T20 World Cup 2021
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@rotated said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@nzzp said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@machpants said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@donsteppa said in T20 World Cup 2021:
This is scarily soon.
Less than a year to bring in Finn Allen for Guptill, Devon not to punch his bat, and pitches where we won't need two spinners.
They have a WC every year???
It's hard to track, but they seem to have moved back to a T20 World Cup every two years, and I think this is the 2020 one rescheduled.
I wonder if a knockout tournament with 3 match series would be more fun. Less chance of freak results, less of a lottery, and plenty of meaningful games. Would be good fun; take 16 sides, play 4 rounds (12 games), do it in 3 weeks. Then the winner is actually the winner, tosses less likely to influence.
Why not remove the over limit and let teams bat for as long as they wish, let teams bat twice so teams bat in a variety of conditions, play it over five days and use a red ball?
Way too slow and boring, as if anyone would watch that.
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@scribe said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mofitzy_ said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Is there any other sport where a coin toss is so influential on the result?
World Heads or Tails Championship.
This made me laugh way more than it should have. Bravo sir.
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I had two big fears about this game.
- We would get pumped; and
- We would win the toss and still get pumped.
Though, really, I was pretty confident Oz would win the toss. (I knew it, Dan!).
I should have had more faith in Kane to save us from a pumping. Haven't watched the game, but the scoreboard makes it look like Guppy was probably a bit inhibited by Conway's absence?
Philips definitely needed to go from ball 1. We needed 20 from 10 balls from him and leave Jimmy and Seifert to close out the last 4-5 overs, with Kane.
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@mofitzy_ said in T20 World Cup 2021:
Is there any other sport where a coin toss is so influential on the result?
NZ didn't seem to complain too much about the coin toss before the India and England games...
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@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@NTA will go on about Marsh winning the game for Oz for the rest of the year. It’s sickening how much he loves and rates that guy.
I feel better losing with Marsh the hero, could have been worse if it had been Warner Wade or Maxwell. Also I think Finch has claimed a first - the first Australian Captain to ever publicly acknowledge that NZ are a good team
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@nevorian said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@NTA will go on about Marsh winning the game for Oz for the rest of the year. It’s sickening how much he loves and rates that guy.
I feel better losing with Marsh the hero, could have been worse if it had been Warner Wade or Maxwell. Also I think Finch has claimed a first - the first Australian Captain to ever publicly acknowledge that NZ are a good team
Despite not knowing the correct first name of at least one player in the NZ team.
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@chris-b said in T20 World Cup 2021:
I had two big fears about this game.
- We would get pumped; and
- We would win the toss and get still pumped.
Though, really, I was pretty confident Oz would win the toss. (I knew it, Dan!).
I should have had more faith in Kane to save us from a pumping. Haven't watched the game, but the scoreboard makes it look like Guppy was probably a bit inhibited by Conway's absence?
Philips definitely needed to go from ball 1. We needed 20 from 10 balls from him and leave Jimmy and Seifert to close out the last 4-5 overs, with Kane.
The only positive for me was 6-1 on Aus beating NZ in the final before the semis..We have such a terrible record against Aus in CWC finals matches, I keep hoping it will change, it doesnt.
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@bovidae said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@nevorian said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@mn5 said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@NTA will go on about Marsh winning the game for Oz for the rest of the year. It’s sickening how much he loves and rates that guy.
I feel better losing with Marsh the hero, could have been worse if it had been Warner Wade or Maxwell. Also I think Finch has claimed a first - the first Australian Captain to ever publicly acknowledge that NZ are a good team
Despite not knowing the correct first name of at least one player in the NZ team.
Small steps small steps
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@rapido said in T20 World Cup 2021:
We play India in 36 hours, lol.
I had to look as you couldn't have been correct! That is unreal.
A T20 too!! Comedy
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@nzzp said in T20 World Cup 2021:
@rapido said in T20 World Cup 2021:
We play India in 36 hours, lol.
isn't it more like 60 hours? Not htat it makes it much better- Thursday morning NZT
17th Nov, 7pm (think that is Indian time).
So, yeah you're right actually. 2 and a half days time, rather than one and a half days away.
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From some player ratings in Stuff. Posted more for the stats than the rating...
Trent Boult: The pick of the bunch. Thirteen wickets, tied for second-best in the tournament, at an average of just 13.30 and an economy rate of 6.25. Used all of his skills and toil. 8
Mitchell Santner: Entered the tournament as a key member of the bowling unit with his ability to restrict runs. Did so superbly in the win over India but bowled only one over in the semi and couldn’t make an impact in the final, ending the tournament with just two wickets at 74.50. 4
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@crucial said in T20 World Cup 2021:
From some player ratings in Stuff. Posted more for the stats than the rating...
Trent Boult: The pick of the bunch. Thirteen wickets, tied for second-best in the tournament, at an average of just 13.30 and an economy rate of 6.25. Used all of his skills and toil. 8
Mitchell Santner: Entered the tournament as a key member of the bowling unit with his ability to restrict runs. Did so superbly in the win over India but bowled only one over in the semi and couldn’t make an impact in the final, ending the tournament with just two wickets at 74.50. 4
Why didn't they put Santner's ER in their write up? Things that make you go hmmm. Because it was good?
The answer? it was, ER of 6.77
