The Cricket Thread 2016

[Chris Jameson]

Although not a fan of the format it would be brilliant if England were to win just to stop Piers Morgan banging on about his bestest mate in the whole wide world.

[Dave Cooper please]

Although not a fan of the format it would be brilliant if England were to win just to stop Piers Morgan banging on about his bestest mate in the whole wide world.

Donald Trump?

[DaveD]

Watching the England women play Australia.  Had completely forgotten I saw them win the first world cup at Lord's in 2009 until they mentioned it.

Two good lbw decisions have got England back in the game after a fast start from Australia.

[Bernie]

Well how on earth did they throw that away from 67-1 & 89-2? 

[DaveD]

Tight bowling and poor running between the wickets. Not just the run outs, they settled for 1 when there was 2 on all innings long.

[PaulWinch again]

Good that we we've won the toss and are fielding first. I always feel more confident in our ability to chase.

[PaulWinch again]

Important wicket that, built from the pressure of Jordan's first over.

[PaulWinch again]

This looks like a batting wicket, but we're not bowling too well at the moment. Need Rashid and Moeen to pull this back a bit.

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent over by Rash followed up by a poor one from Stokes. We need some wickets.

[PaulWinch again]

Going to be an interesting chase here if we can hold it together for the remaining couple of overs.

[Dave Cooper please]

Superb over from Jordan.
And then Stokes gets two in a row both from full tosses!

[PaulWinch again]

Couple of belting overs there, now finish it well England.

[DaveD]

Great last four from Jordan and Stokes, even if Ben did get a bit lucky with the full tosses. Below par target they all seem to reckon.

[Villan For Life]

I think we were pretty good in the field today. After the start they had I feared they'd get close to 200 so to restrict them to 153-8 is excellent.

We bowled well in the middle overs and the death bowling was brilliant. I think we're better at chasing a total in limited overs Cricket than setting a total so we've got a decent chance here.

[PaulWinch again]

That is a belting bowling and fielding effort. Now come on lads bat well.