2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Game 36 England v Australia 4/11 1900hrs @ Narendra Modhi Stadium

[Tugga27]

It appears Maxwell & Marsh will both be available for the next match, so it's going to be real interesting who they drop out of Stoinis/Green & Smith/Lab...I feel Lab has really closed the gap on Smith with that decision now.

Lab's played all 15 ODI's since the start of the SA tour;
693 runs @ 49.5, SR - 92
1 - 100, 4 - 50s

As opposed to Smith's 10 innings;
320 runs @ 32, SR - 90
2 - 50s

I think I'm going with this team on current form & in this order

Warner
Head
Lab
Green
Marsh
Maxwell
Inglis
Cummins
Starc
Zampa
Hazelwood

Green needs to go further up the order & Marsh isn't suited to No.3...Inglis also should move down a couple of places...Thoughts

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I like the team.

As Cummings won't bowl Green, he's basically picked as a bat.
So I imagine they will pick Stoinis over Green.

Can't see them dropping Smith even though they should.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Don’t think we can get carried away beating a cricketing minnow.

 

[damochandler]

If England let cricket do the talking they might win a few games. They haven’t shut up since march

 

[Neese]

Is there anything better than seeing England fail after talking themselves up?

 

[Daniel B]

I like the team.

As Cummings won't bowl Green, he's basically picked as a bat.
So I imagine they will pick Stoinis over Green.

Can't see them dropping Smith even though they should.

Interesting comparing their averages:

Stoinis: Bat 27; Bowl 43
Green: Bat 34; Bowl 41

 

[Tugga27]

Interesting comparing their averages:

Stoinis: Bat 27; Bowl 43
Green: Bat 34; Bowl 41

For some reason, Cummins is reluctant to bowl Green.

 

[BStaff17]

Is there anything better than seeing England fail after talking themselves up?

I think whatever happens now with Australia is a bonus.

We beat England and basically there capitulation had made this world cup a success.

Finishing last and missing the champions trophy would almost feel a WC win in its own right.

 

[Aussie in exile]

The poms look a sad pathetic bunch at the moment.
I would suggest there is unrest in the changing sheds

 

[Alfonz]

Surely Livingstone misses.

I'm amazed this bloke gets a game for the national side. I remember watching him play for the Scorchers and thinking "is this seriously the best international they could find? Might as well play a local lad". Same with Willey when you compared him with Richardson, Behrendorff, Tye, etc. These guys were the dregs of the Scorchers and would get nowhere near an Australian side, yet they are locked into England's side.

 

[Flogwater]

Is there anything better than seeing England fail after talking themselves up?

Yes: listening to a salty Michael 'You Lot' Vaughan OBE on ABC radio post-loss after he had been crowing about England "knowing how to take wickets at the right time" ad nauseam during Australia's innings.

 

[AJ_2000]

Yes: listening to a salty Michael 'You Lot' Vaughan OBE on ABC radio post-loss after he had been crowing about England "knowing how to take wickets at the right time" ad nauseam during Australia's innings.

Such a dumb comment, like anytime is the right time

 

[Santana]

 

[greyhound punter]

We now know that most of England's "success" was dependent on made to order wickets and postage stamp sized grounds.

Throw in a few wild slogs from The Stoker and there you have it.

They are done and dusted. Not surprisingly, crickets from eddiesmith

We still hold that precious urn.

Cop that.

 

[eddiesmith]

We now know that most of England's "success" was dependent on made to order wickets and postage stamp sized grounds.

Throw in a few wild slogs from The Stoker and there you have it.

They are done and dusted. Not surprisingly, crickets from eddiesmith

We still hold that precious urn.

Cop that.

Yep, explains the World Cup win just 12 months ago in Australia, never thought of the MCG as a postage stamp but there you have it from our resident genius…

 

[Tugga27]

I'm amazed this bloke gets a game for the national side. I remember watching him play for the Scorchers and thinking "is this seriously the best international they could find? Might as well play a local lad". Same with Willey when you compared him with Richardson, Behrendorff, Tye, etc. These guys were the dregs of the Scorchers and would get nowhere near an Australian side, yet they are locked into England's side.

