World Test Championship
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@mariner4life said in World Test Championship:
@booboo too wet. you couldn't bank on a couple of weeks of dry weather. also hot as fuck until May
May have been later in the year ... Will have to google
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@Cyclops said in World Test Championship:
Would a replacement series even be worth wtc points? I thought that the wtc schedule was set in advance years ago.
Could we push the Bangladesh series back a couple of weeks and get a test series in after?
I'd hate to miss us play a bunch of meaningless short form games against Bangladesh just to shoehorn a test series in.
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@booboo said in World Test Championship:
@mariner4life said in World Test Championship:
@booboo too wet. you couldn't bank on a couple of weeks of dry weather. also hot as fuck until May
May have been later in the year ... Will have to google
July. In 2003 v Bangers and 2004 v SL. In Cairns and Darwin.
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@Cyclops said in World Test Championship:
Would a replacement series even be worth wtc points? I thought that the wtc schedule was set in advance years ago.
Could we push the Bangladesh series back a couple of weeks and get a test series in after?
Given the amount of MIQ issues, probably not.
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@Siam said in World Test Championship:
As of today we play the poms.
Who would you rather us play?
Bit of a 50/50 call because both teams will have a home crowd. Poms obviously know the conditions but India have a decent pace attack.
Probably prefer to play the Indians over there
Agreed. We’re a better team than England but I’d really worry about playing them in their conditions.
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@Bovidae said in World Test Championship:
Heaps of pressure on India for the 2nd test because lose that and they are gone...
Pressure on both of them then.
If the Black Caps gel they’re capable of downing either team convincingly, I just hope the dizzying heights don’t get to them.
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@Bovidae said in World Test Championship:
Heaps of pressure on India for the 2nd test because lose that and they are gone...
Shit, is it that cut and dried?
The way England have been playing in subcontinent conditions for nigh on 2 months now makes me think we'll be playing them at Lords. Oh well, wonder what the count back criteria will be this time? Number of lions on a shirt?
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@Siam said in World Test Championship:
@Bovidae said in World Test Championship:
Heaps of pressure on India for the 2nd test because lose that and they are gone...
Shit, is it that cut and dried?
See the graphic I posted earlier. India now need to win the series 2-1 or 3-1 to qualify for the final.
England still needs to win 2 of the last 3 tests.
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@Bovidae said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
Are Oz still a chance ?
Yes. A drawn series or England winning no more than 2 tests (1-0, 2-0 or 2-1) helps them.
.....and that’s the team I think the BCs will worry about most
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@Siam said in World Test Championship:
As of today we play the poms.
.... and that is one hell of a win. Winning the toss helps, but Root set that win up iwth his massive double. After that, you just wait for the pitch to do what 5 day pitches do in India.
I'll google the last time India lost at home, but it would be years I reckon
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@nzzp said in World Test Championship:
@Siam said in World Test Championship:
As of today we play the poms.
.... and that is one hell of a win. Winning the toss helps, but Root set that win up iwth his massive double. After that, you just wait for the pitch to do what 5 day pitches do in India.
I'll google the last time India lost at home, but it would be years I reckon
I would be interested in when they last lost a series at home
