2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches

[Rapido]

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

South Africa are fucking flying at this CWC

Scores of 428, 311, 399, and 382

The loss to the Netherlands really stands out as they only scored 207.

de Kock now the leading run scorer as well.

Sure are.

Ironically, probably the least they'd be rated leading in, in their CWC history.

[mariner4life]

they'll fuck it up, they always do

i look forward to the new and interesting way they find to do it

[NTA]

Gotta love the quality and effort of the Dutch ground fielding. Every run counts

[NTA]

Maxwell has decided to cricket

[NTA]

101 off 40. Some kind of record I'm sure

[NTA]

Previous record in an ODI CWC was 49 balls.

[NTA]

[NTA]

Good catch. Awareness of the boundary

[NTA]

Shut up Third ump. Good catch

[mariner4life]

so this CWC has now pretty much taken shape.

India favourites. South Africa and Australia now flying. We're looking super likely for the semis because everyone from 5 down looks a bit shit

Our record propped up by playing 4 games against the ordinary sides. Next two tells us if we are a chance or making up the numbers

[MN5]

It still staggers me that a country that produced names like Lara, Richards, Marshall, Ambrose, Sobers, the three Ws, Garner, Holding etc isn’t in this tournament.

Fuck that must be depressing for the legends I’ve listed above…..

[Duluth]

Aussie sorted out their NRR too. 399 v 90 in that last game

Good to see a couple of the remaining NZ games start at 6pm nzt instead of 9:30pm

[Chris B.]

England flew out of the blocks with a good start (apart from a missed lbw first ball), but they've fallen into a hole.

Bairstow ran out Root (well, probably both culpable), then got himself out shortly after - and now Butler has gone cheaply. 77/4 and in some trouble (Malan was first out).

[sparky]

England are having an absolute mare in this tournament. Time to ditch the 100 and start playing more domestic 50 over Cricket again?

[Bones]

Well we know who really should've won the last world cup. Fucking abysmal holders.

[Bones]

Karma is making England her bitch.

[Chris B.]

Stokes dropped - but, would have been a fabulous effort to take it.

[NTA]

Lol. Suck it, Piers...

[Dodge]

Whole tournament has been a joke from England. Too many old players who just don’t care that much about this tournament, poor captain without the personality to repeat Morgan’s approach.

Interesting stats on the Wisden podcast, in the 4 years to 2019 we played something like 85+ games of ODI cricket, in the four years to this one, 44. We also used 10 more players in this cycle as our “best players” were rested. We focussed on T20, and won that last year, we haven’t taken ODIs seriously we deserve everything we’re currently getting

[Virgil]

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

Whole tournament has been a joke from England. Too many old players who just don’t care that much about this tournament, poor captain without the personality to repeat Morgan’s approach.

Interesting stats on the Wisden podcast, in the 4 years to 2019 we played something like 85+ games of ODI cricket, in the four years to this one, 44. We also used 10 more players in this cycle as our “best players” were rested. We focussed on T20, and won that last year, we haven’t taken ODIs seriously we deserve everything we’re currently getting

4 years to late for us though.

Sigh.