH]

Fair play.

 

[Steulen]

No I was born in England and speak with an East London accent but both my parents are not English. Mother's side were of Dutch/South African extraction so nepotism states that I should support both teams today though no mixed loyalties this afternoon, Proteas all the way . I support England first but I do have a strong affection for South Africa and I regularly go there for holidays and what not.

Git.

 

[Fiery]

Although bbc says groundstaff are desperately trying to mop-up after a 90-minute downpour earlier today.

mmm, in that case, delayed start maybe...depending on severity I suppose. Hopefully if it dumped down there wont be much more but I'm no meteorologist. Then again these meteorologists are less likely to predict the weather accurately than astrologists...I'm rambling now, aren't I?

 

[GIMH]

Pretty much yeah....

Still says nothing about a delayed start anywhere. Toss should be soonish.

 

[Loony BoB]

"The early news from the ground is that there has been some heavy rain this morning but the groundstaff are busy mopping up and a prompt start is expected at 9.30am (13.30GMT)." - Cricinfo.

 

[TT Boy]

Good to hear, also Anderson according to Cricinfo is in the XI.

 

[Loony BoB]

Anderson, Plunkett and Joyce in with Mahmood, Lewis and Strauss sitting out, it seems.

 

[GIMH]

(now I see why Richard always puts random zs in smiley only posts!)

 

[wpdavid]

Good to hear, also Anderson according to Cricinfo is in the XI.

Surprising, tbh: one wack on his injured digit and we're a bowler short.

 

[GIMH]

Belly is rumbling tbh. Feeling patriotic. Come on England

 

[Loony BoB]

According to Botham, there's a lot of bounce and it should be a good pitch to chase on.

 

[Scaly piscine]

According to Botham, there's a lot of bounce and it should be a good pitch to chase on.

I'd think the toss is pretty important to be honest, given the rain as well.

 

[Loony BoB]

10am start. Cricinfo advises this is the expexted England XI... 1 Ed Joyce, 2 Michael Vaughan (capt), 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Jamie Dalrymple, 8 Paul Nixon (wk), 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty Panesar

 

[Richard]

(now I see why Richard always puts random zs in smiley only posts!)

It's in caps-only smiley-only posts... I shall demonstrate...

 

[Richard]

:-o

 

[Richard]

 

[Richard]

 

[Scaly piscine]

Predictably NZ win the important toss.

 

[Richard]

Flem wins the toss and sticks us in...

 

[Loony BoB]

Phew. Let's hope we don't bugger up that advantage.