24th Match - England v Afghanistan

[wpdavid]

I see Vince got out in the 20s


Hmm

Yeah, never saw that coming.

 

[wpdavid]

How awesome would it be if England randomly choked and lost here.

Would at least make the top 4 spot battle vaguely interesting. Won't happen though obviously.

I don 't see the top 4 as done & dusted. If memory serves, there's only been one match between 2 sides from the current top 4; India vs Aus a couple weeks back. So there's plenty of chances for points to be dropped when they play each other, and Bang & SL aren't so far behind them.

EDIT
I'd forgotten the India vs NZ washout. Point still stands though.

 

[Bijed]

I see Vince got out in the 20s


Hmm

Tbh, I'd rather he did this than cash in big time against Afghanistan and potentially make it trickier to replace him with Roy when the latter recovers

 

[MW1304]

Weird innings from Jonny it seems. Set up a good platform, but suggests it's not a pitch for free-flowing shots?

 

[Jarquis]

Would love to see Root's dotball percentage. Can't think of a better player who is less boundary reliant.

 

[91Jmay]

Two paced pitch, we look on pace for 340+ anyway. Would be good for Morgie to get some runs.

 

[vcs]

Rashid Khan's reputation is going to take some damage by the end of this tournament.

 

[Malcolm]

Would love to see Root's dotball percentage. Can't think of a better player who is less boundary reliant.

45.7%

 

[ankitj]

Rashid Khan's reputation is going to take some damage by the end of this tournament.

His stats right now are unreal. Sits on top of average and strike rate tables. Not sure he is that​ good.

 

[PikeyB]

I didn't get much of a look at the pitch , but I did fancy putting Afghanistan in and going for their weakest game early . This gives them a sniff of victory and minnows have whupped us in the past .

I really want Bangladesh in the final four .

 

[Jarquis]

The unfortunate thing is you don't imagine a wicket would help too much either...

 

[wpdavid]

I didn't get much of a look at the pitch , but I did fancy putting Afghanistan in and going for their weakest game early . This gives them a sniff of victory and minnows have whupped us in the past .

I really want Bangladesh in the final four .

The only reason for inviting Afghanistan to bat would have been concerns over the weather and hoping to dismiss them as quickly as possible.

 

[stephen]

This is a brutal passage of play.

 

[trundler]

Root and Morgan exemplify the 2 different kinds of one day batsmen around. The flawless stroke-maker and the big bat reliant test failure.

 

[wpdavid]

The unfortunate thing is you don't imagine a wicket would help too much either...

Jos Buttler could indeed be fun in this situation.

There's talk on cricinfo of Root having back problems. If so, why is he still batting?

 

[trundler]

That could've been caught

 

[theegyptian]

hmm before the game today I thought this could have been a struggle for Morgan. He often struggles against Asian spin especially early in his innings. And on a used pitch at Old trafford that normally takes some spin. He seems to have done all right for himself.

 

[trundler]

Bring out Jooooooooos

 

[trundler]

No need. Brutality.

 

[cnerd123]

Painfully slow start from England.

You aren't joking