Apparently he retired from captaincy/ playing for ODI side after playing Pakistan in October. He was already in provisional squad for the 3 match series against us so Head is in !!!!!!
He had an injury for the Afghanistan game, maybe still injured. There might now be a clear out of the current squad.
Who do we fancy to win in morning ? It seems so well matched that it’s hard to choose. I’ll take NZ’s bowlers to win the day… Southee, Boult and Ferguson mainly
Hard to pick one. New Zealand looked great until we beat them. It depends on how much that affected them. I would give the slight edge to Pakistan who lost twice off the last ball, looked to be going out and sneaked through so now have nothing to lose and can play with more freedom. They will have the majority of crowd support as well.
https://www.betfred.com/sports/event/24192689.2 4/5 for both teams to reach 150 runs is a good special. It should be a good batting pitch and good conditions weather wise to bat in. It's better than the 8/15 Sky Bet are offering for the same.
Pakistan coasting to victory. Bowled and Batting well. Could have been so different but for Netherlands surprise win against South Africa.
Lovely day as I tipped Pakistan to win as well as slight outsiders in a previous message, so that's two bets up. Outside of the host nation nobody has more fans in the stadiums than India and Pakistan. So to beat them both to win the title would be winning it in style.
Managed to avoid the score, just watched the highlights on Sky now. Pakistan looked so solid. Hopefully we can replicate them tomorrow!
Daily Mail reported yesterday that if England reach the final Sky will announce the game being available on free TV either on their own channels or Channel 4 like they have worked with in the past.
Well done Sky … they always seem to get bad criticism but I think they’re brilliant … for general coverage etc.