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The 2023 Cricket World Cup
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After the drama-free finish to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the 2023 Cricket World Cup will finally get under way on the 5th October, having been initially delayed by Covid and then threatened by a Pakistani boycott.
England are the defending champions, and they're also the reigning T20 World Champions. Doubleplusgood, eh? They're looking to be the first nation to win consecutive ODI World Cups since the Aussie vintage of 1999-2007. Biggest adversaries to that are likely to be India, who haven't won a major global competition since the 2013 Champions Trophy, but will no doubt be heartened by the knowledge that the last three ODI World Cups have been won by a host nation.
Five-time winners Australia can never be ruled out, while Pakistan are fueled by a burning motivation to win the World Cup in the homeland of their greatest rivals. New Zealand have made the last two finals - losing the last on boundary count, would you believe? - and will hope to make the final step this year.
South Africa will presumably think they're due to win something, as they've not won a global competition since the 1998 Champions Trophy, while the Afghans will believe they can spin anyone into submission. Bangladesh will be hoping to make a sizable impact at the ODI World Cup for the first time.
Sri Lanka breezed through qualifying and will be encouraged by making the recent Asia Cup final, even if they did get hammered in said final. The Netherlands round off the ten teams after performing minor miracles in qualification, which of course means the West Indies, the winners of the first two ODI World Cups, will be missing out on this tournament for the very first time.
The ten-team format for the World Cup remains as simple as ever. Ten teams all play each other once, and the top four teams in the group at the end of it go through to the semi-finals, where it becomes a straight knockout. 48 matches total. There will be reserve days for the three knockout matches and, if necessary, Super Overs. But you can't win games on boundary count anymore...
After the drama-free finish to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the 2023 Cricket World Cup will finally get under way on the 5th October, having been initially delayed by Covid and then threatened by a Pakistani boycott.
England are the defending champions, and they're also the reigning T20 World Champions. Doubleplusgood, eh? They're looking to be the first nation to win consecutive ODI World Cups since the Aussie vintage of 1999-2007. Biggest adversaries to that are likely to be India, who haven't won a major global competition since the 2013 Champions Trophy, but will no doubt be heartened by the knowledge that the last three ODI World Cups have been won by a host nation.
Five-time winners Australia can never be ruled out, while Pakistan are fueled by a burning motivation to win the World Cup in the homeland of their greatest rivals. New Zealand have made the last two finals - losing the last on boundary count, would you believe? - and will hope to make the final step this year.
South Africa will presumably think they're due to win something, as they've not won a global competition since the 1998 Champions Trophy, while the Afghans will believe they can spin anyone into submission. Bangladesh will be hoping to make a sizable impact at the ODI World Cup for the first time.
Sri Lanka breezed through qualifying and will be encouraged by making the recent Asia Cup final, even if they did get hammered in said final. The Netherlands round off the ten teams after performing minor miracles in qualification, which of course means the West Indies, the winners of the first two ODI World Cups, will be missing out on this tournament for the very first time.
The ten-team format for the World Cup remains as simple as ever. Ten teams all play each other once, and the top four teams in the group at the end of it go through to the semi-finals, where it becomes a straight knockout. 48 matches total. There will be reserve days for the three knockout matches and, if necessary, Super Overs. But you can't win games on boundary count anymore...
