Cricket World Cup 2015 (and build up to)

Callumcafc

157-0, 28 overs

Ali 97 (89)
Bell 50 (80)

cantersaddick

Run him out Ali..

A decent club cricketer would be capable of pushing these bowlers into the gap and getting a run! A strike rate of 50 Is soo poor against this attack!

If we send ballance in next I will lose all hope! Has to be Butler or Morgan...

1StevieG

Ali ton.

Callumcafc

Second ball of next over goes for six.

Ali gets to 103 n/o from 91.

cantersaddick

Bumble gets it right "get on with it" run rate has to rise.. For the sake of net run rate we need to score 350 and against this attack it's not hard!

Absurdistan

Bollox, missed the catchers.

Callumcafc

Ten wickets in hand, got to play a 20/20 innings from here and get up to 350 minimum.

paulie8290

come on lads time to push on

cantersaddick

The inability to hit the gap and run has annoyed me for years... but this innings from bell has got me really fuming! Why did I stay up for this!!?

1StevieG

Absurdistan said:

Bollox, missed the catchers.

Not this time......

Callumcafc

172-1, 30.1 overs

Bell drives straight at short extra cover. Out for 54 (85) c Coetzer b Berrington

Absurdistan

Hurray Bell out.

cantersaddick

Thank god for that!

cantersaddick

Why is ballance for Christ's sake!

cantersaddick

That's done it for me! Right royally pissed off.. I'm off to bed if he score's a hundred off 70 or less balls ill eat my hat my shoe and my coat!

cantersaddick

Anyone other than ballance it just had to be! We have twenty overs left need another 170-200 Ideally for net run rate! We're not gonna win this by boring them to deatg! A decent side would score 500 against this attack!

Callumcafc

184-0, 32 overs

Ali 115 (100)
Ballance 5 (8)

Absurdistan

Thank god we have Ali, if it was Cook we would be on 100 by now.
Bell 46 dot balls and only 2 4's.

Addick Addict

I'm afraid for Bell, Ballance, Morgan etc it's all about the fear of losing and most of all not getting out.

Absurdistan

200 up, got to make over 350?

paulie8290

Absurdistan said:

200 up, got to make over 350?

should do if we push on, but cant see it happening

Callumcafc

Batting powerplay coming up. If we don't go then, we never will.

Callumcafc

Ali [128(107) c Coleman b Haq] caught in the deep off the spinner.

201-2, 34.3 overs

Absurdistan

Oh dear, great knock.

Callumcafc

203-2, 35 overs

Ballance 10 (17)
Root 1 (2)

Two new batsmen for the powerplay. Wonderful!

paulie8290

really don't understand this, 15 overs left we have wickets in hand, but we still aint going for it

Callumcafc

Ballance [10 (18) b Evans] chops the first powerplay ball onto his stumps.

203-3, 35.1 overs

Absurdistan

Ballance out. Game on.

Callumcafc

Wicket maiden in the powerplay..........

Absurdistan

LOL it's a collapse ffs