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India won't win it, they'd be best leaving Kohli out he bats too slow but as if they'd do that.
My money is on England.
My money is on England.
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What is the point in having all these minnows playing, none of them have any chance of doing anything.
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Andre Borovec took the catch off Hazlewood at mid wicket. Good thing too as if you're the fielding coach you probably can't be dropping them.
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Could well happen but it would be a complete reversal of his T20I career. Against the top 8 nations in T20I cricket he's averaged 34.65 at a strike rate of 143. Against everyone else he's averaged 21.85 at a strike rate of 131.
Cool man, we'll just play England and <insert one other team we think is worthy> every year and then wonder why the sport dies off.
A 48 team T20 World cup you say?
48 teams being good enough to play at a World Cup would be brilliant for cricket. It would mean it's actually the global sport we think it is.
48 is way too many for soccer as it is. 20 is perfect for T20 World cups given upsets happen semi regularly in the format and lesser nations are excelling at it too. I'm sure there'd be haters but a 24 team world T20 wouldn't be out of the question soon
I get that the international cricket schedule is packed and probably not much the ICC can do about this, but not ideal that this World Cup clashes with the NBA and NHL finals in the US. Will be almost impossible to make any inroads in the US sports media.
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Should we even be trying to make in-roads to the US? Seems more pointless than soccer’s efforts.
Soccer is still quite big over there. Bigger than it'll ever be here.
Cricket is like trying to get us Aussies to give a shit about baseball.
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They did alright in the last World Cup.
Scotland beat Windies
Ireland beat England
Netherlands beat South Africa
Namibia beat Sri Lanka
Afghanistan came within 4 runs of beating the Aussies
The game has changed a fair bit, the depth in teams is better . Australia wouldnt wipe the floor in a best of 5 series against an Ireland or Afghanistan or even the Dutch.
Just having Americans with an understanding that cricket exists in their country and that it is accessible to them in most of the country would be enough.
It doesn't have to be a big sport, and I don't think anyone is kidding themselves that it will even get to soccer's level.
But if a kid in Milwaukee stumbles across cricket on TV and wants to have a go, and there is a club somewhere in the city with decent facilities, that's all it needs.
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It's hilarious that the ICC don't allow injury reserve players to play in warmup matches that have zero ramifications for the World Cup (who could genuinely use the practice in case they're called up), but are okay with coaches and support staff jumping in to play.
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Second warm up game
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Australia scored 222/7, considering they were on their last wicket, that's a decent score
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Australia scored 222/7, considering they were on their last wicket, that's a decent score
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why not ? surely they couldve played as fielding subs if the coach and selector and brad hodge can.
apparently stoinis was there too but wasn't allowed to play because his kit was still in florida ? why couldnt he play, mcdonald, bailey, hodge and borovec surely don't have kits.
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Just a guess but I think teams can still make changes to their squads for any reason, so allowing reserve players gives them an opportunity to make last-minute changes based solely on form rather than for injuries, which is what they really want them to be for.
Nice to see ellis have a hit and make some runsSecond warm up game
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Australia scored 222/7, considering they were on their last wicket, that's a decent score
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it wouldn't have mattered anyway since apparently they're not arriving until the 1st game.
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Pakistan batting is a cause for concern heading to the T20 World Cup. I think the world is not sold whether Rizwan and Babar Azam are aggressive enough at the top.
I also reckon of the bigger nations, Pakistans middle to lower order batting isnt as good.
I also reckon of the bigger nations, Pakistans middle to lower order batting isnt as good.
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I heard in one of the pre-England game series, that Pakistan lost to Ireland. There is every chance Ireland knock off Pakistan their group games and finish ahead of Pakistan.
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I watched a bit of the 4th game at The Oval between England and Pakistan, and if you watched Pakistan bat there, you left unsold by that batting lineup.
Azam Khan isnt fit enough to be a professional crickter.
Azam Khan isnt fit enough to be a professional crickter.
