Like football and rugby weāre a mentally weak nation when it comes to elite sport, James Vince is fucking wank and there is no doubt about it one of the worst to play for England in the last 10 years.
Weāve had 4 years to prepare after the nadir of our one day history in the last World Cup, youād have thought the gutless cunts could serve up something better than this shite.
Bullies of some lesser teams and yet still get bullied by all when it matters.
53-4 Bairstow gone
Its pure shite it really is, fucking chokers.
Awful shot from Bairstow. I too think Vince is a very weak link, looks very pretty in county cricket but clearly not good enough at this level. I donāt understand why they keep going back to him, it is all about taking your chance when you get it, and he has had more than enough chances. Roy is a big loss, he was in the form of his life and is sorely missed, especially by Bairstow i reckon. He just doesnāt play with his old confidence opening with Vince.
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Wasted review by Australia, clearly hitting outside the lineā¦95-4
Followed by a close call, if Smith had hit the stumps Buttler would have been gone
Stokes 50 up but seems to have a problem with his legs which is restricting his running, heās hobbling quite noticeably.
112-4 25.2 overs gone
Buttler gone for, what seems like, a turgid 25 runs, actually only faced 27 balls!!
124-5
Stokes gone,
Starc to Stokes, OUT , that is too good! It was going to take something outstanding to dislodge Stokes, and Starc serves it up with an impeccable off-stump yorker, tailing away as it zeroed in on the base of the pole! He kicks his bat away in disgust, but heās done everything he can to keep England alive ā¦
BA Stokes b Starc 89 (115b 8x4 2x6) SR: 77.39
177-6 from 37 overs.
Stick a fork inā¦
Superb delivery, the best of the best probably wouldnāt pick that out, Akramesque.
When it matters we fail.
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Newzealand 6-1 after 2 overs.
Taylor c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 3 (NZ 38-3)
Not good for England this scoreline
N Z 132-5. Hope they check the betting patterns!
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83-5 to 237 all out, comeback of the World Cup, this is exactly where England need to be, talent is one thing heart, courage and desire are another.
It was 237-6 actually.
And before the latest losses theyāve won how many games on the spin, and how many series (inlcuding 5-0 whitewashes of Pakistan AND Australia), and arenāt they currently the number 1 ranked ODI side in the world??
Teamās fortunes go up and down, one could say they were undone by a superb Australian bowling attack yesterday (and it was) and were unlucky in the first 15 overs of their bowling. And Sri Lanka bowlers bowled superbly as well.
Itās almost as if the other teams raised their games to beat England whilst England couldnāt raise theirās anymore.
(@Fowllyd is theirās correct or should it be theirs??)
All done I should have wrote, what trophies did we get for those series victories, what wickets were they played on?
When it matters we fail.
Trophies count, being ranked number 1 means nothing if you donāt back it up.
To correct you, weāre not number one rank (whatever the fuck that means) India from today are.
Thatās because weāre hated, that should inspire not weaken resolve. Weāre talented but that means nothing if the team has no heart, if our team was Australian theyād win this hands down. Its a mental thing and weāre weak, have been for years.
I would say that the players are probably a tad over confident in their own abilities and why not?
Pre-tournament favourites.
World No 1
Recent thrashing of Pakistan
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Agree. We have done so well playing aggressively that we seem to believe itās the only way to play. This world cup is showing that up to be a miscalculation.