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ICC World Cup 2019

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  • #122
    VillaMad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭VillaMad


    Another beauty by Chahal. South Africa in all sorts of trouble. 80/4

    Baffled as to why South Africa opted to bat first. Pitch has been doing something all morning.


  • #123
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
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    89/5


  • #124
    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,280 ✭✭✭positron


    Would SA score 150?


  • #125
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    This schedule is such a monstrosity, having mostly one match per day is insane.


  • #126
    VillaMad
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    South Africa's last hope now really is Miller. He has to go big to give them something to bowl at.

    Looks like quiet a lean period now in South African cricket with them not looking like having anywhere near the talent to replace the likes of De Villiers, Steyn (who is as good as retired now) and Morkel. Even Graeme Smith has never been replaced and Amla is on his last legs as an international player and looks a shadow of his former self.


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  • #127
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,806 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    VillaMad wrote: »
    South Africa's last hope now really is Miller. He has to go big to give them something to bowl at.

    Looks like quiet a lean period now in South African cricket with them not looking like having anywhere near the talent to replace the likes of De Villiers, Steyn (who is as good as retired now) and Morkel. Even Graeme Smith has never been replaced and Amla is on his last legs as an international player and looks a shadow of his former self.

    They have been destroyed by kolpak contracts and the race quota system.


  • #128
    BarryD2
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    Interesting tussle between SA & India, great to see a legspinner taking wickets like that. Will SA get 200 and can they make similar inroads into India? The match will hardly go the 50 overs each one way or the other.


  • #129
    BarryD2
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    This schedule is such a monstrosity, having mostly one match per day is insane.

    Why and for who? The players or the punters?


  • #130
    Beasty
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    Well they's managed to get to 200, which certainly looked a big challenge not too long ago

    206-7 in the 47th


  • #131
    Blinky Plebum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Blinky Plebum


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Why and for who? The players or the punters?


    It's a terrible format because the tournament takes too long to get through it won't be finished until July 14th which is insane.

    It's basically the international cricket league rather than a world cup style tournament , people will be fed up of the games well before it gets to the end and the fact that all the teams bar Afghanistan are playing each other constantly takes away any kind of real intrigue to most of the matches.The structure also allows for too much margain for error, Englands loss the other day will probably have no impact on their chances of winning the tournnament.It's a disgrace that more of smaller nations were not included as in previous editions one of the intriguing aspects was how would some smaller nations perform and would they have any real star performers, there's almost none of that with this tournament.

    Of course I am sure the tournament structure is like this purely for generation of revenue and thats all that sports bodies care about anymore.


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  • #132
    Jupiter Mulligan
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    Blinky Plebum wrote: »

    Of course I am sure the tournament structure is like this purely for generation of revenue and thats all that sports bodies care about anymore.

    Yep.

    Leading sportsmen (and women) want huge salaries and the only way that can be funded is by taking the TV dollar. Take the TV dollar and you've gotta dance to the TV company's tune. That's probably why the Sri Lankans had to field in pretty poor conditions last evening.


    As an aside this is from the Guardian'd report on yesterday's game in Cardiff
    "Given the drama this nerve-jangling contest offered up it was a shame so few people were present to witness it.

    The official attendance was fewer than 5,000 in a ground that holds 15,200.

    More disappointing is the fact 8,500 tickets were sold and 3,000 given away to local schools but the vast majority, presumably put off by dire weather forecasts, failed to turn up."

    It's not on free to air TV and many people aren't willing to pay the very high prices required for tickets to the 'bigger' games. But I bet it will still be described as a success after it's all over.


  • #133
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,256 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Disaster for Bangladesh there. Kane Williamson well short but the keeper knocked the bails off before he had the ball in his hands


  • #134
    Debub
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Debub


    SAF looked a washed out side, batting, bowling and fielding, apart from the 2 opening bowlers. Bowled well but luck wasn’t on their side today. India should have wrapped it much sooner, but on the other hand showed good restraint to finish it off without much stutters. Pitch was bowler friendly - good bounce and movement off the pitch for both sides, not the batsman paradise which usually is the case. Hopefully this will throw up some good contests.


  • #135
    Beasty
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    Bangladesh probably making themselves favourites now - NZ 218-7 needing 27 from 39 balls, with 2 new batsmen in


  • #136
    Jupiter Mulligan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 525 ✭✭✭Jupiter Mulligan


    8 down now, but I suspect the Kiwis will get home. Good performance by Bangladesh though.


  • #137
    Beasty
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    Tension all the way but NZ get it by 2 wickets

    Hopefully the West Indies and Australia can serve up another close one at Trent Bridge tomorrow, particularly as I'm on the first flight to East Midlands in the morning!


  • #138
    Jupiter Mulligan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 525 ✭✭✭Jupiter Mulligan


    Beasty wrote: »
    Tension all the way but NZ get it by 2 wickets

    Hopefully the West Indies and Australia can serve up another close one at Trent Bridge tomorrow, particularly as I'm on the first flight to East Midlands in the morning!

    Lucky you! Forecast looks good. Don't forget to boo Warner and Smith!


  • #139
    BarryD2
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    Jupiter Mulligan wrote: »
    Lucky you! Forecast looks good. Don't forget to boo Warner and Smith!

    Water off a ducks back - make them more determined if anything!


  • #140
    KevIRL
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    Australia in all sorts of bother here.


  • #141
    BarryD2
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    KevIRL wrote: »
    Australia in all sorts of bother here.

    Windies are all over them - 79/5!! Who'd have thought - yesterday the spinners were having a field day, today the quicks. Good anyway to see batsmen having to work for runs and play the game.


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  • #142
    Jupiter Mulligan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 525 ✭✭✭Jupiter Mulligan


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Water off a ducks back - make them more determined if anything!

    Didn't work very well for Warner this morning! ;)


  • #143
    KevIRL
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    Nice recovery here from Smith and Carey. This game not over yet.


  • #144
    KevIRL
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    KevIRL wrote: »
    Nice recovery here from Smith and Carey. This game not over yet.

    Carey out, jinxed obviously


  • #145
    Debub
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Debub


    hopefully the Windies batting will be up to the mark


  • #146
    Beasty
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    Some fairly savage bowling from WI. Cost a few extras but only Carey & Smith have been able to cope with it

    Although the weather has been pretty good a couple of raindrops makes me wonder if we'll see any rain disruption later


  • #147
    Jupiter Mulligan
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    206-6 after 40. If the Aussies can get to 250 plus, I reckon they'll have enough in the tank to win. Unless Gayle can do his thing, of course.


  • #148
    KevIRL
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    Coulter-Nile going along very nicely. Just been dropped as well, could prove v costly.


  • #149
    KevIRL
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    Jupiter Mulligan wrote: »
    206-6 after 40. If the Aussies can get to 250 plus, I reckon they'll have enough in the tank to win. Unless Gayle can do his thing, of course.

    300 is on here now


  • #150
    KevIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 39,498 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    What a catch.


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  • #151
    y0ssar1an22
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    aussie's into favorites now with the bookies, and WI are giving away some amount of extras


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