Right hiding this.
Very un English batting, no one getting going. Root stuck in his crease too much again, something he seems to do in 50 over cricket. 77 is canny, but not in 86 balls. There are only 300 in the innings. You have to get going when you're that far in.
Not at the races at all with bat or ball. Lot of work to do.
The commentators gave out a stat, its the first time ever in International ODI cricket that every batsman has gotten double figures, so everyone of them got a start and then, apart from Root threw it away
Poor start. Hopefully a better performance on Tuesday.
Important win today. Afghanistan up next, Sunday morning.
Feels like one last dance for a few of these lads. I can see a raft of international white ball retirements after the tournament - Woakes, Moeen, Wood, Stokes, Rashid....Woakes man, its like only bowling from one end, it was the same in the first match
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Yeah, I think that is exactly the caseI wonder if they've underestimated them by putting them in thinking that they'll bowl them out easily - that plan has gone way out of the window!