[Cricket] ICC CWC: England v South Africa at The Oval

[Eeyore]

Did I just hear 'Cricket's coming home' being blurted out ?

Guaranteed semi final defeat to Australia on the DL method...

 

[Triggaaar]

England win by 104 runs. 311 was well OVER par.

You're welcome

 

[Titanic]

England win by 104 runs. 311 was well OVER par.

or the South Africa batting performance was well BELOW par.

Or possibly somewhere in between the two.

 

[Originunknown]

Emphatic win despite Bairstow and Buttler flattering to deceive.

Bigger tests to come!

 

[BensGrandad]

Emphatic win despite Bairstow and Buttler flattering to deceive.

Bigger tests to come!

I think that England stand out because if 1 or 2 players fail somebody else steps up.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I think that England stand out because if 1 or 2 players fail somebody else steps up.

Exactly correct.

 

[Eeyore]

Emphatic win despite Bairstow and Buttler flattering to deceive.

Bigger tests to come!

Not much bigger though. RSA are ranked at 3.

 

[Originunknown]

Not much bigger though. RSA are ranked at 3.

Very exciting, we'll need to deal with the ozzys and India at some point though..

 

[Pevenseagull]

I think that England stand out because if 1 or 2 players fail somebody else steps up.

....that's gone a long way.


....it's out of the ground.

 

[BensGrandad]

what is the format for this competition is it groups or straight knock out.

 

[knocky1]

what is the format for this competition is it groups or straight knock out.

A bloody big group and a KO.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

what is the format for this competition is it groups or straight knock out.

One single group of all 10 teams. All okay each other once. Top 4 go to semis.

 

[Eeyore]

Shame it's not on free to view- and they wonder why cricket is struggling with interest these days. Perhaps if youngsters could watch it that might help.

 

[Boroseagull]

Shame it's not on free to view- and they wonder why cricket is struggling with interest these days. Perhaps if youngsters could watch it that might help.

One would hope the little blighters would be in school

 

[Eeyore]

One would hope the little blighters would be in school

I used to race home for the last couple of hours of Test matches. During the hols I was glued to it as it was on a lot.

I don't come from a cricket family and honestly believe that if it hadn't been on the box I wouldn't have pursued it.

 

[jakarta]

One would hope the little blighters would be in school

In half-term week?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

One would hope the little blighters would be in school

It's half term.

 

[Boroseagull]

It's half term.

Fair enough - although it's not here.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Highlights 11pm Ch4

 

[OzMike]

On free to air TV here, but can only stay up to watch the first innings.
I thought this would really be a test for England as well, good result.
That Stokes catch 'in hell, will help get over his other issues.
Still fancy Oz for the trophy though, in the face of adversity etc.