Group 1 (Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland)

[Fuller Pilch]

Great fightback from England.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

10 overs in and Ireland favourites. Really good by ireland. Sh it by England. Wood will probably be out of Australia game too in 2 days time having slipped and slided around ground here.

Wood (and Livingstone) changed things.

 

[thierry henry]

Ireland have been ‘proactive’ throughout the whole innings irrespective of losing wickets, unfortunately it looks like it’s getting them bowled out 20+ runs short of what they should’ve got

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Shame. Needed 180 minimum.

 

[thierry henry]

Wood correctly blaming England’s flat performance on this pathetic crowd. Get a climate and an enthused populace Australia.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Buttler gooooooone

 

[kevinw]

Well this is why England bat down to seven.

 

[cnerd123]

feels like one of those games where one team bosses the first 10 overs each innings but loses the match post drinks in both innings too

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Josh Little is a quality bowler.

 

[wpdavid]

The worst thing about this start is that we'll have KP banging on again about how unjust it was to drop Jason Roy.

 

[anil1405]

Stokes should give up this format too at international level.

 

[thierry henry]

Fionn Hand always has the required mandatory sum of money available to him amirite guys

 

[kevinw]

Hales and Stokes are going to hold England back with the bat in this tournament.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Stokes should give up this format too at international level.

He has a notably worse T20I batting record than our current number 9.

On the other hand, he's currently bowling better than him. Strange game innit.

 

[cnerd123]

Fionn Hand always has the required mandatory sum of money available to him amirite guys

need downvote react

 

[kevinw]

He has a notably worse T20I batting record than our current number 9.

On the other hand, he's currently bowling better than him. Strange game innit.

Which is why he should bat at seven. He tends to need to build an innings. When you have Malan above him you don't really have that option as Malan needs time too. Stokes should be your insurance at seven and ideally should just hit from the get-go.

 

[thierry henry]

Is Mbangwa too close to the mic or just shouting

 

[Daemon]

It’s clear this world cup needs a couple of cake-y players.

Root could be an improvement for this side imo, even though Malan plays the same role better.

 

[Athlai]

Tuktuk England

 

[ataraxia]

Dockrell bowling lol