Cricket World t20 - England have a chance?

[TightEnd]

Would people consider a few changes to the England team v Afghanistan?

I think dropping Topley (from a great height preferably) for plunkett is a must, and I would probably look at bringing in Dawson for Jordan if the wicket is agreeable and looking at Vince or Billings and resting Morgan.

Although saying all that, Afghanistan aren't a push over, so maybe it's not the game to?

Hales
Roy
Vince
Root
Buttler
Stokes
Ali
Willey
Rashid
Plunkett
Dawson

plunkett i agree with, for topley

wicket dependent dawson for jordan

think they will leave top six as is. morgans captain, he plays

root won't be moving from number 3 until he doesn't play t20s for england, imo. world class batsman in any format, first name on the team sheet batting 3.

[fatcatstu]

Would people consider a few changes to the England team v Afghanistan?

I think dropping Topley (from a great height preferably) for plunkett is a must, and I would probably look at bringing in Dawson for Jordan if the wicket is agreeable and looking at Vince or Billings and resting Morgan.

Although saying all that, Afghanistan aren't a push over, so maybe it's not the game to?

Hales
Roy
Vince
Root
Buttler
Stokes
Ali
Willey
Rashid
Plunkett
Dawson

plunkett i agree with, for topley

wicket dependent dawson for jordan

think they will leave top six as is. morgans captain, he plays

root won't be moving from number 3 until he doesn't play t20s for england, imo. world class batsman in any format, first name on the team sheet batting 3.

He batted 4 v South Africa :p

Get your point though, just think it would be nice to get some of the squad a game in.

[DungBeetle]

I don't think we should take Afghanistan lightly.  I'd be more worried on a different pitch, but I think they look a decent unit.

[muckthenuts]

Can anybody halt the New Zealand train? They're starting to look pretty unstoppable!  

[KingPush]

Topleys still a potentially world class bowler. Think most people would mentally lose it a bit after that shocker with the run out. Chris Jordan will never even be a good one

[TommyPlus]

I'm just off to the Feroz Shah Kotla to watch the England game. Come on boys!

[Woodsey]

Oh dear, here we go....

[nellberg]

We're still 15-20 short of a par score. Powerplay will be key. Rashid and Ali will be tough to play on this, so they'll look to go after us when there is pace on the ball early. Shahzad will be the big wicket, 6 overs of him would put them well ahead of the game. Bet we wish we had Dawson playing now! Would like to see Willey/Stokes bowling cutters.

[Woodsey]

They did OK considering how bad it was looking, I thought we were going to struggle to get 3 figures at one point!

[nellberg]

Warney on Sky Sports says Afghans have no chance getting these runs ... I'm not so sure mind

[nellberg]

How can Rashid take 2-18 off 3 and not bowl out?

[HutchGF]

Ludicrous not bowling Rashid out and serving up this Stokes tosh instead.

I remain unconvinced about Stokes in this format of the game.

[Tommo]

How can Rashid take 2-18 off 3 and not bowl out?

Was thinking the same about Rashid, I can't have stokes as a death bowler and I am a big fan of his.

[TightEnd]

its all ifs and buts

if ali and willey dont fire late or if shahzad comes off then the narrative is completely different

but when you look at eoin mrgan's captaincy against say kane williamson, who is brave and clever, its chalk and cheese

amazed rashid didn't bowl 4, would have been punished for going back to stokes against a top 8 side

[TightEnd]

England could beat Sri Lanka and go out if SA beat West Indies and SL.

Haven't done enough with NRR here. SA beat Afg by 37 we beat them by 15, could be crucial if we end on the same points

a win is a win though.

we play sri lanka at delhi too.