comment by Pinefresh (U22978)
posted 7 minutes ago
606 has definitely calmed down in recent times, very tame and civilised today
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we've grown up

Who were you before you got banned?

England win the toss and bowl and are unchanged from the win over Bangladesh.

Crap start from England

Need a wicket

We're bowling crap but this is an absolute road by the looks of it

Dreadful start

England must have thought they were playing Pakistan today

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 7 minutes ago
We're bowling crap but this is an absolute road by the looks of it
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Topley has bowled okay but yeah it's not been good. We will need Wood to bring it back for us with some wickets else we could be facing over 350.

Not sure why we didn't bat first here to be honest.

We'd have easily scored 350+ and they'd have panicked from the scoreboard pressure.

This is pathetic from us

Gurbaz looks a serious talent to be fair to him, only 21

England get a wicket at last. 116-1 in the 18th over.

They're going to collapse now

Well done Root

174-5 after 32.1

comment by (K̇ash) - Liverpool 7-0 Man U (U1108)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
England must have thought they were playing Pakistan today
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Good recovery from England though!

Great bowling from Curran there. Bowls an excellent over by coming over the wicket and concedes a few, has a brain fart and bowls his next one round the wicket and gets tanked for twenty odd.

Should chase this but worry is the spinners have been tough to get away, and spin is Afghan's strength

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 5 minutes ago
Should chase this but worry is the spinners have been tough to get away, and spin is Afghan's strength
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Deffo more in this pitch for the spinners but par score feels like 325

284 all out. England *should* get those.

comment by Blue Heaven (U20912)
posted 1 minute ago
284 all out. England *should* get those.
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Looks like a trial by spin

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 19 minutes ago
Should chase this but worry is the spinners have been tough to get away, and spin is Afghan's strength
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Very much so. Man for man their spinners are probably than ours. Although Livingston was top notch today.

Game on now

comment by (K̇ash) - Liverpool 7-0 Man U (U1108)
posted about a minute ago
Game on now
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Hell yeah

Decision to bowl first is coming back to haunt us

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted less than a minute ago
Decision to bowl first is coming back to haunt us
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I find it weird so many teams want to chase under lights but I know nothing of Indian conditions.