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Post by Panda on Jun 21, 2019 16:07:39 GMT 1
A potential tight finish in store as England chase 233 to beat Sri Lanka on a tough batting wicket. England 81-3 after 22 overs.
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Post by rubcale on Jun 21, 2019 18:25:20 GMT 1
With New Zealand and Australia still to play England's "guaranteed" semi place beginning to look shaky to Sri Lanka.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 21, 2019 18:30:20 GMT 1
You've got to feel sorry for Ben Stokes who did not deserve to be in the losing side.
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Post by Panda on Jun 21, 2019 19:43:58 GMT 1
Match 27, Headingley: Sri Lanka 232-9 (50) Mathews 85*; Wood 3-40, Archer 3-52 England 212 all out (47) Stokes 82*, Root 57; Malinga 4-43 Sri Lanka win by 20 runs Man of the Match: Lasith Malinga On a pitch that was much harder to bat on than first anticipated Sri Lanka struggled to 232. England kept on par for the run chase until Jos Buttler fell lbw, with Ben Stokes' unbeaten 82 in vain alongside a poor effort from the lower order.
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Post by Panda on Jun 21, 2019 19:45:46 GMT 1
Standings: (net run rate in brackets) 1. Australia 6-10 (+0.849) 2. New Zealand 5-9 (+1.591) 3. England 6-8 (+1.457) 4. India 4-7 (+1.029) --------------------------- 5. Sri Lanka 6-6 (-1.119) 6. Bangladesh 6-5 (-0.407) 7. West Indies 5-3 (+0.272) 8. South Africa 6-3 (-0.193) 9. Pakistan 5-3 (-1.933) 10. Afghanistan 5-0 (-2.089)
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Post by Panda on Jun 21, 2019 19:53:09 GMT 1
For a number of years, England have shown a tendency to get complacent and lose games they shouldn't. It's happened more at test level but there have been instances in the ODIs, such as Pakistan a couple of weeks ago, the West Indies earlier this year and Scotland last year.
England will certainly have to win one of their last 3 games, maybe 2 and creating the schedule so England's 3 hardest games were at the end of the group stage doesn't look so wise now...
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Post by o on Jun 21, 2019 20:48:36 GMT 1
Poor from England, Sri Lanka hadn't shown that they were any threat at all...
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Post by Panda on Jun 22, 2019 12:42:09 GMT 1
Afghanistan's bowlers giving it a decent go against India. If they can put a good batting performance together, they might have a chance of a huge upset...
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Post by Panda on Jun 23, 2019 0:18:17 GMT 1
Match 28, The Rose Bowl: India 224-8 (50) Kohli 67, Jadhav 52; Nabi 2-33, Gulabdi 2-51 Afghanistan 213 all out (49.5) Nabi 52; Shami 4-40 India win by 11 runsMan of the Match: Jasprit Bumrah Another thriller that saw Afghanistan come close to pulling off arguably the biggest cricket shock of all-time. An excellent bowling performance restricted India to 224 and Afghanistan batted patiently as they attempted to chase down the total. However, Mohammed Shami's hat-trick in the final over meant India clung on for a narrow victory. Despite the defeat, this must surely go down as the finest moment in Afghanistan's cricketing history so far.
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Post by o on Jun 23, 2019 11:05:08 GMT 1
So close from the West Indies, did he need to go for another 6 at that point, or look for 1s and 2s? Most of the run chases seem to be going the way of the bowlers recently, the close games?
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Post by Panda on Jun 23, 2019 21:24:51 GMT 1
Match 29, Old Trafford: New Zealand 291-8 (50) Williamson 148, Taylor 69; Cottrell 4-56 West Indies 286 all out (49) Brathwaite 101, Gayle 87, Hetmyer 54; Boult 4-30 New Zealand win by 5 runsMan of the Match: Kane Williamson Another thriller with New Zealand making 291, despite losing both openers first ball. Despite losing wickets, the Windies looked like they were going to get there thanks to Carlos Brathwaite's century but with just 6 runs needed to win and 7 balls and 1 wicket remaining, he went for the big hit and was caught on the boundary.
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Post by Panda on Jun 23, 2019 21:50:50 GMT 1
Match 30, Lord's: Pakistan 308-7 (50) Sohail 89, Babar 68; Ngidi 3-64 South Africa 259-9 (50) du Plessis 63; Wahab 3-46, Shadab 3-50 Pakistan win by 49 runsMan of the Match: Haris Sohail South Africa's World Cup hopes are officially over after defeat to Pakistan, though realistically, they were over 2 weeks ago. Pakistan keep their slim top 4 hopes alive, though they will probably have to win their last 3 games to stand any chance of reaching the semi-finals.
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Post by Panda on Jun 23, 2019 21:54:43 GMT 1
Standings: 1. New Zealand 6-11 (1.306) 2. Australia 6-10 (0.849) 3. India 5-9 (0.809) 4. England 6-8 (1.457) ------------------------------------- 5. Sri Lanka 6-6 (-1.119) 6. Bangladesh 6-5 (-0.407) 7. Pakistan 6-5 (-1.265) 8. West Indies 6-3 (0.190) 9. South Africa 7-3 (-0.324) 10. Afghanistan 6-0 (-1.712)
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Post by Panda on Jun 24, 2019 22:59:51 GMT 1
Match 31, The Rose Bowl: Bangladesh 262-7 (50) Mushfiqur 83, Al Hasan 51; Mujeeb 3-39 Afghanistan 200 all out (47) Samiullah 49*; Al Hasan 5-29 Bangladesh win by 62 runsMan of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh move to within a point of England with a comfortable win over Afghanistan. Shakib Al Hasan became only the second player in the history of the World Cup (after Yuvraj Singh) to score 50 and take 5 wickets in the same match.
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Post by Panda on Jun 24, 2019 23:02:10 GMT 1
Standings: 1. New Zealand 6-11 (1.306) 2. Australia 6-10 (0.849) 3. India 5-9 (0.809) 4. England 6-8 (1.457) ------------------------------------- 5. Bangladesh 7-7 (-0.133) 6. Sri Lanka 6-6 (-1.119) 7. Pakistan 6-5 (-1.265) 8. West Indies 6-3 (0.190) 9. South Africa 7-3 (-0.324) 10. Afghanistan 7-0 (-1.634)
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2019 10:05:00 GMT 1
England win a huge toss at a gloomy and drizzly Lord's and will bowl first against Australia.
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Post by o on Jun 25, 2019 12:41:57 GMT 1
It didn't help
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2019 13:50:33 GMT 1
Great start by Australia but England have bowled and fielded their way back into the game and will be chasing a gettable total.
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2019 14:06:23 GMT 1
Australia finish on 285-7, having looked on course to score well over 300 at one point.
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2019 14:37:30 GMT 1
England lose an early wicket but it's James Vince so it barely counts.
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