2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches

[mariner4life]

@Duluth if things go wrong on sunday, i think the interest will ramp right the fuck up

[Rapido]

@mariner4life said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:

Virat Kohli is the best ODI batsman of all time and i don't think it's close

Averages 57 after 270 innings
Scores a hundred every 5 and a half innings
Passes 50 a little over every 2nd innings
Career strike rate of 94

Has scores of 85 and 55* so far this Cup. He's the guy you need to get if you're going to win this tournament

I reckon he is second best of all time, behind Viv.

[mariner4life]

I think there's a reason that there is no interest in Australia

[bayimports]

I watched the game, 6 dropped catches by Australia and their batting wasn’t much better. Pakistani bookmakers must have made a killing. Not performing like an Australian cricket team for sure

[mariner4life]

Because they have completely abandoned the one-day game
Look at the side they have picked. It's basically the test side with zampa and Maxwell
And zampa is shit.

If Australia don't care about 50-over cricket then it's in trouble as a format, just as thr BCCI want

[Dodge]

It’s weird how hard you to have to work to find out that there’s a World Cup going on. The 50 over format is dead

[Duluth]

India v Pakistan starting soon. India have chosen to field

[Bones]

Wickets, umpires call? That looked like it was easily taking leg. Is there a certain portion of the ball that needs to be hitting wicket for tmo?

[Cyclops]

Umpires call is less than 50%

[bayimports]

So India thump Pakistan making the NRR scenario interesting for Pakistan if a close challenger. India of course looking solid at home

[bayimports]

Afghanistan off to a great start against England, 51 without loss after 6.3

[bayimports]

I havent seen a ball bowled yet, so dont know if the pitch is a road, but I dont think England would be overly happy with this start. The onslaught continues.. 79/0 after 10. RR 7.9

[Donsteppa]

Gurbaz is batting like Baz, Ibrahim a bit more sedate at the other end.

[bayimports]

@Donsteppa said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:

Gurbaz is batting like Baz, Ibrahim a bit more sedate at the other end.

Its still early but if these two put on a large partnership, could make a fun run chase later under pressure. Sure, not squeaky bum time this early but it has potential.

[bayimports]

ahh this is the pitch that SA scored 428 on.. so big totals quite possible

[bayimports]

and just like that, the game changes Afghanistan 123/3 with Gurbaz the destroyer now out and heading back to his Marvel universe

[bayimports]

Eng chasing 285 to win. Should get home comfortably minor hiccup though at 3/1

[Bones]

England looking decidedly black crappish this world cup. Making a meal of this chase.

[Bones]

Got off to a flyer, but lost 4 wickets in the process. Now 117-5 after 20 and just absolutely wasted a review, plumb as fuck.

[bayimports]

They’re in real trouble now, will do well if they can get themselves out of this