ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

8th match of the World Cup

Pool B
United Arab Emirates v Zimbabwe (at Nelson)

United Arab Emirates 285/7 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe 286/6 (48 ov)

Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets

England lasted 33.2 overs, making 123 all out.

Root made 46, Southee took 7/33 and 4 of them were outswinger hitting the off stump. Query why Root made no attempt to farm the strike as the wickets kept falling.

It really was a truly dismal batting performance yet again from England. Pitiful.
Southee bowled well but England just wilted desperately.

Stat of the day - England made less against New Zealand than Scotland did.

What's the matter with Broad these days? He used to be an allrounder, but today he batted like a tailender.

New Zealand and in particular Brendan McCullum have smashed the England bowling to bits.
Utter utter carnage.
New Zealand reached their target of 124 inside 12.2 overs.
Total destruction of gargantuan proportions.
Total humiliation.

I wonder why we bother sending a team to the World Cup when all the team do is act like scared rabbits or don't even have a plan A or B.
We'd be far better off playing in the IC Trophy!! Total embarrassment!!

AT the moment English cricket is in my opinion s in need of a good firm shake up from top to bottom before the start of the Ashes and
it needs to happen fast! Serious questions need to be answered by the players themselves on their own performances.

I should think the Scotland side will be fancying their chances for Sunday night now, after witnessing that.

The best odds currently are England 1/9, Scotland 8/1, does that sound too generous?

In reply to West Indies 310-6, Pakistan are currently 10-4.
It's making Englands performance not look that bad.

11th match of the World Cup

Pool A
Australia v Bangladesh (at Brisbane)

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

No-result: Australia and Bangladesh 1 point each

Pakistan were bowled out for 160 in 39 overs and lost to the West Indies by 150 runs, who bounced back well from their defeat to Ireland. Pakistan are now in a spot of bother after losing their first 2 games by massive margins - a similar position to England, perhaps even worse.