Sports Cricket World Cup 2023

[Ever Hopeful]

This is actually farcical. What kind of contest could possibly be had in these conditions? Poles apart.

It's annoying because I think we were up for this game, just haven't been able to get enough parity to get into the game by the cricketing gods.

 

[tajhay]

Good luck to all still watching. Hopefully we can pull it off.

 

[tajhay]

Ravindra gone seems like the hopes of nz as well

 

[Makasene]

On a slow pitch, 5 overs at 6.5 an over is more than acceptable and underutilized, especially in tonight's conditions

I agree that is handy.

But if they consider him part time then it's exactly what you are looking for.

If he concedes 30 of his next 2 overs as a target then all of a sudden he's going at 10s

I agree that others have bowled poorly though

 

[Makasene]

This is actually farcical. What kind of contest could possibly be had in these conditions? Poles apart.

It's annoying because I think we were up for this game, just haven't been able to get enough parity to get into the game by the cricketing gods.

Was told that only one team batting 2nd has won here and that was Aus v AFG who should have been 113/8 and bundled out for 120 if Mujeeb had taken the simplest of catches

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Was told that only one team batting 2nd has won here and that was Aus v AFG who should have been 113/8 and bundled out for 120 if Mujeeb had taken the simplest of catches

I have never seen a game so far apart in conditions.

NZ with two swing bowling maestros bowled ball one with a solitary third slip and Gill was able to drive loosely away from his body and hit the middle of the bat time and again.

NZ is actually having to play test cricket to survive. Bumrah can't control the ball it is moving so much. and it looks like it might do this for 20 overs.

This World Cup has just not been up to standard, and I would say that if the shoe was on the other foot. Farcical

 

[JaggedJ]

Could barely watch 5 overs before switching it off. Nothing short of corrupt.

Never expected NZ to win in a fair contest, but this isn't even close to approaching fair.

India cooked the pitch just on the off chance they lost the toss, it had bare patches ready to spin from the start.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Was told that only one team batting 2nd has won here and that was Aus v AFG who should have been 113/8 and bundled out for 120 if Mujeeb had taken the simplest of catches

SA 399 beat England 170 (England were 100/8
SA 382 beat Bangladesh 233 (Bangladesh were 81/6)
India 357 beat Sri Lanka 55
Aussie 113/8 vs huge underdogs.

And they are playing a finals match here...

Again NZ punching above their weight and coping with it better than the others sans Maxwell who should have been out early.

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Never thought I'd hear Supergroove over the speakers in an Indian cricket game!! quality!

 

[ndp26]

Geez, this Daryl Mitchell guy is a bit average...

 

[ndp26]

Ravindra gone seems like the hopes of nz as well

Enter the Captain to steady the wayward ship.

 

[ndp26]

SA 399 beat England 170 (England were 100/8
SA 382 beat Bangladesh 233 (Bangladesh were 81/6)
India 357 beat Sri Lanka 55
Aussie 113/8 vs huge underdogs.

And they are playing a finals match here...

Again NZ punching above their weight and coping with it better than the others sans Maxwell who should have been out early.

This match is playing out similarly... survive the first 10-15 overs of the second innings and you get an opportunity to match Maxwell's heroics. Not really the balanced pitch befitting of a CWC though.

 

[Tonbridge(aka Swanley)]

Losing Kane too early.....Latham was a waste of time.

Phillips needs to go big now or go home...

 

[Ever Hopeful]

Proud of NZ. We shouldn't have been in that, and we were, as is typical of this team.

 

[tyrael]

Proud of NZ. We shouldn't have been in that, and we were, as is typical of this team.

We always punch above our weight. I really hope we start developing some bowlers. Need some overseas bowling coaches to support domestic cricket and need our spinners playing overseas and not on our green surfaces.

 

[jonesy101]

We always punch above our weight. I really hope we start developing some bowlers. Need some overseas bowling coaches to support domestic cricket and need our spinners playing overseas and not on our green surfaces.

It will be a changing of the guard with Southee and Boult being our incumbents for so long in all formats.

This world cup has been a strange one for all bowlers. It's been jading watching even the best in the world go for 80.

 

[Inruin]

SA batting first and under the pump. 8-2 after 6 overs

 

[Playdaball]

The cricket WC seems to have gone on for ever .

 

[Ever Hopeful]

SA batting first and under the pump. 8-2 after 6 overs

And Australia will chase with Duckworth-Lewis in play. A titanic battle to stay in this now for South Africa. A shame this early on in the contest

 

[mrblonde]

24-4. Just made the Tchwenty Tchauw For Tchauw.
How we lost to this shower of shit I don't know.
So the Final's going to be between Shit A - India and Shit B - Australia.
Guess I'm going for Australia, since India will probably pull more jiggery-pokery over the pitches, since the ICC seem to be ka pai with that...