The Poms, huh..? Gotta admit, I wasn't expecting anyone to roll that one out, especially considering England have made pretty poor totals (200-odd) against the Kiwis & the Aussies - & on both occasions the total was chased down in about 40 overs.
The biggest worry for England, I feel, is that they've only batted second once (against Kenya, chasing 177) so their batsmen haven't been under any real pressure yet, & their top 5 batsmen have only knocked-up 8 half-centuries from their cumulative 28 innings.
(NB: No English batsmen has scored a ton this series).
Admittedly they've won 4 games, however in the group stage they scored 666 runs but conceded 615.
The Poms are capable of good performances, but I can't see them being good enough to beat SA, NZ, SL & the Aussies.
IF they can put their handbags away for long enough to play some good-hard-cricket, they
may beat one or two (of that list), but they're really going to have to play out of their skins to beat everyone.
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Punter_86 said:
But there batting failed them, the real 'dark-horse' of the competition is England, who on their day could spring an upset or two over higher ranked teams