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

[Burgey]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[GIMH]

Get a climate ffs

 

[Burgey]

Hshahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[veganbob]

Great win Ireland! Well played lads. England have no one to blame- they had no urgency, rain was always on the cards.

On the disappointing side -I doubt NZ vs Afganistan goes ahead . When is the cut off time?

 

[Athlai]

Someone get me a picture of a motorway

 

[TheJediBrah]

Beta England will always be vulnerable to alpha Ireland, it's in their respective natures

 

[Burgey]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Burgey]

At an ALP fund raiser so have missed the entire game but it’s made my back half of the year

 

[mr_mister]

Not certain England had it in the bag if it didn't rain. Moeen is the king of wasting a good start and getting out for a quickfire 32 or something

 

[honestbharani]

 

[artvandalay]

Gonna consider it reward for getting more swing than England's bowlers did when they bowled, which was quite surprising with both Woakes and Curran there.

 

[Zinzan]

Raining again just as the covers had come off, & now we're losing overs.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

If this goes ahead (really hope so), but is only 5 or 6 overs each, would Kane drop himself?

 

[_Ed_]

Would be handy if we could move this one to Marvel Stadium.

 

[Victor Ian]

Why are they playing two games on the same day at the MCG? Are they doing this kind of thing all through the tournament? Are they both at the MCG (I'd presume so). This just seems crazy? I don't see the upside.

So the Australia V England game is pretty much a decider for who gets to miss out, I guess. I kind of hope this group turns out very even and all teams win a few and lose a few.

 

[Victor Ian]

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This is tough on Afghanistan. Clearly, this was going to be a win for them.

Is a wash out bad for NZ? Wouldn't it help them maintain their NRR at ludicrous levels?

edit: oops. Forgot that there are points for wins. After the belting by new zealand, I have just been focusing on the NRR.

 

[Starfighter]

Not gonna happen. Just a continuous band of showers moving across the area.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

This is tough on Afghanistan. Clearly, this was going to be a win for them.

Is a wash out bad for NZ? Wouldn't it help them maintain their NRR at ludicrous levels?

A win and more momentum (plus game time for Mitchell and perhaps another/others) is better than a high NRR. What if our game vs Ireland is rained out too?

 

[Son Of Coco]

Holy ****! I was going to suggest getting money on Ireland, remembering when they rolled England for 90ish in a test a couple of years back. Didn't seriously entertain the thought of it happening here though!

What I Iove about England is, no matter how bad we are going, they always manage to provide a laugh.

 

[Victor Ian]

Not gonna happen. Just a continuous band of showers moving across the area.

Yeah, it is pretty **** here at the moment. Just a carpet of cloud with very dark patches in waves as far as the horizon before it got dark.