World T20 Super 10 Group 1, SL, SA, WI, Eng, Afghan

[Arthur Crabtree]

This is one of the great things about England, bringing the cricketing world together in communal joy at their comical, irresistible humiliation at the hands of a cherishable minnowy underdog. What could be more feelgood? The cricket world superimposes a picture of a smirking Giles Clarke over the face of English cricket, and then gives it a good flagellating.

[dan08]

What a catch!

[backfootpunch]

Buttler gone we've lost

[ianp1970]

Dear, dear, dear...

[Red Devil]

Buttler gone we've lost

not just yet ... a long way to go. Eng bat all the way down to 11 - Plunkett and Jordan are very much in the all-rounder category and Willey often opens in T20 cricket

[ianp1970]

Need to get to 15 overs then reassess from there.

[Arthur Crabtree]

I was thinking that England could have put one of the bowling all rounders in to counterattack. But they are in now anyway.

[Gingerfinch]

Is Aidan sharpening his axe?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Afghani players will be puzzled by how much the England players are paid.

Maybe look for 120 here?

[dan08]

LOL what an embarrassment... what on earth was that from Stokes??

[ianp1970]

Do we not know how to play to the situation...

[backfootpunch]

Buttler gone we've lost

not just yet ... a long way to go. Eng bat all the way down to 11 - Plunkett and Jordan are very much in the all-rounder category and Willey often opens in T20 cricket

With our terrible bowling this is game over

And why the hell is Jordan batting ahead of rashid

[Arthur Crabtree]

Stokes out. Surely, only the mercilessly patriotic won't be sharing a little of the Afghani's joy here.

[Dr Cricket]

Do we not know how to play to the situation...

Looks like they assumed all the grounds are like Mumbai.
They also got so excited by the grass in the pitch.
The grass is only their to stop the pitch from crumbling and turning huge amount.

Wonder what KP was taking when he said Delhi is a nice batting wicket.
Don't have stats to back me up but in the IPL Delhi is been one of the lower scoring grounds.

[backfootpunch]

Do we not know how to play to the situation...

Looks like they assumed all the grounds are like Mumbai.
They also got so excited by the grass in the pitch.
The grass is only their to stop the pitch from crumbling and turning huge amount.

Wonder what KP was taking when he said Delhi is a nice batting wicket.
Don't have stats to back me up but in the IPL Delhi is been one of the lower scoring grounds.

There is nothing wrong with the pitch

This is just incompetence