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Plunkett's form had faded badly in the bilateral series vs West Indies and Pakistan which I think made the decision easier for them. Back to his best last night and deserves his spot in the side.

 

Looking like aus v. nz and india v. eng semi finals,
starc and co. will probably destroy the fading kiwis and who knows about the other semi final,

i would pick india as slight favourites as both bat and ball are strong but have lost 2 good starters to injury and england cannot keep relying on bairstow and roy firing and buttler mis-firing.
england will likely go out on penalties.

 

Roots our top scorer?! So that’s 3 batsman we’re relying on. Let’s go by your flawed logic, India are relying on 2; Kohli and Sharma and Australia 2 as well in Warner and Smith. All teams rely on their star players, why make India favourites when we’ve beaten them at that ground once already and beat them last time they toured England? Very strange logic which makes no sense. Oh and we have 2 of the top 5 wicket takers in the competition, with Woakes and Plunkett not far behind, not bad at all I’d say.

 

Wouldn’t be a dead rubber I’d love to beat that lot 5-0, they don’t let you forget it if they know you’re a cricket fan over there!

 

Trust me I'd love to be the Aussies 5-0

 

Wow - amazing optimism! The Aussies look like a decent unit to me. If we are 4-0 up with one to play I'll be a) very surprised and b) ecstatic.

 

Jimmy Newsham must be spitting feathers in this 44th over. How has Jadeja survived?

Incredible game

 

Shows how good an innings Williamson's one was yesterday and he was getting slated for it

 

Fantastic by New Zealand, still fancy us as I’ve stated from the start in our conditions. Australia’s a massive game though, but when isn’t it!

 

did the same against England. yes he scored 50 but did it so slow he forced others to play stupid shots

 

Yes. Both teams bowled extremely well.

I'll be honest, when I saw the sun was out this morning I feared for New Zealand. I thought the wicket might become a lot easier to bat on. However, the New Zealand bowling was exceptional.

I felt sorry for Jadeja, his innings was terrific.

I hope they work out a way to show the final on free TV.

 

Kohli already making excuses and wingeing about the format, because they topped the league stage but have gone out due to '40 minutes of bad cricket'.
Tough. You win the league stage so you get to play the fourth placed team in the semis, instead of the second or third. If you can't beat them that's your fault. That's how knockout tournaments work.

No doubt the Indian Board and their commercial backers will try to do whatever is necessary with the format to make sure India are in the next tournament final.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/10/virat-kohli-india-bad-cricket-new-zealand-world-cup-semi-final?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 

Long way to go but what a start!

2 down..

 

At work, but sounds like a brilliant start for England. I was dreading having to bat second, but what a start and platform Woakes and Archer have given us

 

I don't follow much cricket but is the India captain a complete tool?

 

England must be favorites to go through now Aussies 4.5 per over a hard target to defend, especially with England's batting going right up to Plunkett/Rashid.

 

Had England used all their reviews up as when Roy was given out England could not review it, and it showed quite clearly he never touched the ball .

 

Should have been 9! Terrible decision.

 

Is the final at Lords ?.

 

Yes