24th Match - England v Afghanistan

[Athlai]

England have played the Afghan spinners absolutely superbly today

 

[trundler]

100 up. Incredible. Someone always does it for England.

 

[Cabinet96]

This is some of the cleanest striking I've seen.

 

[trundler]

England have played the Afghan spinners absolutely superbly today

That six by Morgan over Rashid's head. Goddamn. Spirit crushing.

 

[vcs]

101 in 57 balls. England always has that one guy to go absolutely bonkers. Bairstow, Roy, Morgan, Buttler or a series of 30(10)'s from the lower order players. Can't keep them to a chaseable score unless you bowl them out < 300.

 

[Niall]

His stats right now are unreal. Sits on top of average and strike rate tables. Not sure he is that​ good.

isn't he only 16 though?

 

[cnerd123]

These guys have broken the Cricbuzz live score. Crazy.

 

[Cabinet96]

Maybe all the IPL sides that can't play Rashid Khan could invest in one of these two.

 

[harsh.ag]

Raining sixes...

 

[Cabinet96]

Three off equalling the record Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most sixes in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[h_hurricane]

Rashid Khan absolutely butchered here. Surely his worst performance ever.

 

[trundler]

No, England's bashers don't allow to go at his own pace. Root's ability to build an innings game after game allows the rest to hit out around him.

 

[trundler]

No need to try too hard, Joe

 

[ImpatientLime]

the only two blokes I'd pick over root in odis right now are Sharma and virat. the rest are miles behind.

 

[harsh.ag]

Three off equalling the record Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most sixes in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com

Equal!

 

[Victor Ian]

FMD. driving home Morgan was on about 15 and England were under 6 an over. Get home and the guy already has 100. He's gone full beast mode.

 

[PikeyB]

The only reason for inviting Afghanistan to bat would have been concerns over the weather and hoping to dismiss them as quickly as possible.

10.30 am starts in England with a bit of moisture about can do a bit for an hour . Used pitch though so six of one , half a dozen of t'other We've seen in the past with England getting turned over in limited overs by much lesser teams who wanted it more . For England it's the least important game for years :for some of the Afghani lads it's the current pinnacle of their sporting careers. My instinct was to go for the soft underbelly and aim to dismiss them cheap .

As I typed that , England scored about 35 runs, so I was probably wrong .

 

[trundler]

Time for Jooooooos

 

[h_hurricane]

500 was on here if they were motivated. Shame England !

 

[wpdavid]

That's the record isn't it? 17 sixes in a WC innings.