Just read this.I'm really disliking this current Australian team, Steve Smith's behaviour on and off field is awful, and the sledging and general intimidation has gone too far.
Smith has been involved in a few controversies since becoming captain (the Stokes dismissal and DRS gate being the high profile ones) and, in my view, he isn't representing either Australia, or 'the game', in a good light.
West Indies v Pakistan, 3 test series (I think) starts today.Not anticipating a 'great' series in terms of quality with a lot of big names being at the IPL.
West Indies v Pakistan, first test starts later today.
Used to be a big deal, no longer is unfortunately.
England were 20-6 (3rd ODI v SA at Lords) data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 but recovered to 100-7 thanks to Bairstow.
But not to worry - the rain is coming!
Should be a good finish in today's game.Root will try and 'bat through' with Morgan etc pushing on as needed.
Good start for England, points in the bag. Step up in quality against NZ and the Aussies next.
I really fancy Englands chances this time
Difficult to pick a winner - there's 4 quality sides with nothing between them plus one decent side in NZ, the other three (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) are unlikely to get out of the group.
England are the bookies favourites. NZ sitting pretty at the moment in the 33rd over, 2/207, Australia have a powerful batting line up though.