Cricket World Cup
Anyone watching the Australia England game? I had a feeling England would get a hammering, but not as badly as this though! Taylor at least saving a complete embarrassment but its still a poor showing once again confusing end, surely after the initial out decision is overturned it becomes a dead ball? Doesn't change the result but harsh on Taylor when he was so close to a century England's problem now is that their next game is against New Zealand. Given the way both sides played today it looks as if England will be starting the tournament with two losses. England will be lucky to reach the 'super 8' stage.England haven't got the mental fortitude to 'manage' the big phases of the game i.e. first 10 and last 10 overs in each innings.And don't get me started on dropping Bopara for Ballance - left us woefully short of bowling options.
Australia look a good bet to win it; and South Africa look strong (at least on paper).
I have a sneaky feeling India might win this one though. Ireland have to be in with a chance. After all, we've so many good players that we can even let England have one of them data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 Upset on the cards here, Ireland have got the Windies 5 down for just 90 runs. Told ya! data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 Great win for Ireland, much reaction to it over there? There's reaction to it on the main news sites etc. I haven't heard anyone talking about it in the office though!