The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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Dot and then Bumrah hits it straight up in the air only for Moeen to drop it. Dear oh dear. Won't be the last chance Bumrah gives though.

MrBurns

Still can't see us winning this. We'll be all out for 190

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Surya slices it to Woakes on the boundary off Willey for 49 (47)

208-8 off 46.2

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Seriously, given how Kuldeep has just whipped the ball off his legs, on what planet do India think that Bumrah is a better batsman than him? 

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220-8 off 48

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"Kuldeep is known to have been quite a good batter in junior cricket"..............

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229-9 off 50

Chizz

Something has happened "behind closed doors" between the last match and this one.  It looks like they've been read the riot act by Mott or Buttler.  But neither of them seem to be people who bully and cajole.  Whatever it was, it seems to have worked so far. 

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Malan plays on to Bumrah for 16 (16)

30-1 off 4.5

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And Root is absolutely plumb first ball. But Root, being Root, chooses to review it

30-2 off 5

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Stokes, having faced 9 dot balls, tries to play a brain dead shot across the line and is bowled by Shami for a duck. We still have 42 overs FFS

33-3 off 8

blackpool72

Suicidal cricket from Stokes. 

Stig

What a load of old shit.

Karim_myBagheri

ffs

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And Bairstow is dropped by Kohli at slip

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Albeit that Kohli probably did quite well to get a hand on it

Karim_myBagheri

listening on TMS so a little behind but that sounded absolutely dreadful by Stokes. Should of never bothered coming back to 50 over cricket. 

Chris_from_Sidcup

From cricinfo:

Stokes' contribution to this World Cup: 48 runs for 3 dismissals off 91 balls. 3 catches. 0 balls bowled.

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Bairstow inside edges a ball onto his pads and then onto his stumps for 14 (23) off Shami

39-4 off 9.1 from 30-0

Karim_myBagheri

christ

MrBurns

MrBurns said:

Still can't see us winning this. We'll be all out for 190

Sorry I accidentally added a 1 at the front, should be all out for 90 

Fanny Fanackapan

This is going well.....

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Brook must really have upset someone in the camp. His average in this WC is better than Bairstow, Root, Buttler, Stokes, Moeen and Livingstone. 

Karim_myBagheri

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Brook must really have upset someone in the camp. His average in this WC is better than Bairstow, Root, Buttler, Stokes, Moeen and Livingstone. 

put together?? 

IdleHans

India 2.3 between innings - free money

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This isn't T20. We aren't chasing 400. Why did we feel that we had to force things? 

Karim_myBagheri

I blame the dew..

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The great news is these players, apart from Willey, is that they have the certainty of anything up to £700k for up to three years and they never even have to play for England again. 

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Buttler plays Kuldeep as if he's never seen the spinner in his life. Totally bamboozled. Goes for 10 (23)

52-5 off 15.1

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Chizz said:

Something has happened "behind closed doors" between the last match and this one.  It looks like they've been read the riot act by Mott or Buttler.  But neither of them seem to be people who bully and cajole.  Whatever it was, it seems to have worked so far. 

Well that worked!