Match #17 - Australia vs England - 8 June

[Qlder]

Group B, Bridgetown, June 08, 13:00 local time, 18:00 UK time or 03:00 Aus (AEST)

Just over 12 hours to go for arguably the biggest game of the WC so far (ICC ranked #2 vs #3)

 

[Qlder]

Word is that Cummins will be back while Starc is good to play. Bit harsh on Ellis if so. Hoping Maxwell breaks out of his form slump, plus Marsh also needs some runs.

With Eng having a washout vs Scotland an Australia win here will put England in dire straits to make the Super 8's

 

[Pant Kameez]

Choosing between which team to support here is the perfect example of hobson's choice.

 

[Sunil1z]

Hope Naseer Hussain is provided adequate security in USA . Someone might confuse him for Putin .

 

[Gob]

Word is that Cummins will be back while Starc is good to play. Bit harsh on Ellis if so. Hoping Maxwell breaks out of his form slump, plus Marsh also needs some runs.

With Eng having a washout vs Scotland an Australia win here will put England in dire straits to make the Super 8's

Bald guy ashton should be considered if the wicket is anything like the last game vs Oh man. Adds more batting as well compared to solar panel pat

 

[Qlder]

Bald guy ashton should be considered if the wicket is anything like the last game vs Oh man. Adds more batting as well compared to solar panel pat

Apparently Marsh strongly hinted in a press conference that Cummins is back. Can't see Agar replacing Starc or Hazlewood

 

[GIMH]

England will win comfortably, you heard it here first

 

[_Ed_]

Looking forward to this, should be a great game. Hope you enjoy it at the ground GIMH!

 

[GIMH]

Looking forward to this, should be a great game. Hope you enjoy it at the ground GIMH!

Cheers mate!

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

England will win comfortably, you heard it here first

Just keep your eye on the ball when England are batting, could be lots of sixes peppering the spectators.

 

[Burgey]

England will win comfortably, you heard it here first

You’ll be crying into your 50+ sunscreen bottle before the half way mark of the first innings

 

[Burgey]

This just a dress rehearsal for the final isn’t it? Imagine the dough they could have saved by not worrying about the lesser matches and just played a best of five between these two sides

 

[Qlder]

4 games at Kensington Oval this WC, team batting first has achieved all possible results
Tied, No Result, won and lost

And England win the toss and put Australia in

 

[Aidan11]

There are so many upsets here that I could actually see another one here with Australia beating England.

 

[Qlder]

So funny that three England players are playing on their "home ground" in Barbados

 

[Burgey]

Am I right in saying both these sides will advance anyway? If that’s the case I expect us to mail this in, then have everyone tip a bucket on us only for the sides to meet again in the KO stage and Aus win by 9 wickets.

It’s what we do

glad to see Archer playing. Hate seeing blokes stymied by injury.

 

[Nintendo]

Am I right in saying both these sides will advance anyway? If that’s the case I expect us to mail this in, then have everyone tip a bucket on us only for the sides to meet again in the KO stage and Aus win by 9 wickets.

It’s what we do

glad to see Archer playing. Hate seeing blokes stymied by injury.

England vs scotland got rained out, so ENG only got 1 point from that. If they lose here and scotland beat oman and lose to AUS it'll come down to NRR.

 

[Qlder]

England vs scotland got rained out, so ENG only got 1 point from that. If they lose here and scotland beat oman and lose to AUS it'll come down to NRR.

Or if Aus let Scotland win, Eng would be out

 

[Howe_zat]

Hmm, not sure I'd have opened the batting with Head here instead of Wade.

 

[Qlder]

Hmm, not sure I'd have opened the batting with Head here instead of Wade.

And then Head just hits 15 off 3 balls