In a strange way Stokes has actually been our "find" of the tournament in that he is not only opening the bowling but also being used at the death too. His figures so far are 6.2-0-27-3 compared to Woakes, for example, who has returned 7-0-65-1
Hales poor form continues. Already dropped once off a sharp chance, he tries to pull a ball that is too close and a bit quick on him and only succeeds in hitting it straight up
Wood said it at the half time interview - albeit that Wood was far from the worst, we didn't bowl that well in the conditions. Ireland are exploiting them far better.
Frankly, we didn't deserve to win. Some very poor plans and execution from the bowlers (Woakes in particular) followed by ordinary shots and the "ball chewer" doing what he does. If you are going to bat that slowly and not rotate then you have to be there at the end. Otherwise you are denying the opportunity for players like Moeen and Livingstone to do what they can do which is striking the ball from the off. Especially poor when you know that rain is in the air.
Our own fault, not a great performance and were on the back foot. Could end up helping with NRR potentially? assuming it comes into play, rather than if we had lost. I know Ali did well but still a tall order to come back from then, we must win next so hopefully the real England turn up!
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152-8
156-9 with one over to go
157 all out
Good comeback by England. At 92-1 after 10 i feared they might get 180ish.
157 all out is a decent total but way less than what they should've got.
14-2 off 2.4
29-3 off 5.1
Ireland were 92-1 at the same point
Malan 23* (26)
Brook 17* (19)
68-4 off 11
72 required off 7
86-5
65 off 6 required
The rain has been imported from Ballycasey.
Frankly, we didn't deserve to win. Some very poor plans and execution from the bowlers (Woakes in particular) followed by ordinary shots and the "ball chewer" doing what he does. If you are going to bat that slowly and not rotate then you have to be there at the end. Otherwise you are denying the opportunity for players like Moeen and Livingstone to do what they can do which is striking the ball from the off. Especially poor when you know that rain is in the air.