Furball
Evil Scotsman
It's actually been really dry this year. It's taken a while for anything resembling summer to appear but it hasn't rained much at all.
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**Official** Group A Discussion
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Completely disagree. Provided England don't do anything daft in the next 10 overs they'll outdo India's effort the other day.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
What's the betting we still send in Ravi before Buttler?
The_roc
U19 Captain
7 dot balls in the last 2 overs. Can't believe that anyone is happy with that.
King Pietersen
International Captain
India lost wickets in the last 15, that's what restricted their score, and would restrict any team's score. If you go into the last 15 having already gone at 5/6 an over, you can still end up with a big score even if you have a disappointing end, which India did. If England were to bat like they are, and have a poor final powerplay and last 10, we'll end up with 230. We're putting all our eggs in one basket, which is scoring at 10+ in the last 10, if that goes **** up, and we lose a heap of wickets, which is definitely possible when the pressure is on, we'll end up with a below par score.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Seriously? To outdo India from the other day we would have to score at 10 an over for the last 20 overs. I just can't see it.
Fair call from you if they do though
Spark
Global Moderator
you're kidding, right? you think they'll score 200+ in 20 overs?
James
Cricket Web Owner
Very bizzare cricket from England. Bell and Trott have forgotten that they're playing coloured cricket. Would have thought after the first two ODIs against the Kiwis recently, England might have done something with their batting lineup because their top 4 really are no threat at all at taking a game away from the opposition and its going to cost them here with Australia's depth in batting.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Provided they don't bat like spastics in the next 10.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
James
Cricket Web Owner
On this pitch with no movement, I would save they do have depth
Spark
Global Moderator
look if you're banking 200 in 20 as if it's guaranteed then you're in dreamland
King Pietersen
International Captain
Better from England. This is what I want to see, some urgency in the running, rotation of the strike. I don't want them to go for 4 boundaries in an over, just rotate the strike, and hit the odd boundary. 10 came off that over easily.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Exactly. And these two have played enough cricket to know that, you'd have thought. What gets me is that they're abdicating responsibility on the basis that the next few guys can do the hard work. And/or they have no awareness at all of the match situation and they're simply playing by numbers.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I'm not banking on it. But it's doable from 20 overs with 9 wickets in hand.