***Official***Match #20- England vs S Africa - October 21st - Wankhede (D/N)

[Shri]

eng players look like tomatoes out there

can't handle the weather

 

[Prince EWS]

eng players look like tomatoes out there

can't handle the weather

Mumbai so hot.

 

[BazBall21]

Mumbai so hot.

Another reason why bowling first was stupid.

 

[Preed]

I keep telling you that Butler is a poor captain and mott is a waste of space.How can you field first in this heatDumb and dumber

 

[Burgey]

Mumbai so hot.

Fetid is probably the word you’re looking for

 

[mackembhoy]

It is possible to make runs batting second you know.

Yep chasing 300+ is very difficult though.

Happens even less when you chose to chase too.

 

[ashley bach]

350 going to be a photo finish.

 

[Preed]

Need a complete reset with new coach and new captain and the selectors need questions asked as to why we take bowlers who are proven can’t bowl on Good pitches.why no Roy

 

[Burgey]

Need a complete reset with new coach and new captain and the selectors need questions asked as to why we take bowlers who are proven can’t bowl on Good pitches.why no Roy

Are you saying English cricket has questions to answer?

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[BazBall21]

350 and there's a chance. 380+ is too much.

 

[Owzat]

Um why no Livingstone. We bat to 6 when we're going to be chasing a massive score.

and he can bowl more effective spin than Root, and unsurprisingly the quicks.... 208/3, more than they scored against the dutch and with 16 overs left

England need a lot I would surmise from Rashid's last 3 and hope a quick does a job as I can't see Root doing much more than aid saffers' NRR

 

[Owzat]

England really need to get the ball(s) changed here

think they, especially the captain, need to grow a pair - fast! (or rather slow, still find it insane going to India with only Rashid plus Ali, and Livingstone and Root.

no fan of Dawson but his selection would have made more sense, what England have is a bunch of much of a muchness quicks of whom only one seems remotely effective so far, and this wonderful approach of playing quicks and not a lot of batting down the order is helping opponents win - and quickly! kiwis, Afghans and now saffers are saying thank you very much, we'll take the NRR....

 

[MW1304]

Bowling unit isn't functional atm. Don't know what our best line-up looks like. Wood and Woakes have been their worst selves and it's just so easy to get on top of us.

 

[Preed]

Why is wood playing when all he does is bowl half volleys .Very quick but so inaccurate not a one day bowler no brain

 

[kevinw]

This has been absolute garbage from England so far. Terrible selection. Taking Livingstone out for a batter removes a bowling option, when Topley is made of glass and the other quicks are going round the park. Stokes should have come in for Brook or Bairstow. Wood has had a shocker this tournament besides bullying a half-assed Bangladesh team.

 

[kevinw]

Why is wood playing when all he does is bowl half volleys .Very quick but so inaccurate not a one day bowler no brain

His ODI record is poor. Averages nearly 40 over 60+ one dayers. This is not a format his excels in.

 

[Owzat]

I keep telling you that Butler is a poor captain and mott is a waste of space.How can you field first in this heatDumb and dumber

won the 2019 World Cup, thanks to Stokes, won the recent T20i World Cup, oh yes, thanks to Stokes.....


only thing I can see saving England here is Rashid and/or lower order saffers but despite pointing to their lack of depth a few batted surprisingly ok vs the dutch, some better than most of what England can muster

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

Topley back

 

[Owzat]

His ODI record is poor. Averages nearly 40 over 60+ one dayers. This is not a format his excels in.

yeah but, no but, yeah but, he's quick innit..... and of course on top of what you are saying he is of course made of glass, maybe why England took so many quicks, know too many of their quicks break easily

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

With a wide