England vs Australia 2nd ODI

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:56 am

Scheduled to start at 1PM, if the weather holds, which for once in Manchester it looks like it will.

Steve Smith expected to return for the Aussies, I'd guess England will be unchanged.

Local cricketer · Post by **Local cricketer** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:06 pm

Win the toss bat. Post over 300 and bat them out the game

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:13 pm

Local cricketer wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:06 pm
Win the toss bat. Post over 300 and bat them out the game

I'd definitely bat, they're using the same pitch as the 1st game, so it's bound to show some wear and tear come the 2nd innings.

England had Australia on the ropes the other day, and then they let them off the hook, and paid the price, when you've got these blighters down, keep them down.

Morgan & Root are due scores today, they are the senior players, and they need to stand up and be counted.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:19 pm

Root to score 100 today

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:23 pm

Morgan gets a lot of praise for his captaincy but his love of chasing is a major weakness of his.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:33 pm

Won the toss and England bat.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:35 pm

Wood and Ali out

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:40 pm

Spijed wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:35 pm
Wood and Ali out

Two wickets down already

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:42 pm

Bairstow to block it until the 28th over, putting everybody else under pressure, and then being pleased with a 100 ball 80. Joe 30 to get his usual 30 today I reckon.

Come on England.....

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:04 pm

Roy given out LBW, but overturned on review as it was bouncing miles over the stumps.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:09 pm

ROTATE THE STRIKE - MANOEUVRE THE BALL, FORCE THE BOWLERS TO CHANGE.

Stop trying to slog good balls FFS

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:20 pm

Bairstow gone for 0

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:24 pm

At least he was put out of his misery early today. Just the 7 balls swallowed up.

He's very lucky that Alex Hales has got zero braincells.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:28 pm

Taxi for Bairstow, completely agree with dandeclaret, learn to keep the board ticking over, you don't have to hit boundaries all the time, but pick up the ones and twos when you can, England have lost the art of doing the basics in white ball cricket.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:31 pm

I can’t work out just how Bairstow gets in the team

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:34 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:31 pm
I can’t work out just how Bairstow gets in the team

Probably because Gareth Southgate is one of the selectors.

Bertiebeehead · Post by **Bertiebeehead** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:35 pm

It will destroy any confidence he’s got left but he needs dropping

matttheclaret · Post by **matttheclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:37 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:31 pm
I can’t work out just how Bairstow gets in the team

Not a huge fan of his, but to be fair, he did average 48 opening the batting at the World Cup.

Looks out of touch at the minute though

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:37 pm

Roy gone - run out

Red Fox Rocks Socks · Post by **Red Fox Rocks Socks** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:37 pm

Cheers Joe

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:39 pm

Joe 30 runs out the batsman who looked in a little bit of nick.

29-2

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:41 pm

Abysmal from England, Roy was looking in decent touch as well, down to Root and Morgan to rebuild now.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:55 pm

Joe 30.... 3* off 28 deliveries. Changes his bat..... wonder if this is his hit it off the square bat....

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:27 pm

50 is finally up, shame it's taken until the 16th over, it's not an easy batting track though, so if England can get to 250 or so, then they are still in the game, right at this minute 250 looks a long way away though.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:53 pm

Root gone 39, 90-3 approaching the halfway point of the innings.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:04 pm

107-4.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:06 pm

Morgan is going well, but he needs someone to stick with him for a few overs and build a partnership.

Bertiebeehead · Post by **Bertiebeehead** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:20 pm

Poor batting or good bowling either way we’ve lost this.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:21 pm

Mother cricket is always watching....

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:21 pm

Morgan gone 117-5, England going to struggle to reach 200 at this rate.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:34 pm

Joe 30 out in the 30's again..... he's working hard on keeping the nickname now.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:50 pm

140/6, not looking good.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:00 pm

143/7, looking worse now. Think I'll watch the Spurs v Everton game now.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:13 pm

149/8 Woakes departs, England in severe danger of being bowled out here, still 10 overs remaining.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:42 pm

dandeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:39 pm
Joe 30 runs out the batsman who looked in a little bit of nick.

29-2

If Roy had been backing up instead of ball watching he would have made his ground comfortably.

Only himself to blame.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:45 pm

200 up for England, Rashid and Tom Curran have a 50 run partnership now, valuable runs.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:47 pm

Well done Tom Curran and Rashid, they've at least given England something to bowl with, got over 200 anyway, England's best hope is the pitch breaking up, and as the 1st game showed this Aussie batting line-up can be vulnerable.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:54 pm

England 231 after 50 overs. Didn't think they'd get that many half an hour ago. 53 runs in last four overs.

Aclaret · Post by **Aclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:55 pm

Great batting from our bowlers, over to you bowlers again to win it now.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:01 pm

I reckon England have a 15% chance of winning.... betting markets say 22%

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:07 pm

230 is not a bad total on this pitch, a few early wickets and the Aussies could get nervy, they've already thrown away a T20 game on this tour, that they had in the palm of their hands.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:32 pm

I don't think it's enough. There's not a lot of pressure to be released with that target. They only have to nudge and nurdle to win it, and suspect that's how they will go about it.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:36 pm

dandeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:32 pm
I don't think it's enough. There's not a lot of pressure to be released with that target. They only have to nudge and nurdle to win it, and suspect that's how they will go about it.

Agreed that's why we'll have to bowl them out to win, it won't help our chances by missing run out opportunities as Morgan just has.

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:41 pm

Single Figures Warner..... again.

Bat
Nick
Walk
Repeat

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:01 pm

Archer gets Stoinis.... Jof's on one of his going days.

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:03 pm

We'll probably lose narrowly due to our mistakes in the field. We've been way below par recently.
Another shocker from Bairstow a couple of minutes ago.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:05 pm

dandeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 13, 2020 6:01 pm
Archer gets Stoinis.... Jof's on one of his going days.

When Jofra's good, he's very good, England still well in this, Rashid might have to winkle a few out when he comes on, but at least it's a contest now, when a couple of hours ago it looked like an Australian procession.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:14 pm

How come Australia have no problem getting quick singles by simply dropping the bat on the ball?

dandeclaret · Post by **dandeclaret** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:27 pm

In this instance, because they aren't under pressure to set a big score to defend, and it's all they need to do.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:52 pm

145/5, three wickets in three overs. Game on?