Unofficial Cricket World Cup Thread

[The Bloop]

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not sure if hes the first in world cup cricket mathews of sri lanka has been timed out .

Hes the first in international cricket, not just the World Cup.

[dml1954]

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not sure if hes the first in world cup cricket mathews of sri lanka has been timed out .

It needed to be done. There is alot of time wasting in cricket. A few days ago in one match, there was a scheduled drinks break after an hours play and then at the end of the very next over, the batsmen stopped, took off their helmets, called their reserves on and had another one which took at least another two minutes. Then between overs in another game a team (think it might have been India) went into a team huddle between overs and stayed there talking for a least a few minutes - umpire came over and told them to continue playing but they basically ignored him.

[The Bloop]

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It needed to be done. There is alot of time wasting in cricket. A few days ago in one match, there was a scheduled drinks break after an hours play and then at the end of the very next over, the batsmen stopped, took off their helmets, called their reserves on and had another one which took at least another two minutes. Then between overs in another game a team (think it might have been India) went into a team huddle between overs and stayed there talking for a least a few minutes - umpire came over and told them to continue playing but they basically ignored him.

With the opposition having a limited amount of time to bowl their overs, its about time something like this happened.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Although it took longer to reach the decision to give him out and for the next batsman to come to the crease than it would have done just to get him a new helmet.
I guess enforcement of the rule can act to speed up future batsmen though.

[dml1954]

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Although it took longer to reach the decision to give him out and for the next batsman to come to the crease than it would have done just to get him a new helmet.
I guess enforcement of the rule can act to speed up future batsmen though.

I would think that they had given him out quite quickly but he just didn't want to go.

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

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The blame for slow play has to be with the officials. There’s 3 umpires and a match referee, but it’s the norm that none of them take any action or stop the 12th man (plus many others) from running on at the end of just about every over. Batsmen sending for helmets every other over if there’s a quickie one end and twirlyman at the other end. Every time a wicket falls the subs run on with drinks, even if there’s 2 wickets in an over. I noticed the other night that they took drinks, and the groundsmen came on to mark the crease when the side were 9 down.

So easy to stop. Drinks after an hours play, and no one leaves or enters the field of play without the umpires permission.

[the other bob wilson]

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The blame for slow play has to be with the officials. There’s 3 umpires and a match referee, but it’s the norm that none of them take any action or stop the 12th man (plus many others) from running on at the end of just about every over. Batsmen sending for helmets every other over if there’s a quickie one end and twirlyman at the other end. Every time a wicket falls the subs run on with drinks, even if there’s 2 wickets in an over. I noticed the other night that they took drinks, and the groundsmen came on to mark the crease when the side were 9 down.

So easy to stop. Drinks after an hours play, and no one leaves or enters the field of play without the umpires permission.

Well said, not really sure what to think about today’s incident - what you talk about is far more of a problem.

[Michael Morris]

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This Australia v Afghanistan game is unbelievable.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Incredible innings by Maxwell

[The Bloop]

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This Australia v Afghanistan game is unbelievable.

That's the most extraordinary innings by Glenn Maxwell.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Glammy's social media team quick off the mark! https://twitter.com/GlamCricket/stat...29924821360870

[Michael Morris]

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Maxwell.jpg

[the other bob wilson]

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The problem with losing interest in a tournament because there have been so few competitive games in it is that you miss most of a truly fantastic innings like Maxwell's. I only saw the last twenty minutes or so of it and it offered further proof that the moment you start thinking you've seen it all in sport. something comes along to prove you wrong.

Even so, I'd still say that this is the real story so far to be taken from this World Cup.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/07/england-send-out-the-executioner-as-world-cup-shambles-reaches-new-low

There's a good film to be made out of England's startling and humiliating collapse - it's made all the worse because the length of the tournament makes it such a lingering death.

[MacAdder]

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Thanks for posting the link.

Didn't see the innings as have lost interest and only tend watch snippets when I can.

Sending the guy out to the press conference is just another of a long list of people in society not taking responsibility for their actions.

Cricket has become a shadow of the game I once loved and even though there must have always been cases of "jobs for the boys", the days of people doing the decent thing, whether that be falling on their sword or a simple interview to risk taking flak by fielding the uncomfortable questions, seem to be gone.
How do these people keep their jobs?

Pathetic leadership.

[TWGL1]

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This is not a drill * England win a game of cricket ��