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Very easy game yesterday. Expected more from West Indies. Old Trafford is a lovely ground. Absolutely amazing day with the weather, too.

Eh? How so? Babar did brilliantly today to steer Pakistan to win today but it's hardly a unique century or rare occurrence.

57 needed in 10 overs. Surely they do it from here? 7 wickets left as well.

That is shameful from England. It's like since the Pakistan match and especially in the Sri Lanka/Aus matches they've lost their rhythm. Appear to be shot of confidence. Not to discredit the opponents but England appear to have suddenly changed?! Definitely makes the tournament more interesting! Bangladesh on the brink of top 4. Sri Lanka just a bit further away. Pakistan with an outside chance. I'm hoping we beat West Indies anyway but to do that knowing we can still qualify should we lose against a resurgent (?) England would be comforting.

Could be a seriously good game today between England & Australia. On the grandest stage, too...

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They seem to lack a leader. Losing ABDV really has fucked them up.

That would mean the following (figures hypothetical for benefit of the example) : England bat first and score 100 losing all their wickets. Australia bat second and score 400 losing all their wickets. England bat third and score 253 losing all their wickets. England therefore only totalled 353. Australia therefore don't need to bat again as their innings total was higher than England's total across 2 innings (by 47 runs). In ODI cricket, like this world cup, and in your example: Team A scores 250 losing 6 wickets Team B scores 252 losing 4 wickets means they win by six wickets as that's how many wickets they had left. If Team B scored 252 losing 7 wickets, they'd win by three wickets as that's how many they'd had left before being all out. You win 'by runs' if you bat first and defend your total (restrict the team batting second getting to the total, as follows: Team A scores 250 (doesn't matter how many wickets lost) Team B scores 200 by the end of the innings OR losing all their wickets. Therefore Team A won by 50 runs.

Gutted to see Braithwaite and WI fall just short. That would have been potentially the best innings by a player this tournament had be carried on til the end and secured the win. As @IgnisExcubitor said it's like the tournament has properly come to life now after a dull period following the rain-affected games. Hope it continues...

Fair play Afghanistan. Ran us so close. Glad to get that game out of the way!

Given how we have played today on a decent wicket, I'm worried about West Indies and their pace on Thursday. But then there's the rest of the tournament where we've been solid. I have no idea what to expect any more especially after England's performance yesterday. I just pray there's no rain ffs. It's good for the tournament though that the smaller nations give the bigger ones a run for their money or even beating them. Won't happen often but makes it less boring.

Wow, England. How have you not won that? Too used to batting first setting huge totals. Not enough batting experience down the order because all the batting is done further up in the big totals? Perhaps not enough experience chasing? The way some of those wickets were lost was silly. Woakes and Ali/Rashid (?) especially. Throws it open a bit but not by much. Probably doesn't help Bangladesh much. England still have to play the rest of the top 4 though. Next game vs Australia will be massive.

Apparently not. But it was at Mansion House so I can't imagine there was no security in the vicinity. Also don't mind her stopping her but it's the way he does it. Pushing her back, almost choking her by the back of the neck. It's such an over-reaction from him considering she's literally just walking through the place (yes, as a protestor, I know) but she's hardly being violent or chaotic. It's not as if she's strolled in shouting/screaming and acting lairy like some protestors do.

I reckon Pant will play against Sri Lanka & Afghanistan. Would be surprised if he's brought straight in.

Wasn't sure where else to put this. Mark Field heavy-handedly removes a female climate change protestor. Why grab her by the neck? Why be so physical? Why did no one else help her?

100% unintentional from him

Wtf you serious?! Genuinely had no idea it was that many

Great effort from them. Missed most of their chase so to come back to them only losing by 48 runs was pleasing to see - glad they gave it a proper fight. Likeable side so I hope they continue to improve and be a threat to big sides. For a country of their size they've done so well to be a decent force in international cricket.

https://talkfootball365.com/topic/2279-cuisines/?page=7&tab=comments#comment-296860 Love a good pun so this has been enjoyable. Thanks @Toinho and @IgnisExcubitor

An English summer always has rain...

Yeah Australia batting first was always going to lead to a high total. Bangladesh will score well but can't see Australia losing this. Warner and Finch are class batsman. Not gone to any games yet but going to India vs West Indies (Old Trafford) next Thursday and then India vs Bangladesh (Edgbaston) the Tuesday after. Praying for no rain but knowing my luck I see no cricket at all. South Africa doing badly I don't like to see! They have some really good players (De Kock, Du Plessis, Van Der Dussen, Rabada, Tahir to name few!) but seem to have no direction at all and it hurts them so bad with the lack of it. They could be world class but right now they're amateur.