ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[NILAYSHAH60]

Remember the last ODI of 2014 Ind vs SL ODI series played at Ranchi ? Anyone ?

It's not happening today though

I can see a completely different Matthews who isn't able to hit a single ball out of the park. It's rather too much that I expected of him.

That was a great innings and probably his best in his ODI career. Today he looks way past his prime !!!

 

[Bevab]

Having Sanga do commentary for Sri Lankan games is pure torture from the broadcasters, the poor man deserves better.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

ODI cricket has moved on and scoring runs in the middle overs particularly on flat pitches like this is crucial and has been quite lacking in Sri Lanka’s batting today.

Can't just go out there and swing every ball especially when you have lost early wickets and are 3/2 and 132/5. He did well early on but just wasn't able to finish it well.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

A very poor innings from SL and they never really got going. 232/9 is probably atleast 50-60 short on this kind of a pitch

 

[Bevab]

Can't just go out there and swing every ball especially when you have lost early wickets and are 3/2 and 132/5. He did well early on but just wasn't able to finish it well.

He was batting at a test match strike rate for most of his innings which is absolutely not justifiable on this pitch. Have a look at someone like Joe Root, he doesn’t rely on boundaries but still scores at a healthy rate due to his strike rotation. There is absolutely no need to swing for and smash every ball when you can choose to positively rotate strike without blocking especially on a flat pitch like this where there is nothing to aid the bowlers. You get the bad or riskier balls bowled by most bowlers only when they are under pressure that is created by decent strike rotation, which in turn allows the opportunity to go for boundaries.

Expecting this from a Lankan side that has it’s best batsman who also happens to be well settled blocking full tosses in the death overs is too much I guess.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

strike rotation

I believe England's fielding has been top-notch this World Cup and it isn't as easy to rotate strike. You can expect this only from Virat Kohli as he is so flexible in his stroke play while batting. It is difficult to rotate strike when you time the ball so well that it goes straight to the fielder within a fraction of second. Most of the ball were hit straight to the fielders, few of those he missed while he tried to defend good deliveries. It isn't easy to constantly rotate strike when you are in and out of the team due to injuries. Injuries has affected his career to a major extent and today we can actually see the difference in his batting in the last few years.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

So the Slinga has struck a big blow on England. 2nd duck for Bairstow in this WC.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

What a spell of bowling this is. England under the pump now !!!!!

 

[aditya123]

100/5 and we have a game. Who will get the wickets apart from Mallinga is the question? Why is`nt Lakmal playing?

 

[Bevab]

The Lankans need to get Root out to stand a chance of winning. Their opening spells were brilliant but it would be of no use as long as that man stands tall.

 

[aditya123]

The Lankans need to get Root out to stand a chance of winning. Their opening spells were brilliant but it would be of no use as long as that man stands tall.

Someone tell Mallinga Aakash Ambani is watching.

 

[Rehan_24]

England might get away with this game but they seriously need to ponder about their opening pair. I'd prefer Jason Roy and Vince, leaving out Bairstow. As far as my sight is concerned, Bairstow is not a big match player, he can prove to be the weakest link for the oppositions in the knockout round. He doesnt have the technique to play quality seam and spin. He is quite similar to Kamran Akmal, wicket keeper turned pure batsman, I dont consider him specialist for this role.

You always need a good start from openers to perform well in big matches

On Lankans, they have milked Malinga way too much, still he got away with one of the top batsmen in World Cricket today

 

[aditya123]

I`ve been thinking of this for a while. One way by which games can get tighter if the bowling restrictions such as the 10 over restriction was lifted. Might give teams with fewer bowlers a chance and give rise to diverse tactics when picking teams. This will open up the sport like nothing else. You don`t tell a batsman he can only bat for 100 balls! Although, if bowlers are going to have a cap of 10 overs, batsman should have a similar cap then.

 

[Bevab]

England might get away with this game but they seriously need to ponder about their opening pair. I'd prefer Jason Roy and Vince, leaving out Bairstow. As far as my sight is concerned, Bairstow is not a big match player, he can prove to be the weakest link for the oppositions in the knockout round. He doesnt have the technique to play quality seam and spin. He is quite similar to Kamran Akmal, wicket keeper turned pure batsman, I dont consider him specialist for this role.

You always need a good start from openers to perform well in big matches

On Lankans, they have milked Malinga way too much, still he got away with one of the top batsmen in World Cricket today

Extremely harsh on Bairstow to compare him with Akmal. Bairstow has been one of the most destructive batsmen in white ball cricket for a long time now and has been extremely consistent too (is there anyone else with such a high average and strike rate?) A couple of bad knocks doesn’t suddenly turn him from one of the best English ODI openers into Kamran Akmal. Bairstow’s a much better player of spin compared to Roy too.

Also, Vince is nowhere near Bairstow in terms of aggression, skill or temperament. All that he has is a flashy cover drive with which he impresses and scores 30 before promptly getting out via an edge. I wouldn’t have even had him in the 15 man squad, let alone the playing XI.

 

[Rehan_24]

Extremely harsh on Bairstow to compare him with Akmal. Bairstow has been one of the most destructive batsmen in white ball cricket for a long time now and has been extremely consistent too (is there anyone else with such a high average and strike rate?) A couple of bad knocks doesn’t suddenly turn him from one of the best English ODI openers into Kamran Akmal. Bairstow’s a much better player of spin compared to Roy too.

Also, Vince is nowhere near Bairstow in terms of aggression, skill or temperament. All that he has is a flashy cover drive with which he impresses and scores 30 before promptly getting out via an edge. I wouldn’t have even had him in the 15 man squad, let alone the playing XI.

You didnt get the point, Baristow is certainly no Akmal and way better than him. He is like Kamran Akmal of England, this isnt a direct player to player comparison, Its a matter of how much skill you have for the role. Can he play quality bowling in a good pitch ? Play him in a little seaming wicket against quality bowling and you will come to know about the capability. I will repeat again he doesnt look to me a big match player at all