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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited February 22
    Buttler goes as he tries to accelerate, 23 off 21 balls. 280-5 off 41 overs.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Livingstone goes for just 14 off 17 balls, 316-6 with just 20 balls left.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Duckett goes for 165 off 143 balls. 322-7 with 16 balls left.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Carse goes for 8 off 7 balls, 338-8 with just 4 balls remaining.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    England finish on 351-8. A decent score, but can't help feeling it's at least 20-30 runs short of a truly competitive total on a very flat wicket in a smallish ground with a fast outfield.

    We need a good performance from our bowlers, an it's crucial to take wickets early and regularly.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Archer gets Head with a good caught and bowled, 21-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And now Wood gets the cheat Steve Smith caught at slip for just 5.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Rashid puts down a toughish caught and bowled chance with his very first ball; Short gets a life.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Australia reach 103-2 off the first 15 overs, just 5 runs behind England at the same stage. Carse is expensive though, going at more than 9 runs an over, and we've yet to see Livingstone or Root who will presumably need to make up at least 10 overs between them given that we're only playing 4 front line bowlers.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    A couple of good overs from Rashid and Livingstone builds the pressure, and Labuschagne is caught by Buttler off Rashid. 122-3.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Livingstone takes a good caught and bowled to remove Short for 63. 136-4.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Archer drops an absolute sitter off Rashid, Australia 250-4, needing 102 off 12 overs.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    buffybegood said:

    England finish on 351-8. A decent score, but can't help feeling it's at least 20-30 runs short of a truly competitive total on a very flat wicket in a smallish ground with a fast outfield.

    We need a good performance from our bowlers, an it's crucial to take wickets early and regularly.

    And so it proved, with Australia winning with 15 balls to spare. England weren't helped by a poor bowling display by Carse who went for 69 in just 7 overs, and the dreadful drop by Archer when Australia still needed 104 off 12 overs.

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