Cricket World Cup 2019

[Ray de Galles]

Roy will be very fired up to open in The Ashes after that.

[ad hoc]

See, collapse. Both openers out in a very short time

[Kevin S]

Shit call stands. Cheers Jonny.

[Janik]

You lot are so damn predictable.

Root opens up with two three fours in three four balls.

[Uncle Ethan]

Michael Slater is the most annoying cricket commentator of all time. Except for Ian Healy.

[Janik]

And here he comes to the crease.[/polite ripple of applause]

[ad hoc]

Gah, beaten to it by GO

[Uncle Ethan]

Told you. Collapse on.

[ad hoc]

The collapse is on!

[Gangster Octopus]

The collapse begins...

[Kevin S]

Well Mr Stupidfuckingwasteofreview was the last one out.

[Janik]

Boo, only 8 runs from that over. Target down to 100. It's fine, as long as Mr Englishbattingcollapse isn't the next man in.

[Janik]

I'm still far from counting any chickens. I now think England have a chance. Logically a good one, but for now, in my head, it;s at about 35%.

You can take a man out of England, but you can't take English pessimism and fatalism out of a man. That is truly ingrained.

[Kevin S]

Taking the short route to that winning line up there. Come on.

[Janik]

Jason Roy was personally insulted by the idea that Steve Smith might be the bowler to remove him, wasn't he?

[diggedy derek]

I'd put England as marginal favourites.

[Kevin S]

THREE SIXES IN A FUCKING ROW

[ad hoc]

I'm still far from counting any chickens. I now think England have a chance. Logically a good one, but for now, in my head, it;s at about 35%.

[Janik]

Nobody move. Nobody breath. For the next two hours. Nobody do anything.



At some point in the future England fans may get comfortable with the idea that their team are very good, no.1 in the world for a reason. And be willing to state the seemingly obvious about their games.

They are fair rattling along at the moment. The last over went for 15 runs.

[Sporting]

Jinx time

[Etienne]

The crowd at the match are now sounding relaxed.

[Ray de Galles]

Just by the law of averages I don't see a fourth semi-finalist struggling to make the low two hundreds, especially not the one with the deepest batting.

I dug out my old All Blacks jersey this morning and am even more sure now that I'll need to see if I can squeeze in to it for Sunday - though I have told my wife I'll buy my son an England t shirt to wear there too.

[Gangster Octopus]

Yup.

[Uncle Ethan]

Nope I am also convinced England will somehow stuff this up.

[tee rex]

Australia have 100 too many for comfort here

Heh. Overplaying the badmind there.

England just need to forget all the macho bluster and bore their way to the total, old school snoozefest in the middle overs.