it will have been there or there abouts as there were 21 wides alone

That is so bad. Think Anderson is absolutely knackered, like afew others.

So, have England actually been involved in a dull game this WC? They arent making it easy... and as I type they have taken 2 wickets in this over. England were coasting... then WI got back into and looked like they would coast over the line... now they are 223/9 needing 21 off 39 to beat us.

Great finish to that game, England don't like making it easy for themselves do they!

How strong must their nerves be?
I'd given that up for dead.
Still shows the folly of the selection process, why wasn't Tredwell picked for the Bangladesh game?
If they'd won that this game should have been academic.
Well bowled Bopara too.

Deserve to win it just for the entertainment value

Agree OF great win but more questions about selection!!

Great win, would be great to see us win the competition with the injuries and team selection problems we have had!

Of course we do! How dull would it be without us there?

Hopefully the 2015 World Cup won't be the drawn out, one sided affair this one has been as it's being reduced to ten teams from the current fourteen.

Only one place is going to be open to the associate nations, alongside England, Australia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and Bangladesh.

England haven't been great but they sure have been entertaining and should now live to fight another day!

I think you'll find that there are 10 Test playing nations, so there won't be a place for an Associate side.
I'll leave you to ponder who the 10th nation is.
Another example of completely muddled thinking by the ICC.
The next world cup should include the top 2 associate nations, determined by a tournament as close to the full World Cup as possible.
3 goups of 4, top 2 from each group plus the 2 best 3rd place sides into the knockout stages.

5ives odis

each side bats for rl5 overs at a time, then swap overrl.

No WUM, discuss

Quite simply, ridiculous!

Anyone who has found this world cup boring is clearly not a cricket fan and they shouldn't be ruining cricket to try and make it appeal to people who don't like cricket!! His analogy about asking a tennis player to serve 200 serves and then the other reply with 200 is bizarre and not at all reflective of what a cricket match is like.

To me it looks like a man who wants to make some money targeting a sport which has been suffering a bit in some countries. It is no coincidence he is targeting the UAE for his little idea.

It will never catch on.

rlPunter to quit after the world cup, and issues 'come and get me plea' to English countiesrl