World Cup 2015

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Warm Up game between Ind and Aus ongoing...
it's an official ODI...though after so much cricket why do these sides need a "warm-up"

India's bowling in melt-down and the two most dangerous guys in Aus side Warner and Maxwell get 100s

Looks like Ind will be chasing 375

Hussain asking the question we all want answered - why do these young talents get worse after being with England for a while.

Duty281 wrote: ...

Good to see we are unchanged, at least. I do not believe that the replacements would add an awful lot.

Duty - that may be the case but there does come a time when the selectors have to say to one or two individuals, ''that was unacceptable''. Many would say that time has already come.

Olly wrote:Hussain asking the question we all want answered - why do these young talents get worse after being with England for a while.

And I should note, this isn't just the England side, the whole performance programme in general. Look how many young bowlers have been broken in Loughborough.

Strauss calling for 'a wild card' to play.

Although I don't believe that term does him justice, I was always keen for Roy be involved in this WC.

Just strikes me that I guess anyone in the crowd who isn't English will be cheering on Scotland. Hmmm.

Big fan of the flower of Scotland

I'm caught between wanting Scotland to continue the associates great performances and a Moeen Ali hundred. Truly divided

Ok - just for fun for all of us here. Score after 10 overs?

50/1 is my guess.

42/0

53/1.

Both teams batting first on this ground in the two World Cup matches thus far have made 300+.

No pressure, England!

73-0 - Moeen 67*

Moeen and Olly looking on the money in this over from Davey!

guildfordbat wrote:Moeen and Olly looking on the money in this over from Davey!

#thebeardthatsfeared #SuperMo

60-1
Bell century.

Westy you waited till the 6th over. Another few overs and you would have won

only just turned it on after i replied to the thread.

I think olly is winning this. Ali looking on the money

Bell's killed me this over

I think we are going to need a DL whizz to work out who won that..

58/0 off 10. Westy wins it and proves he's a Villain!

Good start from England. Not much threat so far from Scotland.

Bell struggling out there

Think I'd fancy myself against this Haq fella

Just like his football team.

Maybe he wont get the 100plus

Bell just hit it.. It isn't a test match v South Africa.

We will manage the 50 overs, but we should be looking to sort out our NRR

Oh Moeen you glorious glorious bastard

Scotland too wayward and innocuous to impose any pressure on a confidence-hit England.

Moeen properly giving it some.

350 on at this rate!

I hope England get Morgan in at the fall of this first wicket, he needs time in the middle

I'd also seriously consider taking the batting powerplay while these two are in and settled

Bell 40 off 61, really needs to get his skates on here, we should be getting 350+ from this position

They need to speed up and stop thinking about there own personal landmarks.

Bell is frustrating to watch.

Hit the bloody thing or get out trying!

Duty281 wrote:Bell is frustrating to watch.

Hit the bloody thing or get out trying!

He does really need to start teeing off now, he's been in for near enough 70 balls and yet to get near 50. Severely hampering our chance of getting well above 300

I refrain from clapping bells 50

80 ball fifty for Bell. Need to make this 110-115 ball Hundred Ian

Good ton for ALI

168/0 off 29. Bell just reached 50 and Moeen his century.

Scotland have seemed very ordinary but England have sucked the life out of them. A lot of whinging by the Sky commentators about our run rate not being high enough but we could still be on for a very big score. Another 6 overs without loss could take us to 200 off 35. From there we could double that score in the last 15 if Morgan and Buttler come to the party ....

Agree with Bumble 100% here

Mo seemed to get bogged down in the 90s, should hopefully start firing now. Bell really needs to get a shift on though, just puts more pressure on the other batsman

Thank you v much scotland... Time to move on.

I agree with Bumble as well.

Scotland are there for the taking, but England are merely content to find the gaps and tap the singles and twos, with the odd boundary.

Good news for England - Ian Bell gone.

We're not sending Ballance out, are we?

That might be the worst half century I've seen an England player make. And Steve Finn once made one

Ballance RR is much better than his figures suggest.. But I would have stuck myself in (morgan) or butters

Buttler or Taylor should have come in here

Olly wrote:That might be the worst half century I've seen an England player make. And Steve Finn once made one

That (Finn) half-century was a hell of a knock!

Took nearly five hours for 56.

Currently 175/1 off 31. I think we need to judge this innings at the end of 50 overs. I'll say no more until then.

Of course the WiFi cuts out when it's just about to get interesting

Duty281 wrote:

Olly wrote:That might be the worst half century I've seen an England player make. And Steve Finn once made one

That (Finn) half-century was a hell of a knock!

Took nearly five hours for 56.

It was torture in cricket form that knock, not a patch on jinmys against Australia

Olly wrote:

Duty281 wrote:

Olly wrote:That might be the worst half century I've seen an England player make. And Steve Finn once made one

That (Finn) half-century was a hell of a knock!

Took nearly five hours for 56.

It was torture in cricket form that knock, not a patch on jinmys against Australia

Ah, but Boycott loved it!

Moeen on for a double ton here.

Damn Wi-Fi robbing me of Moeen magic here

Reboot your router