T20 World Cup, June 1-29

[Durhamfootman]

so were England

both are a shambles this time around

[alfie]

Very unusual for NZ to do so badly in a WC group stage. They seem under prepared .

Withholding judgement on England for now : loss to Australia was poor but credit the opposition to a large degree and the Scotland washout was unfortunate (albeit the bowling effort clearly left much to be desired anyway !) Let us see how they handle the uphill task of winning big next two games...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Slow going for BD against NL. Not in NY either.

[meninblue]

Qualified so far:

Group A: India

Group B: Australia

Group C: West Indies

Group D: South Africa

[mikesiva]

Shakib took Bangladesh to a winning score.

Bangladesh 159-5

Shakib 64* from 46

Van Meekeren 2-15

Netherlands 134-8

Engelbrecht 33

Rishad 3-33

[Durhamfootman]

England have finally come to their senses and picked Topley, but it wasn't for Wood as I'd imagined, it's Jordan who misses out

England have opted to field so they know what the calculations are in the chase

[Durhamfootman]

they need a stonking great improvement to their NRR from this match.... stonking!

[Arthur Crabtree]

England are back!!

[Durhamfootman]

of course..... they're playing children

[Arthur Crabtree]

I remember England bowling a side out for 47 in the WI before. Harmison took 7-12.

[Durhamfootman]

47 ao in 13.2

my maths ain't good enough to tell, but I imagine knocking them off in 5 overs would be very helpful

then we can sit back and wait for the rain to fall and wash out the Namibia game

[GarlicJam]

3.1 overs

is that a record?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe. England are on fire.

[GarlicJam]

I just read that England's NRR is now above Scotland's

[Durhamfootman]

until the rain comes