14th Match - England v Scotland

[Gnske]

Delightful catch

 

[Spark]

that is an outstanding catch

 

[viriya]

Drop Ballance for Hales and get Bell in at 3 imo.

 

[Pothas]

We could still be all out here.

 

[Burgey]

two good catches there.

 

[Spark]

Drop Ballance for Hales and get Bell in at 3 imo.

put taylor back at 3. i see absolutely no reason he should be bating at 6. nor do i see what he's done to deserve demotion.

 

[Zinzan]

Why is it England always seem about 5 years behind the rest of the world when it comes to their approach in ODIs?

I mean they look to target 10 an over in the last 5, when most teams aim for that rate in the last 10 overs these days. So frustrating.

 

[Spark]

oh NOW broad gets into line

 

[Cabinet96]

What an absolutely awful effort at a last 20 overs. 131/8. So much work has to be done with the batting in the latter middle overs and early death overs.

 

[Zinzan]

So I make that 78 off the last 10... fairly ordinary on a good track with wickets in hand.

 

[Gnske]

What an absolutely awful effort at a last 20 overs. 131/8.

A glorious victory by English standards in this format.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Terrible final over.

 

[viriya]

How come Broad is so **** as an ODI batsman? I would've expected him to be able to strike at a decent rate at least. Not even close to being an ODI all-rounder.

 

[Cabinet96]

So I make that 78 off the last 10... fairly ordinary on a good track with wickets in hand.

They kind of recovered it in the last six or so overs. But the 34-44 over period was just awful. Went at almost half their run rate when they had wickets in hand.

 

[Zinzan]

How come Broad is so **** as an ODI batsman? I would've expected him to be able to strike at a decent rate at least. Not even close to being an ODI all-rounder.

He was a much better batsman at age 19 than he is now at 28....which is mental.

 

[Bahnz]

Hmmm...could be an interesting chase if Scotland can get through the initial new ball burst without taking the same kind of damage they suffered against NZ.

 

[Spark]

How come Broad is so **** as an ODI batsman? I would've expected him to be able to strike at a decent rate at least. Not even close to being an ODI all-rounder.

broad is terrible, genuinely awful, before he's set. in any form of the game.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

McCullum sounds pretty Scottish. Get him in there.

 

[Zinzan]

They kind of recovered it in the last six or so overs. But the 34-44 over period was just awful. Went at almost half their run rate when they had wickets in hand.

That was my earlier point...their approach suggested they only starting looking at 10+ on over off the last 5 overs. They seemed content with 6-7 an over from overs 40-45, which is why I say they seem 5 years behind the times.

 

[Cabinet96]

But that was my earlier point...their approach suggested they only starting looking at 10+ on over off the last 5 overs. They seemed content with 6-7 an over from overs 40-45, which is why I say they seem 5 years behind the times.

Yeah I definitely agree. The cliche is England are too slow at the start but it's probably those five where they don't go big enough.