Official 2015 Cricket World Cup Thread

Never, the Halfway maintain their pitches to an extremely high standard.

113/7 in the 29th! They’ll struggle to make the 50 overs. Even if they did and hit a run rate of 6, they’d only hit 234. Last 4 batsmen out have gone for a combined total of 21 runs. Bye Bye England.

The race is on to top Group A, and set up a gimme QF v Ireland.

I note the layers still have Ireland at odds against to qualify.

Broad gone, 116/8.
Tim Southee, 8 overs, 6/30! :clap:

DP

Probably won’t happen now mate. Paradise being battered by two cyclones at the moment :eek:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/feb/20/tropical-cyclone-marcia-hits-queensland-as-category-five-and-lam-hits-nt-live

One piece of good news for QLD is that Campbell Newman and his bunch of corrupt coal lacky buddies were turfed out and Labor are back in power.

Southee AGAIN.
Anderson’s in now, so should be finished in the next over.

34th over, all out for 123. A new low for English cricket.
It should be noted however, that NZ are a fucking superb team.

http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/match/cwc-2015/9

Where do they rank as the greatest sporting nation on earth, per capita?

@Chucks Nwoko are you watching the NZ innings? :eek:

Holy shit.

I’m just following on the BBC blog. This is a ridiculous. Hard to know if England have been that bad or are NZ that good.

As the blogger wrote, McCullum must have a dinner reservation.

50 off 18 balls??:clap::clap:

He’s 72 off 21 now. He’s hit 7 fucking sixes !!!
6 overs in and they’re 96. This is the massacre to end all massacres.

I feel privileged to be witnessing this.

It’s a English cricketing abattoir in Wellington today

England hit 9 boundaries in their entire innings.
Steven Finn’s bowled 2 overs at an economy rate of 24.50
The stat’s in this match are going to be great craic to read.

Take a bow; 77 runs, 25 balls, eight fours, seven sixes o_O

Fucking hell!

McCullum heads off for his dinner appointment. 77 off 25 balls, 8 fours and 7 sixes. Good god.

Howya Balbec.