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?
Perfect!
what was that run out all about.Silly from Baresi thinking he could make the move into cricket from football.
You take that back right now!
ENGLAND HAVE WON!!!!
Above Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Netherlands on run-rate now. A big win for NZ tomorrow would be good.
It’s a miracle!
Stokes shouldn't be playing.
We've finally found a team we can beat 
One of the great ODI innings surely. Not sure it's the best, simply because the opposition are a little way short of top level, but still... amazing.
Best ODI innings for me probably Steve Waugh versus South Africa in the first part of their double-header in 1999 (before the semi-final).
European ChampionsWe've finally found a team we can beat
SL are shite. This could be over in no time.
It's cloudy here, with a bit of sunlight still. I think it will rain at some point.
Morgan hasn't missed a chance to stick the boot in for two weeks now.
Getting sunnier, though SL aren't making a match of this anyway.
Does this mean Pakistan have to absolutely hammer England to stand a chance then? The likely margin of victory here pretty much kills the top 4?
His level of criticism has been a bit weird in all honesty. Not sure why he feels the need. Plenty of others rightly doing so but this seems a bit vindictive.
Yes I think so. The lower order runs here might make it slightly interesting especially if SL bowl well (CT spot still in play for them).
@MDFC Manager what are the chances of a rain out now? I was thinking this ends in 20 overs but they've played 40
Chance of rain dwindling quickly i think. It's gone from quite overcast to patches of blue sky with just a few grey clouds. I don't think it will rain at all
NZ should try and chase this in 15.
That'll force Pak to try and bat first and put up 400
That'll force Pak to try and bat first and put up 400
England's bowling has been relatively ok of late so that may be tricky. It's the batting that looks like it needs putting to sleep.
So most likely it will be Ind NZ again in semis.
Lots of respect for NZ but if they win that FFS
Already dreading the thought of them batting first and scoring 300 and then Boult turns into prime wasim akram again and rips into our top order.
Although the way our bowlers have bowled I would be mighty surprised if NZ score 300.
Isn't the semi at Mumbai? Imagine NZ getting to bowl second there and getting good purchase...Might not need 300 to defend in that scenario.
I have PTSD from India facing NZ in semis. No matter who bats first, you just have this feeling that India will be 30/4 by the 10th over.
The reality is that India are just so good they will probably thump NZ so I will just have to take some joy out of your PTSD
Don't count your chickens yet, Pak 390 - Eng 100 all out incoming.
Pakistan need to bat first. If England win the toss and bat first, they're out
They can bowl England out for 150 and go through if they chase it in 3.4 overs
Afghanistan need to win tomorrow by 438+ runs to go above New Zealand!
Mate our bowling is crap! A left-arm journeyman who bowls at 80mph, a guy who can't do it outside England and a quick who goes at 8 an over. Plus we've only got one decent spinner.
We're the only country to win a 50 World Cup without a test-class bowling lineup. The batters used to render that irrelevant (we've played Keeganball throughout our golden run) but not anymore.
EDIT: India in 2011 was probably a weaker bowling attack than ours in 2019, but it's close.
What margin of victory do Pakistan need to finish above NZ this weekend?
Win by 288 runs or chase target in some 2.4 overs
Surprised to see Afghanistan end up with nearly 250, i saw they were 120 odd for 6.
Our bowling line up is defo shit I'm purely talking about current performance level at this WC. The bowling is 'ok'. The batting is not.