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32 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

Oh dear, a tame cricket thread gets ‘turned’.

Back to the matter in hand, good to see the ‘blip’ that was England’s second game put behind them, we stand in a pretty good position as no one was ever likely to win all the group games.  

Sunday's game (Ind v Pak) ought to be good, so long as the rain holds off....

Pakistan have just been the weirdest team this world cup. 

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Looks like the top four of India, Australia, England and New Zealand are breaking away from the rest, even at this early stage.

India or Australia would be my favourites to win outright.

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13 hours ago, Branston Pickle said:

Oh dear, a tame cricket thread gets ‘turned’.

Back to the matter in hand, good to see the ‘blip’ that was England’s second game put behind them, we stand in a pretty good position as no one was ever likely to win all the group games.  

Sunday's game (Ind v Pak) ought to be good, so long as the rain holds off....

Looking forward to this game BP, some exciting batting on both sides and if Pakistan bring their A-game, could be a humdinger!

Whilst I'm in the mood to speak about the cricket, the AUS v IND match had a deal of excitement to it, I was convinced Australia would come nowhere near the Indian total before they batted, but if Smith or Carey had batted a bit longer, that would have ben very tight.

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9 minutes ago, SwindonCanary said:

With Australia I always want Australia to do badly, I wonder why ?   😉

Fixed that, and no, I don't wonder why.😀

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As ever, the Aussies have got to be favourites. Can't see SL getting close to this total (likely to be north of 330).

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33 minutes ago, Herman said:

Bit of a collapse sadly. Hopefully they have tail that can wag.

They don't.😳😀

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It hasn’t been the best W Cup so far, what with few close games and a week of ropey weather; hopefully it’ll pick up starting tomorrow...

 

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Groups stage is too long in my opinion. If India win tomorrow it's pretty certain who the top 4 will be with still about half the group left.

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Yup - I reckon they should have had 12 teams (so two more via pre-qualification , likely 2 of Netherlands, Ireland or Scotland) split into two groups, followed by Quarter finals - a bit more compact as a tournament.

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1 hour ago, king canary said:

Groups stage is too long in my opinion. If India win tomorrow it's pretty certain who the top 4 will be with still about half the group left.

Yes, not well thought out.

Tomorrow should be a great occasion, even the Taliban will be watching!

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Anybody able to explain to me why we bowled Rashid through his overs when he looked a bit vulnerable to a team looking to increase the run rate. He bowled as many overs as Wood and Woakes did between them.

I know they think he will bamboozle tail enders but quite clearly he wasn't at the time.

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dead rubbers.

That is an old fashioned term. Haven't heard it for years.

Can't see Pakistan winning though. India have wickets in hand and Rohit has scored more than Root now. 

They are quite happy to keep an eye on Amir and give the others a bit of tap.

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31 minutes ago, Van wink said:

Fakhar has an amazing action, terrific pace.

Amazing how much pace Bumrah generates off such a short, languid run-up. Hopefully Pakistan can up the run rate during the middle overs and make a real go of this chase...

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6 minutes ago, Feedthewolf said:

Amazing how much pace Bumrah generates off such a short, languid run-up. Hopefully Pakistan can up the run rate during the middle overs and make a real go of this chase...

Yeh, hope they can make a game of it.

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A miracle of epic proportions would be needed for Pakistan to win this now.

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11 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said:

Is he on a horse ?

Well he’s number one in the world, who knows where his namesake might end up 😀

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12 minutes ago, Herman said:

160 needed from two overs. Fingers crossed for the Afghans....

Thats a lot of "no Balls"

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1 hour ago, king canary said:

Bloody hell Morgan, that was quite a knock...

take a look at Mooen Ali

31 off 9 balls !

 4 x 6's

albeit with a 'dead' ball when the Afghans were knackered

but a crcking days cricket all round

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