ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Bell & Root out in two balls from Mitch Marsh. 66-4

We get caught off our miss hits. Finch was clearing the boundary with his.

(12-02-2015 14:12 )cosmonaut Wrote:  Ballance, Hales, Tredwell and Jordan have not featured much in the warm up matches, meaning that surely the remaining 11 players are the first choices.

No I was wrong. England left out Bopara and played Ballance instead in their opening match against Australia.

the target is going to be too much now 67-5

England lost opening fixture by 111 runs (England's unlucky number)

Australia 342-9, England 231 all out. Taylor 98 not out.

Quote from Geoffery Boycott.
"Diplomatically speaking it was disappointing, but if you want it in straight Yorkshire: it was rubbish. England just didn't seem to have the aggression and the intensity."

(14-02-2015 10:00 )cosmonaut Wrote:  No I was wrong. England left out Bopara and played Ballance instead in their opening match against Australia.

No you were right, England had a settled lineup. But at the last minute they had a change of plan. All a bit strange, but not as strange as the decision to give Anderson out at the end of England's innings. It's a bit embarrassing when the umpires don't know the rules.

India v Pakistan should be an awesome game.
It is forecast to have a viewing audience of more than 1 billion people around the world .
Looking forward to seeing Irfan for Pakistan and Kohli for India.
Should be a cracker of a match .

3rd match of the World Cup

Pool B
South Africa v Zimbabwe (at Hamilton)

South Africa 339/4 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe 277 (48.2 ov)

South Africa won by 62 runs

(15-02-2015 02:20 )William H Bonney Wrote:  It's a bit embarrassing when the umpires don't know the rules.

Especially when James Taylor told them what the correct rule was and the umpires still managed to get the decision wrong.

4th match of the World Cup

Pool B
India v Pakistan (at Adelaide)

India 300/7 (50 ov)
Pakistan 224 (47 ov)

India won by 76 runs

Great result for Ireland, scoring 300+ to beat the West Indies.