***Official***Match #36 - Australia vs England - November 4th - Ahmedabad

[Aidan11]

Could do with a wicket right now.

This partnership starting to build.

 

[Burgey]

Comms asking why Wood hasn’t been effective so far this tourney. NOt Particularly surE why he’D do So badly.

 

[Owzat]

Green and Stoinis to come after Inglis

This is as they say, not very good

must admit looking at the aussie batting order does look a tad thin, not that England 6-11 has exactly oodles of runs this World Cup

Stoinis : 1446 runs @ 27.28 (HS 146no, SR 94.70)
Inglis : 271 runs @ 20.85 (HS 58, SR 102.26)

tournament runs from middle-lower orders in this game
England 4-11 : 494 runs @ 15.94 (HS 43no, 50 x0, SR 81.38)
[Highest scores : BS 43, JB 43, LL 27, MA 15, CW 14, DW 16no, AR 20, MW 43no

Australia 5-11 : 362 runs @ 17.24 (HS 58, 50 x1, SR 91.65)
[Highest scores : CG 8, MSto 46, JI 58, PC 37, MSta 28, AZ 11no, JH 2]

not much innit, England cranked up to the highest batsman in the order who's done FA, aussies to similar point in the order. Despite England's supposed 'depth' of batting most have done diddly, 3 scores of 14-16no, a 20, a 27 from supposed batsman and best effort in a dead already cause from Wood

aussies not got anything from Green yet, last two not up to much, but then again until last two games none of the England bowlers bar crocked Topley and Rashid had done more than the square root of FA

 

[Molehill]

Organised sports tours are always a bad idea, but imagine paying for one of these

The scorer on TMS is travelling between every match he covers by train, he's had a number of 30 hour plus journeys, but he's also had plenty of stories to tell too.

But yeah, this is not a tournament you could easily follow your team around.

 

[kevinw]

It doesn't matter how sedate it looks now. We know AUS will score more than 250 and ENG will be bowled out cheaply. We've seen this film before.

 

[Burgey]

Marnus is being particularly ordinary here so far. Puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the line up

 

[DriveClub]

Marnus doesn't look much of an ODI batter

 

[Gob]

Marnus is being particularly ordinary here so far. Puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the line up

Don't think it's a high scoring wicket at least for the moment. Ball seems to get hold up on the wicket.

Might quicken up later underlights

 

[Owzat]

Comms asking why Wood hasn’t been effective so far this tourney. NOt Particularly surE why he’D do So badly.

he has a poor ODI record might be a starting point, had a good 2019 World Cup but averages near 40 before this game and may even reach that average (2969 runs, 75 wickets @ 39.59 so 0/31 or worse would crack 40)

Mark "Dead" Wood (65 ODIs)
157 runs @ 14.27 (SR 100.64, HS 43no)
75 wkts @ 39.59 (SR 43.19, ER 5.50, 4wi x2)

Number of series with 5+ wkts = 4 (out of 21, including World Cups)
Number of series with average* under 33 = 8 (out of 21)
Best series : 18 wkts @ 25.72 (2019 World Cup)

*yes I know many don't see averages as 'relevant' in LOIs, but actually anyone who knows anything will know ER, SR and ave are intertwined, you can work out the third with the other two ie balls/wickets, runs/balls, runs/wickets

 

[honestbharani]

Ahmedabad does get better under lights. I think NZ smashed Eng here and Ind smashed Pak, both games the conditions did look easier batting second. I dont think they looked particularly difficult batting first either game, mind you.

 

[DriveClub]

Livingstone is a better bowler than batsman, how did he trick everyone that he's a batsman

 

[kevinw]

Wood just isn't a good short form bowler. He never has been besides a decent 2019. No other nation would give a guy averaging 40 over 60 ODIs

 

[Third_Man]

Ahmedabad does get better under lights. I think NZ smashed Eng here and Ind smashed Pak, both games the conditions did look easier batting second. I dont think they looked particularly difficult batting first either game, mind you.

and cooler to field second?

 

[Third_Man]

Livingstone is a better bowler than batsman, how did he trick everyone that he's a batsman

Livingstone batting was fine before franchise cricket came along. His early first class batting average was good.
Debut season 2016: 15 matches, 23 inns 815 runs at over 50, HS 108 2 x 100 6 x 50 Bowling 1-166 from 51 overs

 

[Owzat]

Livingstone is a better bowler than batsman, how did he trick everyone that he's a batsman

simple couple of answers, county cricket and shortest formats ie 120 balls or less

 

[social]

The 4th ball of the last Livingstone over was okay but I reckon many batsmen in this WC would have plonked it rows back while Marnus treated it with respect

 

[kevinw]

Livingstone batting was fine before franchise cricket came along. His early first class batting average was good.

Livingstone is a decent seven in this format. I know he's a pretty sloppy bat but with a good top six, then he really should be there just to accelerate the scoring rather than building a massive innings. His bowling is more than decent. You'll get ten overs from him often though you'd like the luxury of a sixth bowler too.

 

[Owzat]

Wood just isn't a good short form bowler. He never has been besides a decent 2019. No other nation would give a guy averaging 40 over 60 ODIs

you'd have to mean ODIs by "short form", he has 45 wkts @ 18.47 in T20is, ER 8.35

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good tussle for a change, nice to see us actually competing for once in the tournament.

 

[Third_Man]

Livingstone is a decent seven in this format. I know he's a pretty sloppy bat but with a good top six, then he really should be there just to accelerate the scoring rather than building a massive innings. His bowling is more than decent. You'll get ten overs from him often though you'd like the luxury of a sixth bowler too.

He followed up his breakthrough 2016 season with a decent 2017 inc a HS of 224. Did his head take over afterwards after short format success?