England are an extremely scary ODI side.

[Cricketics]

2 hours ago, flamy said:

FTBs...

 

They are very dependent on Root, and to an extent Morgan. Those are the key wickets. Mainly Root though.

Most teams have similar story actually. India, if they don’t get good start from Rohit and Dhawan, we can be in trouble. Just like the other day Roy gave them a good start, they chased it down easily.

 

Opening p’ship is so important.

 

This world cup has few amazing bats in each line up, too many x-factor players who can win the games for their team and at the same time be a real concern for their team if they don’t click.

 

Wide open world cup.

 

 

[SK_IH]

I still feel explosive batting depth gives Eng the edge over other teams, especially considering most of the pitches could be flat. It remains to be seen if Archer gets picked for the WC, he can be a superb addition.

[flamy]

1 hour ago, Cricketics said:

Most teams have similar story actually. India, if they don’t get good start from Rohit and Dhawan, we can be in trouble. Just like the other day Roy gave them a good start, they chased it down easily.

 

Opening p’ship is so important.

 

This world cup has few amazing bats in each line up, too many x-factor players who can win the games for their team and at the same time be a real concern for their team if they don’t click.

 

Wide open world cup.

 

 

Exactly, which is why we should be more concerned about Dhawan and Rohit's form. If we boast the best top 3, they are not supposed to be 20/3  3 times in a space of 8 games.

[vvvslaxman]

Root should be forced to take risks. 

[Nikhil_cric]

19 hours ago, Stumped said:

Most of the grounds England play at will be either the 1st or 2nd game at the venue with a couple being the 3rd game. Chances are they'll mostly be fresh pitches with maybe 1 or 2 pitches that have been used once.

That's good enough. As long as the pitches are not outright belters, the margin between England and the other teams will be reduced. And any of WI/PAK/RSA/IND/NZ/full strength OZ can beat them on a good day. 

[rkt.india]

16 hours ago, jusarrived said:

Yes our bowling is great , but our batting would still cost us matches 

look how their openers played . 91 in first 10 and almost 200 in first 25 , this is how you set or chase totals . 

what happened in second game, could not chase 290

[jusarrived]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

what happened in second game, could not chase 290

Kinda a proves my point ? It’s how your openers play makes all the difference 

Am not claiming that Eng will win all the matches or even the World Cup , but just that their approach to batting is something worth emulating 

[flamy]

20 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

Kinda a proves my point ? It’s how your openers play makes all the difference 

Am not claiming that Eng will win all the matches or even the World Cup , but just that their approach to batting is something worth emulating 

We already have supposed the best top 3. We play to our strengths and get good steady starts.

 

England depend on batdeep, and this is what happens when you depend on your middle order. It is difficult for any team to compete when they are three down. That's crikey for you.

 

I see a general trend on ICF of trying to copy England's approach. Eng needs to do that because they don't have what we have - our 4 bowlers. They can't even hope to emulate our bowling. We play to our strengths. And, do our best to patch up the weaknesses we have, but we should not lose sight of what our style of gameplay is.

[flamy]

2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Root should be forced to take risks. 

Yep. Similar strategy to what teams do with Kohli. Put pressure on Root, because he is what holds their team together.

It is because of Root they won the ODI series last year in England (2 100s). Also, remember we had Thakur, Yadav, and Kaul as our bowlers lol.

 

People say what about KulCha. They need to go look at their figures. They did thei rbit, but did not receive support from the rest.