ICC Cricket World Cup - Part 2

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Table

New Zealand	5	9	1.591
England	5	8	1.862
Australia	5	8	0.812
India	4	7	1.029
Bangladesh	5	5	-0.27
Sri Lanka	5	4	-1.778
West Indies	5	3	0.272
South Africa	5	3	-0.193
Pakistan	5	3	-1.933
Afghanistan	5	0	-2.089

Pool Fixtures

Thu, May 30 
10:30 England vs South Africa  (The Oval)

Fri, May 31 
10:30 West Indies vs Pakistan (Trent Bridge)

Sat, Jun 1 
10:30 New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Cardiff)
13:30 Afghanistan vs Australia (Bristol)

Sun, Jun 2 
10:30 South Africa vs Bangladesh (The Oval)

Mon, Jun 3 
10:30 England vs Pakistan (Trent Bridge)

Tue, Jun 4 
10:30 Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (Cardiff)

Wed, Jun 5 
10:30 South Africa vs India (Southampton)
13:30 Bangladesh vs New Zealand (The Oval)

Thu, Jun 6 
10:30 Australia vs West Indies (Trent Bridge)

Fri, Jun 7 
10:30 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Bristol)

Sat, Jun 8 
10:30 England vs Bangladesh (Cardiff)
13:30 Afghanistan vs New Zealand (Taunton)

Sun, Jun 9 
10:30 Australia vs India (The Oval)

Mon, Jun 10 
10:30 South Africa vs West Indies (Southampton)

Tue, Jun 11 
10:30 Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Bristol)

Wed, Jun 12 
10:30 Australia vs Pakistan (Taunton)

Thu, Jun 13 
10:30 India vs New Zealand (Trent Bridge)

Fri, Jun 14 
10:30 England vs West Indies (Southampton)

Sat, Jun 15 
10:30 Australia vs Sri Lanka (The Oval)
13:30 Afghanistan vs South Africa (Cardiff)

Sun, Jun 16 
10:30 India vs Pakistan (Old Trafford)

Mon, Jun 17 
10:30 Bangladesh vs West Indies (Taunton)

Tue, Jun 18 
10:30 England vs Afghanistan (Old Trafford)

Wed, Jun 19 
10:30 New Zealand vs South Africa (Edgbaston)

Thu, Jun 20 
10:30 Australia vs Bangladesh (Trent Bridge)

Fri, Jun 21 
10:30 England vs Sri Lanka (Headingley)

Sat, Jun 22 
10:30 Afghanistan vs India (Southampton)
13:30 New Zealand vs West Indies (Old Trafford)

Sun, Jun 23 
10:30 Pakistan vs South Africa (Lord’s)

Mon, Jun 24 
10:30 Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (Southampton)

Tue, Jun 25 
10:30 England vs Australia (Lord’s)

Wed, Jun 26 
10:30 New Zealand vs Pakistan (Edgbaston)

Thu, Jun 27 
10:30 India vs West Indies (Old Trafford)

Fri, Jun 28 
10:30 South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Edgbaston)

Sat, Jun 29 
10:30 Afghanistan vs Pakistan (Headingley)
13:30 Australia vs New Zealand (Lord’s)

Sun, Jun 30 
10:30 England vs India (Edgbaston)

Mon, Jul 1 
10:30 Sri Lanka vs West Indies (Riverside Ground)

Tue, Jul 2 
10:30 Bangladesh vs India (Edgbaston)

Wed, Jul 3 
10:30 England vs New Zealand (Riverside Ground)

Thu, Jul 4 
10:30 Afghanistan vs West Indies (Headingley)

Fri, Jul 5 
10:30 Bangladesh vs Pakistan (Lord’s)

Sat, Jul 6 
10:30 India vs Sri Lanka (Headingley)
13:30 Australia vs South Africa (Old Trafford)




Knock Out Fixtures


To Follow

50 for Root in 54 balls, with only 2 boundaries. Shows the value of being quick between the wickets and looking to maximise run opportunities

50 for Root in 54 balls, with only 2 boundaries. Shows the value of being quick between the wickets and looking to maximise run opportunities

Tell me, did Vince play in a pretty way then make a mistake and not score big?

