2019 Cricket ODI WC
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@MN5 Sanga was one of my favourite players, being a lefty I tried to model my technique on his. His numbers, especially in tests, were absolutely phenomenal after he gave up the gloves. Glad that his commentary has not changed my opinion of him - dead set legend.
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@No-Quarter said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 Sanga was one of my favourite players, being a lefty I tried to model my technique on his. His numbers, especially in tests, were absolutely phenomenal after he gave up the gloves. Glad that his commentary has not changed my opinion of him - dead set legend.
Fuck yeah......despite their considerably later start to the format Sri Lanka have produced more legends in Test Cricket than we have which irks me a little bit.
I'm a lefty as well, I have the same birthday as Brian Lara too.....but in terms of technique and emulation we'll leave it at that. The overhand slog served me pretty well in indoor cricket back in the day though.
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@MN5 Sangakkara was on the same train back to London from Cardiff on Sat. He was happy to talk to fans and pose for selfies even though he clearly wanted to relax by himself. My son got a selfie with him which even topped the 30 quid the boy made from collecting the returnable beer cups at the ground!
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This looks like it could be a remarkable tournament.
It's got me actually watching cricket for the 1st time in years.
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@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Munros unbeaten 50 will piss his haters off massively. I'm picking at least two more decent scores to push his claims then everyone will get to say they told us so when he shits the bed in a semi ( provided we make it which is less than guaranteed despite our amazing start )
Have a look at the batting averages of all of the openers being used in this tournament.
There's a couple of outliers averaging over 50 - both Pakistanis, an Afghani, Shai Hope.
Most of the best players are in the mid to high 40s. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Quentin de Kock, Hashim Amla, Davey Warner, Johnny Bairstow. There's quite a few of them.
Almost all of the others are in the low 40s or very high 30s - Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch.
Then a few mid-30s - both Bangladeshis are around 36. The two Sri Lankans are 36 and 35. The more experienced Afghani averages 34.
And down below them is Colin - averaging 26 and not much more taking his stats purely as an opener.
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@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Munros unbeaten 50 will piss his haters off massively. I'm picking at least two more decent scores to push his claims then everyone will get to say they told us so when he shits the bed in a semi ( provided we make it which is less than guaranteed despite our amazing start )
Haters? Or Not Raters?
I've really really wanted him to succeed but have accepted he's unlikely to.
Think Henry Nicholls is the better option.
Don't consider myself a Hater.
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@nzzp Yeah - they've pretty much shown all along that they really, really, really want Munro to open and I can understand their rationale. They want and need the Baz flying start.
Unfortunately, Munro has shown pretty convincingly that he's a low probability option - so the "selecting" is not so much selecting as wishful thinking.
Not so sure. I think they did, but like me above they've accepted he's the back up and Henry Nicholls is their preferred option. Remember he was injured.
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@booboo It will be interesting to see how it pans out.
They persisted with Munro a lot longer than they should have earlier in the year and even in the first CWC warm up game vs India - they gave him the opening berth and Nicholls was back in the middle order.
Now that he's made runs, I'm expecting him to be retained and I heard Wally Lees on the radio today expecting the same thing.
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Bangles have 'Lankans 159-6 after 25 overs.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Bangles have 'Lankans 159-6 after 25 overs.
the Afghans you mean?
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Yep. Geography brain-fade...
Lankans now 180-8. rain stopped play.
Bloody great to see the Afghans so competitive considering what their country has been thru.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Yep. Geography brain-fade...
Lankans now 180-8. rain stopped play.
Bloody great to see the Afghans so competitive considering what their country has been thru.
Is the forecast looking favourable or do the Lankans look likely to escape by washout?
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Raining until 1900. Dull mist and drizzle across much of the West of the UK
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I just said to Mrs Meldrew that, having introduced the natives to Anzac biscuits, looks like it's time to extend their culinary horizons yet again...,,
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@MajorRage said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
How on earth Malingas action is legal baffles me
eh, straight arm, just slingy. I have more issues with spinners in long sleeves, or some of the 'whippy' actions that are around. Kane can look a bit suss as well when bowling.
The thing with those lower actions is that high bounce gets largely taken out of the equation. Conversely, it looks a lot straighter, adn probably comes out of the umpire for the batsman.
I just can't see a basis to make it illegal. It's more amazing that it's controllable and repeatable - and tore us a new one from time to time
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Munros unbeaten 50 will piss his haters off massively. I'm picking at least two more decent scores to push his claims then everyone will get to say they told us so when he shits the bed in a semi ( provided we make it which is less than guaranteed despite our amazing start )
Have a look at the batting averages of all of the openers being used in this tournament.
There's a couple of outliers averaging over 50 - both Pakistanis, an Afghani, Shai Hope.
Most of the best players are in the mid to high 40s. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Quentin de Kock, Hashim Amla, Davey Warner, Johnny Bairstow. There's quite a few of them.
Almost all of the others are in the low 40s or very high 30s - Jason Roy, Martin Guptill, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch.
Then a few mid-30s - both Bangladeshis are around 36. The two Sri Lankans are 36 and 35. The more experienced Afghani averages 34.
And down below them is Colin - averaging 26 and not much more taking his stats purely as an opener.
Wow, he genuinely is a weak link then when you take that into consideration.