- Fixtures:
- October 5 - England vs New Zealand (0930 BST)
October 6 - Pakistan vs Netherlands (0930 BST)
October 7 - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (0600 BST)
October 7 - South Africa vs Sri Lanka (0930 BST)
October 8 - India vs Australia (0930 BST)
October 9 - New Zealand vs Netherlands (0930 BST)
October 10 - England vs Bangladesh (0600 BST)
October 10 - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (0930 BST)
October 11 - India vs Afghanistan (0930 BST)
October 12 - Australia vs South Africa (0930 BST)
October 13 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh (0930 BST)
October 14 - India vs Pakistan (0930 BST)
October 15 - England vs Afghanistan (0930 BST)
October 16 - Australia vs Sri Lanka (0930 BST)
October 17 - South Africa vs Netherlands (0930 BST)
October 18 - New Zealand vs Afghanistan (0930 BST)
October 19 - India vs Bangladesh (0930 BST)
October 20 - Australia vs Pakistan (0930 BST)
October 21 - Netherlands vs Sri Lanka (0600 BST)
October 21 - England vs South Africa (0930 BST)
October 22 - India vs New Zealand (0930 BST)
October 23 - Pakistan vs Afghanistan (0930 BST)
October 24 - South Africa v Bangladesh (0930 BST)
October 25 - Australia vs Netherlands (0930 BST)
October 26 - England vs Sri Lanka (0930 BST)
October 27 - Pakistan vs South Africa (0930 BST)
October 28 - Australia vs New Zealand (0600 BST)
October 28 - Netherlands vs Bangladesh (0930 BST)
October 29 - India vs England (0830 GMT)
October 30 - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (0830 GMT)
October 31 - Pakistan vs Bangladesh (0830 GMT)
November 1 - New Zealand vs South Africa (0830 GMT)
November 2 - India vs Sri Lanka (0830 GMT)
November 3 - Netherlands vs Afghanistan (0830 GMT)
November 4 - New Zealand vs Pakistan (0500 GMT)
November 4 - England vs Australia (0830 GMT)
November 5 - India vs South Africa (0830 GMT)
November 6 - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (0830 GMT)
November 7 - Australia vs Afghanistan (0830 GMT)
November 8 - England vs Netherlands (0830 GMT)
November 9 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, (0830 GMT)
November 10 - South Africa vs Afghanistan (0830 GMT)
November 11 - Australia vs Bangladesh (0500 GMT)
November 11 - England vs Pakistan (0830 GMT)
November 12 - India vs Netherlands (0830 GMT)
November 15 - First semi-final, 1st v 4th (0830 GMT)
November 16 - Second semi-final , 2nd v 3rd (0830 GMT)
November 19 - Final (0830 GMT)
- Tournament Odds:
- (Bet365) - India 11/5; England 3/1; Australia 9/2; Pakistan 13/2; New Zealand 15/2; South Africa 10/1; Sri Lanka 25/1; Afghanistan 33/1; Bangladesh 50/1; Netherlands 750/1.
- Squad Lists (Teams have until the 28th September to finalise their squads):
- Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
Australia
Pat Cummins (capt), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehedi Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Mahmudullah.
England
Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
India
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vice-capt), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (c), Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
Pakistan
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.
Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (capt), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera (wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara.
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That's one of the worst reviews I've seen at this World Cup.
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Both openers gone pretty early, might be back to business as usual in this WC
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Wicket each for the seamers and nothing really being given away. Professional performance so far after the recent upsets
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NZ got 30 odd more than Afg should have allowed them to....their seamers needed to take more pace off and they shud have used Nabi's overs fully
and had they held all catches perhaps 50 runs could have been reduced
NZ has luxury of 4 spin option, Philipps, Matthews, Ravindra and Santner...Afg need to go after spinners...they bat deep....and if they get to 250+ they are still keeping themselves somewhat in the reckoning for a top-6 finish
and had they held all catches perhaps 50 runs could have been reduced
NZ has luxury of 4 spin option, Philipps, Matthews, Ravindra and Santner...Afg need to go after spinners...they bat deep....and if they get to 250+ they are still keeping themselves somewhat in the reckoning for a top-6 finish
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Well that was over pretty quick
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Shows how awful England were the other day!GSC wrote:Well that was over pretty quick
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That all ended swiftly, Afghanistan seemed to throw it in towards the end.
NZ's record now 4-0. They only need two more wins from the remaining five to be in the semis, and they've got India/Aus/SA/Pak/SL to come. The India game is basically a free hit, and at the end they should comfortably dispatch SL, so it's just a matter of finding one win from those middle three games and, on current form, I don't think NZ will be frightened of anyone.
Fair play to NZ. I had them down as one of the four who would be battling for the last semi-final place, but they've just cruised it easily thus far, with four very comfortable wins.
Bangladesh/India tomorrow. Astonishingly, unbelievably, according to Cricinfo this is the first ODI between the two to be played in India since 1998. Bangladesh's prospects are hanging by a thread, and it's difficult to make much of a case for them tomorrow beyond the old 'puncher's chance'. Should they lose then their record will go to 1-3, which is almost a case of goodnight.
NZ's record now 4-0. They only need two more wins from the remaining five to be in the semis, and they've got India/Aus/SA/Pak/SL to come. The India game is basically a free hit, and at the end they should comfortably dispatch SL, so it's just a matter of finding one win from those middle three games and, on current form, I don't think NZ will be frightened of anyone.
Fair play to NZ. I had them down as one of the four who would be battling for the last semi-final place, but they've just cruised it easily thus far, with four very comfortable wins.
