**Official** Group A Discussion

[Cabinet96]

Sat Jun 8
3rd Match, Group A - England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham

Sun Jun 9
4th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Wed Jun 12
7th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand
Edgbaston, Birmingham

Thu Jun 13
8th Match, Group A - England v Sri Lanka
Kennington Oval, London

Sun Jun 16
11th Match, Group A - England v New Zealand
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Mon Jun 17
12th Match, Group A - Australia v Sri Lanka
Kennington Oval, London

 

[Cabinet96]

That's usually how they're done, isn't it?

 

[uvelocity]

nah ****

 

[Burgey]

Dunno whether to go to the footy in Townsville Saturday night or sit in the hotel bar and watch this instead.

#firstworldproblems

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah, I'll probably miss the first match due to playing all of Saturday. Why can't there be time for both FFS?

 

[straw man]

Teams involved in the ashes should just gtfo imo

 

[Daemon]

Much poorer standard overall compared to group B imo.

 

[straw man]

Much poorer standard overall compared to group B imo.

nah ****

awta

Both finalists will come from this group. A is for Awesome. B is for Bat****.

 

[straw man]

I heard Group B are just a bunch of shills for Big Cricket

 

[Cabinet96]

I think South Africa and West Indies are overhyped, and I think New Zealand and Sri Lanka are under hyped. If I had to bet which group the winner would come from, I'd bet A.

 

[BeeGee]

I'm picking Sri Lanka V India final.

 

[BeeGee]

My pick for the NZ team to play Sri Lanka:

Ronchi
Guptill
Williamson
Taylor
Elliott
McCullum
Vettori
NcCullum
Southee
Mills
McClenaghan

 

[hendrix]

You're probably right, but I would genuinely prefer Franklin over Elliot against SL's spinners.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Clarke ruled out tomorrow, carrying the rest of the side finally telling on his back then.

Must be a worry with ashes only a month away.

 

[uvelocity]

happy for him to miss the whole tourney tbh

 

[flibbertyjibber]

happy for him to miss the whole tourney tbh

Would make sense to replace him now wouldn't it?

Have treatment and get it as right as possible instead of maybe playing and making it worse.

 

[uvelocity]

who knows. sure youve read before that he's had this forever and only missed one test

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yes but that was this year and it seems to be more of a problem at present than previously. Too important a player to risk ahead of an ashes series for a one day competition that is lower in priority for both sides.

 

[Cabinet96]

I'm surprised he's been out so long actually. As you said he's always had it and never missed that long from it. All rather a bit odd really.

 

[Spark]

He missed about three months of ODI cricket after the 09 Ashes, IIRC. It's not unknown for him to be ruled out of whole one-day series because of this.