2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Game 1 England v New Zealand 5/10 1900hrs @ Narendra Modi Stadium

[Iceman!]

Dreadful crowd

 

[Iceman!]

Why isn’t India playing in the first game

Probably wanted them playing on the weekend

 

[Gethelred]

Good carry.

 

[frankrizzo]

Dreadful crowd

yeah embarrassing crowd for a world cup opener with the last wc finalists both playing.

 

[yabsy]

Wow, so they had 12 fit players to pick from.

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[Plugger35]

NZ's bowling line up looks a tad thin.

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Yeah our only good quicks are Boult and Henry and they haven't made a breakthrough yet.

Neesham is our only other pace bowling option which is a worry.

We will need our spinners to bowl well and we don't have Sodhi either, just Santner and some part time spinners.

 

[Santana]

The last time a host nation didn't play in the opening game was 1996, which happened to be NZ vs England in Ahmedabad....

 

[Plugger35]

At least we have a deep batting line up, we will need it as we will probably be chasing a big score.

 

[yabsy]

Why isn’t India playing in the first game

Yep, poor scheduling...Should of been India vs Australia instead.

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[Gethelred]

England bat faster than this in the Ashes.

 

[010203]

England bat faster than this in the Ashes.

Mottball is different to Bazball.

 

[Plugger35]

Henry gets Malan, a well deserved wicket, he has been the pick of our bowlers so far.

 

[Gethelred]

Out of nowhere, Malan's gone.

 

[CakeEater]

Dawid snicks off

 

[CakeEater]

Out of nowhere, Malan's gone.

Would you say hes in a Ahmenabad mood after that?

 

[Plugger35]

Out of nowhere, Malan's gone.

Hardly out of nowhere, Henry beat Malan a number of times outside off stump before getting that edge.

 

[Gethelred]

Hardly out of nowhere, Henry beat Malan a number of times outside off stump before getting that edge.

Leaving the ball inside the line is not playing and leaving, Plugger.

 

[Danw0w]

Which genius decided to start the tournament between two non-asian teams on a weekday?

 

[yabsy]

Needed that first wicket...Eng have such a daunting batting line up with Wood coming in at No.11!

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[corbies]

The hype around this world cup is at a all time low hey?

The Continental Tyres Trade Period is just too exciting to worry about a pesky World Cup. I hope my team gets that future 2nd rounder!

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The Continental Tyres Trade Period is just too exciting to worry about a pesky World Cup. I hope my team gets that future 2nd rounder!

Install a Rheem.

 

[corbies]

Yep, poor scheduling...Should of been India vs Australia instead.

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They were changing venues and days for matches within the last month. Didn't even have a draft schedule 3 months ago. Massive issues with buying and collection of tickets. Who is playing in the first match is the least of the problems with the scheduling of this tournament.

 

[Plugger35]

I wonder what ticket prices are like there? They should be cheaper for the non Indian games just to get the locals to turn up for them.

Better to get a full crowd there paying 10 bucks to watch a game than getting about 10k people there paying 50 bucks or more to watch it.

 

[Plugger35]

That's a bonus, a soft dismissal there from Bairstow.

Santner is harder to play against than he looks though with his changes of pace.

 

[Plugger35]

Neesham on now and goes for 4 off his first ball.

This could get ugly.