All done, Stokes and Ali got good time in the middle and we had 5 overs spare, great batting performance.
Quote from: paul_e on May 14, 2019, 09:07:11 PMAll done, Stokes and Ali got good time in the middle and we had 5 overs spare, great batting performance.England batting has been just awesome absolutely awesome. However I know Pakistan are no slouches but the bowling is worrying. Conceding 361 and 358 in two matches is not clever.
Quote from: olaftab on May 15, 2019, 09:31:15 AMQuote from: paul_e on May 14, 2019, 09:07:11 PMAll done, Stokes and Ali got good time in the middle and we had 5 overs spare, great batting performance.England batting has been just awesome absolutely awesome. However I know Pakistan are no slouches but the bowling is worrying. Conceding 361 and 358 in two matches is not clever. Andy Zaltzmann had some stats (can't remember if it was during yesterday's game or the previous one) about England having the best run rate since the last WC of the 2019 WC teams but also having the second worst runs conceded rate.I know that this has a lot to do with playing on high scoring wickets in the UK but it's still a concerning trend
It's a concern because at the moment England need to score above 350 to win a match. It's going to let them down in a crucial world cup match. In football its equivalent to winning games 3-2 or 4-3.
Agree. There are going to be games when the batting line up fails to fire up properly and we are left defending a smallish score. Happened in the semi final of the ICC Champions Trophy a couple of years ago and we never looked anywhere near capable of defending that score.
Archer and Wood (if hes the Wood we say in the Windies) will make a massive difference to this attack.