Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:49 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

If you are saying that the Aussies are good value at those prices then surely Sri Lanka are even better value considering they are at the same price.
Far far better spinners than the aussies, a better and more balanced batting line-up than the aussies, home advantage for most of the comp and in Malinga someone who can win a game, quite literally, in one over.
I backed them beforehand and haven't seen anything from anyone to change my mind.

The fact Pakistan beat them put me off a bit.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:33 pm  

So next up for South Africa 'B' ....it's South Africa 'A'

Looks bleak doesnt it.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:23 pm  

PHIPPS wrote:

So next up for South Africa 'B' ....it's South Africa 'A'

Looks bleak doesnt it.

It does when you consider we have won two out of our last ten 50 over games. So we are not good enough at this format.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 8:54 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

England doing their bit for the record books.

Also Strauss thought we had dropped two or three catches ... excuse me captain ... keep up.

Every dot ball worth a fortune ... containment being the name of the game ... the key to winning ... it creates its own pressure.
England seem to lose sight of that.

Well done Ireland ... England in the field a shambles.

i think O'Brien faced 50 balls. 22 of them were dot balls and he only scored of 28 balls in getting a hundred.

I dont think the dot balls were the problem it was the ones that went for 4 and 6

[TimperleySaint]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:23 am  

Just a poor all round performance yet again from England!! Give up at ODI cricket England, stick to Test Match cricket!!

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:51 pm  

Pakistan bowled out for 184 against Canada.
Sad thing is people (including me) will be thinking and/or saying "are they on the take?" again...

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:36 pm  

Good to see England's selection policy of leaving the Asians to carry the drinks paying off again...

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:11 pm  

Ordsall Quays Red wrote:

Pakistan bowled out for 184 against Canada.
Sad thing is people (including me) will be thinking and/or saying "are they on the take?" again...

That, and "God I hope Canada win, then the Ireland win might not look quite so embarrassing."

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:38 pm  

The main problem for England is that our bowling is too tame for these conditions.....Bowling line and length at 80-85 mph on these featherbeds is absolute cannon fodder for any batsman above mediocre standard....All 3 of England's opponents have destroyed England's attack and 2 of those are no better than county standard.

The Aussies and South Africans have the best attacks, a number of guys chucking it down at 90mph+, they both will be there and thereabouts at the end of all this.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:33 am  

What a pitiful performance, take out the Bopara/Trott partnership & it would have been even more humiliating. So glad I got up at 4am to watch that.