12th Match - Afghanistan v England (23rd March)

[LegionOfBrad]

Looked out to me.

 

[Tec15]

Looks like England may just scrape this.

 

[91Jmay]

What a great first over this has been. Quality ball first up then classic Willey limited overs dismissal.

 

[vcs]

Willey will be their MoTM if they win this one.

 

[mr_mister]

nooooooo

 

[Pothas]

That is dismal from Roy.

 

[91Jmay]

Opening with Jordan. WTF?

 

[91Jmay]

Roy is such a ****wit. The opposite of a thinking cricketer. Total dullard.

 

[91Jmay]

Opening with Jordan. WTF?

Always knew it was a great idea...

 

[Stefan9]

englands game now. afghanistan let it slip

 

[Niall]

Always knew it was a great idea...

What price is he for SPOTY?

 

[Jono]

booooooooooooooo

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Should now just be a case of getting them as quickly as possible to aid the NRR.

 

[91Jmay]

Brilliant from Willey. 3 down and the RR climbing, need to keep going at them. I'd bowl Willey 3 maybe even 4 overs straight here.

 

[Niall]

Betting sites have been stupid in this match. At the start, Afghan was paying 8! I grabbed that with both hands.

Remember Morgan doesn't use spinners in the powerplays. So for England to win they have to have a semi-decent chance after Afghanistan's first 6 overs. 100 needed in 14 overs with 8 wickets to go is a semi-decent chance. The way this innings is going, I don't see much chance of Afghanistan needing 100+ in their last 14 overs. I totally expect at least one between Shahzad and Noor Ali to make runs in the first 6 against England's poor pace attack.

Did you lock it in, when england went odds against?

 

[morgieb]

Ouch. Way to blow momentum Afghanistan.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Very good inning by Ali. Stokes' dismissal was dismal. He somehow made up his mind at the beginning of the over that he was going to take on that bowler.

Eh Stokes was done by a ball that bounced shin height. Yes he tries to overhit the ball in limited overs stuff which didn't help. But the ball was on the way down when it reached him.

 

[91Jmay]

If he didn't lock it in he has had a shambles. Never should trust Afghanistan to chase with any kind of certainty. They still aren't totally out of it, but early wickets can always happen when they aren't top quality players.

 

[weldone]

Did you lock it in, when england went odds against?

If he didn't lock it in he has had a shambles. Never should trust Afghanistan to chase with any kind of certainty. They still aren't totally out of it, but early wickets can always happen when they aren't top quality players.

Nah I rarely cash-out - it's not prudent practice (unless it's betfair.com) - don't want to pay the implied margin 2 times for the same bet

Also England were still considered favorites in the bad situation by betting sites I think

 

[mr_mister]

ashes to ashes dust to dust

if Shahzad dont get you, Rashid must