It will be bad enough losing but a thrashing would do absolutely nothing for our NRR especially against one of the teams that we might well be competing against for a top four spot
According to Cricinfo, Ravindra has just broken the record for the fastest century for NZ in a World Cup. The previous record was set by ... Conway a few overs ago.
282-9 off 50. Probably 40 plus light but we won't truly know 'til NZ get to bat on this surface but there doesn't appear to be too many demons. That said, very little between them in the market:
NZ win by 9 wickets with 13.4 overs to spare. Our batting was poor in terms of shot selection, our bowling all over the place in execution and even our normal outstanding fielding was somewhat average. Apart from that we were better than NZ in every single department.
Another fun stat from Cricinfo - a team that made 11 double-digit scores has just lost to a team that didn't make any at all (two centuries and a duck).
The 100 needs ditching! I've never watched a game, it's all too...American! Just a perceived money spinner for the ECB does fuck all for cricket or enhancing performance....pile of shite!
Pakistan appear to lose more wickets in clusters than any other team. Currently 188-6 off 32 and those 6 wickets have fallen for 47 runs over two periods of batting.
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Dangerous in England
Hopeless abroad
73-1 off 9
England 4.20
NZ 1.30
Positive thought. The reality is that we probably need to win 7 of the next 9 to qualify now
Unbeaten partnership of 273 sees them to the target. Rough. Need to see a response in the next game.
Just a perceived money spinner for the ECB does fuck all for cricket or enhancing performance....pile of shite!
34-2 off 8.3
252/7
252-8 off 43.5