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Tell me, did Vince play in a pretty way then make a mistake and not score big?

Is that a rhetorical question?

I’m not watching, but it would be his modus operandi

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Tell me, did Vince play in a pretty way then make a mistake and not score big?

Strangely no. He played in an ugly way (yes with some pretty shots) before finally coming unstuck when playing ball onto helmet before getting caught.

You feel Root is going to be right up there with the tournament top run scorers. Just a relentless accumulation. Shakib is on 384, Finch is 343 and Root is 330* (on 51*) in his 5th innings. Sharma is just behind on 319 from 3 innings (although he's missed 1 chance to bat because of the washout).

It gives Morgan the freedom to hit out from the start, with Buttler and Stokes to come out after him and give it more of the same.

Root now looking injured. England running low on fully-fit players.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Tell me, did Vince play in a pretty way then make a mistake and not score big?

Had actually flapped at a couple in the build up as well as some nice scoring shots. The dismissal itself was similar to the near misses he'd already had playing attacking shots badly. So not nibbling at one outside the off stump at least.

robbo277 wrote:You feel Root is going to be right up there with the tournament top run scorers. Just a relentless accumulation. 

In the course of this innings he has gone past Graham Gooch in the list of England's leading run scorers in all international formats. Not too far behind Ian Bell and should catch him in the next game or two. Then just KP and SAC to go.

LondonTiger wrote:

robbo277 wrote:You feel Root is going to be right up there with the tournament top run scorers. Just a relentless accumulation. 

In the course of this innings he has gone past Graham Gooch in the list of England's leading run scorers in all international formats. Not too far behind Ian Bell and should catch him in the next game or two. Then just KP and SAC to go.

Yep. With Root on 53*

Cook - 15737
KP - 13779
Bell - 13331
Root - 13210
Gooch - 13190

So another 121 for Bell which at the rate Root is going will be before the end of the pool stage. 569 to catch up with KP, so hopefully at some point this summer as well. Cook's record is probably safe for a year or two though.

I think that simple dropped catch of Morgan has killed any spirit to resist and fight ....16 extra runs and Morgan still there
Afgans will go downhill from here

Drinks break with 14 to go and England 217-2. Morgan just took the last over for 18.

Realistic target? 8 an over gets us to 335, 10 to 357. A ballistic Morgan and Buttler could still get us near 400

Think England should still be looking for 370-380. That's just under 12 an over from here. Plenty of wickets and big hitters in hand to achieve it.

Morgan's injury problems do not seem to have hampered him today

Not that he's had to run many. Only two down and pushing 250... Last ten could get ugly for the Afghans..

Final ten. Would like to see Root start swinging for the fence, rather than nudging along.

Morgan has just overtaken Root. Not sure what Root was on when he came out, but it's been some knock. 67 off 43, 3x 4s, 6x 6s.

255-2 with 10 to go. 370/380 is definitely on.

I think it’s time for Root to run past one...

Definite major acceleration on. Runs per 5 overs through the innigs:
0-5: 20
5-10: 26
10-15: 26
15-20: 34
20-25: 33
25-30: 25
30-35: 35
35-40: 56

dummy_half wrote:Definite major acceleration on. Runs per 5 overs through the innigs:
0-5: 20
5-10: 26
10-15: 26
15-20: 34
20-25: 33
25-30: 25
30-35: 35
35-40: 56

That squeeze by Afghanistan in 25-30 also bought the wicket of Bairstow, but other than that it's been a very solid batting performance by England so far. Nothing extraordinary, but solid.

Rashid Khans career figures are taking a beating at this world cup. Next time someone calls Adil Rashid overated...

Century in 57 balls for Morgan! Magnificent, clean striking.

Morgan eviscerating poor Rashid Khan...

Reaches a 57 ball hundred ...with another six , of course

No one complaining now about Buttler not coming in at four , I guess...

Gooseberry wrote:Rashid Khans career figures are taking a beating at this world cup. Next time someone calls Adil Rashid overated...

He's got to come back again unless Rahmat or someone else takes an over off him. 0-75 off 7. Steep learning curve.

