England Cricket Thread 2018

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450 up.. Punish...Deplete ...Destroy
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ODI Record beaten, now just a case of smashing it. :D
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England collapsing 2 wickets in two. Booo

EDIT seems churlish to say but that ending was disappointing. 481-6 - chase that
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England 481-6

Highest ever ODI score by any Country


Meh, get back to me when you score 500+. :wink:
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Excitement now over, go and watch Australia pull it off and win. :lol:
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481-6, wowowowow. :o
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21 off 2, anyone getting worried yet :D
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Aussies on 21 after 2 overs.....
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27-1 - I wonder what the biggest ODI defeat is

EDIT it is 258 runs.. Target set.
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wolf359 wrote:27-1 - I wonder what the biggest ODI defeat is

EDIT it is 258 runs.. Target set.
Record is 290 (NZ 402/Ire 112)
Biggest for England is 210 runs
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I want these cheating slags humiliated.

Keep up the good work chaps. :thup:
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Hammers Dad wrote: Record is 290 (NZ 402/Ire 112)
Biggest for England is 210 runs
My googlefu failed me. Thanks
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Not that I care but the Aussies playing Finch in the middle order is a stupid decision. Guy has a great record opening and has been shovelled in to a completely unsuitable position for him. Oh well.
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7 down already and not even at 200 :scarfer:
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After 28 overs, BBC are saying:
To be on par with England on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method at this point, Australia would have to be on 395-7.

Instead, they are 200 [TWO HUNDRED] runs behind that.
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Record score by England
England's record winning margin
Aussies thumped.

Not a bad day
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Marvellous stuff.

Now let’s do the whitewash. 8-)
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Outrageous performance! Now let's go for the whitewash.
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I had forgotten about this game due to the WC, ****ed over to see us 450 odd and went wow and then laughed my enormous cock off, what a performance from us, even if it is against a weakened Aussie side, just an incredible performance :scarfer:

Bairstow is in the form of his life, such a joy to watch, nice to see Roy/Hales doing it as well.
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Aussies humiliated, nicely done.

Apparently they've now lost 8 ODI series in a row or something like that.

We should let our ODI team play test cricket, probably couldn't do much worse.
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