Bangladesh/India tomorrow. Astonishingly, unbelievably, according to Cricinfo this is the first ODI between the two to be played in India since 1998. Bangladesh's prospects are hanging by a thread, and it's difficult to make much of a case for them tomorrow beyond the old 'puncher's chance'. Should they lose then their record will go to 1-3, which is almost a case of goodnight.
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Honestly looked more like Afghanistan threw it in after both openers were out.
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The thing with minnows is to win they need many low probability ducks aligned....which doesn't happen consistently and 2 games in a row is extreme rarity
For eg.....Afg's weaker suit is batting and so their batters have to play one of the best innings of life time to get them to a par total
Like their WK and opener did in last game
Then their probability of winning whatever it is drops to half when they chase.....because they are weak in batting anyway and chasing requires strong batting...so it was a mistake to field first by them.
And finally they would have needed more spin in the pitch, even if they batted first and got a fighting score... then there was today .
It seemed like 3.5/ 10 pitch compared to 5/10 in Delhi.
SL are the only team with no win but they will hope to open their account on Sat vs NED
Aus, Eng, Ned, BD, Afg all with a win apiece with Ned & Afg against top sides.
For eg.....Afg's weaker suit is batting and so their batters have to play one of the best innings of life time to get them to a par total
Like their WK and opener did in last game
Then their probability of winning whatever it is drops to half when they chase.....because they are weak in batting anyway and chasing requires strong batting...so it was a mistake to field first by them.
And finally they would have needed more spin in the pitch, even if they batted first and got a fighting score... then there was today .
It seemed like 3.5/ 10 pitch compared to 5/10 in Delhi.
SL are the only team with no win but they will hope to open their account on Sat vs NED
Aus, Eng, Ned, BD, Afg all with a win apiece with Ned & Afg against top sides.
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This is a positive start from Bangladesh. Tanzid has just taken Thakur for 16 runs, and Bangladesh are 63/0 after ten. Pandya limped off earlier. Time for spin.
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Pandya injury would be a potential disaster for India - like Stokes in 2019, he provides the balance to their side and attack.
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Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Pandya injury would be a potential disaster for India - like Stokes in 2019, he provides the balance to their side and attack.
Yep. Though may actually strengthen the front-line bowling as they'll bring in Shami or Ashwin for Shardul—and SKY is a downgrade on Hardik's batting but not too severely. Kohli consistently as the sixth bowler will be worrying for them though, and Ashwin/Shami at 8 weakens the lower order.
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Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Pandya injury would be a potential disaster for India - like Stokes in 2019, he provides the balance to their side and attack.
And he's not coming back for the rest of the innings, so that leaves India a bit short for this game and indicates the severity of the injury.
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If India did want one guy to get injured it's Pandya...the only genuine seam bowling all-rounder.
For Jadeja here is Axar and Washigton
Anyway we have to wait for scan results to see how bad is the ankle sprain
if it's less than grade-3 sprain, you could be walking or even running in a week as long as you don't have rotate the ankle....so he can be fucntional wearing a sleeve that make joint immobile.
even a 2/3rd fit pandya is worth a place in 11
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India cannot afford a bowler in his place.
They have to have a batter.....they can play SKY or bring in Shivam Dube, Rinku singh or Washington as batters who can bowl seam, part time spin and frontline spin respectively
For Jadeja here is Axar and Washigton
Anyway we have to wait for scan results to see how bad is the ankle sprain
if it's less than grade-3 sprain, you could be walking or even running in a week as long as you don't have rotate the ankle....so he can be fucntional wearing a sleeve that make joint immobile.
even a 2/3rd fit pandya is worth a place in 11
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India cannot afford a bowler in his place.
They have to have a batter.....they can play SKY or bring in Shivam Dube, Rinku singh or Washington as batters who can bowl seam, part time spin and frontline spin respectively
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On the game itself
India has pulled BD back...the pitch is true.....not in a Patta belter, but more like an Aussie true pitch with bounce , that you can hit through the line....and the spinners are getting something ( 3.5/10)
Pandya should be able to bat and anything less than 300 will not trouble India
320 upwards only will make India sweat
India has pulled BD back...the pitch is true.....not in a Patta belter, but more like an Aussie true pitch with bounce , that you can hit through the line....and the spinners are getting something ( 3.5/10)
Pandya should be able to bat and anything less than 300 will not trouble India
320 upwards only will make India sweat
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256. Highly disappointing for Bangladesh after an enterprising start. India gradually reeled them in with spin bowling, excellent catches, and the accurate bowling of Bumrah (even if he was hit for six off the last ball!).
