4th Match - Australia v England

[kevinw]

Garbage, seriously. Supporting England is just pointless these days. Absolute jokers.

 

[Pothas]

Maybe we could have scored a few more but feels to me like bowling is the weak link in this side.

Yeah this 4 bowlers thing isn't going to work is it

 

[King Kane]

Wood bowling short rubbish along with Jofra and Carse. Where are the yorkers? They need Anderson and Gough to teach them how to bowl them.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah this 4 bowlers thing isn't going to work is it

Just exposes us massively when one has an off day, as Carse has.

If we assume Stokes isn’t playing ODIs anymore, then Sam Curran is still surely worth a spot

 

[kevinw]

Wood bowling short rubbish along with Jofra and Carse. Where are the yorkers? They need Anderson and Gough to teach them how to bowl them.

I can't believe anyone looks at Mark Wood and thinks he's a short format bowler.

 

[King Kane]

Jofra finally attempts a yorker, it was a low full toss Athers and then he bowls short again and gets smashed for six, just awful bowling from England.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yeah this 4 bowlers thing isn't going to work is it

It'd work if the 4 bowlers were better.

Whenever we pick an extra bowler we can't bat out our overs. Just not a very good side right now.

 

[Molehill]

Yeah this 4 bowlers thing isn't going to work is it

The 5th bowler wasn’t the issue though. The 3 seamers have been too expensive.

 

[SkyBlue]

Duckett scored a run a ball hundred. Inglis scored 100 off 80. Makes a big difference.

There was a time when Root and Duckett were prodding along with singles when they could've just accelerated a little bit more. That would've pushed them to 380-400..

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Maybe we could have scored a few more but feels to me like bowling is the weak link in this side.

From 200-2 after 30, just scraping past 350 thanks to some lower order hitting was a disappointment, especially given our firepower and their under-strength bowling

 

[SkyBlue]

Australia with dat Real Madrid aura in ICC events. Never backing against them in an ICC tournament.

Chased down 350 without Head ffs. Surely a huge favorite now to win a 3rd CT title.

 

[King Kane]

England finally take a wicket and it's a no ball free hit, sums up their bowling performance.

 

[NZTailender]

Desperate. Wheels falling off already for England.

Anyone see where the wheels went?

 

[govinda indian fan]

We might...but we have enough bowling resources at the moment. Him joining will make us better...same goes for Bajan Bethell.

Bethell would surely be greatest west indian batsman since lara

 

[trundler]

Duckett scored a run a ball hundred. Inglis scored 100 off 80. Makes a big difference.

There was a time when Root and Duckett were prodding along with singles when they could've just accelerated a little bit more. That would've pushed them to 380-400..

They got out trying to accelerate though. What's a better start than 200-2(30)? The problem is that Brook and Livingstone suck along with the pacers.

 

[Molehill]

Australia with dat Real Madrid aura in ICC events. Never backing against them in an ICC tournament.

Chased down 350 without Head ffs. Surely a huge favorite now to win a 3rd CT title.

They conceded 350 to a poor team, don’t fancy their chances against better outfits.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Australia with dat Real Madrid aura in ICC events. Never backing against them in an ICC tournament.

Chased down 350 without Head ffs. Surely a huge favorite now to win a 3rd CT title.

Man these guys are just unreal in icc tournaments

 

[cascade]

While the bowling effort looked a bit shambolic, I'm glad Australia went with this top 7 in the end. Just looks way more stable and dangerous than when they were trying to fit Hardie in.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Real Madrid in champions league or Australia in icc tournaments. Which team is more clutch?

 

[NZTailender]

Absolute hubris from both teams in this match. It's turned into a cracker when it had no right to be, really. I feel like Australia has the excuse of not having two of their first choice seamers who are more than handy with the bat, so they kind of get a pass as Maxwell could be considered a genuine 5th option, whereas England's XI composition is just diabolical. No way on earth are Root and Livingstone a good combo as the 5th option, and can only assume they were banking on winning the toss and bowling then backing themselves to chase it down. Australia were wobbling early on and had England had another slow bowler to complement Rashid they probably could've turned the screws, even if that bowler didn't take wickets, but got the RRR out of Australia's reach to increase scoreboard pressure. Both sides haven't really learnt from the Tri-Series that literally just concluded on the same pitches that that 3 specialist seamers are useless. But full credit to Australia for hanging on and driving it home. Outrageous win, you love to see it.