ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

England will need either Root or Buttler to go through to win the match

England just failed to reach the total. Pakistan won by 14 runs

What a bleeding shambles!

Who the hell were we playing? This wasn't the Pakistan we thrashed 4-0 and Windies hammered 3 days ago.

Late news! Jofra Archer is not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. No wickets and 79 runs conceded off 10 overs.

Woakes got 3 late wickets but went for almost 9 runs per over.

Roy drops a dolly when Hafeez had scored 6. Hafeez went on to top score with 84 off 62. Roy also missed a run out by completely missing the ball, and managed 2 fours and out whilst batting. Worst game ever for England?

Rashid taken off after 5 overs for 43 runs, and doesn't appear again.

Thank God for Ali, Wood and, to a lesser extent Stokes for their bowling, otherwise we'd have been chasing 400.

Morgan, Stokes and Ali failed to impress with the bat, unlike Root and Buttler, who nearly got us there, despite their teammates failings.

One last thing. We conceded 20 extras to Pakistan's 8. 12 runs difference and we lost by 14.

One more last thing. Well done Pakistan. Your spirit and aggression was amazing.

Afganistan take on Sri Lanka from Cardiff today

In a Cricket World Cup no team has ever chased down a total as big as the 348 that Pakistan managed yesterday. The highest successful chase in World Cup history was by Ireland in 2011, who overcame England's total of 327.

Quite a scare for Sri Lanka today, as they collapsed from 144/1 to 201 all out, but in the end they beat Afghanistan by 34 runs.

Todays match is a biggy. South Africa take on India from the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton

Any predictions on who could make the semis at the moment guys?

(05-06-2019 07:58 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Todays match is a biggy. South Africa take on India from the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton

India's first game as well

South Africa won the toss and will bat first.