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2024 T20 World Cup
Just over a week away now from some glorious six-hitting in the cricketing heartlands of Barbados, Trinidad, Saint Lucia and, um, New York City.
England are defending the crown they won at the MCG in front of 80,000 people in November 2022. They'll probably be hoping it goes a bit better than their defence of the 50 over title! The tournament is, as T20 competitions are, very wide open. If England were to win it again they'd be the first men's team to win back to back World T20 titles in the history of the competition.
Chasing them keenly are the bookmakers favourites India, who are very, very thirsty because of a drought that has existed since 2013 in ICC tournaments. Australia will obviously be there or thereabouts, and there's plenty of excitement around the West Indies, twice winners of this competition, and how glorious it would be to see them lift a trophy at home.
Or perhaps South Africa will finally stop being Tottenham and actually win something? But it's T20. So it could be anyone. Ireland, Scotland, Uganda....USA?
I thought the format of the last couple of T20 World Cups was absolutely perfect. Naturally, then, the ICC have altered it for this year! So we've now got 20 teams, up from 16, and 55 matches in total, up from 45.
There's no preliminary round this time. All teams start off the same. Four groups of five teams. All play each other once. Top two in each group go through to the Super 8s. Super 8s is split into two groups of four. No points are carried over and all teams play each other once in the Super 8s. Top two in each Super 8 group go through to the semi-finals, from which it's a straight knockout. Means a team will play nine games if they are to lift the trophy, in comparison to England's seven games to win it in 2022.
One curious thing about the format, and the ICC love curious things (such as there being no reserve day for one semi-final), is that the finishing places in the initial group are seeded. For example, England are designated B1 in their group, and Australia are B2, which means that it's irrelevant if England come first or second. They will go through to Group 2 of the Super 8s regardless of finishing first or second. I suppose it guarantees certainty for fans, as they know where teams are playing after the initial group stage.
While I don't think it's been directly said, the draw was not a fair and open one. It took place behind closed doors and ensured India/Pakistan were in the same group, as well as some other long-standing rivalries, such as USA v Canada. I'm surprised the ICC didn't put India and Pakistan in the same Super 8 group as well! The groups are:
- Groups:
- Group A: Canada, India (A1), Ireland, Pakistan (A2), USA
Group B: Australia (B2), England (B1), Namibia, Oman, Scotland
Group C: Afghanistan, New Zealand (C1), Papua New Guinea, Uganda, West Indies (C2)
Group D: Bangladesh, Nepal, Netherlands, South Africa (D1), Sri Lanka (D2)
Super 8s
Group 1: India, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Group 2: Pakistan, England, West Indies, South Africa (presuming all goes to plan and no upsets happen!)
Another note: India will be playing in the second semi-final if they get there, because of TV times
The fixture list is all over the place with timings, so try and keep up! If you're in the UK, games can start at 01:30, or they might begin at 18:00, and quite a few matches seem to overlap in the early stages.
- Fixture List (All times BST):
- Sunday June 2
USA vs Canada - Grand Prairie, Texas (1.30am)
West Indies vs Papua New Guinea - Providence, Guyana (3.30pm)
Monday June 3
Namibia vs Oman - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
Sri Lanka vs South Africa - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 4
Afghanistan vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (1.30am)
England vs Scotland - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Netherlands vs Nepal - Grand Prairie, Texas (4.30pm)
Wednesday June 5
India vs Ireland - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Thursday June 6
Papua New Guinea vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (12.30am)
Australia vs Oman - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
USA vs Pakistan - Grand Prairie, Texas (4.30pm)
Namibia vs Scotland - Bridgetown, Barbados (8pm)
Friday June 7
Canada vs Ireland - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Saturday June 8
New Zealand vs Afghanistan - Providence, Guyana (12.30am)
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh - Grand Prairie, Texas (1.30am)
Netherlands vs South Africa - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Australia vs England - Bridgetown, Barbados (6pm)
Sunday June 9
West Indies vs Uganda - Providence, Guyana (1.30am)
India vs Pakistan - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Oman vs Scotland - North Sound, Antigua (6pm)
Monday June 10
South Africa vs Bangladesh - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 11
Pakistan vs Canada - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Wednesday June 12
Sri Lanka vs Nepal - Lauderhill, Florida (12.30am)
Australia vs Namibia - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
USA vs India - Long Island, New York (3.30pm)
Thursday June 13
West Indies vs New Zealand - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
Bangladesh vs Netherlands - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3.30pm)
England vs Oman - North Sound, Antigua (8pm)
Friday June 14
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
USA vs Ireland - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Saturday June 15
South Africa vs Nepal - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (12.30am)
New Zealand vs Uganda - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
India vs Canada - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Namibia vs England - North Sound, Antigua (6pm)