I think Livingstone is a bit like Tim David.
Only really a T20 player.

 

[spike101]

India have 1.4 billion people with one national sport

Omg, if I see another post about population … there are more swimming pools in Victoria than there are in the whole of the UK; population has nothing , repeat nothing, to do with anything.

 

[akkaps]

India have 1.4 billion people with one national sport

 

[AJ_2000]

Omg, if I see another post about population … there are more swimming pools in Victoria than there are in the whole of the UK; population has nothing , repeat nothing, to do with anything.

Swimming pools are wasted on people in the UK and Victorian's (well maybe Melburnians). Be lucky if you can use them a few months each year.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Swimming pools are wasted on people in the UK

Swimming pools? Baths.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Omg, if I see another post about population … there are more swimming pools in Victoria than there are in the whole of the UK; population has nothing , repeat nothing, to do with anything.

Maybe not population but the fact that it is basically THE national pass time, basically the only sport that any Indian kid grows up seeing and caring about and any sporting kid gets pushed toward cricket makes a difference.

You speak to any Indian person and they know all about the World Cup whereas a fair proportion of Australians have no idea it's even on. Lots of money in cricket in India too.

India are only really elite in one sport (maybe two if you count the not very highly played Hockey) whereas Australia are elite in several sports and cricket gets less money, less players, less viewership than a number of other sports in Australia.

It's amazing we've been historically the best team in the world in those circumstances.

 

[Foucault1989]

We now know that most of England's "success" was dependent on made to order wickets and postage stamp sized grounds.

Throw in a few wild slogs from The Stoker and there you have it.

They are done and dusted. Not surprisingly, crickets from eddiesmith

We still hold that precious urn.

Cop that.

I don't know about you but I always knew their fraudulent game plan was always dependant on producing flat tracks and small grounds. Even their bowlers were complaining about how bad it had become.

It won't last. They'll get destroyed in Australia trying to slog to big boundaries and be forced to change

 

[BStaff17]

Maybe not population but the fact that it is basically THE national pass time, basically the only sport that any Indian kid grows up seeing and caring about and any sporting kid gets pushed toward cricket makes a difference.

You speak to any Indian person and they know all about the World Cup whereas a fair proportion of Australians have no idea it's even on. Lots of money in cricket in India too.

India are only really elite in one sport (maybe two if you count the not very highly played Hockey) whereas Australia are elite in several sports and cricket gets less money, less players, less viewership than a number of other sports in Australia.

It's amazing we've been historically the best team in the world in those circumstances.

Well India finally became a super-power in cricket 2008 when the IPL started and shitload of money started being invested into the sport/players.

CA and ECB still held the power of world cricket before then.

In a way we timed our dynasty perfectly between 1999-2007.

We also got the jump on India on women's cricket.

The Women have set the standard that India are closing the gap but will be harder to overtake us then the mens.

 

[corbies]

I'm amazed this bloke gets a game for the national side. I remember watching him play for the Scorchers and thinking "is this seriously the best international they could find? Might as well play a local lad". Same with Willey when you compared him with Richardson, Behrendorff, Tye, etc. These guys were the dregs of the Scorchers and would get nowhere near an Australian side, yet they are locked into England's side.

The Scorchers have had 64 players in their history. Players with a better batting average and strike rate for the Scorchers than Liam Livingstone:

Tim Bresnan (3 innings)
Laurie Evans
Craig Simmons
Herschelle Gibbs

That's it.

He also has the 2nd best bowling average in the history of the Scorchers.

 

[greyhound punter]

Yep, explains the World Cup win just 12 months ago in Australia, never thought of the MCG as a postage stamp but there you have it from our resident genius…

Haha. Those days are long gone and forgotten.

England are getting what they deserved. And it is great to see.

 

[Gough]

Haha. Those days are long gone and forgotten.

England are getting what they deserved. And it is great to see.

Looking back now, winning the Ashes would have been a nice full stop for what has been a pretty decent era of English cricket which makes denying them that even sweeter.