Cricket World Cup 2015

[Shaggy]

50 over cricket is toss IMO, and T20 is making it almost pointless.

T20 is worse. I can't stand it, have no interest in any of it.

[Alex]

Moores will keep his job for the same reason Hodgson did 'Stability' Its bollocks.

[ChesterDave]

KP doesn't seem too disappointed. Is there some history there?

[Liverpel]

I hope you'll all be getting behind Ireland now, the only European team left.

[Buzzo]

What a disastrous tournament... Root (pardon the pun) and branch reform req'd.

Even if KP doesn't play (which he should) they should have him involved in the coaching. He is the only player who understands the required mentality for one day cricket. Look at how few English players play IPL and you find the answer to why they struggle with the short form of the game.

Another thing they have denied, but is plainly true is they have a stats obsession, and it has been to the detriment of the team. No way do the big hitters like McCullum, De Villiers and Gayle (and the rest) approach the crease looking to pad up to the first 4 deliveries then try for a boundary and twhat ever else of the last 2. Play each ball on its merits.

I normally don't enjoy one layers, but this WC has had some fantastic games.

England have got what they deserved really. Moores excuses are fairly pathetic given the levels of prep England attempted to put in. Happiest man in English cricket has to be Alistair Cook, what a bullet to have dodged, the ****er was a cm from his cranium before he was dropped.

[Bender]

You have to give England some credit,they do continually sink to new depths of Embarrassment

[Tee]

England's displays actually make me feel better about Pakistan's ineptitude at this WC (South Africa game aside )

[Yozza]

England's displays actually make me feel better about Pakistan's ineptitude at this WC (South Africa game aside )

Don't write the Cornered Tigers off yet - they generally get better as the tournament progresses....

Not to mention the betting stakes & backhanders increase too....!

[Tee]

Don't write the Cornered Tigers off yet - they generally get better as the tournament progresses....

Not to mention the betting stakes & backhanders increase too....!

There are some parallels with 1992, but Misbah and Imran are worlds apart in terms of leadership and motivation.

[Chazza]

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[Chazza]

England coach Peter Moores will keep his job despite his side's World Cup exit at the hands of Bangladesh, says England and Wales Cricket Board managing director Paul Downton.

England lost by 15 runs in a match they had to win to stay in the tournament.
Moores, who is in his second spell in charge of England, wants to stay on as coach but told BBC Sport: "It's not my decision."

However, Downton said: "I've got full faith in Peter Moores. He will stay."
He added: "Peter was brought in 10 months ago and part of that reason is because he's such an experienced coach. Whoever got that job at that time was going to have a difficult time. We're in a rebuilding phase so today's the wrong time to be making any kind judgement at all."

Downton, though, admitted the ECB had much to consider: "We'll sit and review everything when we get back.

"Everything will be reviewed, now's not the time to be doing it, we've got one more game to play, let the dust settle, everyone's very emotional."
Ex-England captain Alec Stewart told BBC Radio 5 live: "It hasn't been 12 hours since England's exit. I'd much rather people take stock, and look at how we can improve the situation.

"We need to find a method of how we want to play and stick with that. To do anything now within 12 hours is not the way forward. It would be stupid.
"I'm not saying Peter Moores is the right man or the wrong man, but now is not the time to say 'on your bike', it's time to get plans in place to move forward."

Australia legend Shane Warne said England's demise was not a surprise and thinks former Lancashire coach Moores is now "in trouble".
Warne tweeted England had picked "the wrong team" and "the wrong style of play" to succeed at the tournament, which is being held in Australia and New Zealand.

England captain Eoin Morgan, appointed less than two weeks before the tournament following the sacking of Alastair Cook, said: "To be knocked out of a World Cup this early is unbelievably disappointing.
"I'm gutted at the moment. There'll be an inquest over the next few weeks as to what happened and what went wrong. Then we'll go from there."

Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott told BBC Sport that everyone involved with the England team needed to "look at themselves".

He added: "Some of the players as individuals have let themselves down, but as a team they have been pretty poor in their thinking and planning.
"We seem to be light years behind other teams in the way we think about one-day cricket. The game has moved on very quickly and it is very different from even 10 years ago."

He was also critical of Moores' focus on data analysis and statistics, and his lack of international playing experience: "I watch the game because I've played, I don't need a computer.

"He doesn't have that experience. I don't say it's impossible to coach if you're not a former player. You don't have to be a former player but it sure as hell does help."

Moores said he felt "hollow inside" and "hugely disappointed" following England's demise.

"It's not my decision if I'm given time," he added. "I understand why people would think I'm not the right man, but it's a bigger picture than that."
He said England's one-day form has not been good "for a while" and insisted there was a lack of top talent.

"The reality is we're not overloaded with a lot of high-class one-day players," he said.

"It's something we have to look at. It's not to be done now. Today is about the emotion of the day for me. We're out of the tournament."

Former England captain Andrew Strauss echoed that view, saying: "The truth is we are not good enough.

"From 1 to 11, we haven't got the players who can compete with the top teams. We couldn't compete with Bangladesh and we certainly can't compete with Australia and South Africa.

"We have been poor for 20 years and we will be poor for another 20 years unless we change the way we play our domestic one-day cricket."

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham described England's performance as "pathetic", adding: "When are we going to pick the selectors to pick a team for the one-day format? Time for change."

Ex-England captain Allan Lamb told BBC Radio 5 live: "I really think we need to restructure this team and our game. I just think we don't take one day cricket seriously in this country."

Former England bowler Steve Harmison told BBC Radio 5 live: "I don't think we've been in a position like we are now for a number of years. We just haven't been good enough, it's as simple as that.

"We've got good players and Peter Moores is a very good coach." But he admitted: "He's in a result business job, and they've not been great."

Moores insisted England had "prepared well", adding: "The players aren't bad players, but we haven't played well enough. We have to take that."
Set 276 to win in Adelaide, England were bowled out for 260 despite Jos Buttler's 52-ball 65.

Rubel Hossain claimed 4-53 for Bangladesh, who had posted 275-7 thanks to 103 from Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim's 89.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/31800528

[Buzzo]

Downton is a liability.

[captainfog]

Downton won't be around for much longer.

[RichC]

Downton needs to go

[EwarWoo]

Yep. Bloody Abbey. Sack it.