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

[Everton Seymour]

Holy crap this is some unbelievably stupid tactics from the Irish tail , got a guy on 71* and you're playing ramp shots as a no.11 ...

 

[TheJediBrah]

Would still have been good to have it in our own hands. Now the equation is to bowl out Afghanistan for 70-odd as the Plan B.

Really we've looked really ordinary all tournament. Stoinis god mode was needed to get the job done against Sri Lanka, New Zealand was an utter belting and here we've been really inconsistent.

All we need is for England to lose at least 1 of their remaining games to either NZ or SL and run rate is irrelevant*. SL's game is at Sydney too which should help them.

And it wouldn't have been in our hands anyway, because (at the risk of stating the obvious) England's results also affect their net run rate

*assuming we beat Afghanistan of course

 

[Spark]

Well I suppose Tucker got his not out.

 

[morgieb]

Comfortable win, but feels very flat.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Really should have taken the single at the end of the last over.

Seemed weird at the time, looks even worse now (especially doubling down on it at the end of the next over).

 

[Prince EWS]

All we need is for England to lose at least 1 of their remaining games to either NZ or SL and run rate is irrelevant*. SL's game is at Sydney too which should help them

*assuming we beat Afghanistan of course

#SCGSoSpinny

 

[morgieb]

All we need is for England to lose at least 1 of their remaining games to either NZ or SL and run rate is irrelevant*. SL's game is at Sydney too which should help them

*assuming we beat Afghanistan of course

That's the Plan A. I guess England haven't looked great in the World Cup either, but I still feel they're gonna come good.

 

[Spark]

Comfortable win, but feels very flat.

Apparently this team really really does need Finch out on the side to provide leadership because it looked totally rudderless after he went off the ground. Really going through the motions.

 

[Nintendo]

We really needed to take the big win here after having them 5 down for **** all, may not get the same oppurtunity vs AFG.

 

[TheJediBrah]

None of it matters anyway if the selectors are going to persist with this god awful combination of players into the finals if we make it

 

[Xuhaib]

So Aus are almost through. Right?

 

[Spark]

So Aus are almost through. Right?

Almost is a stretch but they're favourites for that 2nd spot.

 

[Bahnz]

So Aus are almost through. Right?

If NZ loses to England, yes - though if the margin of defeat is heavy (e.g. 40+ runs) then Australia will still have a slither of hope. If NZ wins, then Australia can stride confidently into the semi-finals on the back of a hammering at the hands of the world no.5 ranked team and a string of wins against the 8th, 10th and 12th ranked teams.

 

[Burgey]

Aussies are not doing enough. If they dont make the semis its an embarrassing achievement

Sing it with me Chris.

?It’s a long way
To Tipperary
It’s a long way, to go….?

 

[Bahnz]

In fairness, realistically this probably won't go down to NRR anyway because NZ look in far better nick than England right now.

Not sure of this. NZ's wins have been on a slower deck at the SCG. Still far from confident about how the batting will shape up at the Gabba.

 

[Burgey]

Apparently this team really really does need Finch out on the side to provide leadership because it looked totally rudderless after he went off the ground. Really going through the motions.

Why did he go off?

 

[Burgey]

If NZ loses to England, yes - though if the margin of defeat is heavy (e.g. 40+ runs) then Australia will still have a slither of hope. If NZ wins, then Australia can stride confidently into the semi-finals on the back of a hammering at the hands of the world no.5 ranked team and a string of wins against the 8th, 10th and 12th ranked teams.

Before winning the semi final sort of comfortably then absolutely bending NZ over in the final.

you know how this one goes mate.

 

[Burgey]

None of it matters anyway if the selectors are going to persist with this god awful combination of players into the finals if we make it

if two blokes fire with the bat you almost always win a T20. So while I agree the selections are junk, once it gets to the semi finals it’s anyone’s

 

[Bahnz]

Before winning the semi final sort of comfortably then absolutely bending NZ over in the final.

you know how this one goes mate.

Watching SA win every group game and then drop 4 chances and suffer 3 run-outs (2 of them mankads) would still be a thing of beauty to watch in the semi though.

 

[Flem274*]

yeah looking forward to losing the final to aus.

someones gonna get mankadded in the semis though. you can feel it.