Sunday June 16
Australia vs Scotland - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
Pakistan vs Ireland - Lauderhill, Florida (3.30pm)
Monday June 17
Bangladesh vs Nepal - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (12.30am)
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 18
West Indies vs Afghanistan - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
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Wednesday June 19
A2 vs D1 - North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Thursday June 20
B1 vs C2 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (1.30am)
C1 vs A1 - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Friday June 21
B2 vs D2 - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
B1 vs D1 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Saturday June 22
A2 vs C2 - Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
A1 vs D2 - North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)
Sunday June 23
C1 vs B2 - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
A2 vs B1 - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
Monday June 24
C2 vs D1 - North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
B2 vs A1 - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Tuesday June 25
C1 vs D2 - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
Knockout stages
Thursday June 27
Semi-final #1 - Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (1.30am)
Semi-final #2 - Providence, Guyana (3.30pm)
Saturday June 29
Final - Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)
- Squads (Not yet finalised):
- Group A
Canada
Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva.
Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.
India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
Ireland
Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Pakistan
Yet to be announced
United States
Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones, Steven Taylor, Corey Anderson, Saurabh Netravalkar, Jessy Singh, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Andries Gous, Shayan Jahangir, Ali Khan, Nisarg Patel, Milind Kumar.
Reserves: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
Group B
Australia
Mitchell Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Reserves: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short.
England
Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
Namibia
Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut.
Oman
Aqib Ilyas (captain), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad.
Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.
Scotland
Richie Berrington (captain), Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.
Group C
Afghanistan
Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ishaq, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran.
Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (captain), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.
Reserve: Ben Sears.
Papua New Guinea
Assadollah Vala (captain), CJ Amini, Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura.
Uganda
Brian Masaba (captain), Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel.
Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya
West Indies
Rovman Powell (captain), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.
Group D
Bangladesh
Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Reserves: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
Nepal
Rohit Paudel (captain), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee.
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (captain), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Daniel Doram, Fred Klaassen, Logan van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.
Reserve: Kyle Klein
South Africa
Aiden Markram (captain), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.
Reserves: Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi.
Sri Lanka
Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka (vc), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, and Dilshan Madushanka
Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Janith Liyanage.
- Outright Odds (Bet365):
- India 11/4; Australia 7/2; England 9/2; South Africa 6/1; West Indies 9/1; New Zealand 10/1; Pakistan 12/1; Afghanistan 33/1; Sri Lanka 33/1; Bangladesh 80/1; Ireland 200/1; Netherlands 250/1; Namibia 400/1; PNG 500/1; Scotland 500/1; USA 750/1; Nepal 1000/1; Oman 1000/1; Canada 1000/1; Uganda 1500/1.
The USA and Canada will be starting this one off in Texas. That's the most unlikely cricket sentence ever uttered.
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I do like these tracks that bring the bowlers into the game and create close games very much so.
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Batsman or team cannot be given runs off the delivery off which bowler takes a wicket.
The only exception I think is stumped off a wide.
The logic being that a delivery is smallest indivisible unit of time that counts in cricket.
On a given delivery a batsman's status is is binary, either he is batting or was given out.
If given out, he could not have scored runs for himself or team.
Debate if any should be on the "umpire's call" rule, which in my view may appear unfair but to me is quite OK.
Because it balances out for all sides , unless the umpire is deliberately biased.
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Then Sri Lanka v Nepal in the early hours, same situation for SL, it's a must win and an expected win. Although there is plenty of rain forecast in Florida. EDIT: Seems Sri Lanka v Nepal is almost certainly going to be washed out. Currently odds of 10/1 on Betfair that a game is actually completed.
Weather is not looking good for Friday's USA/Ireland game either, also in Florida. The USA just need a point to make the Super Eights, so this will be good for them. But the weather for all the key games remaining in England's group looks absolutely fine.
