rickg
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Not a bad innings that....Root excellent and Butler explosive at the end......will it be enough?
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Sri Lanka cruised to it
Need a variation in that bowling - one of those tall bowlers needs to drop out for a spinner
Tongo
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Just listened to what Joe Root had to say. I dont know why England players bother with interviews. It doesnt matter who is interviewed, they just offer the same rubbish. Root went on about swing early on, what swing? Then he goes on about him dropping the catch at slip and the consequence but conveniently forgetting he was dropped by Jayawardene. Then when asked if there's a gulf in class between them and the rest he says no. Have you seen the results Joe?
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What do you expect them to say to the public ?
It's soundbites - always is in jnterviews
It's soundbites - always is in jnterviews
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rickg
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luckily I fell asleep before the Sri Lankan Innings......
Tongo
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Nothing if that's the sort of rubbish they are going to come out with.
Another hammering for England. Are we out yet?
Tongo
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Not yet. England need to beat Bangladesh and hope they dont beat Afghanistan and Scotland. And England have to beat Afghanistan themselves!
So we could well be is what you're saying. What a bunch of muppets
Farneyman
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Another great victory for the Irish against the mighty Zimbabwe. Close finish 
fundy
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2 cracking games last night for sure, that said already feels like the group section is dragging on and still plenty to go
bladeplayer
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Another great victory for the Irish against the mighty Zimbabwe. Close finish
LUCKY call on the 6 that was given out ha , that could have changed the match
Haven't we mentioned the luck of the Irish on this thread already? Cracking game and well done Ireland for holding on...just
bladeplayer
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Defo right this time tho Martin , slow mo showed a touch of the boundary , player walked halfway through the review , very strange as he was on 96 r 97 aswell
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Another 300+ score, this time from the Aussies... This WC been a score fest but equally the bowlers need to do their bit. Zimbabwe nearly chased theirs down against the Paddys..
At a stage the Aussies were threatening 400ish, it would be awesome if Sri Lanka try to chase this with intent...
At a stage the Aussies were threatening 400ish, it would be awesome if Sri Lanka try to chase this with intent...
Beezerk
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From this I have a question for the cricket experts.
Why so many high scores? I mean crazy high scores even between what I'd call two decent teams.
377 against Sri Lanka
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Foxholer
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From this I have a question for the cricket experts.
Why so many high scores? I mean crazy high scores even between what I'd call two decent teams.
377 against Sri Lanka
I think there have been some rule changes (field placement restrictions) recently that have meant the 'consolidation' section in the middle of the innings doesn't slow the scoring down as teams are now pushing for runs throughout the innings.
Probably also playing on some smaller grounds too.
Beezerk
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fundy
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The main rule changes are leading to a powerplay from overs 35-40 where sides can only have 3 fielders outside the 30 yd ring and then for the last ten overs they can only have 4 fielders outside. This basically means the bowler is telegraphing what he is going to bowl and hasnt got enough fielders to defend in the deep.
Add in bats have got much bigger (they dont press them like they used to), they use 2 balls so at the end the ball is only 25 overs old (and hence much harder still), wickets are prepared way in the batman's favour (especially the grounds using drop in pitches), most of the decent (so called mystery) spinners in the world have recently been banned for chucking (no Ajmal, Narine etc at the world cup).
On top of this you have the type of practise batsmen have been doing for t20 cricket with range hitting, ramp shots etc and the balance between bat and ball in limited overs cricket has totally been lost sadly leading to these very high scores.
Some may like it but personally think its ruining cricket, getting closer and closer to baseball everyday
Add in bats have got much bigger (they dont press them like they used to), they use 2 balls so at the end the ball is only 25 overs old (and hence much harder still), wickets are prepared way in the batman's favour (especially the grounds using drop in pitches), most of the decent (so called mystery) spinners in the world have recently been banned for chucking (no Ajmal, Narine etc at the world cup).
On top of this you have the type of practise batsmen have been doing for t20 cricket with range hitting, ramp shots etc and the balance between bat and ball in limited overs cricket has totally been lost sadly leading to these very high scores.
Some may like it but personally think its ruining cricket, getting closer and closer to baseball everyday
