Monday 23rd February
England have won a game of cricket in the World Cup, put the
flags out, national holiday and all that celebratory rubbish, that great
cricketing powerhouse, Scotland, took one hell of a beating.
Did Scotland really think they had a chance in beating
England? Surely not, just goes to show how rubbish our British press are. I do
agree, England were abysmal against both host nations, but to think Scotland
could beat us, well that is just ridiculous.
England had a tough two opening matches, let’s just say that
if the games against Australia and New Zealand were England’s last two matches
in the Pool, qualification for the quarter-finals would have already been
secured, it would have been just a case of where they qualified.
So what next, or should I say whose next? Sri Lanka;
followed by Bangladesh and then lastly, the ever improving Afghanistan. England
will qualify for the quarter-finals and then we shall what will happen from
there.
I am a very passionate about English sport, especially
cricket, I am very optimistic and I still believe England can win the World
Cup. You don’t win the thing in your first two games, as long as England
qualify, which they should do, then they will step up to the plate and show the
world who is boss.
Cast your mind back to 1992, Pakistan won the World Cup. In that tournament they scraped through to the knock-out stages only because of
a rained off match against England. A game where England was hammering them out
of sight; Pakistan were all out for 74, the heaven’s opened as England started
their run chase and that was it for the day.
The Pakistanis picked up a point from a game which they were
going to lose, and that point was then enough to help them finish above
Australia, so some small mercy there! It just goes to show, it is qualification
that counts at present, once through that and then it is time to perform.
Going back to the Scotland game that is the first time I
have seen Somerset’s Josh Davey play. What a good prospect he is. Ok, his first
couple of overs were a bit suspect, but four wickets within his next eight
shows real character. Josh is currently lying third in the leading wicket
takers table, having taken seven wickets at an average of 15. So far so good
Josh, let’s hope Dockers can emulate him.
Right, that’s about it for now, skittles and cider tonight.
Pairs competition, preliminary round, all we have to do is qualify for the
first round proper, how difficult can it be?
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