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

[straw man]

It's a lot better than the 220 England looked like scoring at one stage.

But then it's not quite as much of a road as initially thought, wonder if England will even try get some overs from a third spinner (Livingstone?).

 

[Athlai]

Alex Hales answering these questions with all the erudition of a parole board interview

Yeah he don't say words too good

 

[Zinzan]

Alex Hales answering these questions with all the erudition of a parole board interview

Tough crowd.

 

[chris.hinton]

New Zealand will bottle it

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

If there is such a thing as an overrated T20 player Ben Stokes is one of them .
Only gets picked because of his reputation in the other two formats .

He had that one IPL season where he absolutely gunned it opening the batting.

But outside of that one tournament the only thing he's done of note in the format is bowl that over to Carlos Brathwaite.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Like most games between England and New Zealand I can't call this and it is going to be a nailbiter. This pair have provided some brilliant matches in the last 5 years, probably more good matches against each other than any other pair of sides.

May the best side win.

 

[chris.hinton]

That’s awesome. You’d have been cheering Ireland on then

No chance

 

[BoyBrumby]

Alex Hales answering these questions with all the erudition of a parole board interview

Noted idiot is actual idiot non-shocker.

England well below par here, IMHO. Especially from the platform we had.

Just seen Kane's non-catch on replay on the Beeb's site (I'm actually working from the office today like what we did in the olden days), not an absolutely fantastic look, is it?

 

[Moss]

Hope Dark Kane is able to show us a different side to what we’ve seen of his batting lately. Looks like the kind of scenario where the powerplay is your best opportunity to score heavily.

 

[Neil Young]

Noted idiot is actual idiot non-shocker.

England well below par here, IMHO. Especially from the platform we had.

Just seen Kane's non-catch on replay on the Beeb's site (I'm actually working from the office today like what we did in the olden days), not an absolutely fantastic look, is it?

I think he was trying for the old 'so conspicuous, it's inconspicuous' trick.

 

[straw man]

First ball six or out?

 

[Shri]

Yeah he don't say words too good

some words anyway

 

[Shri]

fully expect hales to tackle either adil or moeen if a streaker interrupts play

 

[Prince EWS]

Not sure if it's out - but jaf, either way.

 

[Prince EWS]

That absolutely looked like it was going to be out the whole way until the very end. Remarkable arse-saving there from Dev.

 

[social]

Thought that was out

 

[Moss]

Woof. He can hit them but don’t think Conway prefers starting out against spin.

 

[Shri]

Remarkable arse-saving there from Dev.

further proof that kapil > harris

 

[chris.hinton]

4 off the 1st over. Behind the rate already

 

[straw man]

Why are they making us play in chennai