They really should. Latter have nothing to play for and seem ready for a holiday.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
- Thread starter Samid
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Jeez, you need to calm down. India is leading the table they obviously belong in the top4. Never said otherwise.
@hasanejaz88 @Samid : Do you lot now see why Wahab Riaz was selected for this world cup? I saw replays of the game that day. Could you imagine trundler Junaid Khan bowling those death over deliveries 
Not sure what you mean, I haven't talked about them not belonging in the top 4 ? @zing
I quite like Morgan, I think he deserves a chance to continue after this humbling experience, whatever we do in this tournament from here. Give him a chance to learn from it; give him a chance to work with Archer and Wood on a better strategy than bowling short on a fairly moist Lords wicket this morning with the ball doing a bit and let him work with the batsmen on how to gauge their approach to a given innings without trying to get over a run a ball seemingly at all times.
There are technical changes to made here and there but I'd like to see us back this current crop to get over the mental block they seem to have hit, after all they're by no means the first English team to do that.
What's Lanka fixture list? All this talk about Bangladesh and Pakistan and they might sneak in.
Tomorrow will show us if Pakistan are rejuvenated or just played the Worst South African team in WC I've seen.
Should be a really good game.
Should be a really good game.
I mean this is true regardless...
I ain't jinxing.
Don't know why Indians are trying jinx Pakistan there's no chance,jinxing isn't even required.
Don't tempt fate.we will score more than 92 against New Zealand.
The only current Pakistan player that would get into that 92 side is Amir.
There's no comparison at all, the required quality simply isn't there.
The less said about Sarfraz's captaincy compared to Immo the better too.
WI, SA and India. Two winnable games and if India has already qualified then we might just take it easy for our last game...
What's Jason Roy's fitness status? Fecker will probably play against us on Sunday 
That's on the last day , imagine if India have a chance to rest their players and make sure they get Sri Lanka in the semis . They will even give Rishabh a chance
Bangladesh have a better chance than Pakistan.
I like Morgan as well but failing to get England to the semis in a home World Cup is shocking.
It wasn't his fault but he was captain in the disastrous 2015 World Cup. After that he's shaped the team to play how he wants us to and it looks like another failure when it really matters. In many ways an even bigger failure than 2015.
I think the Roy injury, the Hales drug issue and Rashid and Moeen both being terrible have killed us in the World Cup.
Ironically SL would probably prefer Shankar to play rather than Pant.
He's good for 1-2 death overs, other than that a total liability. Might be better than Junaid but that doesn't really say much.@hasanejaz88 @Samid : Do you lot now see why Wahab Riaz was selected for this world cup? I saw replays of the game that day. Could you imagine trundler Junaid Khan bowling those death over deliveries
This World Cup is exposing those who think ODI cricket can be sussed out based on just stats and rankings based on ODI series’.@hasanejaz88 @Samid : Do you lot now see why Wahab Riaz was selected for this world cup? I saw replays of the game that day. Could you imagine trundler Junaid Khan bowling those death over deliveries
The World Cup is super intense and you need players with character - it is the ultimate test of bottle in cricket IMO.
That is why England and Saffers have never won the thing. Biggest chokers in Cricket despite cleaning up series wins.
Also just need to look at someone like Amir - on paper you would always think he’s one of the most talented bowlers in the world but outside of tournaments he looks like he couldn’t give a feck and in World Cup he suddenly looks unplayable again.
There's a lot of reasons tbh , they have not played well under pressure at all and this schedule has put even more pressure on them
You're reading way too much into his statement
If SL do then I promise to name a ladoo in my restaurant after Malinga.
Unless Roy aggravates something in the next 3 days he will definitely play against India . If he is even 60% he will play imo
You don't win the toss and but opposition into batting first against a batting side like Australia. Huge tactical blunder by England.
Chasing in world cup matches is not an easy task.
I think their batting collective is still a bit better than ours, their key batsmen are all getting into great form, and Maxwell is nailed on to come good in a big match
Hmm it could happen actually. Need Fatty to be at his best though.
It's another example of Morgan and England not learning from their mistakes.
You can't always go hell for leather from ball one. If you're chasing under 300 it gives you time to assess the pitch and the opposition bowlers for a bit. You don't have to be trying to smash a boundary from ball one. But that's what we keep trying to do and as a result of the 4 times we've chased so far we've lost 3.
He has previously hinted that he's a bit fed up of playing so much cricket. Needs to quit playing 'home' games and only focus on Aus/NZ/SA/Eng tours and ICC tournaments.
Aussies top order needs to fail. Chasing on a pressure day against Starc when the pitch is alright like today is going to be hard.
Yeah the powers that be need to look into who they'd have instead. Morgan's by no means unsackable but I wouldn't see an automatic need to replace him even if we do go on to another poor tournament under him.
If it comes to Bangladesh v. Pak in a virtual knock out I think Pak will go through. Although one cannot write Bangla off but still would go with Pak.
Just put him at slip so he doesn’t need to run in the field
Don't agree. English bowling is just not good enough to do damage against a strong top order. Given Oz dismantled English top order bowling second, they would have been even more dangerous bowling first. Archer is a good limited overs bowler but he is not someone who is going to swing the ball aka Anderson.
Yeah, we were really lucky Bhuvi pulled his hamstring so that our 1076th choice number 4 could bowl.
The amount of good starts Finch and Warner have given them now is a bit ridiculous now.
It would have been amazing had Braithwaite finished off NZ and won that game for WI. Now that would have opened up the group stages even more. If NZ win tomorrow I can see them dropping their game against Aus and Eng. But had they lost against WI they would have required to win 2 out of 3 games and it would have been even more open for other teams to sneak into top 4.
England. Bilateral series champions of the world.
Bilateral series champions of the world.Well yeah but that was my point. He's no tier 1 bowler but how can anyone take that trundler over him.
EDIT: Total liability is also an exaggeration.