104-8 and I can not fathom what they are doing. Raschid and Willey are dead batting overs away. Why ? They need 126 to win off 18 overs. They might as well lose having a go, for goodness sake.
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104-8 and I can not fathom what they are doing. Raschid and Willey are dead batting overs away. Why ? They need 126 to win off 18 overs. They might as well lose having a go, for goodness sake.
When's the final please?
Dunno. Some time in January? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by dandywarhol
England are playing Australia next Saturday.
Talk about jollies!
19th november:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by poc
Well I wasn't that far out :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by poc
Sri Lanka currently 29-8 against India.
The record low score in the World Cup is Canada's 36.
All out for 55 :yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
Sri Lanka have a cricketing pedigree whereas the Canada score is not too surprising.
Good time to hit form for India.
https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...eys-retirement
David Willey:- I think the fact that he knew he was not going to be awarded a central contract before he came out to India says to me that he’s been treated unfairly and has performed better than many other players who were awarded central contracts.
seems a squad full of cliques.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by poc
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by poc
With the opposition having a limited amount of time to bowl their overs, its about time something like this happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
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.
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Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
I would think that they had given him out quite quickly but he just didn't want to go.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish.
This Australia v Afghanistan game is unbelievable.
Incredible innings by Maxwell
That's the most extraordinary innings by Glenn Maxwell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Glammy's social media team quick off the mark! https://twitter.com/GlamCricket/stat...29924821360870
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/20...eaches-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.
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.
This is not a drill * England win a game of cricket ��
Aside from the money, I can't see that many of England's 'better' players wouldn't rather be back home putting their feet up..Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
most will be ready for the big money bbl which starts soon in australia i see buttler was ok to face up after the massive win against netherlandsQuote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Innit tho :frown:Quote:
Originally Posted by poc
Shami takes an unprecedented 7 wickets for India to beat NZ and reach the WC final, eventually by 70 runs.
Virat Kohli hits a century in a total of 397, what a player.
They'll sure be tough to beat!
Every time I watch them Rohit Sharma seems to put the opposition on the back foot within the first 4 or 5 overs. He's a machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Even when they chase a big total, they do it with ease. They just never panic.
SA v Aus semi atm, Looks like helluva game going on.
Aus were on top taking early wickets with SA doing well to bat their overs out bar a couple of balls.
Aus looking comfortable chasing a modest 213 tomwin but SA have battled back and Aus have five down.
Still gotta fancy the Aussies who need 70 at 3 an over but another wicket now and it could swing again.
193-7, down to the bowlers but Starc and Cummings are both more than tail enders, still got to fancy Australia unfortunately.
Aus made hard work of it winning by 3 wickets.
I stayed away from the result but watched the extended highlights earlier this evening.
If de Kock takes the two pretty regulation catches for a wicket keeper (excluding Jonny Bairstow that is) then the outcome could have been quite different.
Cant see anything but an Indian victory in the final but stranger things have happened.
South Africa would have found another way to lose that Semi Final even if DeKock had taken those catches, it’s what they do. So we end up with a Final between the two teams I least wanted to win at the start of the tournament, but I must say that, from what I’ve seen, India have been so good and they’re clearly the best team in the tournament.
Think this format has big problems though, take Afghanistan, that Maxwell innings and England’s collapse away and the tournament has had little to commend it - it lasts way too long and chasing teams don’t seem as good at structuring a fifty over reply as they used to be.
Excellent fight back by Australia. Its a proper old style ODI. If India can get to 250 it could be one heck of a final. 120,000 crowd have been very quiet since about the 10th over.
Good match so far, and it's live on terrestrial television.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish.
Funny that the last two Finals have been played on wickets that were so hard to put bat to ball, apparently the last forty overs of the Indian innings saw just four fours and seven twos hit - barring extras, the rest of the runs came from singles. The experts are saying that the dew coming down might help the batting side, but, if there’s no dew, I reckon India might have a winning score.
After early success and excitement, the game is slipping away from India now with Head and Labuschagne well in.
India desperately need a wicket.
Tough call on India LBW Labuschagne on Bumrah's return.
The Umpire's call must have been millimetres.
Crowd now very quiet!
Australia seem to be hitting the ball more cleanly than India were, seems that dew might be having effect - it’s Australia’s to lose now.