We'll always have a chance with our batting lineup, especially when Stokes returns, but our bowling is going to cause us major problems against the better sides.
No good looking at the pitch Root - that’s what happens if you play back to a full length delivery
And if he truly believes that it's the pitch then he should be banging Buttler's head against the wall for batting second because the Afghanistan early batsmen had no trouble whatsoever - they didn't lose a wicket until a third of their innings had been used up with the score on 114 off 16.4
Livingstone decides that the best course of action is to play across a straight one from Rashid Khan. To compound the team's misery he wastes a review too. Never let brains get in the way.
How's that win toss bowl going? Absolutely fuming at the wilful stupidity of it.
This.
Wd have a ream full of hitters, not blockers. Against the lesser sides we should be batting first & seeing what score we can get. Not chasing a score; our middle order trying to judge or nurdle to 280.
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277-8 off 48
284-9 off 49.5. Afghanistan's second highest ever total in any World Cup
Seamers 26-1-189-4
Spinners 24-1-94-5
Does that make an argument for Moeen and Willey/Atkinson for Curran and Woakes against SA?
At 68-3 off 12.4 and with Rashid Khan still to bowl we are in a bit of trouble here
Absolutely fuming at the wilful stupidity of it.
91-4 off 17.2
117-5 Livingstone out.
Also, that's a proper desperate review.
117-5 off 20.4
Wd have a ream full of hitters, not blockers. Against the lesser sides we should be batting first & seeing what score we can get. Not chasing a score; our middle order trying to judge or nurdle to 280.