The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

[ShloshMalosh]

Ja, this is the kind of constructive cricket conversation i live for

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[Enzo Matrix]

Ja, this is the kind of constructive cricket conversation i thrive on

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Anyone from my LMS team. Better?

Same goes for miller

 

[Creag]

Just a few balls of Ali to go...

 

[Polymathic]

Like?

I hear this all the time but then the person making the argument cant name a young player to replace an incumbent

Based on One Day Cup there were several

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ost_runs_career.html?id=12625;type=tournament

 

[cool_gi]

i agree. i think they picked duminy for his part time bowling

 

[AirWolf]

Pakistan playing way better against England, than our IPL maggots.

 

[cool_gi]

duminy out for hendriks. drop amla to three. hendricks to open. or hendricks at 3. the lineup looks way better without duminy

 

[dw...]

Pakistan are playing well, quite a mature batting performance.

 

[cool_gi]

Pakistan are playing well, quite a mature batting performance.

looks like SA and Pakistan have swopped roles

 

[joshuatree]

Bangladesh hail impact of former Proteas star McKenzie

https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/C...il-impact-of-former-protea-mckenzie-20190603?

shared via @Sport24news

 

[stefan9]

I was thinking about alternative all rounders that we could have taken instead of Morris or Pretorius.

In all honesty, Morris was out in the wilderness, and Pretorius never looked like he had enough experience.

Vern and Farhaan come to mind

Vern is accurate and solid with the bat.
Fudge is a quality bat (very underrated IMO) who can provide some variation with the ball.

It appears that Ottis's obsession with Raw pace vs Variation is the reason they were not counted in WC plans.

We've seen against modern batters that taking pace off the ball has yielded results in the middle overs. Case in point, Andile has been our best bowler after 2 matches.

Just something to think about.

Farhaan doesn't bowl anymore. Hardly bowled for titans all season.

Vern could have been a good call.

Other option they could have gone with is george linde even he is a spinning allrounder.

For the others it was a wc too soon. Wiaan Mulder,Eathan Bosch,Dayyaan Galiem and Jason Smith are all capable but not ready for this wc.

 

[stefan9]

Pakistan playing way better against England, than our IPL maggots.

Typical pakistan. They are all playing 1000% better then there opening game vs west indies.

 

[Dan C]

PAK 252/3 (40)

 

[theratman]

PAK 252/3 (40)

Looking at around 340 imo. What a performance so far.

 

[Dan C]

Looking at around 340 imo. What a performance so far.

Would be great if they beat England... not to great for my Superbru predictions.

 

[Polymathic]

Looking at around 340 imo. What a performance so far.

Pakistan scored in the 300s range in the recent tour and still lost all the games against England in their recent series

 

[theratman]

English fielding has been very average. Gifting Pakistan extra runs all over the park.

 

[Creag]

Rohit: "I don't think a '500 pitch' exists!! It has to be an insane day for you to achieve something like that as a team.. P.S. this comment was recorded in 2019. " And if it does exist, it certainly shouldn't, is my view.

Tend to agree with the CricInfo writer.

 

[Dan C]

Losing wickets at the end here. 340 should still be on the cards.

 

[Whright]

Agreed, Roy's dropped catch was very costly, however Woakes catching has been very good. 4 catches so far.