The England Cricket Thread

Now Morgan gone. England in trouble. Everybody bangs on about Archer like he's the greatest bowler in the world but when you watch Starc you see just how far Archer has got to develop to be considered World Class.
 
Looks like Bairstow's leading the fightback. If he can consolidate with Stokes, England will be in it to win it.
 
Disappointing display all round (except Stokes) from England against the auld enemy.

We're going to struggle to get into the finals now.

No.1 in the world?

Not now.
 
Australia's batting lineup was brittle (yet again) but it seemed to me that England's fielding wasn't strong enough to capitalise.
 
Locky said:
England. As crap as ever at cricket..
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Just too confident and arrogant imo. I don't get how England decided to chase against Australia. The pressure of the world cup has made it difficult for most chasing sides in the tournament.

If you bat first and set a low total, you are always in it as taking lots of wickets is easier than chasing and having to hit 10+ runs an over for 15 overs.
 
muon said:
Just too confident and arrogant imo. I don't get how England decided to chase against Australia. The pressure of the world cup has made it difficult for most chasing sides in the tournament.

If you bat first and set a low total, you are always in it as taking lots of wickets is easier than chasing and having to hit 10+ runs an over for 15 overs.
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Before the tournament England were practicing setting totals because they were so used to chasing down big totals. It is their strength and conditions favoured bowling first.

Finch was very nearly out caught at slip and LBW early on. If England had got their wicket it might have been a completely different game. However on the day the luck didn't quite go England's way and Australia then performed very well.
 
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