So what do we do now? Three more wickets and Willey is in but, equally, we can't afford to get too far behind the RR either.
They were slow starters & only got into the grove once Topley got injured. Then look at their last 5 overs. At one point they are looking at 350 when Rashid took a few wickets in his last spell.
We have the players to do it but problem is we have too many overs left. 10 overs to get 120 with Brook , Stokes & Butler left then very doable. But with 40 overs I expect them to go chasing too early and get out too soon.
I'd like to think that, given how congested the table is, that we could still qualify if we win all our remaining matches. Two issues with that - I'm not sure I would trust us to beat India and if we get thrashed here, our NRR will be shocking.
I want England to get repeatedly thrashed and scrap The Hundred tbh
Sadly that won't happen. The ECB will come up with some "cock and bull" story to justify our performances, the preparation, selection and most of all, The Hundred.
Seems like we are batting on a different wicket / ground. All during the SA innings we were told that the outfield is fast, it's a great batting pitch & runs are always scored here.
Seems like we are batting on a different wicket / ground. All during the SA innings we were told that the outfield is fast, it's a great batting pitch & runs are always scored here.
South Africa have the best top 7 in the competition. They can even replace the captain and bring in someone for him to score 85. They had a blip against the Netherlands but the most positive thing about them is that they know what their best team looks like and it's just a question of whether they play the extra seamer or spinner. They also bat in the same way by trying to save wickets for the final 10-15 overs because they know that they can score at 10 plus an over in that period. We gave ourselves as limited an opportunity as we could have done in the last 12 months to find our best squad and team is and had more opportunities to do so than any other team in the competition. We refused to use them.
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We have the players to do it but problem is we have too many overs left. 10 overs to get 120 with Brook , Stokes & Butler left then very doable. But with 40 overs I expect them to go chasing too early and get out too soon.
38-4 off 8.1
Brainless cricket at its worst
England are 50/4 with a long tail.
67-4 off 10
67-5 off 11.1 and Willey is in
68-6 off 11.3
They will fudge it as they always will. I haven't checked it but hasn't Buttler now lost 13 of his 25 matches as skipper?
84-7 off 15.1
100/8.
Are we allowed to boo yet ?
Whoever is captain should NOT bowl first.
Like a "Golfie", England can't win when have to chase.
This will be 6 out of 7 we have lost bowling first.
Going at 7 an over so almost up with the run date.
Wood and Atkinson have put on 53 for the 9th wicket so far