RohitSharma
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Hi boys, I wasn't expecting this. Pom are overrated, even a team like pakistan thrashed them to oblivion. Such an overrated bunch
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Very typical of England. Have consistently played the game with a mentality of not to lose which means they don't play to win.
You were so confident.Oh, so because you won a World Cup with a much better side at home 4 years ago, one win against Afghanistan makes up for 4 years of failure in between?
There is a reason England is rated highly and that’s because they regularly chase scores like this. Is Australia going to chase 350?
Probably not the worst thing for them. Their hubris needed to be reined in.Good to see the Poms suffer a loss early in the tournament, given they're the favourites and are at home.
Very typical of England. Have consistently played the game with a mentality of not to lose which means they don't play to win.
I love seeing england fail but one very small part of me would be disappointed if they didn’t win (assuming the alternative is likely to be India) purely because for the first time I can remember in my lifetime, england is actually changing the way the game is played and they have been the best at it for quite a while now.
We’ve seen steps forward in one day cricket - small ones usually, from the way slower all-rounders were bought into teams in the late 80s to slow scoring, Greatbatch throwing the bat early, that was built on by Kalu and Jayasuriya, spinners becoming openers like Dipak Patel, spinners becoming primary attacking threats - and perhaps the biggest leap forward of all is just this relentless ‘throw the bat from ball 1 to ball 300’ approach from England.
For most of those sides a modicum or success has followed at World Cup level.
In true England style though I’ve got no doubt they’ll find a way to f*** it up though
Calling it a leap forward implies it's a good thing.
I love seeing england fail but one very small part of me would be disappointed if they didn’t win (assuming the alternative is likely to be India) purely because for the first time I can remember in my lifetime, england is actually changing the way the game is played and they have been the best at it for quite a while now.
We’ve seen steps forward in one day cricket - small ones usually, from the way slower all-rounders were bought into teams in the late 80s to slow scoring, Greatbatch throwing the bat early, that was built on by Kalu and Jayasuriya, spinners becoming openers like Dipak Patel, spinners becoming primary attacking threats - and perhaps the biggest leap forward of all is just this relentless ‘throw the bat from ball 1 to ball 300’ approach from England.
For most of those sides a modicum or success has followed at World Cup level.
In true England style though I’ve got no doubt they’ll find a way to f*** it up though
It's kind of surprising how little support Root and Buttler had considering how deep England's batting is. Afghanistans tail rallied their innings better than Englands.With Root and Buttler scoring tons you would've thought England would win that but they didn't get much support from the rest of their batsmen.
Pakistan on the other hand didn't score any tons but got good contributions from their whole top order.
Good to have some unpredictable results for the sake of the tournament, just about every team in it is capable of winning any game on their day.
I don’t know that any side has ever purely and simply gone out with the plan A, B and C to thrash from the start come hell or high water.I'm not to up to date on one day cricket. What did England do different?
Ahh yeah fair enough that does sound like a different tactic, its been get 5 an over for the first 10, do nothing for the next 20, then go crazy late for ages.I don’t know that any side has ever purely and simply gone out with the plan A, B and C to thrash from the start come hell or high water.
Good call.Pakistan to pull out the upset victory of the tournament. You heard it here first.
I'm not to up to date on one day cricket. What did England do different?
They are going to try and win without a bowling attack. Kind of like back to the future stacking their side with trundler "all rounders" like Ali & Woakes.