The pitch looked a beauty for batting and the boundaries are very short, so I don't believe Bangladesh are anywhere close to a defendable score. They're also missing Shakib, he wasn't included in the team today due to injury, so that's a hit to their bowling.
Elsewhere, Stokes has confirmed his fitness and is almost certain to play v South Africa on Saturday.
The pitch looked a beauty for batting and the boundaries are very short, so I don't believe Bangladesh are anywhere close to a defendable score. They're also missing Shakib, he wasn't included in the team today due to injury, so that's a hit to their bowling.
Elsewhere, Stokes has confirmed his fitness and is almost certain to play v South Africa on Saturday.
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Crushing win for India. Didn't break a sweat, scoring 261/3 in 41.3 overs. Kohli getting to his hundred with a six that brought the winning runs, so a carnival atmosphere in Pune. King of the group stages, no doubt, but will Kohli be able to turn it on in the KO stages?
Moves India to 4-0, alongside NZ. Those teams actually meet on Sunday so, as they say in boxing, someone's 0 will have to go. It should go a long way to decide to 1st/2nd in the final standings.
Bangladesh are now 1-3 and it's nearly all over for them. They'll somehow have to conjure at least four wins from the remaining five to make the semis, which will involve them needing to beat a minimum of two from SA/Pak/Aus. I'm pretty happy to write them off now.
Virtually secure - New Zealand + India
Good progress - Pakistan
In the hunt - South Africa
On life support - Australia, England
Brown bread - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Netherlands
Tomorrow sees Australia v Pakistan, an excellent match-up that could go either way, with a lot riding on it. I see the tipping competition is very split on this one. Australia can ill-afford to go 1-3, while Pakistan have not yet beaten anyone of note and would like to positively rebound after losing to India. A Pakistan win is one-foot-in-the-semis territory. I am narrowly favouring Pakistan due to Australia's troubles with the bat. This is the 18th match, and it might be the first down-to-the-wire finish we get.
Moves India to 4-0, alongside NZ. Those teams actually meet on Sunday so, as they say in boxing, someone's 0 will have to go. It should go a long way to decide to 1st/2nd in the final standings.
Bangladesh are now 1-3 and it's nearly all over for them. They'll somehow have to conjure at least four wins from the remaining five to make the semis, which will involve them needing to beat a minimum of two from SA/Pak/Aus. I'm pretty happy to write them off now.
Virtually secure - New Zealand + India
Good progress - Pakistan
In the hunt - South Africa
On life support - Australia, England
Brown bread - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Netherlands
Tomorrow sees Australia v Pakistan, an excellent match-up that could go either way, with a lot riding on it. I see the tipping competition is very split on this one. Australia can ill-afford to go 1-3, while Pakistan have not yet beaten anyone of note and would like to positively rebound after losing to India. A Pakistan win is one-foot-in-the-semis territory. I am narrowly favouring Pakistan due to Australia's troubles with the bat. This is the 18th match, and it might be the first down-to-the-wire finish we get.
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The end to that India Bangladesh match was embarrassing. India prioritising an individual landmark over team, and umpire Kettlebrough not giving wides to ensure Kohli made the landmark too.
Kinda sums up the tournament to date really - total farce all round
Kinda sums up the tournament to date really - total farce all round
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I didn't mind India prioritising Kohli's century, it wasn't as if the result was in doubt.
Kettleborough should have signalled a wide, yes, that would have brought it down to one to win. Perhaps he feared that if he did signal wide then Bangladesh would bowl another, which may have triggered a riot? Maybe a common sense ruling, if not a legally acceptable one.
Kettleborough should have signalled a wide, yes, that would have brought it down to one to win. Perhaps he feared that if he did signal wide then Bangladesh would bowl another, which may have triggered a riot? Maybe a common sense ruling, if not a legally acceptable one.
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When a side is marching like Indians are you have to look at chinks along with their strengths
What are India' weaknesses?
1- Lacks of batting depth even in normal times
they have shardul / Ashwin at 8...both presumably are bowling allrounders
But shardul has never played an inning of note in white ball and ashwin too is a test match batter
and 9/10/11 arr classic old fashioned bunnies.
so in normal times Ind needs 40odd in 6 overs and 6 wkts down.....the remainder of batting will struggle to haul them over.
