England have won the opening one-day final against Australia in Cricket, what's your view?
2007-02-08 22:36:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
I'm very impressed that they fought back. With Aus being 170/1 with 20 overs left, they would have been targeting 350, so to shoot them out for 252 is a great effort. To then rebuild from 16/3 and pace themselves so well would not have happened a month ago! It just shows what wonders a win can do. Suddenly we're one win away from winning a proper ODI tournament overseas for the first time since Sharjah under Adam Hollioake (yes, it was that long ago) - not a bad turnabout for a side that was being pilloried earlier :)
I don't think we should get carried away, but a big 'well done' to the players and let's finish in style!
2007-02-08 23:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by igorolman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
england showed some character today.....they were excellent..led by the captain...it reminds me of how Pakistan beat Australia almost 10 years ago and qualified for the finals of the then called C&U Series in Australia and then went on to win the finals by beating WI. So England now has shown that they can change their fate and they can now look at themselves and say that we can win world cup......
2007-02-09 06:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by Le Saqib 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big turn around by England team and exceptional batting display by Paul Collingwood, which helped England to win the match.
2007-02-10 08:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
england needed abit of luck and deserved to win eventually.But they must remember teams like australia arso aggressive and are always playing to win.where other teams would consider trying to put in respectable totals,or consolidate their innings after any mini-crises,Australia never do this.This occasionally backfires and the opposition benefits.England in the past have courted too much praise when they have won matches like this.
Well this last match i have not seen,but i suspect a case of cickets equivalent to the rumble in the jungle
2007-02-09 16:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by bbarr12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm absolutely chuffed to pieces. When I left for school England were 15/3. Had a grilling at school from a dodgy ozzie supporter at school. Returned and couldn't believe it. Well done Colly!
2007-02-09 11:56:15 · answer #5 · answered by mentalblock 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe we have every chance of winning this tournament. It's about time we showed some character and the last few games we certainly have done. It seems that all is not lost after all!
2007-02-09 09:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by Alison of the Shire 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great Chance it just wants Freddy to win the Toss and bat first
2007-02-09 07:08:22 · answer #7 · answered by jaybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its about time we beat the Aussies if we had gone through the next three games loosing to them we could of waved good by to the world cup cause we wouldn't stand a chance.
2007-02-09 07:32:16 · answer #8 · answered by dave_oman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i felt they (england) deserve it..they played like a team..there was a brilliant team effort..it looked they wanted to win only..keep going..too good comeback
2007-02-10 01:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by soniya * 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice performance.
2007-02-09 06:47:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