Because that's what we do.

I hear what you say although I doubt whether it's true as whilst Willey is a left arm paceman he doesn't have the outright pace of the Aussie pair of left armers.

The graphics shown on the TV showed how few of our opening bowlers' balls would have hit the stumps whereas the Auusie bowlers were far more accurate as that superb ball that did for James Vince showed.

England produce some fine bowlers but we can't seem to produce the worldies that Australia do that can perform to the highest of standards year after year.

My point was swing bowling. Yesterdays humidity was perfect and James Anderson is the finest swing bowler of a generation. David Willey is also an excellent swing bowler and has consistently taken wickets with swing with the new ball by pitching it up. Wood and Archer were bowling far too short.
The Aussie bowler who was brought in was swinging it throughout his spell.

Excellent recovery though by NZ to set pakistan 238 to win.

With pakistan they may smash them off in 30 overs or collapse to 120 all out, you never know !

For f@ck sake.

That may be us done and out.

Bloody disgrace if this team fails to qualify.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Fair point. But our bowling was okay in the end against Australia. Vince set the tone for the batting. We need to play each ball on its merits. Not play stupid shots and give away wickets.

Red and Blue Army!