32nd Match - England v Australia

[trundler]

my brain is pretty certain mitchell starc is going to continue to expose the sham of the #intent crowd, but then the lesser australian bowlers will let england escape to a competitive score.

Yeah, this is how I feel. The direness of Australia's change bowlers will cancel out CumStarc.

England lollapse in the first 10, please.

 

[Zinzan]

Australia going all out for the win here to knock out England from tournament

Needs more than just Australia winning tomorrow to knock England out.

 

[Burgey]

Yes, but it would help.

 

[Burgey]

news confirmed that Roy is out of the game

This is a shame because injuries blow, but I mean he's a hack of a slogger. Look how terribly he was exposed facing spin first up in the first few games. Got a great eye but that's about it. Not in the same league as Bairstow, Root or Morgan as a player imo, and tbh Root aside I'm not overly sold on those blokes either. They'd be better off using the excuse of his injury to bin him and get Thug Brother No2 back in the side.

 

[veganbob]

I think your cricketers are better than they were. I like Steve Smith a lot. Great cricketer, good guy. Starc the same.

The first bit, I probably disagree with a little through personal experience. But I get the point you're making and think my truth lies somewhere in between your guy's.

Smith is more a quietbtype of cheat compared to warne (banned from world cup for performancenhancing drugs) byt they are equally as bad

 

[Burgey]

Smith is more a quietbtype of cheat compared to warne (banned from world cup for performancenhancing drugs) byt they are equally as bad

Unlike a number of our Kiwi brethren, our blokes cheated to win, rather than throw a game. So that's something I suppose,

 

[MW1304]

This is a shame because injuries blow, but I mean he's a hack of a slogger. Look how terribly he was exposed facing spin first up in the first few games. Got a great eye but that's about it. Not in the same league as Bairstow, Root or Morgan as a player imo, and tbh Root aside I'm not overly sold on those blokes either. They'd be better off using the excuse of his injury to bin him and get Thug Brother No2 back in the side.

Hit 150 against arguably the best spin combination in the tournament. Really badly exposed there.

 

[Burgey]

Bangladesh? Been slapped around like a red headed step child in all their games against the best sides save NZ. Even SA and WI took them for 300 plus. Come on mate.

Apparently a few showers predicted for the morning but meant to be ok for the start. Should be a beauty.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

So England haven't beaten Australia in a WC since the Ian Botham masterclass in 1992...

27 years of history continued tomorrow

Good luck Australia. England hasn't beaten us since 1983 in a CWC (and thankfully never in a Rugby World Cup).

 

[NUFAN]

I am nervous about Englands 4-6 batsman against our non-opening bowlers.

Also, I sort of expect to see N Lyon there replacing Zamps.

 

[Top_Cat]

Reckon England will actually target Cummins this game. Bangladesh figured out he’s not really swinging them at the moment.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Also, how overrated is Marcus Stoinis?

Not very, considering everyone knows how **** he is and rates him accordingly

 

[mr_mister]

Going by FB though youd think Stoinis was the next Botham

 

[91Jmay]

Going by FB though youd think Stoinis was the next Botham

We've found your problem.

 

[rythy]

Roy again missing the match is big blow to England who will be low on confidence after SL fiasco. Expecting another mammoth 20 runs inning from Vince.

 

[Burgey]

London and Geelong weather updates pls

 

[Burgey]

and random NZ highway camera pic to round out the tradition as well

 

[Groundking]

Bring back Hales, Vince is ****.

 

[turnstyle]

London and Geelong weather updates pls

Rained a metric **** ton overnight, overcast atm

 

[Burgey]

Interesting. Both teams would want to bat first you’d reckon, yet you’d think there’ll be a bit going on early