The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

[Indian]

Speak for yourself, lots of us here love cricket.

Should have waited till end of that Eng vs SL game
Weekend especially Saturday was even better..
Unexpected games/results but still was the need of the hour to stir up the world cup

 

[thestaggy]

Amla 24 - Terrible average for top order
QDK 39.6 - slightly below average for top order
Faf 38.2 - slightly below average for top order
Markram 21.2 - terrible for top order for top order below average for mid order
RvdD 54 - really good average for middle order
Miller 34 - the definition of average for the middle order.

Markram's average isn't even mid order. Its acceptable for a part-timer batting between 7 - 9. Probably even too low for a #7 in a decent batting lineup.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

Lets close the thread guys...

I need some time away from cricket to recover

 

[Indian]

Lets close the thread guys...

I need some time away from cricket to recover

Once you love cricket
You can never stay away from it.

 

[Dan C]

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Match 31


Afghanistan opt to bowl

Afghanistan
Gulbadin Naib(c), Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Ikram Ali Khil(w), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman

 

[ShloshMalosh]

Once you love cricket
You can never stay away from it.

This is true. I can never not love cricket. Even my wife knows that she only wins on NRR

And despite the Proteas performances leaving me numb, we did have some really entertaining matches from IND VS AFG and NZ VS WI.

Sadly though... I'm still just numb from yesterday.

Dont really want to hear the word cricket! I was actually even looking forward to my mid year performance review meeting this morning.

That's saying a lot

 

[daveza]

Any winner predictions yet - perhaps after tomorrow's game between England and Australia ?

 

[Indian]

Any winner predictions yet - perhaps after tomorrow's game between England and Australia ?

This World Cup is as Open As '92 one.
Let'e enjoy each game as it is. If your favorite team wins, it's a Bonus.

 

[Creag]

Great passionate crowd in support of the Tigers.

 

[skimread]

Markram's average isn't even mid order. Its acceptable for a part-timer batting between 7 - 9. Probably even too low for a #7 in a decent batting lineup.

Problem isn't averages but run rate. Why has there been a massive decline in runrate between games before and during the world cup for the South African team?


https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/48704114

In a tournament that has largely proceeded according to form, rankings and expectations, South Africa are the one team who have significantly diverged from predictions.

They have bowled adequately, but not in the manner of a team that, coming into the tournament, possessed two of the top five in the ODI rankings (Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir).

As a team, they have batted with the fluency of a rhinoceros trying to play a Beethoven piano sonata during a rough ocean crossing on a slightly leaky 17th-century warship.

Their batsmen collectively have the third lowest strike-rate (81 per 100 balls), ahead only of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. No team has scored a lower percentage of its runs off the bat in boundaries (42%).

 

[Dan C]

BAN 262/7 (50.0)

 

[Agent_Smith]

Not a massive total by any means but Bangladesh will definitely back themselves to defend it.

 

[AirWolf]

As a team, they have batted with the fluency of a rhinoceros trying to play a Beethoven piano sonata during a rough ocean crossing on a slightly leaky 17th-century warship.

What an analogy.

Their batsmen collectively have the third lowest strike-rate (81 per 100 balls), ahead only of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. No team has scored a lower percentage of its runs off the bat in boundaries (42%).

Lowest boundary percentage says it all. We're lucky Afghanistan is in the tournament, otherwise we risked being stone last.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

It's a bad day for Sakib. He only scored 51.

 

[AirWolf]

Afghanistan 15/0 after 3 overs.
8 of which are extras.

 

[Dan C]

AFG 48/0 (10.0)

 

[Dan C]

oh dear and a minute later ...

Shakib to Rahmat, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Lowest boundary percentage says it all. We're lucky Afghanistan is in the tournament, otherwise we risked being stone last.

That's assuming Afghanistan don't manage to pull off a couple of wins.

Also Sri Lanka wouldn't want to be the only test playing nation to lose to us, so it's safe to assume that our wins are done for this tournament...

 

[Hamish McPanji]

40% chance of rain tomorrow at Lord's.

For Australia Vs England

 

[Dan C]

AFG 112/4 (30)