Today’s Loser: Cricket itself
First things first: England continued their fine run by losing another game of cricket. Nothing new there. New Zealand battered 318 off their 50 overs and England only managed 260 in theirs. Jacob Oram did another demolition job on England’s bowlers at the death, seeing the last 2 overs go for 36, and scoring yet another half century in this tournament. England’s bowling was shoddy at best, with some 36 extras. Their batting was at least more promising than it has been in recent weeks. A rejigged top order appeared to have a good effect as Ed Joyce came good with a half century at the top of the order. Gobby wicket-keeper Paul Nixon scored 49, but it was all in vain as England didn’t score the required runs.
The end result is that England have to win their next (and final) two games, one each against Australia and New Zealand. Fat chance.
The real loser today, however, was cricket, by virtue of the shocking display of fielding. And fortunately this time you can’t just blame it all on England. Both sides had a horrific day in the field, with catches a-plenty going begging. But it wasn’t just the missed catches as I lost count of the number of times I saw a ball slip through a fielders’ legs. Yes Chris Tremlett I’m talking about you. And you, Jacob Oram. Many of the basics of cricket that you learn when you first start playing the game had been overlooked and it was embarassing in places. Even Lou Vincent’s stunning one handed field and dive and throw and runout of Ed Joyce didn’t redress the balance.
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