Cricket World Cup

[PL2 3DQ]

Moeen as usual burns brightly before getting out. Buttler and Root doing well, 148/4.

 

[The Pilgrim]

If we go down the normal route of doubling the score after 30 overs then we're looking OK here, need to keep wickets in hand though.

 

[Quinny]

Buttler out 188/5

 

[Quinny]

Bit bum-twitchy right now for England: game is finely poised. If we lose another wicket in the next couple of overs - especially if it's Root - then you'd have to say advantage Kiwis.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

This situation is exactly what Livingstone 'The Finisher' is in the team for.
We have to get 290 - 300.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Bugger. Livingstone gone.

 

[Quinny]

Definitely twitchy-bum time now.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Root gone, bowled by the part timer. We are in trouble now.

 

[The Pilgrim]

Root gone, bowled by the part timer. We are in trouble now.

We aren't in that much trouble, remember how good the 100 is??

 

[Quinny]

Root gone, bowled by the part timer. We are in trouble now.

Woakes and Curran can both bat, but it's a tall order expecting these two to get us over 300.

But, this is England. They've pretty much ripped up the cricketing manual and expectations over the last two years, so who knows what'll happen in the last 5 overs?

 

[Quinny]

Scrub that: Woakes out.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Curran gone. 252/9. A poor last 30 minutes from England.

 

[The Pilgrim]

This is the 1st ODI innings in history where all 11 batters have made double figures.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

About 20 runs short but 282 is ok. It was looking like we wouldn't bat the full 50 overs but Wood and Rashid got us there.

 

[The Pilgrim]

We're not out of it but we'll need to bowl them out. Wood and Rashid seem like the key bowlers to me.