Champions Trophy, Group 'A', June 1-10

[dan08]

Won £70 betting on rain. That's a first!

Makes up for no refund if you went

Yep, no refund but still got 60 overs in which is decent for student price of £20.

Now i just have to wait til the World Cup for more cheap tickets.

[Alviro Patterson]

This is getting a bit ridiculous, and it will be even worse if there's no result between England and New Zealand. Saturday's Australia/England game becomes a straight knockout.

Given the morning start in Cardiff, and the prediction for scattered showers rather than consistent rain, hopefully there will be enough cricket for a result. But losers in rain-interrupted games often (and with some justification) feel hard done by, as the constant on-and-off, chopping and changing of targets etc. can make it very hard to pace your innings.

Latest weather forecast suggests that Cardiff will dodge the rain band and most of the fleeting showers, i'm fairly confident a full 50 over game will be played.

[bigfluffylemon]

This is getting a bit ridiculous, and it will be even worse if there's no result between England and New Zealand. Saturday's Australia/England game becomes a straight knockout.

Given the morning start in Cardiff, and the prediction for scattered showers rather than consistent rain, hopefully there will be enough cricket for a result. But losers in rain-interrupted games often (and with some justification) feel hard done by, as the constant on-and-off, chopping and changing of targets etc. can make it very hard to pace your innings.

Latest weather forecast suggests that Cardiff will dodge the rain band and most of the fleeting showers, i'm fairly confident a full 50 over game will be played.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The sun is currently shining on the Welsh capital.

[dan08]

Still no Willey.

[rich1uk]

seen sense to a degree and replaced Woakes with Rashid

england lose the toss and bat first

[Arthur Crabtree]

seen sense to a degree and replaced Woakes with Rashid

Sensible plan, with the lack of swing on show so far. Though the Kiwis got some movement v Australia. This will be a good test for the England top order.

[dan08]

Why is Cardiff one of the 3 grounds? Pathetic crowd (and the hosts are playing).

[budgetmeansbudget]

Still no Willey.

Not sure he's even good enough to be in the squad. His bowling is pretty ordinary when it isn't swinging, and he's still living off that T20 hundred.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Three scoring shots out of seventeen deliveries so far for Roy!

[meninblue]

England have got a decent start.

[rich1uk]

thats a horrible looking dismissal by Roy

getting bowled behind his legs by a quickie

[budgetmeansbudget]

And Roy fails again, but I guess he'll get at least another 23 chances to regain his form.

[dan08]

Stupid not to pick Bairstow. He's clearly the man in form.

[rich1uk]

Stupid not to pick Bairstow. He's clearly the man in form.

something that has kinda been ratting around in my head the last few weeks is we keep hearing talk about how great it is to have competition for places

its a weird competition when the guy thats performing worst keeps winning it