****Official Australia in England 2020 (Non-Ashes)*****

[wpdavid]

27 needed off 12, 20 hit off the last 12, hmm...

Nah, Adil's got this one in the bag.

 

[hazsa19]

Lol. Love it that Aus are just as capable as anyone at bottling it these days.

 

[wpdavid]

Stolen from cricinfo, but once again Rashid takes a wicket with the last ball of his spell.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Huge credit to Morgan for his captaincy there. Took the chance on going back to his guns and the Curran bros saw us home.

Hazlewood looked twice the batsman Zampa did too; big fella seemed to be able to rotate the strike without too much drama but the Ellen DeGeneres lookalike was just blocking.

 

[trundler]

Stolen from cricinfo, but once again Rashid takes a wicket with the last ball of his spell.

Call it reparation

 

[wpdavid]

Call it reparation

For people on cricinfo pinching a couple of lines from CW? I'll take that.

 

[hazsa19]

Our odi bowling has definitely strengthened in the last 12 months. Would like to see Archer/ Wood/ Woakes/ T Curran/Stokes/ Rashid start

 

[trundler]

Rather Sam than Tom personally. Kid is dynamite

 

[Jack1]

Woakes got both set batsmen Finch and Labuschagne out plus Maxwell and 3-32. And got 26 runs. Yet Archer takes MOTM with 3-34. Archer bowled great but Woakes should have got MOTM.

 

[MW1304]

Woakes got both set batsmen Finch and Labuschagne out plus Maxwell and 3-32. And got 26 runs. Yet Archer takes MOTM with 3-34. Archer bowled great but Woakes should have got MOTM.

You're going by a scorecard. If you watched, it was Archer's spell that turned the game. Deserved IMO.

 

[Jack1]

You're going by a scorecard. If you watched, it was Archer's spell that turned the game. Deserved IMO.

No I’m not. Woakes was taking wickets at the other end triggering the collapse with Archer and got both key wickets. I watched the entire game kid. Woakes’s 3 quick wickets plus Archer’s wicket at the other end changed the game. Australia were 144-2 and Woakes took 3rd, 5th and 6th wickets.
This just comes down to Archer fanboying when Woakes deserved it weighing up the facts. Both got three important wickets but Woakes got two super key ones, better figures and 26 runs. No brainer for me that Woakes is motm

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He is our best ever one day spinner (not that he has much competition) but I don't get the reasoning behind the calls for a return to the test side when he doesn't play first class cricket. He was probably unlucky to be dropped but after being dropped has hardly played a game since so how can he have improved?

Statistically Vic Marks is probably England's best ODI spinner.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Great choke Australia

 

[MW1304]

No I’m not. Woakes was taking wickets at the other end triggering the collapse with Archer and got both key wickets. I watched the entire game kid. Woakes’s 3 quick wickets plus Archer’s wicket at the other end changed the game. Australia were 144-2 and Woakes took 3rd, 5th and 6th wickets.
This just comes down to Archer fanboying when Woakes deserved it weighing up the facts.

Sorry kid. You're wrong kid. Archer both hurt them at the top and then came back and blew the game open. Kid.

 

[stephen]

This is the softest I've seen an Australian ODI side in years. The talent is there but it's really not clicking is it? But kudos to England for finding a way to win on an atypical ODI batting deck that's outside their comfort zone.

 

[Groundking]

Great review

Becoming apparent very quickly that England’s WC win last year was a deadset fluke. Very lucky to get away with a tied final against the plucky but just serviceable Kiwis and now at home here against a mob which hasn’t played for six months they look woeful. Any sort of sideways and they bat as well as Australia in India.

Lol

 

[Starfighter]

Sometimes I wonder why we even bother selecting a middle order.

 

[morgieb]

Well I guess that makes up for what happened Game 1.

Seriously though, that's an awful choke. Things won't improve substantially until we find consistent icing.

 

[Nintendo]

Went to sleep at 102/2. Was the choke as bad as the scorecard implies?

 

[Burgey]

Lol

Yeah scraping in against a side that hasn't played for 6+ months while playing at home on the back of a full season's prep is the sign of an outfit screaming along on eight cylinders.

Qwality analysis brain.