Inauspicious start to England’s World Cup
England got their World Cup under way today with a warm-up game against Bermuda. The win was moreorless a formality, and fortunately England suffered no upsets in that regard. And looking at the match stats will suggest exactly how the game ought to have panned out - England posted 280 and bowled Bermuda out for 45, so in all reality a comfortable win. Top score for Bermuda was Hemp with 11, followed closely by extras at 8. There’s little point in being overly critical at this point, considering it is only game 1 for England, but they would likely have wanted a harder game, considering their next warm up is against Australia on Friday. A win by 241 runs is a win by 241 runs, but the top 5 batting was slightly disappointing. Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen scored in the mid-40’s but it was up to no.7 Jamie Dalrymple to really make sure of a total in scoring 76. Considering that England are on the back of beating Australia 3 times, scoring big totals, to only get 286 against Bermuda’s weak attack is a little disappointing.
England’s bowling did, for once, look good, but again it’s hard to really judge how well it is performing considering the opposition.
But, of course, it is the first game of the series for England and it’s a warm-up exercise - the main thing was to get out and play, to turn in a reasonable performance and get a win, which is of course what they’ve done. Still the most controversial aspect of the game is Andrew Strauss being left out, whether he was dropped or is being rested is really neither here nor there. He’s a man who should be playing, despite his recent lack of form.
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