Well, it’s starting soon and England are one of the favourites to win it.
Given our recent form against SA I’d rate it as very 50/50.
Commentators were saying the Roy is likely to start against Bangladesh on Thursday as it’s his home ground, given his recent form I would drop him.
No room for sentiment if the E(&W)CB want to win this.
England look to have a decent squad and, barring any brain farts like yesterday’s, should be competitive.
Bring it on.
I flew overnight from here to LHR with a customer. (Corporate wankers)
Legged it to The Oval to watch the last final vs West Indies when we were nailed on to win last time the CT was in England.
We lost.
We got pissed and flew back here the next morning.
What was the ROI? I needed to keep my then Gold Card of course.
Whats the format then @btripz is it leagues and then knockout or straight knockout comp?
@philippinesaint 2 groups of 4, top 2 from each group to the semis
Group A
England, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand
Group B
Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Saffers
Games to be played at the Oval, Edgbaston and Cardiff
Full fixture list here
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Good batting pitch at the Oval today, well according to the commentators it is, however Bangladesh haven’t really taken advantage of this.
30-0 off of 9 overs with Moen dropping a dolly of a catch.
Stokes had one stump to aim at earlier too but missed by a couple of inches with the Bangladeshi batsman well out.
Cock.
Well it’ll give ubermod something to do.
If Jake Ball is the answer then I guess so is Jezza, just not seen it myself to date. Mind you not seeing anything as my telly has blown up and is off for repair.
Quiet day at work doing proposals so mobdro time I think
Where the hell is Woakes?
Alec Stewart
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Posted at11:13
The fact Chris Woakes has walked off after two overs is a real concern. Liam Plunkett is also off the pitch. I don’t know why that is, but if they are two bowlers down so early in the tournament that is a real concern.
16 off of Ball’s last over
52-0 off of 11
Stokes in his first over makes the break through - of course he does.
56-1 off 12
Anddd we have a wicket, 56-1
Soumya Sarkar holing out to Bairstow in the deep. Stokes bowling…
Plunkett back on and bowling.
Brendan: “What is the most likely use in cricket for covfefe? I’m thinking a delicate dabbed cut shot past the wicketkeeper.” To me, covfefe already feels like it’s gone out of fashion. The game moves so fast these days…
Ah ESPN ain’t no TMS but it has its moments.
Could do with some control or wicket taking threat. Time for a leg spinner.
Oh
So what happened to the wake upcall from South Africa on Monday then?
Like their alarm clock they hit the snooze button, turned over and went back to sleep!!
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Very handily placed now 150 up for only 2 wickets.
22 overs to go, Par score is around 280 on that pitch ESPN tell me, they could go way beyond that.
160-2 off of 30 overs, generally double the 30 over score to see what they will get and we will be chasing 320+.
IPL get’s scantily clad bevvies doing acrobatic routines between overs. We get 3 blokes dressed as Beefeaters banging drums FFS