2- Dependence on Pandya for balance
if it's not a grade-3 sprain then he should be able to put full load on the ankle and run in a weeks time with some kind of support splints
so he should be back for the Eng game say reports BUT if he rotates / twists that ankle again....it will be bad ( ouch painful too)
without Pandya if India adds another bowler...the shallow batting is weakened further ...so they will have to add a batter ( SKY most likely)and down to 5 bowlers...and there are no practicing part-times left
( so Kohli. Rohit & SKY will all have to be ready to roll arm over)
Without Pandya balance is further exacerbated if its a 7/10 spin pitch...and India plays 3 spinners i.e Ashwin for Shardul and now they are down to 2 seamers only ...the cushion of a 3rd seamer gone totally.
If India does play Pandya in a 6 bowler line up as reports indicate they will from the Eng game onwards....they should bowl him as little as possible, try to win without his bowling and leave his bowling as a cushion in the side for crunch games
3- The last but not least...India has not been tested defending a total in this world cup so far
What are India' weaknesses?
1- Lacks of batting depth even in normal times
they have shardul / Ashwin at 8...both presumably are bowling allrounders
But shardul has never played an inning of note in white ball and ashwin too is a test match batter
and 9/10/11 arr classic old fashioned bunnies.
so in normal times Ind needs 40odd in 6 overs and 6 wkts down.....the remainder of batting will struggle to haul them over.
2- Dependence on Pandya for balance
if it's not a grade-3 sprain then he should be able to put full load on the ankle and run in a weeks time with some kind of support splints
so he should be back for the Eng game say reports BUT if he rotates / twists that ankle again....it will be bad ( ouch painful too)
without Pandya if India adds another bowler...the shallow batting is weakened further ...so they will have to add a batter ( SKY most likely)and down to 5 bowlers...and there are no practicing part-times left
( so Kohli. Rohit & SKY will all have to be ready to roll arm over)
Without Pandya balance is further exacerbated if its a 7/10 spin pitch...and India plays 3 spinners i.e Ashwin for Shardul and now they are down to 2 seamers only ...the cushion of a 3rd seamer gone totally.
If India does play Pandya in a 6 bowler line up as reports indicate they will from the Eng game onwards....they should bowl him as little as possible, try to win without his bowling and leave his bowling as a cushion in the side for crunch games
3- The last but not least...India has not been tested defending a total in this world cup so far
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Pakistan have put Australia in, obviously keen to test that rickety Australian batting order.
Australia unchanged, but Pakistan have put Usama in for Shadab, which leaves a very long tail.
Australia unchanged, but Pakistan have put Usama in for Shadab, which leaves a very long tail.
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Pakistan putting Australia's batting under pressure early after winning the toss then
Probably the first big game in terms of getting out of the group. Australia lose and they're right on the brink of elimination, Pakistan lose and they're 0-2 against the "bigger" sides in the tournament.
Probably the first big game in terms of getting out of the group. Australia lose and they're right on the brink of elimination, Pakistan lose and they're 0-2 against the "bigger" sides in the tournament.
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Bowling captains seem to get nervous if they ever have two reviews to use in this tournament
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Well, safe to say that those really have to be taken. Warner gets a life
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Usama Mir did a "Son you dropped the cup " moment
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Pitch has bounce and ball coming off the pitch quick...and so batters are shade late getting into the shots...and there is seam off the pitch
and seam movement will get exaggerated under lights as I see it.
Pak needed their seam bowling allrounder in place of Mir
275 ish the par to me
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GSC wrote:Well, safe to say that those really have to be taken. Warner gets a life
Yes, dreadful miss by Mir. Poor as well by Warner assuming the chance would be taken and not running a single.
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The wheels have rather come off a bit after that drop Pakistan need a bit of luck to regroup
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Cobwebs dusted, Rust polished...Aussie machine is rolling
Pak has not helped their cause by missing a 4th seamer on this pitch
finger spinner inside 10 overs is meat and drinks on a pitch with true bounce and pace
wrist spinner may have some impact
Pak has not helped their cause by missing a 4th seamer on this pitch
finger spinner inside 10 overs is meat and drinks on a pitch with true bounce and pace
wrist spinner may have some impact
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Yep, a dreadful miss and it seems to have destroyed Pakistani morale. That and the Australian assault!
Mir in to bowl. He owes his team a few...
Mir in to bowl. He owes his team a few...
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100 up in 12.3 overs.
Brought up off a filthy full toss, which rather sums it up for Pakistan so far. You can't lose a game bowling first in 12.3 overs, but you can go a very long way to doing so!
