2019 Cricket ODI WC

[NTA]

Might get to 300 at the outside now

[NTA]

Smith and Carey need 2 overs of turning over strike before launching.

[NTA]

Can't accelerate. Pommy bowling plans now working as they get their target areas aligned

[ACT Crusader]

No way they get to 300

[NTA]

Will need some really good bowling to save this

[canefan]

Maybe Australia's difficulties suggest the pitch is starting to play worse

[NTA]

@canefan awful runout. Shit shot from Maxwell. And Finch, really.

I'd suggest the pitch took Warner and good bowling took the rest.

[NTA]

Fuck that's a peach from Behrendorff. Full, swinging, castled

[ACT Crusader]

Brilliant from Starc. Root beaten for pace.

[NTA]

@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

Brilliant from Starc. Root beaten for pace.

Uncharacteristic flail from the first ball of the over.

You don't see Root's head fall over like that often

[NTA]

Morgan gone. Too aggressive as Starc drops one short

[canefan]

@NTA Looks like 285 is a winning score

[NTA]

@canefan not counting my chickens, but with Cummins and The Goat to bowl, that Predictor thing has done a somersault

[NTA]

Fuck it. Sleep time at 0030.

Some great bowling by Behrendorff. Opening with him worked then Starc out 3 excellent overs in. Hopefully we get the result.

[NTA]

Well I hung out for another 15 to see goofy have a bowl and then Bairstow holes out. Nice

[NTA]

Now it's 1am so I'm really going to sleep.

Still nervous with Buttler and Bin out there.

[Crucial]

@NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

Now it's 1am so I'm really going to sleep.

Still nervous with Buttler and Bin out there.

6.5 from here is do-able for sure but current coin is on Straya

[mofitzy_]

Stokes is gone. Game over.

[booboo]

Game over indeed. 64 run win by the Bad Guys who were the good guys in this one, doing us a favour.

England starting down the barrel.

Not out of it yet (just as NZ aren't yet fully guaranteed). But for all the talk of an unstoppable ODI force scoring 400 at will they could repeat England's RWC performance.

I am amused by a couple of posters in the NZ v Windies thread who suggested Pommie media (and public?) were a little condescending to NZ and felt we've been "lucky". Rather be lucky than good ...

[Victor Meldrew]

From the BBC website:

"Home captain Morgan said before the game that he would not discourage the crowd from booing Smith and Warner"

That worked out well then.