Yup I don't plan to watch more than 20 overs either
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***Official***Match #14- Australia vs Sri Lanka- October 16th-Lucknow- #BottomDwellers
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Molehill
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Noticeable that both England and Australia have been poor so far. Not sure the scheduling of straight after an Ashes series helps.
He's just teasing, hasn't made up his mind yet
Silver Silva
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Great start here , we've done well with the bat in this WC just need to execute with the ball.
flibbertyjibber
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Good start by Sri Lanka. Keep it up.
loterry1994
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They’ve already abandoned odis a long time ago.
Most these bilateral series don’t mean much and lot the time used to blood new players and rest players. These days you can come into World Cup squads without having played as much odis or t20s the years prior because you rarely get full strength teams in this bilateral series. Back in the days most the greats had 200 plus odi matches to their name
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Could easily be written about England too. Both attacks have been awful.
Both England and Australia's opening bowlers have been really poor - far too many 4 balls and giving the opposition a flying start.
loterry1994
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I don’t think it has much to do with it. Some our bowlers haven’t had good form the last few years in shorter formats.
quincywagstaff
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Re: The Commonwealth Games cricket in 1998, didn't Brad Young get a hat-trick for Australia in one match?
ashley bach
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#Cellar dwellers
Spark
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Yeah, although to be fair to the Aus attack we shouldn't forget that they should have blown the Indian top order away with some marginally competent fielding.
England's failures are if anything even more inexplicable to me given the hammerlock they've had on this format since 2016.
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
Australia went through the 2003/2007 WC undefeated just a couple of months after an Ashes series.
Probably having an away Ashes, India tour and WTC final has made the side take their eyes off the ball in terms of WC preparation.
Molehill
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They conceded some big scores against SA earlier in the year, on flat pitches they struggle to stem the flow. It's not as big a surprise to England fans who feared the worst but hoped for better.
But England ODI bowling was never great, they just used to bully teams with their batting and contain with their bowling