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Awful decision against Root today, given LBW when there was a clear inside edge. If only there was DRS...:rolleyes:

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l find it quite staggering that India are able to dictate about DRS as the ICC should be strong enough to tell them that we are having it in every test match whether they like it or not but sadly the top of the ICC is dominated with too much sub continent influence which in turn dictates things to their own liking.

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Liam Plunkett burst leaves Lord's Test in balance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28385101

Well England must have a good session this morning or sadly the test is lost.

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Its actually painful to watch England play sometimes...

I wonder when India will declare?

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Its the same old England with bowlers who can't bowl straight and a captain who is as uninspiring and tactically clueless as they come.:td::td::td::(:(:(

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Oh deary deary me the senior players are letting England down again.:(

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Think our time dominating cricket is over. Trouble is, who is there to replace Cook as captain? Nobody is good enough to replace him. All very well saying resign but the next one could be just as bad or worse.

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l am pretty sure there are plenty of better captains out there in county cricket and l remember a certain Mike Brearley who might not have had the best test average but he made up for that with his fine tactical captaincy and leadership.

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What a shambles England are.:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28396086

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"Right lads, don't fall for the short ball tactics"...3 out in 14 mins to the short ball tactics.....sigh.....:(

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just another England batting collapse like so many before

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India win by 95 runs

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And its another shambles and its all over now.

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time for Cook to be sacked

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But judging by his interview on Sky Sports now that ain't going to happen.

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Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews · 1h

Matt Prior to take a break from cricket due to injury. #SSN

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Can't remember where I saw it, but I read somewhere that the ECB will not sack Cook, he will have to resign the captaincy. Personally, I think they deserve this. They made KP a scapegoat and look at them. Still doing rubbish. If I was KP, I would be laughing a little bit at the state of the cricket team.

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The ECB should swallow the pride and bring him back forthwith as yes he is a maverick but mavericks can change a game in a instant which is something England don't have.

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Lets hope they call Jos Buttler up as he should have been picked in the May test series against Sri Lanka.

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Why on earth do they give test matches to places like Southampton and Cardiff, the crowds at the Rose Bowl apart from Sunday have been abysmal.:rolleyes:

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l think the biggest problem here is starting a test match on a Sunday iadom.

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Definitely Den. I know it's the holiday season, but including four weekdays in what is supposed to be a five day match is inexcusable. Not everyone's on holiday. I want them to swing the bat and declare by tea as well.

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Agreed on the Sunday start, plain stupid. Ideally Sat/Sun should be the 4th & 5th day but not many England tests have lasted that long recently.:rolleyes:

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A true giant of the world game who will be sorely missed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28566049

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I think the usual starting on a Thursday so sat/sun are days 3/4 works well. You're pretty much guarenteed play on those days then. I don't know why they've decided to change it to odd days, maybe to fit the tour into a shorter period of time?

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England on top.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28570577

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At long last.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28586510

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Thankfully common sense prevailed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28612034

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Then again, if you wanted someone to judge if your behaviour was boorish, aggressive and unacceptable conduct you would pick an Aussie to judge you every time.:D

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This is some start today! 8-4 :shocked:

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:cleader::cleader:

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:cleader::cleader::cleader:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28710232

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Good, but not quite Carling, India very poor in last two matches.

I'll bet Broady looks a mess in the morning.:shocked:

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It had to happen at some point. Well done England.

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Broad may play in a mask for the final test!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28731136

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England win toss and will bowl first

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:D

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4 wickets gone for 28 runs, India seem to be fading and Cook seems to have galvanised the English players to come back from a sure loss.

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After the 2nd test at Lords things obviously came to a head with regards to how the senior players were performing and one suspects many were told to shape up or ship out.

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A speech that was much overdue. Here's hoping England can finish India off this Test.

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England tighten grip in final test at The Oval.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28822741

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Another win within three days?

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It looks like India don't even want to be here anymore.

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They've lost three since I posted last on here! 13 minutes ago!

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And another.:D

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Very poor.:rolleyes:

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And that's that then!

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I hope this is really the start of England in good form not just India bottling it and letting England win.

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Certainly more positives than negatives.

Robson looks vulnerable and Cook is nowhere near his best with the bat. The rest of the team all improved their performances after the Lords test.

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India were an embarrassment, most of that team should be ashamed of themselves the way they've played in the last few tests, and especially for how they just rolled over today.

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Our main aim apart from the one day World Cup is to prepare ourselves for next years visit of Australia because the memory of last winters 5-0 whitewash still lives long in the memory.

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What a utter shambles.:td::(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/29036413

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Alas something to celebrate at last.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/29077996

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At last.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/30555167

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A step in the right direction, now to replace him as Test captain.

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The problem is that Morgan has been crap as well, his recent average is worse than Cooks.:rolleyes:

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If it was me l would bring back KP without hesitation but then again England have no clue about man management..

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Sky Sports signs two-year extension to broadcast England cricket.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...t-team-tv-deal

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At long last.:)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/30893818

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Oh deary deary me.:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31057706

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Never mind, Andy Murray has got it back to one set all, oh wait a minute.:rolleyes:

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Yes l thought the same but sadly....:(

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Hope this form improves soon before the World Cup.

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l somehow doubt it.

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New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 99 runs in the first match, and as I type this England have a target of 300 to win, could be more in a few minutes time as Australia still have 4 wickets left.

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Nice hat trick to end, but a massive total of 343 needed to win. Congratulations Australia on the win.

