Poor Woakes is all over the place but he's not being helped by some pretty lazy fielding - Buttler twice and now Bairstow have misfielded and he's gone for 21 in his two overs
It does which means that it is even more important that we get our line and length and plans right which we have failed to do to date. These are two decent openers but they are no Rohit and Shubman who would murder what we've thrown down so far.
The worrying thing with Woakes isn't that he isn't getting lateral movement, it hasn't been a feature of the world cup so far. Its that he is missing his line and length by a lot.
The advantage of the tournament format is that he has time to sort it out. Its a bit of a worry of he doesn't though.
Unfortunately we had a Harmison moment with that first ball and that set the tone. Topley hasn't been too bad without looking threatening but Woakes and Curran have been really poor
Is cricket allowed to be played in Afghanistan at the moment? Or are they all just based outside of the country? Probably highly likely that most would be based internationally even without the Taliban in charge but can they play there?
Is cricket allowed to be played in Afghanistan at the moment? Or are they all just based outside of the country? Probably highly likely that most would be based internationally even without the Taliban in charge but can they play there?
Cricket is allowed to be played in Afghanistan so far as men's domestic competitions are concerned. Of course, it is a "no-go zone" so far as touring teams are concerned and in line with the Taliban refusing to allow women to play sport, the Women's international side has been disbanded
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79-2 off 10
156-3 off 21.4
Thought Woakes might have a rest as he has been unwell.
5-0 off 0 overs
7-0 off 2
35-0 off 5
51-0 off 7
The advantage of the tournament format is that he has time to sort it out. Its a bit of a worry of he doesn't though.
75-0 off 9
Looks like we will be chasing 400 & will struggle to get there.
This is my Sunday spolit already & it's not yet 10.30.
Win or lose, Buttler has to be asked to justify the decision.
And this is nothing like a good start.
Making their openers look like prime Bradman.