12th Match - Afghanistan v England (23rd March)

[FaaipDeOiad]

Lol what the ****.

 

[Spikey]

Ben Stokes everybody

 

[hendrix]

Kept really low tgat

 

[mr_mister]

are Afghanistan still a chance at qualifying if they win this?

 

[Niall]

Jordan is supposedly an all rounder so England should be grand.

England should never choose to bat first no matter the opposition.

 

[mr_mister]

get these blokes test status. Delete Zimbabwe's if you have to idc

 

[MW1304]

Our tournament record against 'smaller' teams is nothing short of embarrassing by now. It feels like we lose one in every World Cup. Must be something psychological at work, which is ridiculous seeing as hardly any of these players will have played in any of the losses.

 

[Pothas]

Jordan? Really?

 

[weldone]

At 53 for 5, Unibet still have England as favourites. I was going there to place a bat on ENgland, as I had expected it to pay out decently.......

Betting sites have been stupid in this match. At the start, Afghan was paying 8! I grabbed that with both hands.

Remember Morgan doesn't use spinners in the powerplays. So for England to win they have to have a semi-decent chance after Afghanistan's first 6 overs. 100 needed in 14 overs with 8 wickets to go is a semi-decent chance. The way this innings is going, I don't see much chance of Afghanistan needing 100+ in their last 14 overs. I totally expect at least one between Shahzad and Noor Ali to make runs in the first 6 against England's poor pace attack.

 

[Stapel]

get these blokes test status. Delete Zimbabwe's if you have to idc

Nah, beating England at WCT20's is actually a very common and easy thing to do .

 

[Dan]

I'd genuinely consider Ravi ahead of Plunkett as a bowler in these conditions, tbf

 

[James]

Just love the associate nations, they brought so much to the ODI World Cup last year. Just a shame they didn't get a proper chance this time around.

Afghanistan leading the way

 

[CricAddict]

Just 8 more overs to go. Rashid and Willey yet to come. England still stand at 50:50 in this match, can even say 60:40 England.

 

[vcs]

Just love the associate nations, they brought so much to the ODI World Cup last year. Just a shame they didn't get a proper chance this time around.

Afghanistan leading the way

Minnows like England don't make for competitive games in these tournaments, ICC need to look into this.

 

[weldone]

Uh those 5 wides!

Come on get Moeen

 

[Pothas]

I'd genuinely consider Ravi ahead of Plunkett as a bowler in these conditions, tbf

Yeah, the great man should be here for sure. Should really have gone with Dawson for this game.

 

[Stapel]

Just wondering.... What would be a decent score on this pitch?

 

[hendrix]

Think England need more than 130. Pitch isn't actually turning much

 

[Scaly piscine]

Bopara may have some ability on crumbling pitches, but he doesn't have the mentality. He'd randomly just pat one to a fielder.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Think England need more than 130. Pitch isn't actually turning much

Yeah exactly. The ball is gripping but not unplayable. Poor batting mostly.