Cricket World Cup 2019

[cerbera45]

Australia show their quality by pulling through

 

[stewart]

decent team the aussies have, plenty of depth and good bowlers.Starc finding his rythym makes them even better

 

[Blueronron]

Smith was so cool under pressure when batting and yes Starc found a good line and length when it was needed

Enjoying the whole set of games so far

Especially NZ 2 out 2

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Buttler looks like he’s hurt himself. Hopefully nothing more than a strained muscle but he really is someone we can’t afford to lose.

 

[South Bank Hank]

What an enjoyable batting performance this morning from Roy, Buttler, Bairstow and Morgan before a nice wag of the tail through Woakes and Plunkett's 45 from the 17 balls. Shame for Roy not to have achieved that double-century/six sixes combo he was looking for, but what a great sporting moment.

And a world record 7 on the bounce 300+ scores.

386/6

Wonderful stuff.

 

[South Bank Hank]

Is there anything more majestic in sport than watching Buttler effortlessly stroking loose balls for six? (Except for Humphreys scoring goals against Sunderland. Obviously.)

 

[ozzie]

good stuff England
That was funny seeing Englands team laughing so much after ROY? crashed into the UMP

 

[tottenham541]

Let’s get a couple of early wickets and then put this match to bed, I’d be surprised if they reached 200.

 

[cerbera45]

A special mention for Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, 1 century and 2 half-centuries in his last 3 knocks.

 

[South Bank Hank]

Fantastic performance by South Africa to collect their first point and move up one place.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Fantastic performance by South Africa to collect their first point and move up one place.

Wash out most of the week by the looks of things, I'm hoping it clears by Friday as I have tickets for England v West Indies at Southampton

 

[South Bank Hank]

Wash out most of the week by the looks of things, I'm hoping it clears by Friday as I have tickets for England v West Indies at Southampton

Nice work! Fingers crossed. :-)

 

[Ricky Otto]

Just watching bits of Aus v Pak and Amir looks in great form, bodes well for him coming into the fold at Essex in the t20 comp

 

[Member]

Good effort from Pakistan to peg the Aussies back.

 

[Ricky Otto]

Good effort from Pakistan to peg the Aussies back.

very good effort! Australia lost 10 for 161 off 28 overs after Aaron Finch and Warner's brilliant opening stand.

 

[ozzie]

Great toss to win,great start...now for Gayle

 

[cerbera45]

Thankfully the drop (by Wood) wasn't too costly

 

[cerbera45]

Was at The Oval yesterday but a special mention not for Finch but for Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne (97 versus Australia)

 

[Ricky Otto]

well the sun was shining in Southampton on Friday and I was not prepared for that, I ended the day a very bright shade of red! Very easy routine win for England against the windies and a day sinking Bira 91.

Beat our own world record for sixes hit in an ODI today against the Afghans, 25 sixes with Morgan hitting 17 of them!!

Think the semi finalists are all but decided now, England India Australia and New Zealand look to be the four but New Zealand haven't been tested yet, will be interesting to see how they do against the top sides. I'm sure Bangladesh will be hoping one of the top 4 drop the ball, for me they are the only side that could gatecrash the semis now.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

England posting close to 400 without Roy or contributions from Buttler or Stokes all be it against Afghanistan.
Morgan reminding the cricket world what a superb player he is and Root in middle of a purple patch.
I really think they can do this if they hold their nerve.