India vs NZ is going to be played at Bristol the location where already 2 of the matches which was washed out due to rain at the same venue. Also the ground is wet currently and definitely it does not seems it would be 50 overs match as rain is continuing in between. So we might see some short overs match or a wash out.
Topic: 2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis - page 21. (Read 8146 times)
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Can someone explain to me that why the hell did Sarfaraz take the run and give the strike to Afridi, the 11th man? Simply horrible. Sarfaraz seems to have absolutely no confidence in his batting skills. I've never seen any captain making such a stupid mistake.
Can someone explain to me that why the hell did Sarfaraz take the run and give the strike to Afridi, the 11th man? Simply horrible. Sarfaraz seems to have absolutely no confidence in his batting skills. I've never seen any captain making such a stupid mistake.
For starters
1. Gave up!! and saving his ass tbh.
2. He wasn't middling the bat throughout his inning.
3. Lack of match awareness during the Chase with tailenders. (very important)
4. In the end, blaming bowlers that they gave too many runs. ( shitty statement)
In recent time 300 target is not a very big target. Pakistan bowled exceptionally well during the death overs, thanks to a magical spell from Amir. Minus his spell, then Pakistan would be chasing the 350+ score, and more importantly, Pakistan needs to get their shit together when chasing the target, it's not the first time.
He didn't even address about team's Fielding at all. How are bowlers supposed to make pressure on the opposition when everyone leaking easy runs and dropping easy catches?
Can someone explain to me that why the hell did Sarfaraz take the run and give the strike to Afridi, the 11th man? Simply horrible. Sarfaraz seems to have absolutely no confidence in his batting skills. I've never seen any captain making such a stupid mistake.
The decision making skills of Sarfaraz was tested today as he missed a regulation catch when the spinner was bowling and then for reviews we saw him having difficulty in taking decisions on whether to go for it or not and finally they lost the review they had when the ball was pitched outside off still on the persistence of Amir he took the review, as a captain he had to take decisions as he clearly knew it was outside off as he was talking about it and was captured in stump micro phone and still went for the review. I thought Pakistan bowled well once they were able to bowl out Warner and Finch as Australia were looking at scoring 350+ runs. Pakistan also had a big chance to chase down the score as they were ahead in the runs per over but lost wickets regularly which sets them back. Australia now go second on the table behind New Zealand who have a better NRR.
As people mentioned Pakistan is not good in the field as they dropped catches, some were tight but still this is international cricket and if they would have taken those chances they could have restricted Australia to a much smaller total and the middle order is still struggling to score runs, they are really weak in chasing big totals, the best they can do is to win the toss and elect to bat and then defend it with the bowlers they have and that is how they won a match earlier against England. 
I thought Pakistan bowled well once they were able to bowl out Warner and Finch as Australia were looking at scoring 350+ runs. Pakistan also had a big chance to chase down the score as they were ahead in the runs per over but lost wickets regularly which sets them back. Australia now go second on the table behind New Zealand who have a better NRR.
I do not think South Africa has any hope left. They have a match left against Australia and team like Australia is not going to let them win.
It's petty that they came to this world cup with an impression that they are one of the strong competent to lift the cup but seems like they can not even pass the group stage.
South Africa had a disastrous world cup campaign and there is no way they will enter the next round with the dismal performance they had and one match is washed out due to rain, South Africa is known to choke under pressure and that too mainly in world cup tournaments and they held on to that status in this world cup too, they missed catches in the outfield and leaked many runs in the field, now they can go home early and prepare for the next world cup It's petty that they came to this world cup with an impression that they are one of the strong competent to lift the cup but seems like they can not even pass the group stage.
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Australia scored 307 runs against Pakistan today. They all out within 49overs, shame. Pakistan is looking decent until now, 124-2. Pakistan needs a solid partnership to make this match interesting. If Pakistan wins today, they will be one step ahead of qualifying Semi finale.
With the way Australia started batting they should have score above 330 runs but Mohammad Amir bowled exceptionally well and was swinging the ball in both directions and Pakistan missed many chances in the field, Pakistan likes to surprise everyone and with a good start they had now they end up losing 5 wickets and will loose by a big margin with the way the match is going.Tomorrow we have an interesting match, India Vs New Zealand and hopefully we will have the full match.
Edit: Another surprise as the tail enders scored runs than their main batsmen.
Can someone explain to me that why the hell did Sarfaraz take the run and give the strike to Afridi, the 11th man? Simply horrible. Sarfaraz seems to have absolutely no confidence in his batting skills. I've never seen any captain making such a stupid mistake.
Big match tomorrow, between India and the Kiwis.
My biggest concern is the weather. As of now the weather prediction says that there is more than 80% chance of rain during the first half, and around 50% during the second half. Today Nottinghamshire experienced heavy rains throughout the day and if that repeats tomorrow, then the match will be washed out. NZ is having 6 points from 3 matches, while India is having 4 from 2. They may end up with 7 from 4 and 5 from 3 respectively.
My biggest concern is the weather. As of now the weather prediction says that there is more than 80% chance of rain during the first half, and around 50% during the second half. Today Nottinghamshire experienced heavy rains throughout the day and if that repeats tomorrow, then the match will be washed out. NZ is having 6 points from 3 matches, while India is having 4 from 2. They may end up with 7 from 4 and 5 from 3 respectively.
