ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[Mitchell]

Class From @MattW

 

[Bevab]

Class From @MattW

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Maybe Tendulkar’s idea of two innings wasn’t so far fetched after all. Make it happen over two days and we have a deal.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Not to discount what New Zealand did today (and yesterday) but I think the tournament winners will be playing tomorrow. Of course if England lose I'll be backing New Zealand 100%.

 

[Mitchell]

Maybe Tendulkar’s idea of two innings wasn’t so far fetched after all. Make it happen over two days and we have a deal.

hahah better idea than the 100 format lol

 

[Alexei.]

GG Nz, NZ over AUS or ENG. Kohli's wicket was quite similar to CT17 final one. First 2 balls wider and the next one a bit towards the line, almost the same shot, LBW this time, Caught then.

 

[Rehan_24]

To be honest, India lost that game when they were 6/3. I said this before and I will say it again that India was relying too heavily on their top 3. Shekar Dahawn being left due to an injury was a huge blow and Indian batting were just banking too heavily on Virat and Sharma. With a full day of rain and overcast conditions, the target of 240 was a big ask for any side but I didn't expect this huge collapse which India faced. Boult and Henry were just too good. Full Credit goes to Newzeland for the power show and they have a good chance in Finals due to their sheer pace attack.

I think many people will agree that in this World Cup luck played quite a role in many crunch matches but at the end of the day, the deserving and better team won the match on the day. India seriously needs to find out some substance in the middle order and I think its time for MS to move one from the International Cricket.

While I also want to re-emphasize here that the momentum which India lost against England by taking the game lightly (due to confirmed qualification almost) came into the play here somehow. NZ knew that if they we get their top 3 out, the lower middle order is not aggressive anymore. Even if the match would have resumed yesterday It would be a very hard task for Indian batting to chase down the total due to pitch behavior and conditions.

For the second semi-final, I feel England has a better chance of winning it and eventually taking the crown on the 14th July[DOUBLEPOST=1562768762][/DOUBLEPOST]

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I think there wasn't much choice. The reserved days for Knockout were already decided well before the World Cup so this is quite a lame excuse. India could have been in much more serious troubled situation had the match been resumed yesterday. The conditions were overcast, it was drizzling here and there with Boult and Henry steaming it would have been even worse.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

NZ played better cricket and deserved to win.


For India its the same old middle order shit exposing after a collapse.

 

[Dutch]

Great win for NZ! India will be kicking themselves for a bad start.

 

[Ohm]

We're Bharat army and we stand beside our team, now and forever. Always proud of the men in blue!

 

[Dutch]

I honestly expected for India to canter to that total with 12 overs to spare....gotta love cricket!

 

[Mitchell]

To be honest, India lost that game when they were 6/3. I said this before and I will say it again that India was relying too heavily on their top 3. Shekar Dahawn being left due to an injury was a huge blow and Indian batting were just banking too heavily on Virat and Sharma. With a full day of rain and overcast conditions, the target of 240 was a big ask for any side but I didn't expect this huge collapse which India faced. Boult and Henry were just too good. Full Credit goes to Newzeland for the power show and they have a good chance in Finals due to their sheer pace attack.

I think many people will agree that in this World Cup luck played quite a role in many crunch matches but at the end of the day, the deserving and better team won the match on the day. India seriously needs to find out some substance in the middle order and I think its time for MS to move one from the International Cricket.

While I also want to re-emphasize here that the momentum which India lost against England by taking the game lightly (due to confirmed qualification almost) came into the play here somehow. NZ knew that if they we get their top 3 out, the lower middle order is not aggressive anymore. Even if the match would have resumed yesterday It would be a very hard task for Indian batting to chase down the total due to pitch behavior and conditions.

For the second semi-final, I feel England has a better chance of winning it and eventually taking the crown on the 14th July[DOUBLEPOST=1562768762][/DOUBLEPOST]

I think there wasn't much choice. The reserved days for Knockout were already decided well before the World Cup so this is quite a lame excuse. India could have been in much more serious troubled situation had the match been resumed yesterday. The conditions were overcast, it was drizzling here and there with Boult and Henry steaming it would have been even worse.

it was a joke ahhaha

 

[Rehan_24]

This surprise win also brought up some new and veteran faces of Planet Cricket from other parts of the World. Good to see that [DOUBLEPOST=1562769243][/DOUBLEPOST]Ian Chappel should be happy If England and NZ face each other in the finals. Good for the game isn't it?

 

[Rehan_24]

I must appreciate Jadeja here, the guy looks quite underrated in India. Had he not played that innings it would have been quite an embarrassing defeat today. Jadeja saved the grace a lot and played really well and reach right in the corner.

 

[Bigby Wolf]

I can sense a collapse coming either in the semis or the finals. Both the opening batsmen will get out on a single digit score triggering a middle order collapse irrespective of the opposition we face.

See told ya!

 

[abhi_jacko]

Still stunned by the result. Failure to chase yet again in a tournament knock out game. We might end up with the chokers tag if this goes on. Steamroll through the group stages and just lose it completely during the knockouts

Whats the point of dominating the year and topping the charts, if there is no silverware to show for it

Atleast, there was Jadeja's fiery performance. Loved the gesture towards the commentary box (to the Sh!ts-n-pieces commentator probably)