Nothing can be done now. However, if the ICC ever wished to do something, they still could`ve.
I said exactly the same thing as well. For a WC, there should be no excuse to not get games started as soon as rain stops in the modern game. English authorities, for all the regularity with which it...
Ridiculous assumption that. The same Indian audiences stay up to watch late night games in the football world cup. The same Indian audiences (included me) watched night games in the 2002 Natwest Series (Ind v SL Bristol etc)!
I feel this week is going to be the final nail in the coffin of all long-form cricket. A big section of the modern cricket watchers doesn`t exactly enjoy ODIs or Tests. It's just the history and aura around the WC that attracts supporters. Cricket administrators have long confused $$ in the...
I`d say Pakistan are the favorites if they can hold on to their nerves and bat sensibly here. The 2nd tier of Aussie bowlers can go the distance. Amir is a good bat under pressure as well! C`mon!
Seems like there are good odds of both India games this week being washouts. Would get sadistic pleasure in watching that happen. Maybe, just maybe, it might force the ICC to schedule sensibly.
I have a very simple argument for the ICC. If games can be rescheduled on short notice in the English Premier League or the IPL, why can`t we have proactive administrators for the pinnacle of our sport? Wimbledon every other year has a huge backlog of games due to the English weather and they...
Rain is going to washout 2 more games this week at the very least. How many games before the ICC realizes it's getting farcical. If they had the will to reschedule these fixtures given the severe weather warnings in such advance, they would`ve. Its a long tournament and given that there is just...
The BCCI gets a flak for their greed and negative qualities. However, one reason for cricket's popularity in India is that it has become a more professionally handled sport. For example, with the IPL, the governing council is pro-active right through the event. Every year, we have several...
The ICC don`t care about common-sense. Not to have reserve days for an event in England is brainless. If we could have them in 1999, no reason why you cannot in 2015. Especially when it's just 1 game each day on most days. This whole week is going to be a washout. Even basic commonsense like...
Its frustrating to say the least. Supposedly a 'first-world' nation cannot afford full ground covers or manage decent outfields that drain well. We do that at the Eden Gardens, to cover the whole venue so that the game starts as soon as the rain halts. To have the sun out there and not have a...
Also, if we could have reserve days for all games in the 1999 WC, why can`t we have it now, with more money, more resources and all that! We saw this in the CT of 2017 and surely should have learned from that. Appalling planning.
Cannot believe I`m seeing so many empty seats in the stadium for an India WC game. Even the MCG was sold out in 2015! The Bangladesh game at the Oval is a full house.
Bad timings for me as well, with an early morning start here. I was wondering why they have an India game on a Wednesday. I now realize it is because of Eid and the holiday in India. Somehow, this is the least that I`ve been excited on the eve of an India WC match ever!
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