The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

132,000 capacity stadium, that looks empty.
Really bad look for the opening match of a WC.

 

[Tony Towner]

Whats a a good score on here, 325-350?

300 looks about par to me. Difficult to judge as for all 3 wickets the batsmen got themselves out. We need a sensible Moeen innings...

 

[Sniffer]

FFS

 

[Sniffer]

I'd take seeing out the 50 overs here.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Every wicket has been soft, Buttler had an opportunity for a big score too

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Soft once again.

 

[jd1981]

Don’t think there’s to many demons in the pitch just England have batted poorly

 

[Squeak]

Kin hell Root. This guy is over thinking the game. Why he has to premeditate his shots is beyond me. He has so much talent and he keeps giving his wicket away through daft shots. England needed him there to get us to 300.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The Root shot probably the worst of the lot. Well set and reverse sweeping a pie chucker.

 

[jd1981]

Lucky to get to 250 here it’s been awful batting on a decent pitch.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

We will get 250 unless the tail is rolled up. 300 looks very distant though and I reckon that is par.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Bit of trivia racked up: the first time in any ODI ever that all 11 batsmen have got into double figures.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

282/9 in the end.

Probably 20 short of par I'd say, but it's something to bowl at.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Something to defend but I think that is light by at least 20.

 

[Sniffer]

Those watching on TV - How is the pitch as the radio commentators seems to think it is not easy to bat once the ball gets a bit softer?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Those watching on TV - How is the pitch as the radio commentators seems to think it is not easy to bat once the ball gets a bit softer?

Not a road by any means, hard to judge with spin as none of theirs naturally turn it much anyway, I do think you should be looking at 300 minimum though and we should easily have got there but threw loads of wickets away.

 

[jd1981]

20-30 short NZ bat properly they’ll win the game.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Curran gets a wicket with his first ball (burgled down the legside but who cares)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

20-30 short NZ bat properly they’ll win the game.

Unless England bowl well of course.

 

[jd1981]

If Woakes bowls like this for another few overs it could give them a nice little leg up.