14th Match - England v Scotland

[kiwiviktor81]

Sorry, the idea that England will lose at the expense of Bangladesh is ****ing laughable.

Well the idea certainly makes me laugh.

 

[Goughy]

Bangladesh's point v Australia will win it for them obvs. I've already resigned myself to this.

Same here.

 

[Cabinet96]

Though actually, we'll have to do a lot with our NRR to not go out if they got the same amount of points as us anyway.

 

[SteveNZ]

It's already a damn shame we're only getting 10 sides in the next World Cup. Especially with sides outside the 14 like PNG in a massive upsurge (just missing qualifying this time, their U19 side beat Australia, ODIs being planned v Australia).

Cmon Scotland, make a fool of the ICC further. This World Cup has for whatever reason felt perfect in its structure, amount of games and non-major nation involvement.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Though actually, we'll have to do a lot with our NRR to not go out if they got the same amount of points as us anyway.

Which means the real nightmare scenario for England is to have the match against Afghanistan washed out.

 

[andmark]

It's already a damn shame we're only getting 10 sides in the next World Cup. Especially with sides outside the 14 like PNG in a massive upsurge (just missing qualifying this time, their U19 side beat Australia, ODIs being planned v Australia).

Cmon Scotland, make a fool of the ICC further. This World Cup has for whatever reason felt perfect in its structure, amount of games and non-major nation involvement.

That's a great point. If Scotland can win, and Afghanistan pull an upset from somewhere then the ICC begin to look foolish.

 

[ImpatientLime]

I love the way Michael Vaughn is going on about England meeting India in the quarter finals on his twitter, they might well in the end but I'd laugh so hard if England get knocked out.

he's a monumental **** by my word, he is the goat indian baiter.

 

[ImpatientLime]

why the **** is nasser in the studio? is he not on the wc commentary merry go round? him and athers by a considerable distance the best commentators in the world at the moment.

 

[GIMH]

Really hate this timezone. Will probably only see the first hour. I wanted to see all of Broad's innings not just the first ball he faces.

 

[ImpatientLime]

has nass ever been offered a job by the ecb post playing retirement?

 

[Jarquis]

Really hate this timezone. Will probably only see the first hour. I wanted to see all of Broad's innings not just the first ball he faces.

****s all over the 3am starts

 

[GIMH]

****s all over the 3am starts

Disagree tbh, can generally catch the second innings then. Unless we set a target that gets chased down in 12 overs like.

 

[Spark]

Really hate this timezone. Will probably only see the first hour. I wanted to see all of Broad's innings not just the first ball he faces.

Not necessarily a contradiction tbh

 

[Pothas]

10pm is great if there is no work the next day. Staying up always requires so much less discipline then waking up early.

 

[Jarquis]

Disagree tbh, can generally catch the second innings then. Unless we set a target that gets chased down in 12 overs like.

Or leave for work at 6am. A 10pm start lets me watch as much as I can before I fall asleep, a 3am doesn't let me watch any.

 

[Bleed_Blue]

Both let me watch a bit, I prefer 3 am start as I can wake up at 5 am and watch for a couple of hours before getting ready and leave for work. 10 pm I can only watch an hour or so then when I wake up it's all over!

 

[Adders]

Will be very disappointed if they drop Finn and bring in Jordan. Only conceivable change should be Hales for Balance.

 

[Cabinet96]

Ian Ward saying they're not allowed to announce the team before the toss? Is that only a tournament thing? Test teams regularly get named a day before the game.

 

[Adders]

England unchanged then.....

 

[Cabinet96]

Goals for the innings. Less than 3 down after 20 overs, 4 down after 30 overs, not bowled out. We can do this!