ICC World Cup 2015 - Pool A

[Aidan11]

England's ODI record v Aus at the MCG -

Played 21 - Won 6 - Lost 15.

[rich1uk]

we've lost 13 of the last 15 games against them in Australia

[Aidan11]

Do you remember when Putin took charge of Russia and we all thought "OMG! This bloke could start the next World War"?

Well when Peter Moores took charge of the England ODI squad, we all thought "OMG! This bloke could pick James Tredwell for a World Cup match".

[rich1uk]

I cant see many situations where tredwell plays

moeen is obviously going to be in the XI and will almost certainly be earmarked to bowl 10 overs , if tredwell plays he again would be expected to bowl 10 overs. I just don't see England going into a game where they plan to bowl 20 overs of spin

[shankycricket]

Apart from Australia vs England, every game between the top 4 teams in this group is open.Stark contrast to the other group where only Pak-WI is tough to call.

[Gingerfinch]

As seen in these warm ups, and previous world cups, anything can happen in 50 over Cricket. It only takes a Buttler or Morgan to have a good day to see us post 300 plus. Our bowlers are more than capable of defending that.

[from_the_stands]

Only 2 sleeps left!

[rich1uk]

Only 2 sleeps left!

just one for me , tomorrow night is going to be a long night and supported by lots of caffeine

[rich1uk]

just saw this quote about bopara in the cricinfo article about tomorrow night's game

He is the Stansted of limited-overs finishes: he promises London, but delivers you 30 miles short

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[hopeforthebest]

Morgan's latest:
"We have guys with a huge amount of experience that have beaten Australia before," said Morgan.
"Some of this team have won consecutive Ashes series. We've been in their position before and our time will come again."

If Morgan plays as well as he can talk, the Aussies are in trouble.

[Gingerfinch]

Or possibly Luton airport.

Promises London, but puts you in a hole.

[Dr Cricket]

Might be wrong but the ashes isn't odi cricket and England have a bad record to australia in the last 10 years in odi.

[Gingerfinch]

Might be wrong but the ashes isn't odi cricket and England have a bad record to australia in the last 10 years in odi.

10 years isn't the present, like the ashes isn't ODI's. More importantly they have of late, beaten us with ease.

[Dr Cricket]

Might be wrong but the ashes isn't odi cricket and England have a bad record to australia in the last 10 years in odi.

10 years isn't the present, like the ashes isn't ODI's. More importantly they have of late, beaten us with ease.

Just questioning Morgan point of saying England got good memories of playing australia.
Since England record in odi after ashes is terrible and talking about test performances/ashes performances is one reason England are bad in odi.
They never seem to get odi and test are different formats.

[rich1uk]

Might be wrong but the ashes isn't odi cricket and England have a bad record to australia in the last 10 years in odi.

might be wrong but I think morgan would be aware that the ashes and ODIs are two different things as well

all he was saying is there are players in the squad who have the experience of playing infront of full house crowds against Australia and know the sort of pressure and atmosphere to expect