Chasing a total of 278, England have made a terrible start losing 4 wickets for 46.
England captain Eion Morgan went for a first ball duck after leaving a straight one from Mitchell Johnson.
Still cannot cope against Mitchell Johnson.
He just frightens the living daylights out of the England batsmen. Not a good sign for the year ahead
After losing the Tri-Series final against Australia last week by 112 runs, England beat West Indies by 9 wickets on Monday and then in their final warm up match today lost to Pakistan by 4 wickets.
Morgan was out for 0 again, meaning that his last 4 innings have been 0, 2, 0 and 0 and meaning that he has been dismissed 5 times from the last 19 balls he's faced. He's passed 5 only once in his last 7 innings.
It all starts for England on Saturday (at 03:30 GMT). At least they must know what their best team is, because 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.
(11-02-2015 13:25 )William H Bonney Wrote: [ -> ]After losing the Tri-Series final against Australia last week by 112 runs, England beat West Indies by 9 wickets on Monday and then in their final warm up match today lost to Pakistan by 4 wickets.
Morgan was out for 0 again, meaning that his last 4 innings have been 0, 2, 0 and 0 and meaning that he has been dismissed 5 times from the last 19 balls he's faced. He's passed 5 only once in his last 7 innings.
All that will be forgotten if he hits form when it matters
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1st match is underway.
Sri Lanka v New Zealand.
New Zealand to bat 1st.
England set 343 works out to roughly nearly 6.86 an over let's say 7.00 an over impossible but how close will get to the Aussies?
Never before have England chased down more than 306 to win an ODI, and never before has any team pursued more than 297 to win an ODI at the MCG. On a positive note let's give a mention to Steve Finn taking a hat trick though and his bowling figures of 5/71, although it didn't stop Australia racking up a mammoth 342/9.
1st match of the World Cup
Pool A
New Zealand v Sri Lanka (at Christchurch)
New Zealand 331/6 (50 ov)
Sri Lanka 233 (46.1 ov)
New Zealand won by 98 runs
66-4 tall order now for England still can't bloody cope with Mr Johnson!!