2019 Cricket ODI WC
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Pissing it down again this morning...
This article made me laugh.
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@No-Quarter said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@mariner4life said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@booboo said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@rotated said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
The previous highest number of abandoned games in a World Cup was two, in 1992 (Australia) and 2003 (South Africa). We are now at 4.
Two games were abandoned in 2015 also. Aus/Bangladesh due to rain and the NZ skipper abandoned the final on the third ball of the match.
You mean at the toss?
It still haunts me today that we chose to bat when our number one strength in that tournament was Trent Boult. Letting him at the Aussies when it was hooping around would have put them on the back foot to begin with. Grrr.
At the time i didn't hate the decision. Had we scored 300 they would have been under enormous pressure. And there was no reason not to think our top order was capable of that.
Aussies bowled beautifully, and we cracked. Simple as that. Fuckers.
I was worried as hell about Starc in that tournament, he was in the form of his life and tearing teams apart; including us in the round robin. Letting him have first crack meant we were always going to start on the back foot, and Aussie ruthless as they were never took their foot off our throat.
Sure it probably wouldn't have mattered overall, but at least if Boult had been given the ball we could have put them under the pump to begin with. As it was Boult was largely nullified as they just blocked him out given the small total they were chasing.
I’m with you NQ. It’s never sat right that we batted first. The Boult factor and also I liked when we chased. Some our guys in that team seemed more zeroed in batting last.
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@mariner4life said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@No-Quarter said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@booboo said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@rotated said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
The previous highest number of abandoned games in a World Cup was two, in 1992 (Australia) and 2003 (South Africa). We are now at 4.
Two games were abandoned in 2015 also. Aus/Bangladesh due to rain and the NZ skipper abandoned the final on the third ball of the match.
You mean at the toss?
It still haunts me today that we chose to bat when our number one strength in that tournament was Trent Boult. Letting him at the Aussies when it was hooping around would have put them on the back foot to begin with. Grrr.
At the time i didn't hate the decision. Had we scored 300 they would have been under enormous pressure. And there was no reason not to think our top order was capable of that.
Aussies bowled beautifully, and we cracked. Simple as that. Fuckers.
I was worried as hell about Starc in that tournament, he was in the form of his life and tearing teams apart; including us in the round robin. Letting him have first crack meant we were always going to start on the back foot, and Aussie ruthless as they were never took their foot off our throat.
Sure it probably wouldn't have mattered overall, but at least if Boult had been given the ball we could have put them under the pump to begin with. As it was Boult was largely nullified as they just blocked him out given the small total they were chasing.
I’m with you NQ. It’s never sat right that we batted first. The Boult factor and also I liked when we chased. Some our guys in that team seemed more zeroed in batting last.
Sitting in the stand I couldn't believe it. Nothing better to settle finals nerves than to field a bit. If you take an over to settle down so be it. If you don't settle down when you bat you are out
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@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
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@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
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@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
It's hardly our fault you buy shit food.
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@Catogrande said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
It's hardly our fault you buy shit food.
Like I said, the food I had was exemplary.
The fact none of it was "english" was an unfortunate ( or maybe fortunate ) coincidence.
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@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Catogrande said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
It's hardly our fault you buy shit food.
Like I said, the food I had was exemplary.
The fact none of it was "english" was an unfortunate ( or maybe fortunate ) coincidence.
Racist.
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@Catogrande said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Catogrande said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
It's hardly our fault you buy shit food.
Like I said, the food I had was exemplary.
The fact none of it was "english" was an unfortunate ( or maybe fortunate ) coincidence.
Racist.
sometimes
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@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Catogrande said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@MN5 said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@TeWaio said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
@Crucial said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
As much as it hurts to defend the pommy weather there are some off the mark comments here
For starters this weather is unusual. Looking like wettest June in record.
A few weeks back the weather was great.
I can honestly say I find it drier in London these days than Wellington.
But yeah, it’s really shit at the moment and I wish the good stuff would come back100% agree with this, English weather generally has a massively unwarranted bad rep. Maybe its changed in the last generation due to climate change or whatever, but certainly away from the west of the country its pretty dry. Around London, and up near Cambridge where I live, it rains less than in NZ I reckon. The whole "shit UK weather" thing is like "shit UK food" - a stereotype about 30yrs out of date now.
That said, the weather this June has been about as consistently awful (and across the whole country) as I can remember in 15 years living here.
That is true. I had some great Pizzas, Curries, Kebabs, Chinese and paella’s in London.
I’m sure the mushy peas and fish and chips have gotten better too.
It's hardly our fault you buy shit food.
Like I said, the food I had was exemplary.
The fact none of it was "english" was an unfortunate ( or maybe fortunate ) coincidence.
Nothing wrong with good old bangers and mash and an early morning visit to the local greasy spoon for a hangover curing breakfast
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Marsh looking like he might be the difference between the two teams @NTA ?
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@NTA said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:
Decent win after a good start from Sri Lanka. Kind of bummed for their skipper going on 97 but glad we stopped him - he's the spine and most of the functioning organs for the Lanks
Aus played it right. Solid start to ensure they get 280+ (which is generally too many for the Lankans) and then have a go later in the innings. 320 was always too many.
As I said with the Black Caps win though, can't read too much into it. This is a very poor Sri Lankan side, they'll struggle to win another game from here.
