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While the men struggle England's women make easy work of top spot on the table...

Sad about NZ. Not least for my fantasy team

yep

I thought it would be SA who didn't make it through

mind you... I thought WI would finish higher up the table than India, so what do I know?

forgot this was on today, for some reason i had got it into my head that the semis were Wednesday and Thursday

rich1uk wrote:forgot this was on today, for some reason i had got it into my head that the semis were Wednesday and Thursday

Maybe that's why England made sure the Test finished yesterday, so this match could be broadcast on Sky's new main channel.

dan08 wrote:

rich1uk wrote:forgot this was on today, for some reason i had got it into my head that the semis were Wednesday and Thursday

Maybe that's why England made sure the Test finished yesterday, so this match could be broadcast on Sky's new main channel.

SKY got them good tee times for today if they threw in the towel early

positive start for england in the chase...34-0 in the 7th chasing 219

mini-collapse by England here

Knight got out to one of the worst deliveries ever

South Africa putting the brakes on nicely heading into the final 10 overs

Needing 5rpo on a used wicket in a knockout match is not a regulation chase by any means.

Alviro Patterson wrote:South Africa putting the brakes on nicely heading into the final 10 overs

Needing 5rpo on a used wicket in a knockout match is not a regulation chase by any means.

its one of the quirks of major cricket tournaments, you end up playing the most important games on the worst wickets

up to a run a ball now

dont think we are going to make this

rich1uk wrote:

Alviro Patterson wrote:South Africa putting the brakes on nicely heading into the final 10 overs

Needing 5rpo on a used wicket in a knockout match is not a regulation chase by any means.

its one of the quirks of major cricket tournaments, you end up playing the most important games on the worst wickets

With so many cricket grounds in England, you would think that the semi-finals could be played at a fresh venue. Or ensure that knockout venues play their group games in the early stages so pitches can recover.

I think this is a sign of things to come for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, especially when the format is a lengthy 10 team round robin.

Alviro Patterson wrote:

rich1uk wrote:

Alviro Patterson wrote:South Africa putting the brakes on nicely heading into the final 10 overs

Needing 5rpo on a used wicket in a knockout match is not a regulation chase by any means.

its one of the quirks of major cricket tournaments, you end up playing the most important games on the worst wickets

With so many cricket grounds in England, you would think that the semi-finals could be played at a fresh venue. Or ensure that knockout venues play their group games in the early stages so pitches can recover.

I think this is a sign of things to come for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, especially when the format is a lengthy 10 team round robin.

yeah could have spread the group games around a bit at some smaller venues, not like there have been many sell-outs for the group games

good to see the final at Lords is a sell-out tho

the fine margins of sport

a whisker away from being out caught and maybe losing the game, to it going for the boundary and getting us a bit leeway in the required rate

and again with the closeness of that runout after a piece of really sloppy fielding led to an extra run

huge over for england here from Jenny Gunn