It's good to see that we have found our consistency levels again: Consistently poor.
Ok. So we lost the toss. They put us in. That might not have been what we wanted but to be a world class side you have to take every chance you get. 209 wasn't ever going to be enough against NZ. It might be enough against Canada or Kenya but not these guys. Strange that the oldest & the youngest guys in the team managed to make the score vaguely respectable at the end. Losing 4 wickets for just 5 runs was dreadful.
And then with the ball we had them on the rack at the start with 18 for 3. For once I will agree with that mad Hussain chap; England lack consistent wicket takers in this game. Freddie seems to have lost his edge. I still find myself wondering why we decided that Hoggard is not suited for ODI games. Whilst expensive at 5.29 runs per over, he has still managed to pull off 32 wickets in 26 matches. We could have done with him yesterday. Flintoff by comparison has taken 122 wickets in 116 matches. Even Harmison has a better match average than that. We need to get away from this specialist ODI player thing and get to the point of fielding our best 11 for all matches. Players should be able to adapt. Look at Gilchrest. Plays both games. In tests he bats at 6 or even 7 and in ODIs he opens. Flexible see.
A poor performance that puts pressure on us now. Even Canada & Kenya will have the smell of blood in their nostrils now.
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I'm Irish actually.
Me too...imagine they win; Test Status?
The Windies will be worried. It wasn't a fluke. You win these games in the field and Ireland have done it twice now.
I am honestly more Irish than anything else. Fitzgerald from Glin in Co Limerick.
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