The Brian Hardie Stance
U19 Cricketer
Never mind. We can focus our minds on getting our best 50 over players in form during our domestic tournament in July/August.
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8th Match - Afghanistan v England
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brandon
School Boy/Girl Captain
Can you persuade the ECB please? Maybe piss on them too?
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah Premier League is much bigger and the England rugby team is fluking undeserved wins in the 6N (poor Finn Russell) so a minor tournament won't matter.
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Congrats Afghanistan!
Great game of cricket.
Don't understand all the "England choked" comments. They were behind for almost the entire run chase. Not every close loss = a choke.
Great game of cricket.
Don't understand all the "England choked" comments. They were behind for almost the entire run chase. Not every close loss = a choke.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
England needs Gary Stead.
Third_Man
First Class Debutant
Irrespective of today's result. England are on a par with Afghanistan and well behind Australia in the 50 over format.
The majority of the team are on ECB contracts. The ECB have the power to say when and where they all play their cricket. They could easily arrange for them to play more 50 over games to get some valuable practice in. There is even no need to change the shape of the English domestic season. Currently they allocate the England contracted players to a franchise each August as a gift and they are content to learn to contribute cameos. They could instead allocate them each to a First Class County and have them play in the Metro Bank 50 over One Day Cup instead to re-learn some skills they are clearly losing.
The majority of the team are on ECB contracts. The ECB have the power to say when and where they all play their cricket. They could easily arrange for them to play more 50 over games to get some valuable practice in. There is even no need to change the shape of the English domestic season. Currently they allocate the England contracted players to a franchise each August as a gift and they are content to learn to contribute cameos. They could instead allocate them each to a First Class County and have them play in the Metro Bank 50 over One Day Cup instead to re-learn some skills they are clearly losing.
Silly Point 2.0
School Boy/Girl Captain
Lifelong fan of the game but I'm rapidly losing interest especially when the county game is sacked off in the next few years.
The "custodians" don't care so why should I?
The "custodians" don't care so why should I?
brandon
School Boy/Girl Captain
I’m not sure you can blame the coach, I’ve never known such a group of utter braindead individuals in my sport following life and I follow just about every sport known to man in some capacity.
brandon
School Boy/Girl Captain
It’s not ‘poor Finn Russell’, he ballsed that up on his own.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
Easily the best match of the tournament.
Well done to Afghanistan tremendous victory .
Well done to Afghanistan tremendous victory .
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
It all comes from the coach. This brain dead approach was Mccullum’s own approach as a player.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I think they played really well. Afghanistan just played better IMO. There is no choke involved here considering I had Afg as favorites once they racked up 325.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
ImpatientLime
International Regular
look forward to a good honest breakdown of why england suck by 'keyseys' mates 'wardy', nass and 'athers' on sky tonight.
athers at least looks like he fing hates every minute of it.
athers at least looks like he fing hates every minute of it.
ripper868
International Coach
It is their first win v England, so yeah, it does kinda fit the historic mould. First time won't happen ever again.
SkyBlue
U19 Captain
They beat England pretty comfortably in the last ICC event they played them.