Mens ICC Cricket World Cup, India 2023.

[Armchair expert]

Really a terrible innings aside from the openers

[Jim05]

Lol, 9/367 after putting on 259 for the first wicket.
The middle order need to have a good, hard look at themselves. Pathetic batting

[Eagles2014]

Good start by Starc, four wides in first five balls

[gadj1976]

Lol, 9/367 after putting on 259 for the first wicket.
The middle order need to have a good, hard look at themselves. Pathetic batting

We are very ordinary.

[locky801]

A wins a win, that drop of Warner early a huge miss, well done to Warner, made then pay to the highest order

[Brodlach]

Warner/Marsh/Extras 309

The Rest 58

[The Dark Knight]

Lol, 9/367 after putting on 259 for the first wicket.
The middle order need to have a good, hard look at themselves. Pathetic batting

Really a terrible innings aside from the openers

Warner/Marsh/Extras 309

The Rest 58

This tends to happen when the openers/number three go really big, if they're dismissed the rest of the order obviously just come in and try to slog from ball one trying to get as many as they can as fast as they can and don't care about throwing their wickets away, it's chaotic and low scores/soft dismissals can easily happen.

This match actually reminded me of the match where Travis Head scored his first ODI hundred and Warner scored one too, against Pakistan here in Adelaide in 2017. Head and Warner put on 284 and Aus made 7/369, Pakistan were bowled out for 312.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pak ... -scorecard

Zampa the pick of the bowlers and Cummins took a ripper to dismiss Babar.

[Lightning McQueen]

Lol, 9/367 after putting on 259 for the first wicket.
The middle order need to have a good, hard look at themselves. Pathetic batting

Really a terrible innings aside from the openers

Warner/Marsh/Extras 309

The Rest 58

This tends to happen when the openers/number three go really big, if they're dismissed the rest of the order obviously just come in and try to slog from ball one trying to get as many as they can as fast as they can and don't care about throwing their wickets away, it's chaotic and low scores/soft dismissals can easily happen.

This match actually reminded me of the match where Travis Head scored his first ODI hundred and Warner scored one too, against Pakistan here in Adelaide in 2017. Head and Warner put on 284 and Aus made 7/369, Pakistan were bowled out for 312.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pak ... -scorecard

Zampa the pick of the bowlers and Cummins took a ripper to dismiss Babar.

James Faulkner, didn’t he go from hero to zero overnight!

[Aerie]

My couch gets me on a Friday night every time (zzzz), but I did see the last section of each innings. In England 2019, it might've been different power play rules and obviously different conditions, but it seemed you could bet the last 10 overs would go for about 100. Australia obviously didn't capitalise and should've made 400, but Pakistan bowled well in those last 10 overs or so.

When I awoke at about the 35 over mark last night of the Pakistan innings I thought Pakistan were odds on to win. Stoinis got smashed for a big over and I reckon it was about 8.5 an over they needed off the last 13 overs with 6 wickets in hand. Bring on Zampa and Hazlewood to bowl overs 38-43 and the game was won. Sensational bowling partnership from both of them and it was Zampa that got the crucial wickets.

Australia now right back in the tournament and Matthew Hayden could've been addressing a footy team that was a goal down at 3/4 time the way he commentates. Loved him pumping up Zampa and the Aussie team.

The format of this World Cup (and the last) is spot on I reckon. A perfect amount of games and everyone plays each other once is good. No dead rubbers as such due to the importance of NRR. India and NZ look a shoe-in to claim a top 4 spot and with shock losses to SAF and ENG it throws spots 3 and 4 wide open. Huge couple of games tonight and tomorrow night - ENG/SAF and IND/NZ.

How good is One Day Cricket (once every 4 years). Seriously though, the upgrade in level of needing to value your wicket and the bowlers being able to influence games over a decent spell. The lean towards runs and wickets still being more important than strike rates and economy rates over the T20 version. The ebbs and flows. This is the only chance we ever get to see all the best players and teams in the world play a format that requires equal mental application to the application of skill. I do hope one day we see a 6 team Test World Cup, but until then, I'll appreciate this.

[locky801]

Netherlands batting first against the Lankans

[locky801]

Dutch in strife at 4/68 after 17

[locky801]

Good recovery from the Dutch, currently 6/211 after 44

Sth Africa been sent in by England

[mighty_tiger_79]

1/4 SAF

[locky801]

Sick of these huge edges being (1) Given Not out then reviewed and being obviously out shows two things, incompentant umpiring and that batsman obviously cheating, simple these days knick it walk because if its reviewed you are a gone, that was one huge knick and only had to look at De Cock to know he knew he had hit it

[Brodlach]

Gee I didn’t think he hit that, thought it was bat hitting ground

[locky801]

Gee I didn’t think he hit that, thought it was bat hitting ground

bat no where near the ground

[The Dark Knight]

SA currently 5/306 from 44 overs
Klassen 81* (52), smashing them everywhere

[spell_check]

England were in danger of losing by 300...now will be lucky to not lose by 200 - either way NRR will take a pounding

[locky801]

Eng belted only saved total embarrassment by a 70 run 9th wicket partnership

[RustyCage]