Followed closely by Australia v Namibia. Australia can join South Africa in the Super Eights and make it three from three with a victory. A Namibian upset would give Australia motivation to beat the Scots.
Good that the tournament is reaching some jeopardy already. Took about seven months for that to happen with the 50 over version!
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If Scotland lose to Australia by 20 runs (say, chasing 161), England will have to win their last two games, against Oman and Namibia, by a combined margin of at least 94 runs to go ahead of Scotland on run rate.
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Duty281 wrote:Cricinfo have also thrown some light on to the extent of England's task:
If Scotland lose to Australia by 20 runs (say, chasing 161), England will have to win their last two games, against Oman and Namibia, by a combined margin of at least 94 runs to go ahead of Scotland on run rate.
I would expect Eng to rather comfortably get the 94 run margin.
Actually they may be able to get that margin in a single game..........it's Oman & Namibia
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KP_fan wrote:Duty281 wrote:Cricinfo have also thrown some light on to the extent of England's task:
If Scotland lose to Australia by 20 runs (say, chasing 161), England will have to win their last two games, against Oman and Namibia, by a combined margin of at least 94 runs to go ahead of Scotland on run rate.
I would expect Eng to rather comfortably get the 94 run margin.
Actually they may be able to get that margin in a single game..........it's Oman & Namibia
Should do, but no guarantees. Australia only managed to beat Oman by 39 runs.
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Duty281 wrote:KP_fan wrote:Duty281 wrote:Cricinfo have also thrown some light on to the extent of England's task:
If Scotland lose to Australia by 20 runs (say, chasing 161), England will have to win their last two games, against Oman and Namibia, by a combined margin of at least 94 runs to go ahead of Scotland on run rate.
I would expect Eng to rather comfortably get the 94 run margin.
Actually they may be able to get that margin in a single game..........it's Oman & Namibia
Should do, but no guarantees. Australia only managed to beat Oman by 39 runs.
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No, I think they'll win by 100+ runs or by 8 or 9 wickets. England, that is.
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Almost certainly not going to be enough, but let's see how it goes.
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India will dominantly make it to semis & then under-perform in a way that's called choking.
Eng is always working out scenarios.
The super-8 is not really what I thought as name suggests, but rather 2 groups of four.
I think Aus &WI are favorites to win this. They could both feature in final unless they run into each other in semis.
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Florida hit by torrential rain and flash floods, so virtually no chance of any play between Nepal/Sri Lanka. Means Sri Lanka will be out and a tasty Bangladesh/Netherlands game is up next in that group, on Thursday afternoon. If Bangladesh triumph in that one they're pretty much assured of qualification; if the Dutch win it becomes interesting.
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India v USA this afternoon. The last game in New York.
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The more interesting game is West Indies/New Zealand. We've barely seen NZ in this World Cup, but they must beat the West Indies in this one or it is virtually all over for the Kiwis. A NZ win would suddenly put the pressure back on the West Indies, who would then likely need to beat Afghanistan to advance.
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Marky wrote:Josh Hazlewood admitting they might take things easy against Scotland to knock England out, at least he's honest about it, it's usually an unspoken thing
Don't blame them really, makes sense for them. If we go out it won't be because of this, the powerplay bowling was a joke against Australia, England had basically lost after something like 3.2 overs and of course a lot of NRR damage was done in the end
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Marky wrote:Josh Hazlewood admitting they might take things easy against Scotland to knock England out, at least he's honest about it, it's usually an unspoken thing
If England do win their final two games, I really hope Australia don't do something stupid, otherwise it could get ugly.
Like imagine a situation where if Scotland lose by 25 runs or fewer then England get knocked out. One ball left in the game and Scotland are 26 runs behind Australia. In comes the bowler and a massive overstep/massive leg side wide. Oh no! England are out because of it.
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Once admitted & if executed in Football FIFA regulations would call it "Match Manipulation" which both an offence I guess & a disgrace.Marky wrote:Josh Hazlewood admitting they might take things easy against Scotland to knock England out, at least he's honest about it, it's usually an unspoken thing
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Duty281 wrote:Marky wrote:Josh Hazlewood admitting they might take things easy against Scotland to knock England out, at least he's honest about it, it's usually an unspoken thing
If England do win their final two games, I really hope Australia don't do something stupid, otherwise it could get ugly.
