I think England can win this, and I wouldn't be sad if they do
Not an important game for India
Not an important game for India
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
India losing is no big deal!
Good length by Willey to start with.
India are top of the league and England at the bottom and in complete disarray.
India supporters expect England to win
India supporters expect England to win
I haven't managed the motivation to stick this on yet. Miserable.
Actually in a weird way it sort of makes sense. if they were closer and a semi final place was at stake, you would expect different responses. I think India supporters want to get their lose now and out of way before semis. But fat chanceIndia are top of the league and England at the bottom and in complete disarray.
India supporters expect England to win
Good golly Gills gone
Kohli out for a duck
2 down. I think india are caught between attack and uncertainty of assessing the pitch.
Like others have said, would rather lose today and get the loss out of the way than choking in the semis at 20/5 or something.
Annoyed and slightly traumatized at India clearly and consistently being one of the best sides in the world (if not the best) and yet going into consecutive ODI world cups and throwing it all away in 20-odd minutes of a batting collapse in a knockout game.
Annoyed and slightly traumatized at India clearly and consistently being one of the best sides in the world (if not the best) and yet going into consecutive ODI world cups and throwing it all away in 20-odd minutes of a batting collapse in a knockout game.
This looks like a 200 run pitch.
Shitty start for us and this is the sort of game we expect to lose. In football it would be a trap game.. Tbh losing to this version of England would suck
@Samid add Shreyas Iyer to your list of wastemen
England are going to round off our tournament by failing to chase 150 -- probably
You can't fail to chase 150 when the target is only going to be 120
Isn't ICC incharge of pitches during ICC tournaments?
Is this in the same way the ICC are 'in charge' of the global game?
I.e, they're not.
There needs to be an all time wastemen XI posted.
KL Rahul read this between overs and is deciding to make a strong case for himself.
KL looks great. His plodding style suits collapses well
KL is making sure he survives for a while, I'm sure he intends to accelerate after Lunch.
Not managed to watch it today - is 250 a decent score?
Lets pretend you are playing a competent team...
Lets pretend you are playing a competent team...
India will win if it’s 250. It’s not an easy pitch. England will want to keep india below 220 and I think they will.
Didn't realise the top 7 teams from this qualify for the Champions Trophy in 2025. England could end up missing out on that tournament if they don't pick up at least a couple more wins.
I have an irrational hunch that Rohit is using up all his runs before knockouts. 
No that is false. Nothing to do with that. It is the ICC ranking, not the group stage standing of 2023 world cup.
We are winning this tournament.
And we're certainly not winning it
Get Rohit and Kohli out early and India will get found out.
India can't put up a total. They've chased so far the entire tournament, and this is the first time their lower middle order has come into action.
Make them bat first where you can
India are winning it regardless of today and I’d still back them to win today with their bowling line up. Getting closer to above 220 here
India will win the tournament. It was part of the bid.
225 and above it’s a game.. surya is still there and he can sink England here imo
And gone
The way our batting lineup has played so far this world cup and with Bumrah/Siraj/Shami on fire we aren't getting more than 150/160.
‘My team is worse than your team’ a classic redcafe tradition
England are bottom of the table! They are quite obviously worse.
Based on Englands recent form, think India have enough