So Pakistan won’t play India and Bangladesh have already withdrawn from the tournament because they wanted to play their fixtures only in Sri Lanka and not India. At least they decided to step away. Pakistan appear to want to forfeit a match but still remain in the competition.
What a mess.
Bruce
Judging by another article I’ve read, there is no separation between the P-word and sport with these 3 nations, and ‘temperatures’ remain high between them, such that Sri Lanka isn’t seen as a tenable option – which begs would Dubai suffice? Whichever way, the whole thing is a mess, and obviously begs the question of what would happen if the teams were scheduled to meet later in the tournament?
Cracking match between England and Australia 
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I think we will hear from Mr Peake again. Wonderful sportsmanship at the end of the match
England have been excellent in this tournament, lets hope they can finish the job on Friday.
Good tight match in Sri Lanka and England excellent in the field to pull off a good win in a very low scoring match. Bethell with 4 for 11.
Must have been awesome. Lol.
England captain Harry Brook: "That was awesome and one of the most fun wins I’ve been part of. The way the lads kept fighting was awesome. We have shown we can adapt to different surfaces and tonight was difficult but the way Sam Curran batted was brilliant. Then the way the spinners bowled 17 overs was awesome.
“The World Cup is going to be co-hosted here and when we get the opportunity to play here we can carry that experience over. It’s been an awesome tour and hopefully we’ll come back to Sri Lanka a few more times.”
Brendan McCullum has given a long interview. Amongst other things he complains about the criticism the Ashes team received and also said that Harry Brook ‘wears his intelligence lightly’. Best laugh I have had for days.
Bruce
Yes, I saw that and was about to post it. It’s a great line. Does it mean he just acts dim?
It reminds me of the sort of lines that appeared on my School reports.
Changing the subject: on a podcast about Kim Philby, his friend Tim Milne said of him that they enjoyed cricket at school and university; however, Tim wanted to say that Kim was a good third man, but actually he was an excellent deep extra cover.
England play India tomorrow, Friday, in the final of the U19 world cup. Sky TV.
England are favourites to come second and haven’t won it since 1998. India have won it 5 times since then. I hope England can do it!!
Not looking too promising. Looks as though India could be heading for a record total.
175 off 80 balls and he is only 14. FFS.
Amazing!
He’s the kid who got a ton in the IPL last year isn’t he?
England under real pressure against Nepal at the moment.
I didn’t expect Nepal to go at 9s against England.
Nepal have been excellent to be fair, so far.
This is a great game.
Luke Wood employing a cunning plan of bowling wides so the batsman can’t hit it.
Squeaky bum time