In message <
b1511b81-c357-4de3...@googlegroups.com>,
mike <
dmik...@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>Another good batting perf by england abeit against a Pakistan side
>without rizwan and Babar.
Yep. It might have been closer had Pakistan not turned in o0ne of their
more shambolic fielding displays.
> Iffy start followed by another explosive cameo by Stokes.
Yes, he seems to have worked the rust out of his system.
> Good to see the doc back again, we may need his bowling as much as his
>batting, and impressive finishing by Curan and Brook.
England's only real worries now are that Hales seems out of touch and
that - as has been the case for most of this year - Rashid hasn't been
quite himself. Regarding Hales, I'd be tempted to omit him and have the
side as: Buttler, Malan, Stokes, Brook, Livingstone. Ali, Curran,
Woakes, Wood, Rashid, Topley.
>
>Meanwhile oz had a truly dramatic defeat vs india, needing only 7 off
>the last, they lost 4 wickets in 4 balls. Shami looked like he was
>going to explode.
Not bad as it was his only over. To bowl like that from "cold" was
amazing.
>
>Sometime in the summer Moeen said that the team which hits the most 6s
>usually wins. I cant remember if he was talking about T20 or the 100,
>but while hes probably right most of the time,
It might be different in Australia, where the boundaries tend to be
longer than in most other countries. I heard a couple of comms
discussing this and one suggested that singles and twos might have a
more important part to play than usual.
> Scotlands win vs Windies was an exception to this 'rule' [if it is 1],
>although it was only 3-1 to the windies.
>
>I think Windies needed 107 off 14 but went into a kamikazi spiral
>after lewis was out and look a real mess, even before this WC started
>with 1 player left out cos he missed the plane - twice!
If both WI and SL fail to qualify for the last eight,l which could
easily happen, it will be remarkable.