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See that England have marmalised the Aussie attack and made 481 runs in 50 overs at Trent Bridge.

Surpassed their own previous world best by 30 odd runs.

I would hate to be a bowler in that game.

The Aussies have yet to bat so we will see how it stacks up
 
Missing key players or otherwise, it’s lovely to see The Convicts on the receiving end of a humiliating thrashing at our hands!
 
Saw Dereck Randall at our place yesterday, a PP asked why he was not at Trent Bridge. He said " golfs my game now, you can keep your cricket "😁
 
ColchesterFC said:
Can't believe we won by 242 runs. I remember the days when 242 was a good score for us let alone a victory margin.
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We won by more than than the Aussies managed to make :D

I don't understand what has happened to our One Day sides. For the first 7 or 8 years of me watching cricket we were dreadful at One Day cricket. We had players like Vaughan, Strauss, Bell and Cook opening the batting plodding along at 4-5 an over until the 20th over where they'd batten down the hatches and knock it round for singles until the 35th, and then it'd be up to Pietersen and Flintoff to try and salvage a good score in the last 15. More often than not they'd fail, we'd end up with around 230 and ultimately lose. Great times. Now we're arguably the best batting ODi line-up in international cricket. Guys like Bairstow, Hales, Roy, Buttler, Morgan and Root are as good as anyone in the world.

Moving Bairstow to the top of the order was a superb move as well. 4 hundreds in his last 6 games and getting them at an almighty rate as well. As an opening batsman he has 6 ODi hundreds in 20 innings, he's averaging 65 and is getting those runs at a strike rate of 114. Phenomenal stuff!
 
Dan - The answer is we were late to the party. Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Australia all showed the way. Then the others caught on and finally we decided to join in. I haven't mentioned the West Indies as even the great side of the 70's and 80's didn't play one day cricket in the same way as modern teams.

We tried for too long too shoehorn our test players into the one day team. Finally we have realised that they are different disciplines.
 
And today the England women's team beat the record score in a T20 match by reaching 250-3, just a few hours after New Zealand had set the record of 216-1 against South Africa.
 
Do people really enjoy these farces? complete imbalance between bat and ball, flatter than flat pitches, boundaries brought in, bats bigger than ever?

As someone who played at a decent standard i cant think of anything more boring than watching mis-hits go for 4 and 6 and bowlers look as though they are already condemned to whats going to happen and not really caring. Call me a dinosaur but give me a pitch with a bit in it for everyone (ideally some grass proving a bit of pace bounce and movement), boundaries back as far as possible and there being a risk/reward balance
 
fundy said:
Do people really enjoy these farces? complete imbalance between bat and ball, flatter than flat pitches, boundaries brought in, bats bigger than ever?

As someone who played at a decent standard i cant think of anything more boring than watching mis-hits go for 4 and 6 and bowlers look as though they are already condemned to whats going to happen and not really caring. Call me a dinosaur but give me a pitch with a bit in it for everyone (ideally some grass proving a bit of pace bounce and movement), boundaries back as far as possible and there being a risk/reward balance
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England managed to restrict SA to 129-6 so I'm not sure how you think it was a complete imbalance between bat and ball. Just as the England men's team bowling Australia out for 239.
 
ColchesterFC said:
England managed to restrict SA to 129-6 so I'm not sure how you think it was a complete imbalance between bat and ball. Just as the England men's team bowling Australia out for 239.
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saffers women not the best thats for sure and already demoralised from earlier, if you thought that first inns was competitive sport we have a different view!

as for the aussies, batted to try and chase 480 (not to mention missing half their top order) so no real surprise

each to their own but cricket a hard watch for me personally currently as everything is geared to wards the batters and not towards a decent balance between bat and ball. but if it brings in a new crowd then great :)
 
England getting Australia out for that score had a lot to do with scoreboard pressure. Not under playing the England bowlers but trying to go at 9-10 an over from the start is a mighty tough ask.

I tend to agree with Fundy. I enjoyed watching England biff the Aussies but it is a bit Mickey Mouse. Not sure why they brought the ropes in either. Especially when Hales and Morgan were hitting halfway up the stands.
 
ColchesterFC said:
England managed to restrict SA to 129-6 so I'm not sure how you think it was a complete imbalance between bat and ball. Just as the England men's team bowling Australia out for 239.
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My thoughts. Surely the pitch was the same. In yesterdays match the Aussies didn't stick to the bowling plan or bowl to the field set. It was a recurring theme in the commentary. England did the opposite and bowled with discipline, putting the ball in the right areas and put the batsman under pressure to try and force boundaries
 
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