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Eng v Aus cricket World Cup

Toss will be important 

just have a good feeling about this one 

if this was at lords and England hadn't excelled in their last two matches against top sides I'd be sceptical, but it's at Edgbaston and they did 

NZ for example won toss and batted first in their semi even though all the conditions indicated fielding first would be the right decision. Thereafter they struggled to bat and morale must have been very low by the time India were starting their innings, but NZ still won... 

Guy when was this time of choosing to bowl first that you speak of?

Isn’t the old maxim something like 9 times out of ten, if you win the toss bat first. The tenth time, think about bowling but then bat first anyway. 

I am hoping that Smith gets a decent innings but is left on 99 due to a lack of players at the other end, and that we chase, say 150 and win. I want that because I want to see the look on his miserable face.

Hopefully, we’ll be chasing an achievable score and able to bat conservatively if the pitch is bowler-friendly. 

Michael Vaughan, “These are such difficult conditions to bat in. The ball is just doing enough either way.”

Let’s not tempt Fate but my fingers are very firmly crossed

Er have you ever even played cricket man? There are only 6 'bowls' in an over.

you're not watching the game are you. Two horrendous wides. It was a shockingly bad over

Reckon Smith is not looking as settled and comfortable as he would like to be at this point.  I say he's the next to go then Carey's concentration will flag and his wicket will fall soon after that. Carey's face is now swelling up inside that full bandage and it is pretty impressive that he's there at all.  But it cannot be sustainable. Gritty fooker, I will give him that. Great poise with the bat.  Smith still rocky though.

157 for 6. 15 overs to go.

Wango might well have called it:

I am hoping that Smith gets a decent innings but is left on 99 due to a lack of players at the other end, and that we chase, say 150 and win. I want that because I want to see the look on his miserable face

my plan for getting Smith close to a tun but running out of batsmen at the other end is looking sound.  I hope they fook off for around 225 and he gets 99. I then hope they lose.

This afternoon. Oh my God the tension. I think my anus is already actually rolling itself up from the inside and will soon arrive at my throat. And we haven't even started batting. 

I haven't seen the Buttler/Smith dismissal yet. I didn't know he'd managed to tinkle his ivory as well as getting him out. Could he also not have just walked up to SMith and punched him in the plums as he walked off?

Any Smith face humour pics available yet per my request to God above?

Bookies have us 1-6on as well also implies a 85% chance.  I don't think it's anywhere near that high either.  Get through the first 10-15 overs with the Aussie new ball attack unscathed or only 1 down say and I'll start to lighten up a bit.

For sure though if we are ever going to win a Cricket world cup it's pretty much now or never I think, hence agree totally on the tension.

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