ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

Who will be crowned the ODI World Champion?


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If there has been anything unfair for Pak, it has been the washout against SL. They were favorites to collect 2 points there.
 
I have not seen a worst fielder then KL Rahul. HE is just absolutely pathetic. He has dropped a catch every match. I know that six of Mortaza was not a catch but his fielding does not inspire me.
Bro then you must look at his fielding in india's recent tour to england for the test series.
Some of the slip catches he took were just breath taking
And he didnt had a single dropped catch even at slips in that series
even the commentators said that in that series he was the best catcher comparing both the teams
 
England's batting striking rich form just before knockouts ... dangerous signs
 
I just saw this on the BBC site. :lol

"How Pakistan fans see Kane Williamson today"
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There has to be a mighty fine reason as to how we have suddenly got two roads when England were on the brink? Perhaps, things are just meant to be for them.
 
I dont see anything wrong with NRR calculation. You need to settle at some metric for calculating NRR and it would be an almost impossible task to take wickets into consideration and would unnecessarily complicate a simple metric.

The team got all-out. So it gets penalized for that. That is quite fair. If they started calculating NRR based on the number of overs played, then teams would purposefully throw their wickets to score a quickfire 100 allout in 10 overs because the NRR would be 6 points higher than what they would achieve with 200/8 in 50 overs. It becomes highly prone to abuse

And regarding Pak-WI, they were absolutely thrashed by WI. Be it in while batting or bowling. So this clause barely matters in that game anyways
Yes, but in very close matches like that one it can be puzzling. Sounds like sour grapes, but whatever.
 
Nailed those two balls! What a bloody genius this guy is! BUMRAAAHHHH!!!!

As it showed, Bangladesh lose by 28 runs. India had 20-25 runs too many in the end. Can the Dhoni blame rest now? Both games, he played almost similarly at the death. We won today because we batted first and set a good platform at the start of the innings. Dhoni is not superhuman to come out, hit big despite playing on a very tough wicket. Everyone struggled today post the 30th over in both innings. Hardik got out for a duck. Karthik didn't middle it well and got out early. Dhoni prioritized staying out there and picking the right balls to hit (which rarely comes to him these days, as bowlers are getting smarter more than ever). Absolutely cant fault his approach. If Dhoni went for his shots and got out earlier than expected, the blame will go "oh he should've stuck it out till the end".

Never easy being the guy and I think this management (which rarely gets things right) is actually doing well to back Dhoni hard. Only thing I hope they do is bring Dhoni out at 5 (if not 4). One of Pandya or Pant should stay back behind Dhoni for late fireworks.
Yup i think its the fault of the way batting lineup is set up that is hindering MS at the moment.
I simply cant understand why did DK and MS were shifted to end for finishing.
They are the senior players who know how to consolidate.
With atleast 20 overs still left you are bringing pant and then pandya so that both of them try to hit boundaries every ball and get out which will put further pressure on MS bcoz he knows that if he gets out india will not even reach a par score let alone above par.
Virat cant keep on defending MS when it was his decision to make MS play at such position
Why is there even a need to try shankar, pant or kedar at no.4 after Dhawans injury
It should have been DK as a senior player who should have been brought in at no.4 and should have been allowed to settle
And if kedars bowling is not being used at all then how is he such a big asset to the team that he is being made to play before DK.
 
There has to be a mighty fine reason as to how we have suddenly got two roads when England were on the brink? Perhaps, things are just meant to be for them.
The weather has been better. It was a mixed bag with quite a bit of rain early on in the tournament creating stickier wickets earlier on.
 
Yes, but in very close matches like that one it can be puzzling. Sounds like sour grapes, but whatever.

I think there's a decent argument to be made. In FIFA, games actually happen at the same time to avoid these theories. And I stick by my claim of having roof's. It's a World Cup. A game means, a game has to happen unless safety of players, spectators etc is compromised. Guess I am referring to act of god (earthquakes, tsunami), terror etc.

I am not at all a fan of NRR or D/L. There has to be a better way. Don't ask me what though.

Pertaining to the current scenario, I still think Pakistan will be lucky to make it through. Just because I want them to, doesn't justify an argument. England is someone I am hoping gets knocked out as are perhaps AUS, NZ, PAK because they look the harder side to beat on this type of track along with my connect for PAK. My reason for being pissed off with PAK is the legendary performance against WI and as I had mentioned the day it happened, they were very unfortunate to lose a point to what I felt was the weakest side in the competition back then.
 
I have a genuine question to Pakistani fans about the shows on TV. Do people take these shows seriously? The Basit Ali show does more damage to Pakistan cricket and the mindset of the watching public than anything else. We had a phase where TV news would sit and create conspiracy theories on air around cricket. You cannot fool gullible audience with this horrible conspiracy theories. Pakistani cricket deserves better than shows like these. 2 days after the India Eng game, so-called sportsman are taking jibes at India. Its a larger problem. We as people do not do well in sport because we are not sporting as people. Must stop supporting this crap, both in India and Pakistan. India lost to England, and could have lost to Bangladesh today. Just that you guys would'nt have cared if India lost today because it didn't matter to you guys. Also special mention to Abdul Razzaq for involving Shami's religion on a cricket analysis show! Really! Our nations must grow up.

All this chanakya niti crap from our side and the Basit Ali like folks on the other have actually done damage to genuine banter that was going on between fans this World Cup. Guys like Osman Samiuddin, Sid Monga, Ahmer Naqwi must get more airtime and popularity. Folks like Gambhir and Basit are a cancer.
This "conspiracy" culture is deeply ingrained in the Pakistani mindset and isn't limited to cricket. Whatever issue or problem there is in the country, almost always there will be some external force to be blamed, whether it's "the jews", the Indians (RAW), "Western immorality", the Americans, Afghanis, Ahmedis etc.
The real culprits for most of Pakistan's problems, cricketing or otherwise, are hiding in plain sight.
 
Well England are 111/0 in 17 overs, looks like it's going to be a big total for England. Pakistanis just have to pray that New Zealand lose big today and Pakistan win big against Bangladesh haha.
 
This "conspiracy" culture is deeply ingrained in the Pakistani mindset and isn't limited to cricket. Whatever issue or problem there is in the country, almost always there will be some external force to be blamed, whether it's "the jews", the Indians (RAW), "Western immorality", the Americans, Afghanis, Ahmedis etc.
The real culprits for most of Pakistan's problems, cricketing or otherwise, are hiding in plain sight.
Well in India and Pakistan its never their fault but they always blame other for their problems.
 
The Kiwis are unfortunate that their best bowler of the tournament has been ruled out today and that his replacement is Tim ‘leaky’ Southee. Their death bowling could be bloody awful given that Boult’s already bowled 5 too.

Having said that, I don’t understand this obsession with Latham either. His strength is facing spin bowlers, and England have just one in Rashid today. This was the ideal time to drop him and try Blundell who is also a better keeper to boot.
 

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