Australia scored 307 runs against Pakistan today. They all out within 49overs, shame. Pakistan is looking decent until now, 124-2. Pakistan needs a solid partnership to make this match interesting. If Pakistan wins today, they will be one step ahead of qualifying Semi finale.
With the way Australia started batting they should have score above 330 runs but Mohammad Amir bowled exceptionally well and was swinging the ball in both directions and Pakistan missed many chances in the field, Pakistan likes to surprise everyone and with a good start they had now they end up losing 5 wickets and will loose by a big margin with the way the match is going.Tomorrow we have an interesting match, India Vs New Zealand and hopefully we will have the full match.
Edit: Another surprise as the tail enders scored runs than their main batsmen.
It's amazing how Pakista is playing in it's last of overs with the lasts of wickets remaining. These people are real fighters determined to win but the game can still go on any sides.
Pakistan now needs 51 runs from 42 balls with 3 wickets remaining. A wicket or a couple could bring it into Australian side while a partnership would mean a victory for Pakistan.
One of the largest partnership for the 8th wicket in world cup history.
Pakistan now needs 51 runs from 42 balls with 3 wickets remaining. A wicket or a couple could bring it into Australian side while a partnership would mean a victory for Pakistan.
One of the largest partnership for the 8th wicket in world cup history.
Australia scored 307 runs against Pakistan today. They all out within 49overs, shame. Pakistan is looking decent until now, 124-2. Pakistan needs a solid partnership to make this match interesting. If Pakistan wins today, they will be one step ahead of qualifying Semi finale.
Pakistan did bowl well in the end to restrict Australia to 307. They start batting carefully but lost their way in the middle overs. They would have been in a better position if they had shown some responsibility in batting. From here, only a miracle can make Pakistan win.
Australia scored 307 runs against Pakistan today. They all out within 49overs, shame. Pakistan is looking decent until now, 124-2. Pakistan needs a solid partnership to make this match interesting. If Pakistan wins today, they will be one step ahead of qualifying Semi finale.
Looks like we may again get to see 400+ runs being chased now and looks like the loss would be 100+. Warner is in full form and getting 4s almost every over. Reminds me of IPL now.
This rain is really starting to frustrate me as that makes it three matches now where the rain has either stopped play and eventually abandoned or the match hasn't even had a single ball bowled. I just hope the Australia v Pakistan match has a nice sunny day as I'm interested to see how Pakistan goes against a top team.
Pakistan bowling first have not got anu success still now. Its 11 over already bowled and OZ is cruising at 58 runs without a wicket. If this continue for another 5 - 10 overs OZ can make a 350+ score on this pitch and will make thing difficult for Pakistan when they come to bat second. Pakistan requires 2 quick wickets at this time to make things under the control
This rain is really starting to frustrate me as that makes it three matches now where the rain has either stopped play and eventually abandoned or the match hasn't even had a single ball bowled. I just hope the Australia v Pakistan match has a nice sunny day as I'm interested to see how Pakistan goes against a top team.
LOL:
SL is getting free points now
All the matches being abandoned due to rains is a pain as the teams are not even competing. I still trust that SL would win this match but the weather there is too bad for WC matches.
I am now having doubts on tomorrow's match but if everything is OK, Aus should win the match against Pak.
All the matches being abandoned due to rains is a pain as the teams are not even competing. I still trust that SL would win this match but the weather there is too bad for WC matches.
I am now having doubts on tomorrow's match but if everything is OK, Aus should win the match against Pak.
I do not think South Africa has any hope left. They have a match left against Australia and team like Australia is not going to let them win.
It's petty that they came to this world cup with an impression that they are one of the strong competent to lift the cup but seems like they can not even pass the group stage.
It's petty that they came to this world cup with an impression that they are one of the strong competent to lift the cup but seems like they can not even pass the group stage.
South Africa is on their way home. Not surprising, considering that their performance is showing a continuous decline for the past one decade or so. I won't be really surprised if teams such as Afghanistan manage to defeat South Africa. Not many young players in the South African squad and most of their players are in their 30s. On the other hand, Afghanistan team is full of youngsters.
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With the match being cancelled and 1-1 points allocated to both the teams with this SA is getting away from the top 4 position now as they would now have to win all the matches and depend upon others in terms of NRR or points now. But SA will want to think how did they lost those 3 matches and due to this they might even be out of the WC now.
I do not think South Africa has any hope left. They have a match left against Australia and team like Australia is not going to let them win. With the match being cancelled and 1-1 points allocated to both the teams with this SA is getting away from the top 4 position now as they would now have to win all the matches and depend upon others in terms of NRR or points now. But SA will want to think how did they lost those 3 matches and due to this they might even be out of the WC now.
It's petty that they came to this world cup with an impression that they are one of the strong competent to lift the cup but seems like they can not even pass the group stage.
If you have confidence on Australia, you should not change your mind on the bases on a single match. Australia is still a strong team to win the cup even if they lost today.
Now they need almost 10 runs per over if they want to win this match.
I still have confidence in Australia. One or two match is not going to be a big deal for them not to win the world cup. I think yesterday the game plan did not work. Warner wanted to fire up later at his innings but got out unfortunately. Overall Australia did decent in the match.
Yes, you are right if they manage to bat from the beginning, it might be a different scenario. Even the teammates try to chase the runs but at last, they lost the wickets in quick session and this makes them lose the match and even 350 runs chasing is not an easy task on the England pitches.
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