ICC Cricket World Cup - May/July 2019

[NILAYSHAH60]

No interruptions for tomorrow. Big relief . But today is probably the worst of all abandoned games I ever saw !!!

 

[SaiSrini]

No interruptions for tomorrow. Big relief . But today is probably the worst of all abandoned games I ever saw !!!

That's because you are an India fan. I am sure other teams would've felt similar about their games too. I feel the PAK-SL abandonment could be a significant one, if it entails PAK losing out on a knockout spot. For IND-NZ today, this result won't likely hurt their chances as both teams look good enough to qualify for the knockouts even with a washout or two.

 

[aditya123]

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 account with the health of the sport, caring very little for the people or the organizational part of the game. I don`t think anyone is going to take this tournament seriously after this. No backup venues, no backup days. Feel bad in ways that are not just related to the results of games and the tournament. The sport had a chance to capture the imagination of the people and it's botching up big time, thanks to the ICC and the greed of the Big 3.

Any pro-active organizing body would consider a course-correction even during the tournament. But hey, the WC is managed by the ICC who don`t care because the TV revenue (via broadcast rights) is secure. Who cares whether or not the games are happening? This tournament has done more damage to the image of the sport than the 2007 WC. Outfields that cannot be covered fully. Horrible umpiring. Shady opening ceremony with 100 people. Everything that could`ve gone wrong has gone wrong for the ICC.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

That's because you are an India fan. I am sure other teams would've felt similar about their games too. I feel the PAK-SL abandonment could be a significant one, if it entails PAK losing out on a knockout spot. For IND-NZ today, this result won't likely hurt their chances as both teams look good enough to qualify for the knockouts even with a washout or two.

Had it been an final and it would've been played without India I would've felt equally frustrated if the match had been called off due to rain. But yeah you made a fair point

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Seeing the prediction the weather is going to ease out in the evening over there. Had it been a Day/Night game we still would've had a result for this match. There should be a rule for time change as well

 

[Neo 7]

Had it been a Day/Night game we still would've had a result for this match. There should be a rule for time change as well

I don't get ICC's logic here . Whether it's morning or day-night match , what one should care is the match should get over latest by 12:00 to 1:00 am midnight .

So what its a morning , the whole day is left . ICC is worse than a mad .

 

[SaiSrini]

I don't get ICC's logic here . Whether it's morning or day-night match , what one should care is the match should get over latest by 12:00 to 1:00 am midnight .

So what its a morning , the whole day is left . ICC is worse than a mad .

I guess the ICC is worried that if it's a D/N, India audiences will go to sleep. But they dont have the sense to understand that a completed game that the Indian audience dont watch is better than an abandoned game that the India audience CANNOT watch.

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

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 account with the health of the sport, caring very little for the people or the organizational part of the game. I don`t think anyone is going to take this tournament seriously after this. No backup venues, no backup days. Feel bad in ways that are not just related to the results of games and the tournament. The sport had a chance to capture the imagination of the people and it's botching up big time, thanks to the ICC and the greed of the Big 3.

Any pro-active organizing body would consider a course-correction even during the tournament. But hey, the WC is managed by the ICC who don`t care because the TV revenue (via broadcast rights) is secure. Who cares whether or not the games are happening? This tournament has done more damage to the image of the sport than the 2007 WC. Outfields that cannot be covered fully. Horrible umpiring. Shady opening ceremony with 100 people. Everything that could`ve gone wrong has gone wrong for the ICC.

I was excited for this tournament since 2016 when I heard that we are going to have a different format for this tournament. I just went crazy when I heard that in this WC that we would have a round-robin format but rain played spoilsport now !! [DOUBLEPOST=1560436248][/DOUBLEPOST]TBH NZ can't even watch a single match this WC

 

[aditya123]

I guess the ICC is worried that if it's a D/N, India audiences will go to sleep. But they dont have the sense to understand that a completed game that the Indian audience dont watch is better than an abandoned game that the India audience CANNOT watch.

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)!

 

[abhi_jacko]

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 think the Indian audiences tuning out because of timings would be the last thing to worry about. We are talking about people who throng stadiums for ODIs and T20s on weekdays in unbearable heat, watch cricket at work and even take unplanned leaves to watch cricket when India is playing. A world cup game with India going into the wee hours would still get a shit load of eyeballs from Indian audiences

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

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 too watched the Edgbaston Test back in 2011 but I got to see Cook almost scoring a triple century against us. Though it was boring to see India lose in such a pathetic way but I continued to watch as I was liking the format.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

I had asked in the middle of April what the status on reserve days was. One of the year's the CT final was about to be ruined because of this.

Everyone of us crying foul right now (rightfully so) on washed out games needs to realise that nothing can be done now. Teams have already suffered wash outs and it's impossible to replay those games.

What I don't understand is that the ICC didn't have a contingency plan for this. A fan like me saw this coming, but they didn't? Hard to believe.

I can imagine the uproar if Indo-Pak is abandoned. What this has done is basically turned people off 50 over cricket. People will still come for tests and t20's but they might choose to veer away from this format.

I consider Zak as one of the best pundits of the modern day and he said that it's not the rain that's caused the abandonment but the lack of covers. He thinks we could have had a 40 over encounter with ease and that we should be monitoring not just the Indo-Pak clash on 16th but the weather preceding that day as well.

 

[aditya123]

Nothing can be done now. However, if the ICC ever wished to do something, they still could`ve.

I had asked in the middle of April what the status on reserve days was. One of the year's the CT final was about to be ruined because of this.

Everyone of us crying foul right now (rightfully so) on washed out games needs to realise that nothing can be done now. Teams have already suffered wash outs and it's impossible to replay those games.

What I don't understand is that the ICC didn't have a contingency plan for this. A fan like me saw this coming, but they didn't? Hard to believe.

I can imagine the uproar if Indo-Pak is abandoned. What this has done is basically turned people off 50 over cricket. People will still come for tests and t20's but they might choose to veer away from this format.

I consider Zak as one of the best pundits of the modern day and he said that it's not the rain that's caused the abandonment but the lack of covers. He thinks we could have had a 40 over encounter with ease and that we should be monitoring not just the Indo-Pak clash on 16th but the weather preceding that day as well.

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 rains there, should`ve been forced to install covers. It can`t be more expensive than the cost of losing out entire games to wet outfields. PAthetic.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

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 rains there, should`ve been forced to install covers. It can`t be more expensive than the cost of losing out entire games to wet outfields. PAthetic.

It amazes me how sport can twiddle around the worthless matters and not correct glaring nonsense. MSD's gloves, Gayle's bat sticker and not a care in the world for the umpiring, the ball hitting the stumps but bails not dislodging and the covers. Just so hard to stomach.

 

[Alexei.]

It amazes me how sport can twiddle around the worthless matters and not correct glaring nonsense. MSD's gloves, Gayle's bat sticker and not a care in the world for the umpiring, the ball hitting the stumps but bails not dislodging and the covers. Just so hard to stomach.

Moeen's Wristband, Indian Army Caps much more things. So my 4 semifinalists are
England
Australia
India
And Rain (already won 4 matches and unbeaten)