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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
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The fireworks may start soon.
Angelo Matthews coming out of retirement to do this to England.
Here he goes again, the WUM is back knowing fully well no one was requesting a threadban for you for stating that. Thankfully @The Corinthian is better poster than you regarding actual cricket discussion.
Is that the end of the match fireworks?
Cheap wicket after cheap wicket.
This has been shocking from England. Timid and uninspiring.
Oooh that’s a tight one. horsechoker will put this in the sounds sexual thread
Can we forfeit the India game.
WTF am I watching, this England side has an average age of 33 and played close to 1000 ODI’s between them, yet look like they have never held a cricket bat before.
Bought an England shirt for this World Cup and safe to say it's not getting an airing now - embarrassing!
Just like some of the United shirts I've bought in the past decadeHe's just making a fair enough observation without a shit wum attached to it, so no not really.
I don't know about worst title defence and all but I will definitely say one of the most underwhelming performances by a champion side who were strong contender to win. With the rate they are going their most important match would be against Netherlands in a battle to not finish last.
fecking hell, we've still got what? 4 more matches after this?
Going to be brutal.
Going to be brutal.
Saw the start.. was busy.. Just saw the score.
what the feck happened?
Isn't Bangalore usually a batting pitch too?
what the feck happened?
Isn't Bangalore usually a batting pitch too?
I believe the phrase is - heads have gone.
I imagine Bairstow, Stokes, Moeen, Rashid, Wood and Woakes will all be retiring. Unsure about Root and Malan.
Of the players that won't retire after this WC I wouldn't be picking Livingstone again for the ODI sides.
Of the players that won't retire after this WC I wouldn't be picking Livingstone again for the ODI sides.
Livingstone should be a top player but he does look like he needs a kick up the arse.
Key thing has to be to prioritise ODIs across the 4 years. Can get away with a mish mash of players for T20 given how much that’s played domestically.
No team will prioritise ODIs.
Must win match, 44/0 after 6 overs.
156 all out in the 34th over.
Wow. You could see their heads had gone in the South Africa innings but I didn't even expect this. Any chance it rains during all our other matches?
156 all out in the 34th over.
Wow. You could see their heads had gone in the South Africa innings but I didn't even expect this. Any chance it rains during all our other matches?
I'd have Sri Lanka as the worst bowling attack in the comp due to the injuries they have.
Amazing to bat that badly with our line up. Complete shambles. Going out with a bang.
Amazing to bat that badly with our line up. Complete shambles. Going out with a bang.
England didn't prioritise ODI before 2019 and I don't think any team particularly did this time.
India themselves fecked around and gave debuts to a lot of players and kept on resting the main players.
India themselves fecked around and gave debuts to a lot of players and kept on resting the main players.
The games to come after this will be horrendous, they're clearly done mentally. Not even confident they can beat Netherlands at the moment.
I didn't expect them to win this WC but it's alarming how it's fallen apart so badly. Moeen said yesterday 'If we're going out, we're going out with a bang' but there doesn't seem to be much evidence of that today.
I didn't expect them to win this WC but it's alarming how it's fallen apart so badly. Moeen said yesterday 'If we're going out, we're going out with a bang' but there doesn't seem to be much evidence of that today.
We semi did actually but the landscape has changed now.
Our innings has ended, without any fireworks.
Full on Ashes series down under vibes when we're 3-0 down and the series is already lost but there's still 2 tests to play.
Wouldn't be surprised if we get people retiring mid WC here.
India have played like 25 more ODIs than England have after 2019, so there was a bit more prioritisation there. Even in the ODIs, England played half the time they weren’t bothered. This is just deserved for this England team.
I don’t see it changing though, England play a three ODIs against the West Indies in December and then the next series will be in September next year with Test match players probably rested.
May as well, at this point it’s useless having the Test Match players out there.
Yeah it does feel like that. At least then you have a larger squad or can bring anyone in but they don't have that option here.
I wouldn't want to throw someone like Rehan Ahmed into this mess but it might be useful to have a few 'injuries' so the likes of Salt and Duckett can come in.
We had 7 captains in 2022 in ODI. That's how seriously we took ODIs.
What I meant was that the no team is prioritising ODIs anyways this time. Every team is taking the piss.
Still more so than England as India played enough matches to have 7 captains to play in them.
More ODIs means feck all if the first choice players aren't playing in them.
I think it’s about getting your entire squad playing in the format as no one plays domestic List A matches anymore.
How many players from this team has played in the 2019 finals? Thanks for the memories but reset after the tournament.
Why isn't anyone interested in ODIs anymore?
It's the perfect compromise between the nonsense of T20/100 and the majesty of Test Match cricket.
It's the perfect compromise between the nonsense of T20/100 and the majesty of Test Match cricket.