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Cricket World Cup 2019


6.35am EDT 06:35 14th over: West Indies 58-1 (Hope 17, Lewis 35) The Bangladeshi fans seem to be out in force in Taunton – we get a nice shot of nine fans, each with one letter of the country’s name on their shirts. You’ve got to be organised with that sort of thing, particularly as …

8.41am EDT 08:41 3rd over: Afghanistan 9-0 (Hazratullah 9, Noor Ali 0) Hazratullah gets a couple to backward square leg, and then hoists one over midwicket, safely clear of the field but it gets nowhere near the boundary, pretty much stopping as soon as it lands. 8.38am EDT 08:38 2nd over: Afghanistan 4-0 (Hazratullah 4, …

6.17am EDT 06:17 10th over: West Indies 41-1 (Gayle 33, Hope 4) Archer restores order and makes Hope jump. Shades of Robin Smith, whose autobiography was launched with a dinner at this ground last night. The Judge has made a judicious choice of ghostwriter: our own Rob Smyth. An email from James Walsh. “I second …

6.05am EDT 06:05 “Why did the infernally infuriating Steve Waugh refer to Hardik Pandya as the next Lance Klusener?” ponders Amod Paranjape. “I hold you responsible for this.” Speaking of Lance, we have him on the 1999 World Cup pod next week and it’s fair to say he still plays all his shots. The next …

5.06am EDT 05:06 Injury news Indian’s ICC tournament specialist Shikhar Dhawan suffered a fractured thumb against Australia on Sunday and will be out for an unspecified period of time. There is talk of India replacing him. To me, that would be daft. They would qualify for the semi-finals if they had me opening the batting …

Morning everyone. We need to talk about the weather – this is England, after all. It’s been pretty good so far, with just the one match out of 14 washed away, and that, with all respect to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, only a medium-sized occasion. But the papers are full of gloom this morning, saying …

6.44am EDT 06:44 16th over: India 81-0 (Rohit 32, Dhawan 46) Finch calls on Marcus Stoinis, his sixth bowler in just the 16th over, but he might be searching for a seventh because Dhawan ramps Stoinis’s first delivery effortlessly for four over the keeper’s head. “Hi Jonathan,” hi Brian Withington. “As an England supporter I’m …

3.00pm EDT 15:00 27th over: New Zealand 141-3 (Williamson 57, Latham 5) Seven off Gulbadin’s over with narry a dash of danger. Lawrie Taylor is not alone in thinking ahead. I n reply to Alistair’s comment about NZ team effort, yes I think you are right they seem to be avoiding taking the lower order …