2019 Cricket World Cup

A merciless shellacking ... who are the Poms gonna boo now?

I was bemoaning the bowling attack, but after England put the Aussies into bat, our attack used the conditions well.

The English are now in trouble as they meet India and New Zealand and they must win both matches to make the finals, and it looks like they have done the usual trick and peaked early.

Did India just play England out of the finals? ... any betting trends evident last night?

With 5th Pakistan to play bottom placed Afghanistan and Afghanistan next and England to play 3rd placed India and NZ. could well have.

Red Hare wrote: Great format this time around. So many possible scenarios to play out, though the Kiwis are probably safe in all of them. The washout v India is their best result of the tournament. India are about to play three games in six days, with England and Bangladesh both desperate for points. Both of those games will be on the short boundaries (especially for the lefties) at Edgbaston. Iqbal, Al Hasan, Stokes and Morgan are all lefties, though none of them have been anything other than ordinary at Edgbaston.

Yep loving the format too. And also the Timezone to be honest. It’s great to be able to come home every night and flick it on for a 7:30 start. Usually watch the first innings then go to bed. If I was a hardcore fan I’d have no hesitation watching it to conclusion though. Don’t think there’s a better timing anywhere in the world TBH.

Coach said "if you go hard at the nets you win soft in the matches".

What about those KIWI'S ( Go The Black Caps)

Have no fear, Handscomb's here.

2 months ago I'd have been perfectly fine bowing out in the semhigh finals.

That's cruel . Tlaz.

     Lets see them get out of this one ...
the odds now tell the story.

Dr E wrote: Looks like it might have been a good toss to lose ...

I heard the commentators saying both sides wanted to bat first. I won’t pretend to a cricket expert but I’d have to ask why? Surely they would have had a fair idea the ball was going to do a fair bit?

Passing Through wrote: I didn't hear that discussion but NZ seem to benefited by batting first when the latter part of the day was washed out and India batting the following day. Conditions were similar today with covers ready to go on most of the day.

----------- Disappointing lot ...    Didn't give a yelp .
            I left it in the bag .

    Meat pie cricketers on last nights lack of anything positive.

WC Final Odds

England $1.30

NZ       $3.60

You would think that the POMs planned this drama....