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tisza

tisza

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Sometimes the selection policy rationale seems to border on the absurd. Brook (on why Crawley was picked having not played a 50 over game for over 2 years) "we like the height difference between Crawley and Duckett"
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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My Sunday plan, get up and have a nice relaxing morning watching England get an easy win against Nepal.

That was way way closer than it should have been.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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So close for Afghanistan, 2 super overs needed for South Africa to win.

Been some great close games from the underdogs so far. Hope this puts to bed the constant 'should only be the test sides at the world cup' rubbish.

IMO we need smaller groups so that a loss for one of the big teams really puts them in trouble.
 
ovduk78

ovduk78

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chiefdave said:
Few overs ago Finn was talking about how they just need to keep ticking over and can get there without taking any risks then they implode again.

We were lucky to beat Nepal and now we've lost to the Windies who aren't exactly the hot favourites for the tournament.
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English batsmen seem to have a low cricketing IQ, Jacks and Buttler both got out trying to hit sixes when they were well ahead of the required rate & there was no need. West Indies did bowl well and deserved to win but at 74/1 in the 7th over England should have got closer and probably won.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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ovduk78 said:
Australia lose to Zimbabwe 😂
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Loving this world cup. Its so much better with the 'smaller' nations in it and playing well.

Would prefer to see it go straight to knockout after the group stages. That way if you have a lower ranked team sneak through they're only one good day from a semi final rather than going into the super 8s and having the odds massively stacked against them.
 
ovduk78

ovduk78

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chiefdave said:
Loving this world cup. Its so much better with the 'smaller' nations in it and playing well.

Would prefer to see it go straight to knockout after the group stages. That way if you have a lower ranked team sneak through they're only one good day from a semi final rather than going into the super 8s and having the odds massively stacked against them.
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I hope Pakistan beat India, it seems to me that India can do whatever they want and the ICC let them get away with it.
 
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jto123

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chiefdave said:
Loving this world cup. Its so much better with the 'smaller' nations in it and playing well.

Would prefer to see it go straight to knockout after the group stages. That way if you have a lower ranked team sneak through they're only one good day from a semi final rather than going into the super 8s and having the odds massively stacked against them.
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I think people forget that the smaller nations play more T20 then the test playing nations, so are actually more experienced in some ways.
 
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