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“That Indian bowling performance,” says Tom Hopkins, “had a World Cup-winning feel to it.”
They are intimidatingly good, but then so are England. That was such an impressive series win by England against India last year, especially as they were almost humiliated in the first ODI. Those two are the clear favourites, though there are some really dangerous teams in the competition, including Australia.
Thanks Geoff, hello everyone. That was a formidable performance from the world’s best ODI attack, and Australia need to make the new balls talk if they are to have any chance of victory.
“236 is essentially the new 150, isn’t it?” says Avitaj Mitra. “The 150 of twenty five years ago.”
Written by Geoff Lemon (earlier) and Rob Smyth (now)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/mar/02/india-v-australia-first-one-day-international-live under the title “India chase 237 to beat Australia: first one-day international – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
