England going 0/9 starts here

Nvm thats one helluva catch

Eng going 9/0 more likely.

SA couldn’t have played much better - Eng destroyed them.

Bad news for everyone else that Stokes has stepped up already. He's had a quiet time of it since his ban.
That catch was just brilliant.
Archer showing no nerves whatsoever.

How do y'all feel about Archer? I'm opposed to his selection.

Why? He has a British passport, he can freely live, work etc without any restrictions in the UK. Cricket shouldn’t be any different. If he was Dutch with a British passport I doubt it would create any conversation

Well firstly as a constitutional conservative I object to changing the residency rules from seven to three years specifically for Archer. If they think the transition period is too long and want to change it to three years starting seven years from now fine. But that's a bit too niche and political philosophy-y maybe.

I guess I'm not convinced he's British as opposed to West Indian. The reason I generally prefer international sports to domestic is there's a purity about it, they play for the country they love rather than for a wage. Strauss, De Freitas, Dexter etc. were born abroad but that's not the point - they grew up in England, I'm sure they supported England in football etc. I feel the same way about Eoin Morgan and Kevin Pietersen btw although at least with Morgan you can say he had to play for England in test cricket - I think Archer should play for the West Indies :/

I think Archer is a super star.

Bend every rule u like, but get him in the Eng team.

It’s all about results .. the fairness in cricket disappeared many
years ago

How can you change the rules from now? Someone who starts the transition period now has to wait 3 years but someone who started a year ago has to wait 6 more years?

I kind of see both sides but don't have an issue with it, but for sure I don't think that you can only play for the country you were born in - despite having a parent from elsewhere - unless you move before 18. It's a big thing to move to another country at that age no matter what you want to do with your career.

I think he was determined to play for England even if he had to wait, which must mean something as he could have walked into the Windies team a while back and earned a fortune playing T20. It's not like he needed England to be a star.

Either way - what a player though, and he's just want England wanted to add to their side.

The rule wasn't changed for Archer.
The ICC changed the rule and they're pretty much owned by India.

Wait wait where was the LOL England

Must be it comes later on

Agree 100%. Imagine what he could do for West Indian cricket. They already have the batsmen!

We’re half way through the 2nd match and already we’re going to have one that doesn’t even have a 300 run total for the entire match.

LOL Pakistan.

Go the blackcaps we got this

I loooooovveeeeee this world cup format soooo much

Its what world cups should be, everyone plays everyone!

Perfect start for our boys!

South Africa somehow favourites with the books despite needing a World Cup record chase to win??

Bangladesh seem like FREE MONEY

Excellent atmosphere, 60% Bengali 20%-25% Saffers and we got a game! I'm sure the World Cup is absolutely incredible in Asia but in London you'll get every game filled with countrymen/descendants of every nation. All the (mostly British) Bengali famous out with their children and flags and toy tigers and chanting, beautiful!

Is there anything more predictable than Pakistan winning this game vs England?

If their bowling wasn't so woeful I'd say yes.

To break run chase records, we have to allow the opposition to run up a score.

Absolute disgrace from England. Will be lucky to get out the first stage

Yep absolutely predictable. ****ing embarrassing

Keep looking good in meaningless series then **** the bed when it matters. Bunch of losers

Just let Woakes get it all in sixes

So it turns out chasing huge scores of 300+ in World Cups is still hard. Odds makers will adjust to it. Bowling attacks are generally more solid than in bilateral series and cannot underestimate the scoreboard pressure when chasing.

India have to be like 99% to win given the ICC have given them all the rest in the world with the warped schedule.