[quote author=The Captain link=topic=102332.msg677842#msg677842 date=1455119979]
bring on the PAKIs
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[quote author=The Captain link=topic=102332.msg677559#msg677559 date=1454950188]
bring on the PAKis
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Meanwhile, the final play-off matches continue on. With a fifth-place finish on the line, England scored 264/7 against Pakistan. It was pleasing to see England put up a decent total after Dan Lawrence and Jack Burnham - their two most consistent batsman - were dismissed for single-figures. Sam Curran lead the fightback with 83.
England playing a game for the fifth place playoff might not seem like a glorious way to end the competition, but with the senior team playing as well as they have in south Africa, I think the U19's have shown that there is a lot more talent coming through now than what there as been recently, so the future looks bright for English cricket.
[quote author=pwarbi link=topic=102332.msg678249#msg678249 date=1455278475]
with the senior team playing as well as they have in south Africa,
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hhhhmmmm....looks like the series will level after this current game
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=102646.msg678442#msg678442 date=1455306298]
47.2
Rashid to Imran Tahir, FOUR, legbreak, big spin, Tahir mows through the covers, for the win!
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[quote author=ketchim link=topic=102332.msg678283#msg678283 date=1455286057]
hhhhmmmm....looks like the series will level after this current game
and they are heading to Cape Town.
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While England wasn't the best yesterday, I do think whatever the outcome of the ODI, they'll look back, as will the England fans and think the south African your as been a success.
Better than we expected anyway, and for a team that you could say is still finding its feet, I'm happy enough with how the team is progressing up to now.
From the moment Keemo Paul 'Mankaded' the last Zimbabwe scalp to get us into the quarter-finals, I sensed that this team wasn't there for pleasantries. They're there to fight. In that one act, I saw a team that wanted desperately to win and was prepared to be ruthless about it.