The Warm-Ups...

[Manee]

Franklin! Wicket first up. Watto too

And Warner follows, looks like he'll be missing out on the first few games.

 

[King Pietersen]

That bloody 'Yahoooooooooo' everytime there's a pissing bowling change is going to get very annoying if we have to put up with it every game!

Bugger. RV gone. Just couldn't get Haq away. Not a bad innings though, hopefully KP'll find some form.

 

[Athlai]

Double wicket maiden. Franklin is so ****ing good.

 

[King Pietersen]

LOL @ Owais. Gone first ball, get Morgan in against spin!

 

[Prince EWS]

Franklin is so ****ing good.

AWTA.

 

[Jarquis]

Haq on a hattrcik, Bopara gone and then Shah first ball..

 

[Jarquis]

Double wicket maiden. Franklin is so ****ing good.

Always one of my favourite NZ players TBH.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hoping he gets his Haqtrick.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Haq on a hattrcik, Bopara gone and then Shah first ball..

KP should be on his way too - no idea how that wasn't LBW.

 

[Prince EWS]

England look absolutely clueless against spin. Even moreso than normal.

 

[King Pietersen]

What a surprise. England getting dominated by spin again, really thought they'd have worked out how to play spin with Flower as coach. Should have been Morgan coming in at 5, hes a much better player of spin than Colly. Just hope KP doesn't get out.

There we go, finally a release of pressure. Massive six from KP.

 

[Athlai]

Scotland aren't exactly the best spinners in the WC either...

 

[Uppercut]

Hope the umpiring gets a bit better on time for the tournament, cause it's been beyond atrocious in this match.

 

[Jarquis]

8.1


Vettori to Ponting, no run, Ponting goes back and punches the ball to cover

Not out handled ball?

 

[Prince EWS]

Scotland aren't exactly the best spinners in the WC either...

Ryan Watson isn't even remotely close to what you'd call a frontline spinner; he's a middle order batsman who bowls part-time medium pace. He's bowling offies today but I wasn't even aware he knew how to bowl spin. His second over is taking some deserved tap though.

 

[Athlai]

So England are going to presumably raise the white flag when they come up against the likes of Sri Lanka then?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hope the umpiring gets a bit better on time for the tournament, cause it's been beyond atrocious in this match.

Quite: Foster denied a stumping, Broad gets away with at least two clear wides & KP was palpably LBW an over or two ago.

Haq looks decent to me tho, lovely action for an offie.

 

[Uppercut]

If they come up against Sri Lanka it means they've reached the semi final so they won't care.

In other news, the umpire gives byes to a ball that went down the leg side. It would be nice if they got umpires who knew the rules.

 

[Uppercut]

Colly goes, but that KP let-off still looks fairly decisive.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Collingwood goes for 9. Skys a leading edge down long on's throat. Scotland still in this.