Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Joe_ Public

Yeah too little too late sadly. Powell not even at the crease yet! Unless a few dominos start to fall....

Mysterypunter

Maybe a twist?

riffmongous

Sixes and wickets at the moment, 5 down now but only 26 needed

Joe_ Public

Chance missed there too! WI might get a bit nervous here towards the end

Collie D

And another. Good end to this

Joe_ Public

Got him! Game on perhaps!

Mysterypunter

Some really poor players left, Paul is a good bat

whatawaster81

Do we need WIndies to win this?

KevIRL

whatawaster81 wrote: »

Do we need WIndies to win this?

No. Ideally a zim win

Joe_ Public

Suspect they'll look to kill it this over. Early wicket would be just dandy!

KevIRL

11 needed from 12. Wickets in hand and they rotating strike well. Hard to see Zim doing this

KevIRL

All over.

Come on uae!

Joe_ Public

Always had the look of 20-25 runs short there Zimbabwe, shame cos 300+ was well within their ambit most of their innings.

Mysterypunter

That was a good chase from West Indies. UAE and their rabble of Pakistani expats are our only hope, come on Pakistani division 20.

BarryD2

Fair dues to the West Indies - they kept their heads and chased it down. Would that we batted that way against them and Zim.

riffmongous

Still apparently Windies 5th highest ODI chase.

Let's be honest though, we don't deserve to be in the WC after these two losses, and even in a normal sized WC, we'd still realistically only be targeting those 2 games plus the other Associate (Bangladesh are probably beyond us now). All we are missing out on is a few hammerings, which means we're probably better off than being exposed on the world stage ahead of our test debut

KevIRL

UAE v Afghanistan today. Doesn't really matter a whole load to us but UAE win would be nice to build confidence for them before the Zimbabwe game.

Collie D

KevIRL wrote: »

UAE v Afghanistan today. Doesn't really matter a whole load to us but UAE win would be nice to build confidence for them before the Zimbabwe game.

Would mean Afghanistan have zero hope of qualifying too (whatever little they have now).

UAE 59/3 after 22

Mysterypunter

124-7 now

BarryD2

Wham, bam at the close it seems. Sixes or wickets. Should be an easy chase for Afg.

Collie D

Afghans struggling in the chase. 50/4 after 13 overs.

Mysterypunter

54-5 now

Collie D

Steadied the ship now and should win comfortably from here you'd imagine.

110/5 with 23 overs remaining

Mysterypunter

Raced to 178-5 Afghanistan win by 5 wickets

Collie D

Scotland won the toss and chose to field.

Chris Gayle caught off the first ball.

West Indies 0/1 after first over

Collie D

And another

3/2 after 3 overs

Collie D

158/6 with 10 overs to go

dulpit

What suits us here?

axe2grind

dulpit wrote: »

What suits us here?

Doesn't really matter. What we need is UAE to beat Zimbabwe, which on current form is unlikely.

KevIRL

8 down

Collie D

Might just beat 200 at this rate

dulpit

axe2grind wrote: »

Doesn't really matter. What we need is UAE to beat Zimbabwe, which on current form is unlikely.

Although looking at table, if Scotland win and UAE win, then we just need a win to get through, no need to look at NRR. Right?

KevIRL

axe2grind wrote: »

Doesn't really matter. What we need is UAE to beat Zimbabwe, which on current form is unlikely.

A Scotland win would suit us. Have a feeling that if the windies miss out the ICC may very well change the qualification rules to ensure they are at the world cup. While this would be ridiculous it's not beyond the ICC and we might v well get in on their cost tails, especially if we beat Afghanistan.

axe2grind

But in the event that UAE do beat Zim, then a WI win is better.

axe2grind

dulpit wrote: »

Although looking at table, if Scotland win and UAE win, then we just need a win to get through, no need to look at NRR. Right?

If Scotland win, then it is NRR between us and WI, If WI win NRR doesn't matter.

Mr. Guappa

9 down. 10 balls left.

Iused2likebusts

axe2grind wrote: »

If Scotland win, then it is NRR between us and WI, If WI win NRR doesn't matter.

If Scotland win and zimbabwee win against uae. Both those teams would be on 7 pts. We can only get to 6 pts so would be out as would the windies.

Collie D

All out for 198, creeping closer to a West Indies-less World Cup

axe2grind

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

If Scotland win and zimbabwee win against uae. Both those teams would be on 7 pts. We can only get to 6 pts so would be out as would the windies.

Yes, agreed, we need UAE to beat Zim which is unlikely.

axe2grind

I think 199 will be tough chase against the WI quicks.

BarryD2

Good stuff from Scotland. If we don't qualify, surely hope they will and stuff it to the ICC.

Joe_ Public

Great performance so far. Scotland now the bookies favs, not sure about that but given themselves a solid chance at least

Collie D

Worth remembering that this is Scotland...masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, regardless of the sport

Hammer Archer

Coetzer gone for just 2 runs. That's a huge wicket. Windies are back as favourites now.

evancunny95

And another one...13/2 now

Collie D

Cross gone as well.

13/2 after 25 balls

Collie D

33/3 after 9 overs

Joe_ Public

Steadied a bit now, stopped the bleeding at least.

Hammer Archer

Only 10 runs in the last 5 overs. Not looking good for the Scots.

On a related note, was there ever any sort of an explanation from the ICC as to why they're the only sport that's actively reducing participation in their world cup? Saw the below on the BBC website:

2018 the Hockey World Cup grows from 12 to 16 teams.

In 2019 the Basketball World Cup grows from 24 to 32 teams.

In 2026 the Fifa World Cup grows from 32 to 48 teams.

In 2019 the Cricket World Cup shrinks from 14 to 10 teams.

Cricket's gone from 16 teams in the WC in 2007 to just 10 in 2019.

Joe_ Public

Think the Scots are doing ok. Much more important to keep wickets and not worry too much about run rate. These two doing a good job.

As for expansion, I leave that for more knowledgeable posters to answer, but I do not agree with a 48 team World Cup finals in soccer, nor with the recent expansion of the European Championship finals. It's quantity over quality and seems about merely expanding revenue streams. The whole thing becomes bloated and is diminished as a spectacle imho.