Think Pakistan need to gamble and bring Shaheen back. They need wickets.
Brought up off a filthy full toss, which rather sums it up for Pakistan so far. You can't lose a game bowling first in 12.3 overs, but you can go a very long way to doing so!
Think Pakistan need to gamble and bring Shaheen back. They need wickets.
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Warner might want to be careful about hitting this stand after the last game
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KP_fan wrote:
Pitch has bounce and ball coming off the pitch quick...and so batters are shade late getting into the shots...and there is seam off the pitch
and seam movement will get exaggerated under lights as I see it.
Pak needed their seam bowling allrounder in place of Mir
275 ish the par to me
At this rate they'll be past 275 inside 40 overs
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I think it's probably a 350, maybe even 375, par wicket. There was a bit there for the new ball, but since then absolutely nothing and the boundaries are tiny.
But from this position Australia should be targeting 400+. Maybe the first 500....?
But from this position Australia should be targeting 400+. Maybe the first 500....?
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What a relief to see M Marsh score more than 10 against a team other than England
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Duty281 wrote:I think it's probably a 350, maybe even 375, par wicket. There was a bit there for the new ball, but since then absolutely nothing and the boundaries are tiny.
But from this position Australia should be targeting 400+. Maybe the first 500....?
I don't think Pak will cross 275
Th Aussies are scoring like they are not because it's a 400 par pitch...but because I see Pak has collapsed mentally
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OK I think we can forget about " a close game at last " : Australia look on for 400 here !
Doubt they'll actually get that many but I'll be surprised if they don't get enough to kill this as a contest. KP_fan might be on the money with his mental collapse theory ...
Doubt they'll actually get that many but I'll be surprised if they don't get enough to kill this as a contest. KP_fan might be on the money with his mental collapse theory ...
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208/0 after 30.
428 is the WC record for highest score, set at this World Cup.
Warner goes to 100 in 85 balls. Penny for Mir's thoughts?
428 is the WC record for highest score, set at this World Cup.
Warner goes to 100 in 85 balls. Penny for Mir's thoughts?
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Rashid Khan 0/110 (9 overs); Snedden 2/105 (12 overs); Holder 1/104 (10 overs); Zadran 2/101 (10 overs).
That's the unwelcome list of bowlers who have conceded 100+ runs in an innings at a World Cup. Haris Rauf closing in on it if he bowls a few more!
And another drop! Tougher chance, but still. Might be injured too. All going wrong.
Highest opening partnership at a World Cup is 282, between Tharanga and Dilshan against Zimbabwe in 2011. Highest ever WC partnership is 372 between Gayle and Samuels, also against Zimbabwe, in 2015.
That's the unwelcome list of bowlers who have conceded 100+ runs in an innings at a World Cup. Haris Rauf closing in on it if he bowls a few more!
And another drop! Tougher chance, but still. Might be injured too. All going wrong.
Highest opening partnership at a World Cup is 282, between Tharanga and Dilshan against Zimbabwe in 2011. Highest ever WC partnership is 372 between Gayle and Samuels, also against Zimbabwe, in 2015.
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Aus aught to send Maxwell & Stoinis next.
No space left for Smith or Manis now
No space left for Smith or Manis now
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Absolutely. It's just T20 stuff now until the end.
Shaheen finally coming back, about 20 overs too late.
Shaheen finally coming back, about 20 overs too late.
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KP_fan wrote:Aus aught to send Maxwell & Stoinis next.
No space left for Smith or Manis now
Sending Maxwell in and him getting out first ball was great
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balls from the Pak wrist spinner started turning and Pak won't be happy to see that
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Warner on track for a double hundred...unless this jinxes him
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Shaheen's just pulled it back a little, he should have been on earlier, and now Mir has picked up Smith cheaply.
Just about hanging in Pakistan. If they keep it below 400 it's not all over.
Just about hanging in Pakistan. If they keep it below 400 it's not all over.
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KP_fan wrote:Warner on track for a double hundred...unless this jinxes him
It worked
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Not a 200 today...but the highest score of this world cup
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commentators are discussing who Head will replace when he is availbale
I think Stoinis has worked himself as the replacement
slow to react to pace or change of pace....reviews a middle of middle plumb with feigned confidence
His bowling is hardly needed
I think Stoinis has worked himself as the replacement
slow to react to pace or change of pace....reviews a middle of middle plumb with feigned confidence
His bowling is hardly needed
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