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    2nd Semi Final - Australia v England

    The way I see it , England are in the semi-finals and we did it off the strength of our own cricket . There was no NRR or DLS , no reliance on other teams results . That , for England , is a huge leap forward . I'm still a bit annoyed we didn't qualify sooner and played poorly twice , but they...
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    Sky showing final free to air

    It was only after we lost cricket on terrestrial telly in 2005 that I truly realized how important the game was to me . The internet was still in it's infancy locally really so DAB radio was an essential purchase for lots of British cricket fans . To be totally fair , the BBC did loads on the...
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    2nd Semi Final - Australia v England

    Australia must have a slight advantage here . We didn't beat them in warmups or group . Our record against them in the World Cup is poor . The Edgbaston crowd is traditionally a hotbed of partisan England support in Eng v Aus clashes but I'd wager there's a lot of tickets in South Asian hands...
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    Would Jonny like some cheese and crackers with that Whine?

    Folk talk about English 'arrogance' like it's real . You can't be arrogant about a sport you're **** at . We've spent years trying to convince ourselves we're actually good at it . We prepared the pitches , not for runs , but to what we considered would be average ICC tournament conditions , we...
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    32nd Match - England v Australia

    I am a little bit hacked off with England at the moment , their uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is no longer funny :D . This is the sort of game they are going to have to routinely win to lift the Cup . The way I see it injuries , points , tables , nrr and other teams...
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    Bunnybados

    The intermingling of puddy cat and bunny rabbit is unnatural . You can't build a strong rabbit society with those ticking time bombs walking around . Round them all up and send them to their own island , Dominicat Repurrblic or Purracao or something , Sadly the Tour was marred by some pretty...
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    26th Match - Australia v Bangladesh

    I want Bangers to win this one bad . I predicted they'd lift the World Cup one day , when I first saw Iqbal and Al Hassan and others coming through in the noughties . They haven't progressed at quite the rate I'd hoped for , but they are a very dangerous unit on their day. Both these sides...
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    Bunnybados

    I'm outraged . If you look closely you can clearly see cat interlopers in Bunnybados society . That can't be safe .
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    24th Match - England v Afghanistan

    I dislike Eoin Morgan as a captain but he is a very decent ODI batsman . I admire that grip of his, generates an unlikely amount of power out of his moderate frame .
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    24th Match - England v Afghanistan

    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...
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    24th Match - England v Afghanistan

    I didn't get much of a look at the pitch , but I did fancy putting Afghanistan in and going for their weakest game early . This gives them a sniff of victory and minnows have whupped us in the past . :) I really want Bangladesh in the final four .
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    Road to the 2019 Ashes

    Ballance has had umpteen chances to cement a place in the England side , for some reason he can't convert his talent into Test performances. I'd see selecting him as more of a backward step than asking Cook to fill in for the Ashes . :D The problem with Roy is he might end up as a very...
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    22nd Match - India v Pakistan

    Oooof not looking too clever.
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    19th Match - England v West Indies

    As an England fan , I was more nervous about this fixture than any other . I saw it as a make-or-break game for England's World Cup hopes . Points and nrr don't matter much if you aint got the game to take it all the way . Sadly Windies didn't get much chance to deploy their formidable bowling...
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    19th Match - England v West Indies

    I see this as an important game for England . If they have serious aspirations to lift the World Cup , this is the match they have to win to be worthy , in my opinion .
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    Road to the 2019 Ashes

    23.66 is the new 40 at Durham right now . We are in the crapper . If you don't want him for the Ashes we'll be happy to keep him :) . We can't afford to pay him though .
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    Road to the 2019 Ashes

    Yes it's inevitable in my opinion that he starts in the first Test . England have been mostly short of a yard of pace for years . All our genuine quicks since Harmison have been fleeting , a good series here and there , then a marked decline or injury . It frees us up to manage Broad and...
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    12th Match - England v Bangladesh

    Early 10.30am starts always make fielding seem more attractive in England (and Wales ;) ) . I'd agree that the Bangers best bet would have been to set a score and try to choke them out . Sophia Gardens is a weird ground as well , it's got more bounce today than I can remember at an International...
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    12th Match - England v Bangladesh

    Last week all I worried about was rain and banana skins stopping England's progression . Now I'm just praying to scrape through somehow :D . When England first started giving it all that 'positive cricket' malarkey my initial thought was '400 or 120 all out : can't see that working often' ...
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    12th Match - England v Bangladesh

    I'll be delighted if either team wins playing their best cricket . I've long had a soft spot for the Bangers . Personally I think England must be reeling a bit . It seems like they've spent years preparing for a completely different World Cup to the one we're having :D . I hope they've got the...

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