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The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
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188-9 innings closed. England's target is 197 off 37 overs0
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Friday's game between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the same ground was a full one whereas Afghanistan v South Africa elsewhere on the same day was abandoned without a ball being delivered so I suppose it's been a bit pot luckkillerandflash said:Have England just been unlucky with the weather for these warm up games, or are they playing in the wrong parts of India?0 -
51-2. Malan out for 2 (4) and Bairstow for 34 (21)
I don't believe that Stokes took the field and it is interesting that Brook has come in at 4 because, although I understand the need to give as many as possible a bat, I would have thought that Stokes would have come in next if that's the intention on Thursday.0 -
Brook out for 17 off 15. Still no Stokes as Buttler comes in
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100-3 off quite an eventful 10 overs. Buttler has been dropped twice but is on 25 off 11 and Root, who came in with the score on 9-1 has made just 5 of the 91 runs that have been scored while he has been at the crease. He also had the misfortune of being hit in the unmentionables!0
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Third time lucky for Bangladesh as Buttler is caught on the boundary for 30 (15). Root is 7* (12). Livingstone is in so either Stokes doesn't want a warm up innings or he is injured/unwell
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Livingstone dropped first ball0
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Rather average hack from Livingstone and he's caught for 7 (11). Root continues to play the anchor role for 7* (16) and while he is at one end of the spectrum, it is clear that the rest of the batting is in for a good time rather than a long time!
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Taskin has now succeeded in dropping two catches on the boundary without even trying to get a hand on the ball. Thus time Root is the beneficiary.0
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Random playing of Nik Kershaws The Riddle in between overs there.
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Moeen Ali smashes six maximums before trying one too many for 56 off 39
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England win by 4 wickets with just under 13 overs to go. Root finishes on 26* (40) in using the innings as a net in the middle.0
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Stokes injury doubt for first game with sore hip.0
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Malan
Bairstow
Root
Brook
Butler
Ali
Livingstone
Woakes
Rashid
Wood
Topley
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NZ win toss and will bowl.0
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Stokes is out as feared by his absence in the warm up game. He injured himself in the gym! NZ are missing, through injury too, both Williamson, Southee and Ferguson
Bairstow
Malan
Root
Brook
Butler
Ali
Livingstone
Woakes
Curran
Rashid
Wood
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NZ:
Conway
Young
Ravindra
Mitchell
Latham
Phillips
Chapman
Neesham
Santner
Henry
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The irony of Stokes' injury is that had we picked Roy instead of Brook we would have had to re-jig the batting line up - Roy would have to open and I'm not sure having a 3/4 of Malan/Root would have been as effective given that they are both accumulators. As it is, Brook gets to bat in his optimum batting position.1
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Big crowd in to watch the defending champions open the tournament2
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Looks a real "step and hit" pitch0
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On target for 600 here !!1
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Looks out0
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Ooh. Going over.0
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MrOneLung said:On target for 600 here !!
Just 300 now0 -
how empty is that stadium ?0
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That is poor from Bairstow. If a player is seeing it like a football as he was on what is a decent pitch, there's no excuse for him picking out a fielder with a check drive such as that.
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You really think that with the balance of the top 5 2 of them have got to bat a long time, there is a lot of power hitting lower down but you don't really want any of them batting inside the first 30 overs too often.Addick Addict said:That is poor from Bairstow. If a player is seeing it like a football as he was on what is a decent pitch, there's no excuse for him picking out a fielder with a check drive such as that.
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I was just typing "Brook enjoying Ravindra's buffet type "help yourself" bowling". Then he does that. Two players now who have got themselves out when in.0
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Poor shot selection.0