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Well we have no chance because every time it comes down to the last 10 overs we seem to go for 100 runs at least and that's not simply good enough in one day cricket.

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From what I saw of the innings, England looked to be playing like it was a Test match and that strategy doesn't work in ODI cricket. Doubt batting first would have made a difference to the outcome anyway.

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The sad thing is Mark is we are light years behind in how the one day game is played now and sadly we saw that against Australia today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/31457270

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Look how useless we were between winning the Ashes in 1987 (I think) and then winning it again in 2005. There are cycles and unfortunately it is England's turn to be rubbish in cricket.

Once you get used to winning though it hurts to lose. Chin up England, let's get back to winning ways in our next game against New Zealand. Although the way they played against Sri Lanka makes me think that only against Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Scotland will be easy wins for us.

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l would not bet on us beating those last three as l remember our losses to Ireland and Holland several years ago Mark.

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Come on den, try being optimistic like I am being told to be all the time.

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Well we are still in and have not gone out so that's a positive.:)

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Classic England

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Results so far from the World Cup:

New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 98 runs
Australia beat England by 111 runs
Ireland beat West Indies by 4 wickets
India beat Pakistan by 76 runs
South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 62 runs
New Zealand beat Scotland by 3 wickets

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Personally my money is on those dastardly Aussies to win it.

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I'm going for South Africa

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I think New Zealand myself. And I think that yet again, Ireland will the country to surprise everyone with their showing. I think Ireland have the right idea tbh, they attack like it is a 20 overs match and not play it like they have hundreds of innings to get a decent total like England seem to play like.

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Latest result:

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 105 runs.

Latest score:

United Arab Emirates 67/2 after 14.2 overs. Zimbabwe elected to field first.

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Thanks Mark for those updates.:tu:

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England women beat New Zealand by 8 wickets. NZ 60 all out after 19.4 overs. England in reply were 61 for 2 in 11.4 overs.

Zimbabwe squeaked a win against the UAE by 4 wickets. UAE were 285/7 after 50 overs, Zimbabwe ended on 286/6, winning by the 4 wicket margin.

Looks like the biggest win so far is Australia against England with 111 runs between the teams.

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Yes its nice to see the ladies win and lets hope the men can get that act in order later tonight Mark.

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Can but hope den.Seriously though if we can't beat the likes of Scotland and Afghanistan then we don't deserve to be in it frankly. It's up to us to make sure New Zealand don't make it 3 wins out of 3.

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Well the whole shambles that is the England cricket team has just got worse.:(:td:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/31021064

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Oh dear oh dear. Really got my doubts now as to whether England will make it out of the pool stage.

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Really hard for England fans to be optimistic really. Saying that, New Zealand seem to be emerging as a force in cricket.

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New Zealand have a couple of star players but they ain't nothing special Mark.

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Again...Classic England

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Heads are going to roll if this sorry shambles does not improve soon.:redcard::redcard::redcard::redcard::redcard: :redcard:

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Latest results:

New Zealand beat England by 8 wickets
West Indies beat Pakistan by 150 runs
Australia and Bangladesh shared 1 point each after match abandoned due to cyclone

At one point, I understand Pakistan were 1 for 4. Think it will be a tossup to see who is the worst team out of Pakistan and England this tournament.

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For those Aussie supporters (and England masochists) put these dates for the 2015 Ashes into your diary.

8 - 12 July, Test 1. SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff
16 - 26 July, Test 2. Lord's, London
29 July - 2 August, Test 3. Edgbaston, Birmingham
6 - 10 August, Test 4. Trent Bridge, Nottingham
20 - 24 August, Test 5. The Oval, London

Shocked that Headingley and Old Trafford aren't hosting any Test matches.

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I managed to get tickets to the first day at Lords. With it being day one at least i won't see us lose...I hope!!

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Remember England have had terrible winters before and then come the summer they suddenly become a different team so there is always hope.

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Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets.

AFG: 232 (39.4 overs)
SRI: 236/6 (48.2 overs)

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India 307/7 (50 overs)
South Africa 177 (40.2 overs)

India win by 130 runs.

Top 4 in both pools:

POOL A

1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Bangladesh
4. Sri Lanka

POOL B

1. India
2. West Indies
3. Ireland
4. Zimbabwe

2 fixtures from Pool A tonight:

Afghanistan v Sri Lanka
England v Scotland

If we can't beat Scotland then frankly something needs to change quick in the England camp.

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Well at least its not just England that have big problems with South Africa given a absolute hammering by India and the Pakistan team also having lost their first two games.

With England ever since they got rid of their best one day player it has been downhill ever since with a catalogue of poor performances and poor selections by a coach l never rated the first time around..

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England set to win first their first match of the World Cup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/31021070

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And they did by 119 runs. Something would have been badly wrong if they had lost that match.

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England win a match faints :LOL:

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England beat Scotland by 119 runs
India beat South Africa by 130 runs

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West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 73 runs using the Duckworth Lewis method (still don't understand it tbh).

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Here we are Mark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckwor...93Lewis_method

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I've read it twice den and still don't compleyely grasp it.

Ireland win against United Arab Emirates.

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Ireland beat United Arab Emirates by 2 wickets (IRE 279/8, UAE 278/9)
Afghanistan beat Scotland by 1 wicket (AFG 211/9, SCO 210)
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 92 runs (SRI 332/1, BAN 240)

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Well its the same old England again whether its with the bat or ball and sadly this time its their bowlers who are rubbish.:rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/31025865