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Not to take anything away from the batting, but this bowling attack is toothless Both the wickets were batsmen getting themselves out.. here comes taylor though Benn has been atrocious - the differnce between the two sides could come down to the extra pressure Vettori will apply and the freedom Ben...

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NZ sitting pretty here - 330+

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I reckon NZ will win this well. Gayle is obviously a big danger but his big scores are few and far between and NZ have a good bowling attack. Windies don't have much depth batting or bowling, so Gayle could fire (in a limited way) and still be on the losing side. NZ are also far more confident and b...

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Wow, the behaviour of the Australian team on field is deplorable, with Michael Clarke turning a blind eye. :lol: Too wuff for you? Like the Pakis give a f**k. The more that I read your posts, the more I become aware that this is an Australian culture problem. I would not condone my team to act the ...

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The Optimist wrote:Pakistan have a total. Australia will have to be careful. 214 to win.

Cakewalk.

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I don't think Pakistan will trouble the Ozzies too much. Australia are much better than Pakistan in every department. And Oz don't choke.

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Pretty much as expected. Burrell very lucky to keep his place - May got canned for a far less obvious butchering of a try - and Burrell defends no better than May. Good to see Parling and Lawes starting. We're gradually moving towards full strength there. Burrell is the major weakness in that xv. Be...

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Sad and upsetting news. Very decent bloke. Feel for his wife and kids.

RIP F&2V

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bimboman wrote:
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gtaaf wrote:The more money in the elite level the better.
Evidence from Soccer suggests otherwise.

Well except for it being the largest game in the world......

Is that good thing? Certainly isn't something I'd want Rugby to become.

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gtaaf wrote:The more money in the elite level the better.

Evidence from Soccer suggests otherwise.

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The £152m was inclusive of European rugby yes. It even says it in the article. Also, there aren't any figures being released so on the face of it we have a 6 year deal being 80% greater than a 4 year deal. So 50% greater would be breaking even. Assuming that it was £52m for the Euro games (that's t...

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It's pretty close and very hard to pick a winner. So much so that there's a reasonable chance that two sides could end up with the same points difference - in which case it'll come down to tries scored. Not sure who currently has the most but Wales should top up their tally in Italy. I still think E...

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Music/song is the language of the soul. If you can't understand it you don't have one. Deaf people have no soul - way to go :thumbup: I once went out with a deaf girl - even she liked music and enjoyed dancing to it - she could feel the vibrations of it (at least, I think that's where the vibration...

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Epiphone Wildkat with Bigsby trem. Cracking bargain. Bought it 2nd hand but it's never been used - still in box and still got all the plastic on the pups. It's very pretty. For much less than the price of a new one I got it, plus a 50 watt Marshall amp and footswitch, a Fender Champion 25W amp and a...

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I just noticed this strange news report from last week, although it's now academic since Scotland have already headed home: Cricket World Cup 2015: Scotland expel Majid Haq after race tweet Country's leading wicket-taker sent home after tweeting that he had been dropped due to coming from an ethnic...

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I reckon Wales are in the box seat. They've improved as the tourament has progressed, so are on a bit of a roll. They won't have any concerns about the possibility of losing whereas Ireland and England will have to secure the game before worrying about points difference. England probably still have ...

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exdport wrote:Not supportive of England therefore "chippy", this seems to be a recurring theme.

More chippiness

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I thought it would be a terrible game, so I decided to have a nap instead (having not slept last night). Sounds like I had more excitement than the viewers of the game.

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Unlucky Ireland. Needed more runs from the top order to make the most of Porterfield's excellent knock. SA mucked it up for them by losing games they were supposed to win - which would have made Ireland's 6 points enough to see them through to the 1/4s.

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length means very little if it not backed up by speed - it was the speed that caused us to time the shots wrong leading to about 6 of the wickets and no - Ireland only play a test nation about once a year and not against speed like that - south Africa don't have speed quit like that Most of their p...

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I thought Nowell had his best game for England today. He seemed to really get involved and took it to The Scottish, beating quite few players as well. Watson was a bit quiet - mind you, he'd have been on the score sheet but for Burrell being such an idiot.

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Excellent little run spurt in the PP here.

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For someone who was a marginal selection in the lead up to the world cup, how good has Dan Vettori been? Third highest wickettaker, third best average and best economy (of anyone who has bowled more than 5 overs) by more than half a run an over. I always expect him to do the job, but colour me surp...

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You'll get a chance to find out in the Summer. We have a ODI against Ireland scheduled.

Of course, the English Counties, that all your lads play for, might decide not to release your players

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I think they've slowed too much - quite a good platform but they need well over 300. It's asking a lot of KOB when he comes in.

Still better than what England have serving up and starting to pick up the rate again now.

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This looks like a peach of a pitch. Boundaries are small as well. Ireland will have to get a huge score here and still bowl out of their skins. 47/0 off 7 I might have mentioned before that I know nothing about this game but my first thought is, if Ireland can start like this imagine what India can...

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Bugger. That was a bit soft. Neither one nor the other and just chipped it to long off.

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This looks like a peach of a pitch. Boundaries are small as well. Ireland will have to get a huge score here and still bowl out of their skins.

47/0 off 7

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Come on Ireland. Give us something to cheer us up after England's pitiful display.

Ooooh, lovely hook for 6 by Porterfield in the 3rd over. Followed by an exquisite straight drive for 4.

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I see Downton has already come out to give Moores his support. Hopefully that support will be worthless when Graves sacks him.

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From todays team Bell and Anderson should retire from ODIs to concentrate on test cricket while Morgan and Broad should be dropped to hopefully find form. Treadwell could come in for one of the bowling spots while Hales could open and Taylor moved back to 3. That means there are spots for two middl...

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I doubt they'll sack Moores - unless Graves decides he's going to get very tough with the whole Structure - in which case he might ditch Downton 1st. Come to that WTF does Downton actually do. He could just get rid of him - it's not as if it would increase someone else's workload - just save a salar...

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Thank heavens for that. England really didn't deserve to be here. Somewhere on the match tracker it said Eng were ranked 1 prior to the comp. That cannot possibly be correct, can it? :? Yep, when the draw was originally done - we were ceded 1. That's some fall from grace. Bangas deserved that and, ...

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That's that then.

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JM2K6 wrote:Maxwell and AB aren't batting with the tail...

All our batsmen bat with the tail.

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Frankly as an England fan I won't be weeping any tears if they lose ignominiously here today. I just want them to stop embarrassing themselves really, and since they seem incapable of doing that by dint of playing better, they really should just f*ck off. Pretty much my sentiments, although my hear...

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Perfectly fair catch from the replays I saw. Not sure how anyone can say it was a six when not one replay shows his foot touching the 'rope' or it moving. Two camera angles showed it clear as day. You need to get your eyes tested But as he claimed the catch, the big Irishman appeared to slightly to...

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Sounds like the Afghans were okay at least? I'm hopeful that some of their players will be able to get either a professional gig in India, Bangladesh, or similar or even a semi-pro first grade cricket job down here in Australia or maybe England. I'd like to see Hassan, Shapoor and Shenwari get a lo...

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That was a spirited effort and good fun to watch. I think the Associates have been pretty good value in this CWC. Most of their games have been less one sided than the ones England have been humiliated in. Rumour has it that the England Management are moving back in favour of another unchanged side ...

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