Like imagine a situation where if Scotland lose by 25 runs or fewer then England get knocked out. One ball left in the game and Scotland are 26 runs behind Australia. In comes the bowler and a massive overstep/massive leg side wide. Oh no! England are out because of it.
Hi Duty - I fully understand where you and the other guys here are coming from and why but suspect Hazlewood is more trying to wind up England and their supporters than anything else. Ultimately, I believe the professional sportsman's desire to ensure he defeats the opponent immediately in front of him will outweigh anything else. Australia have already comprehensively beaten England once in this World Cup. They shouldn't be worrying about having to do it a second time in the final.
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India winning the toss and bowling first in this one. The last game in New York. I'll miss this low scoring bowling paradise.
A win will get the USA through, as unlikely as that seems! If they do lose they'll be motivated to minimise the damage, because it could come down to a NRR decider for 2nd spot between the USA and Pakistan (or Ireland).
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Dubey needs to deliver...and he is in as a batting allrounder who bowls decent seam....should be given a bowl at least in these conditions
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They could have been more clinical
Rohit suffers from not knowing how to use 7 bowlers.
Dravid has checked out and on a paid holiday with family.
India needs kohli to get a big score and do a clinical finish
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Duty281 wrote:I do indeed expect and hope that is the case. I'm certainly not thinking Australia will throw the game, and they shouldn't worry about England.
You won't be saying this when Davey Warner opens the bowling against Scotland
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VTR wrote:Duty281 wrote:I do indeed expect and hope that is the case. I'm certainly not thinking Australia will throw the game, and they shouldn't worry about England.
You won't be saying this when Davey Warner opens the bowling against Scotland
He'll reinvent himself as a new ball gun bowler and extend his career for five years.
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I'd hope England would do the exact same in their scenario. No way I'd be playing Jof or Dilly with qualification secured. Probably try to get Brook up the order, maybe even open ahead of Jos to get him a hit. Maybe look at Surran ahead of Mo or Livi as a leftie who can hit spin. Perhaps look at giving Salt the gloves, have Jos in the outfield.
Australia tried to game the NRR against Windies in '99 I believe, to get NZ out the comp. Batting very slowly but still trying to win the game. It didn't work IIRC.
So long as a team aren't trying to lose, I'm not sure I have an issue with that sort of tactic. They've won all their games to be in a better position in the tournament. Even within Hazlewood's interview he mentions that taking confidence from winning would be more important anyway. It feels a bit mountains from mole hills that Mott has now responded when England still need to overturn their NRR issues in two games before Oz and Scotland meet.
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India through. USA will join them if they beat Ireland or the game is rained off (forecast
There is also an outside scenario of Canada beating India and joining the NRR battle, but that's highly unlikely!
WI v NZ in the early hours. The Kiwis fighting for their survival.
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That broke USA's back.
Indian batting is scratchy, Dubey a giant hitter on Patta IPL pitches is struggling to scratch in mildly seaming conditions against half decent attacks.
India has a rigid template and a rigid batting order that might hurt them.
On the other hand we may not find such pitches and more in this tournament and Dubey might feast on west Indian pitches.
USA I have a feeling will develop faster than Nepal, Middle Eastern and African countries, because they have far more resources.
More grounds, affluent much larger South Asian and West Indian origin population, and a baseball culture that makes it easy for American Americans to take this sport on.
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KP_fan wrote:USA I have a feeling will develop faster than Nepal, Middle Eastern and African countries, because they have far more resources.
More grounds, affluent much larger South Asian and West Indian origin population, and a baseball culture that makes it easy for American Americans to take this sport on.
Absolutely, there's enormous potential for USA to become a cricketing power.
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KP_fan wrote:They dropped a sitter of Surya, gave away 5 penalty runs for some reason that I could not exactly figure while Watching on phone while on a TEAMS call.
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No point surely in having a TEAMS call if you can't ask your workmates what's happening in the cricket?!
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PS I believe the penalty runs were for twice taking too long to start an over.
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guildfordbat wrote:KP_fan wrote:They dropped a sitter of Surya, gave away 5 penalty runs for some reason that I could not exactly figure while Watching on phone while on a TEAMS call.
