ICC World Cup 2019

Jupiter Mulligan

300 definitely on the cards. Cummins is a pretty decent no. 9.

The WI's had their foot on the Aussies' throat but just couldn't keep it there.

Hard to see them winning now. Gale must be knackered after standing there watching the ball for 50 overs!

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Cottrell's catch.

He caught it clean, then let go before momentum took him over the line, then re-caught it.

Was the second catch just for show?

KevIRL

Coulter-Nile out 92. Great knock, deserved the ton

BarryD2

Aussies got away big time, Windies really had the foot on the throat for a while but let them away out of it! Sort of game we expect from Ireland

KevIRL

289 the target.

TrueDub

Byron Ripe Dingo wrote: »

Cottrell's catch.

He caught it clean, then let go before momentum took him over the line, then re-caught it.

Was the second catch just for show?

No, if he carried it across the line it would be 6 runs.

KevIRL

Gayle given out twice in three balls appeals them both successfully.

Mysterypunter

KevIRL wrote: »

Gayle given out twice in three balls appeals them both successfully.

Disgraceful lbw call, the umpire should be sent home, doesn't appear to know the laws

KevIRL

Gayle actually out this time. Challenged again but umpires call this time round.

Adamcp898

Chris Gaffney gets his man.

Mysterypunter

KevIRL wrote: »

Gayle actually out this time. Challenged again but umpires call this time round.

Why does it go to umpires call when he is partially sighted, and only guessing, half a ball might be hitting. The system is rubbish, especially when you are dealing with a guesser

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

TrueDub wrote: »

No, if he carried it across the line it would be 6 runs.

I know that, and I addressed that.

He let go of the ball before crossing the line.

The rest of the move, the catching it again, it was for show?

Mysterypunter

Byron Ripe Dingo wrote: »

I know that, and I addressed that.

He let go of the ball before crossing the line.

The rest of the move, the catching it again, it was for show?

No. If he carried it over the boundary its 6, if he caught it and dropped the second one its not out, and the batsmen would score whatever they ran.

KevIRL

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Chris Gaffney gets his man.

Turns out the ball before the wicket should have been given front foot no ball, meaning the wicket ball would have been a free hit

Adamcp898

KevIRL wrote: »

Turns out the ball before the wicket should have been given front foot no ball, meaning the wicket ball would have been a free hit

You're joking? Only tuning in and out so missed that if it was said in commentary.

Mysterypunter

99-3 now, finely balanced

Mysterypunter

Stupid run out, 151-4 off 28.

KevIRL

More desperate umpiring. Another out successfully appealed

Washout

i think its time to introduce technology to determine whether a bowler has overstepped. there are by far too many no balls being missed.

Its almost umpires are saying to themselves that if the delivery is a wicket taking one then technology after the fact will make the right decision.

KevIRL

Two in an over and the windies ae goosed

Mysterypunter

273-9, Aussies win by 15

BarryD2

KevIRL wrote: »

Two in an over and the windies ae goosed

Had a win within their reach when both bowling and batting but screwed up. Such is sport and the pressure of the moment.

Inquitus

Windies really threw that away sadly. They let the boot off the neck when bowling and then were too hot headed with the bat, especially Russell, all he needed to do was bat sensibly not try and knock the leather off the ball!

Beasty

Lots of wides given away by the West Indians, but the way they were bowling that may have been largely unavoidable.

I guess though that Smith anchored the Australian innings and was given great support from the tail end, allowing the likes Coulter-Nile and Carey to get some quick runs

There was some discontent amongst West Indies fans that all the umpire decisions were going against them. Yes a number were overturned on review, but the umpire's calls decisions arguably cost them the match. Equally there was a no-ball not given just before Gayle was out, and I don't think they had any of the luck

Anyway, that's me back to watching on the telly for a couple of weeks before I venture back for a couple of consecutive matches on either side of the Pennines. Hopefully the West Indies are still in it when they play NZ in an Old Trafford day-nighter, as they are very enjoyable to watch.

BarryD2

Blinky Plebum wrote: »

It's a terrible format because the tournament takes too long to get through it won't be finished until July 14th which is insane.

It's basically the international cricket league rather than a world cup style tournament , people will be fed up of the games well before it gets to the end and the fact that all the teams bar Afghanistan are playing each other constantly takes away any kind of real intrigue to most of the matches.The structure also allows for too much margain for error, Englands loss the other day will probably have no impact on their chances of winning the tournnament.It's a disgrace that more of smaller nations were not included as in previous editions one of the intriguing aspects was how would some smaller nations perform and would they have any real star performers, there's almost none of that with this tournament.

Of course I am sure the tournament structure is like this purely for generation of revenue and thats all that sports bodies care about anymore.

Get what you mean and doubtless truth in it being about TV revenues. However one advantage of spreading out the matches is that the number of abandoned matches due to poor weather can potentially be reduced. If you had say 4 a day, then all could be lost on a bad day and poor weather is a factor in our latitudes.

Beasty

Based on latest reports on the BBC, it looks like today could be a washout with Pakistan and Sri Lanka sharing the spoils, and possibly Pakistan feeling more hard done by given their significant improvement in the last match

Inquitus

A result that does neither team any favours.

Inquitus

This stat from the beeb surprised me, especially given England/Wales have hosted it 5 times already:

Both teams took a point from the washout - only the third in World Cup history - and have five from their opening three matches.

riffmongous

Why can't they just reschedule it? There's still more than a month to go until the final

Beasty

riffmongous wrote: »

Why can't they just reschedule it? There's still more than a month to go until the final

I don't think the rules would allow it until the knockout phase. The schedule is clearly set to get maximum exposure with one match a day, and only 2 when they have staggered starts. Tickets are sold well in advance and many make arrangements for one day but not the next

There's always the question also of do you start again on a second day, or pick up where it finished on the first day. Either way a team potentially on top on day 1 can find the match completely turned round due to different conditions on the second day

Equally every team does have 9 matches scheduled, which makes it unlikely that a team will lose out on their luck with the weather alone