Some hitting by Morgan.

Ton up for Morgan with 3 sixes in the over. 101 in 57 balls. Imagine how he'd be hitting it without a bad back . Partnership is 135, and Root is mainly just taking a single every time he faces.

Root moves to 82 with his first 6 of the innings and then up to 83.

106 would put him ahead of Shakib for the tournament. He'll need to accelerate to get there, because he's not going to get another 20 deliveries here.

Partnership of 159 and counting - Morgan's contribution 118!

A bruising day out for the Afghans.

This is a massacre. Afghanistan have got nothing and it's going to be a bruising further couple of weeks for them

OK , the opposition is perhaps a bit ordinary ; but this innings of Morgan's has to be up there with the most fearsome ODI onslaughts ever...
He should get back spasms every week

Of course, the unhappiest person is Jos Buttler, who would have loved a chance to bat against this opposition on this track!

Morgan still slogging away. 15 an over off the last four gets England to the magical 400.

Does Morgan have time for the double ton? What about the England record (180?)

dummy_half wrote:Definite major acceleration on. Runs per 5 overs through the innigs:
0-5: 20
5-10: 26
10-15: 26
15-20: 34
20-25: 33
25-30: 25
30-35: 35
35-40: 56

40-45: 68
Same again gets us to 391

So Root goes, 12 short of his ton and 17 short of Shakib.

Gives us a little bit of Buttler. Does he take 1 or 2 to have a look, or just come out swinging?

That's silly. Morgan has scored 102 runs in 6s!

And he's out now. 148 off 71. Likely to be the fastest ton of the competition.

What an innings, Morgan! What a knock

Root out ...unfortunate to miss a hundred : has mainly been watching the skipper lately but a decent innings anyway - if inevitably overshadowed by Morgan...who now takes the six hitting record - and holes out for 148

What an innings !

Small moment of moral victory for Naib there if you can consider going for 19 off an over that...hell of an innings from Morgan.

1 over, 19 for 2. Surely the definition of mixed feelings for a bowler.

England collapsing now. Cue BBC comments demanding KP to be back in the team

The most RashidKhans ever gone for in an ODI before this was 7.55 an over...currently hes at 12 an over. he took a wicket that day too. This will also be the first time hes not taken a wicket two ODIs in a row (assuming they wont send him out for the slaughter)

Oh lord things changing quickly! Moeen looks awful and pinches the strike...why!

Rashid Khan now dispatched for six by Moeen. The ultimate humiliation.

Ton up for Rashid Khan

You could have put money on Buttler going for next to nothing after that Morgan innings... He was on a hiding to nothing anyway as you couldn't top that show...

No 400 today ...380-390 represents a decent effort against the spin heavy sort of attack that England often find tricky...

Two sixes for Moeen. 0/110 (nine overs) for Rashid Khan. Ouch.

Gooseberry wrote:Oh lord things changing quickly! Moeen looks awful and pinches the strike...why!

Gooseberry wrote:Oh lord things changing quickly! Moeen looks awful and pinches the strike...why!

To hit sixes off Rashid ?

Why shouldn't he have some fun?

alfie wrote:You could have put money on Buttler going for next to nothing after that Morgan innings... He was on a hiding to nothing anyway as you couldn't top that show...

No 400 today ...380-390 represents a decent effort against the spin heavy sort of attack that England often find tricky...

Analysis done by CricInfo suggested that since the last World Cup, England have perhaps been the best against spin. India have a higher average against spinners just, but England have the higher strike rate.

Four wickets for 25 runs. Good to see an old-fashioned English collapse shoehorned into this brilliant effort with the bat!

alfie wrote:You could have put money on Buttler going for next to nothing after that Morgan innings... He was on a hiding to nothing anyway as you couldn't top that show...

No 400 today ...380-390 represents a decent effort against the spin heavy sort of attack that England often find tricky...

Buttler's best innings seem to come when he can take an over or so to settle in and then go crazy. No harm under these circumstances in him not coming off.

Major batting collapse: 353-2 to 378-6 . Just shows that it isn't easy to come in and swing for the fence from the get go