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No point surely in having a TEAMS call if you can't ask your workmates what's happening in the cricket?!![]()
PS I believe the penalty runs were for twice taking too long to start an over.
Yeah, more attempted match manipulation from India. Both an offence and a disgrace!
I believe it was attempted before during previous tournaments but the powers that be turned a blind eye.
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I well and truly jinxed NZ, didn't I?
Wi went on to make 149/9, thanks to a quickfire 68 (39) from Rutherford, after being in dire straits at 77/7 at one stage.
NZ started off relatively well in their chase but then the wickets began to fall with Motie and Joseph doing most of the damage.
Phillips with a bit of a late flurry now... but probably too much to ask... with 50 runs needed off the final 3 overs.
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Pal Joey wrote:The Kiwis are ripping through the Windies. 32/5 after 7 overs. The crowd is a bit stunned.
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I well and truly jinxed NZ, didn't I?
Wi went on to make 149/9, thanks to a quickfire 68 (39) from Rutherford, after being in dire straits at 77/7 at one stage.
NZ started off relatively well in their chase but then the wickets began to fall with Motie and Joseph doing most of the damage.
Phillips with a bit of a late flurry now... but probably too much to ask... with 50 runs needed off the final 3 overs.
To me the biggest surprises has been the back to back losses & mediocre show of NZ
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Presuming Afghanistan beat PNG in the early hours of Friday, and that shouldn't be too strenuous, NZ are out. The group will then end with a dead rubber between WI and Afg for a meaningless 1st/2nd place.
Bangladesh v the Netherlands this afternoon. Both teams on two points so far. If Bangladesh win they'll almost certainly be through, because their final game is v Nepal; if the Dutch triumph they'll be in the box seat, albeit their final match is v SL, a tougher proposition, so their qualification wouldn't be secure with a win here. Though it would be a sizable step.
And, slightly later, England have to take down Oman to stay in the tournament. Need a big win, too, to begin undoing the NRR damage. Apparently England will be loading their team up with all of Archer, Wood and Topley, with Jordan making way, and Bairstow won't be dropped, despite looking finished.
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Set up for a good chase.
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49 needed off the last five overs. Edwards and van Beek in the middle. We know van Beek can launch a few after his 30 run Super Over last year.
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Means this group is 99% over. Bangladesh just need to beat Nepal, or have the game rained off, to get through with SA. By this time tomorrow three of the four groups could have been practically decided, or even all four if England mess it up tonight!
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Topley has come in for Jordan.
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Ned, Ire & Scot appear better 50 over sides.
Eng is bowling first, makes sense, bowl them out for sub-100 and chase it down in 5 to 6 overs
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Duty281 wrote:Interesting....England choosing to bowl first after winning the toss. Aside from the NRR dilemma, it looks a good wicket with small boundaries.
Topley has come in for Jordan.
Really need to do what Australia did against them. What will probably happen is we're about to unearth the Oman version of Shai Hope
Edit: crikey, it was actually Namibia that Australia thrashed. Like I said before, I'm not really following this tournament that closely
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VTR wrote:Duty281 wrote:Interesting....England choosing to bowl first after winning the toss. Aside from the NRR dilemma, it looks a good wicket with small boundaries.
Topley has come in for Jordan.
Really need to do what Australia did against them. What will probably happen is we're about to unearth the Oman version of Shai Hope
Edit: crikey, it was actually Namibia that Australia thrashed. Like I said before, I'm not really following this tournament that closely
Or do what Scotland did. They chased down 151 v Oman in 13 overs.
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Topley reminds me a bit of Bruce Reid.
Ali dropped a sitter.
This game would be far from competitive & of academic interest only.....how far can Eng recover their NRR
3 down for very Little
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All 7 of them seen so far get away from the line & stay leg sidish of the ball
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Get this in five overs and England might exceed Scotland's NRR. In 5.2 overs or fewer to exceed Scotland's NRR, apparently.
Oman competed well against Australia and Namibia, nearly beating the latter, but they've run out of steam for these last two games.
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GSC wrote:Australia about to call up Darren Pattinson for the Scotland game
Ha, also Bryce McGain to be drafted in to replacd Adam Zampa
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