The management and coaching staff should be held accountable. During the tournament we still do not know what the best team is, where the players are best suited in the batting order, where to place fielders and how to ball tightly. Total disgrace. Cook is not the answer as captain, nor is Pietersen the answer for a credible batsman - before that starts getting banded about.
Paul C.
... continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Broad as captain. Pietersen as coach. That would be fun.
I remember Swann talking about Pietersen's team talks when he was briefly captain: "just f*©king bowl f*©king straight". Genius.
They still only need to beat the jocks, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to qualify for the quarters, surely they can manage that
And with some bad weather expected it may not be the cricket that decides our fate.Originally Posted by Richard Head
Paul C.
... continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Ireland with our chests out, England with heads hanging. Just like it was for a few days in 2011.
The reality then and now is that England will go further of course, and the difference is in expectations, but let us enjoy our few days in the sun before reality bites!
Oh dear,
4 years in the planning and this it the best we can do!!!!
England's World Cup woe Lost by 111 runs v Australia, Melbourne Lost by eight wickets v New Zealand, Wellington Won by 119 runs v Scotland, Christchurch Lost by nine wickets v Sri Lanka, Wellington
My 12 wk old daughter thoughtfully woke me up for it. England's bowling was very limp.
Can we have a moderator close this thread?
Richard Taylor
"William Tell could take an apple off your head. Taylor could take out a processed pea."
Sid Waddell
It's hard to know what to suggest. It was a very flat pitch. Perhaps 305 (or whatever England got) wasn't enough to put the batsmen under scoreboard pressure. Woakes does well when the ball swings, but is next to useless when it doesn't.
Why Mr Park?
Poacher turned game-keeper
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