Australia/England/India Tri Series Jan/Feb 2015

[rich1uk]

Was Mitch injured or rested in previous matches

he had a slight injury during the tests against india but could have played earlier than today if they had needed him I believe , just wanted to give him the extra couple of weeks rest

[Making_Splinters]

Well, there goes all of the positivity this new England side had built up.

[rich1uk]

woakes has as good a day with the bat as he did with the ball

[rich1uk]

who ever is doing the cricinfo text commentary is at least trying to inject some humour into proceedings

30.1
Starc to Bopara, no run, short of a good length, Bopara tries to drop it softly and run, succeeds at the first bit

[meninblue]

Was Mitch injured or rested in previous matches

rested, I think

could be wrong

England appear to be losing atm. Last 2 bat, and only the bowlers to come. They ought to hang around long for Aus to blow them away in the PP's

I don't even know when the PP's are any more...... It has been so long since I saw an ODI

Was Mitch injured or rested in previous matches

he had a slight injury during the tests against india but could have played earlier than today if they had needed him I believe , just wanted to give him the extra couple of weeks rest

Thanks

[rich1uk]

Johnson trying to extend the torture by dropping bopara

[rich1uk]

what a shock , bopara takes a single off the first ball of the over again and exposes finn to the strike

what a selfish, meaningless innings he has played today, just trying to avoid getting out and protect his average

[Aidan11]

We are so poor.

[rich1uk]

finn and bopara making a good job of batting out for the draw

[meninblue]

what a shock , bopara takes a single off the first ball of the over again and exposes finn to the strike

what a selfish, meaningless innings he has played today, just trying to avoid getting out and protect his average

And Finn is not as good as Bhuv/Swann/Starc. Once he can do that but if he is doing that every time then he must review his tactics in batting with proper tail enders.
Havin watched him in past in few T20 matches, i think he has scored at SR over 200 in some matches. So surprised why he did not try for four or six with tailender at other end. Or was that think tanks instructions to try to bat out as many overs as possible and get match practice.

[GarlicJam]

There's a trivia question for years to come: who scored 95 runs and took 4(5?) runs in 2015?


Hopefully Faulkner's side strain is very minor.

[Aidan11]

If anyone thinks we can win the World Cup, please contact your nearest psychiatrist.

[Durhamfootman]

Nice to see England making Australia work hard for their win, at least

I'm feeling very excited atm

Loving this brand of attacking cricket

I'd go as far to suggest that England are progressing really, really, well

rule them out at your peril come the WC

[Making_Splinters]

Realistically England getting to the semi-finals would be a huge achievement. At present I would say England have the foundations for a competitive ODI side, we're simply not in the same league as the top sides out there.

The infuriating thing is, had we had this side at the start of last year then there would have been time to build and develop. The bloody mindedness of the ECB to refuse to act until the last minute scuppered our chances.

[Aidan11]

For me England just need to make one adjustment - the coach.