3rd Match, Group A: England v Australia at Birmingham Jun 8, 2013

[Horrie Is God]

Watto deciding that he'll bowl for his country today getting the breakthrough..

Scissorhands didn't cough it up either..

 

[unbreaK]

Why is Watson bowling again? I thought his body wasn't up to it anymore?

He always planed to be bowling again by the Ashes, he just took a break to get his body right, seems to be somewhat working (at the moment)

 

[Horrie Is God]

Back to back wickets & all of a sudden it's game on..

Bell denied his ton..

 

[Horrie Is God]

Morgan bowled around his legs by McKay walking across his stumps..

Poms have been going pretty slow considering they had so many wickets in hand..

Now Faulkner bowls Butler 2 balls later..

Poms 6/213 off 43.1 overs..

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Poms going ok when they were just laying a platform. Once it came time to accelerate, they fell apart.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

270. Still a good score and a big ask for Aus.

 

[BDR]

Haven't been watching but following the live score - sounds like we were mediocre but not catastrophic with the ball.

Decent chance at making the total if we can avoid a collapse. Look forward to watching the chase.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

I think we were very good with the ball tbh. Flat track, ball doing nothing. I reckon somewhere between 300-320 was about par. 270 is well short of what England should have set. Still... Runs on the board are runs on the board and 270 is a tough ask for any team.

 

[TheParraboy]

7/154 10 overs to go chasing 270

notch to the rescue

 

[Jason Maher]

Or Notch... :sarcasm:

 

[TheParraboy]

england won by 48 runs

bailey 55
Faulkner 54 (42)

the only 2 blokes worth a positive mention

Warner continues to disappoint in ODIs (scored a Quiney off 21 balls). Averages only 29 in 39 ODIs. Seriously should be looked at being dropped soon in this format. For the mercy of god, get Ferguson back in the side

 

[Iafeta]

Warner's hitting them well in the nets. And his formline is irresistible:-

8, 13, 4, 44, 0, 2, 0, 0, 9

As that doyen of commentary James Brayshaw will tell you, he's got all the toys.

 

[hineyrulz]

The pitch looked a belter yet we didn't get close, we'll be lucky to win a game in this comp.

 

[aussies1st]

Nothing much in this pitch for the quicks so we pick four of them :lol: They still have no idea.

Crazy thing is we had 6 seamers all together!

 

[aussies1st]

england won by 48 runs

bailey 55
Faulkner 54 (42)

the only 2 blokes worth a positive mention

Warner continues to disappoint in ODIs (scored a Quiney off 21 balls). Averages only 29 in 39 ODIs. Seriously should be looked at being dropped soon in this format. For the mercy of god, get Ferguson back in the side

Yep he needs to go and so does Hughes. Scary thing is Maxwell would be next in after Clarke.

 

[Sphagnum]

God Hughes is dreadful. Absolute shite masquerading as a Cricketer.

 

[Xfactor1979]

EDIT Wrong thread