2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches
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@Rapido said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
During the recent warm up series in Bangladesh , it dawned on me that if they made ODI pitches difficult to bat on then I'd enjoy/watch this format again.
With modern bats (plus some extra scoring shots invented in the T20 era) teams can 'struggle' to 230 odd on pitches that used to be 170-par in the 90s.
Thar was fun to watch. Some risk v reward jeopardy keeping the viewing interesting the whole match.
These 450 v 350 matches bore me senseless for the 50% of the match your team isnt batting.
Only 'problem ' i see with my proposed spicy ODI pitch hypothesis is - the only way to make a pitch evenly difficult for 100 overs is if it is 'over dry' rather than a bit sticky. So spin and pace-off would be the dominant bowling method.
Back in the day big hitters really earnt their boundaries.
Guys like Viv Richards, Beefy Botham, Gordon Greenidge etc.
Nowadays the bats just make it so fucken easy in comparison. I was pissing round with my son’s bat and had a bit of a swing at a full toss he threw me and was shocked at how far it went.
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Warning signs for India if this partnership gets going though
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Yawn
World Cup in India. Pitches that suit spinners.
This whole fucking thing is a set up. Once the BCCI buy the world test final to India they'll win that too.
India are the death of cricket and they don't give a fuck
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Lol and the Aussies have picked their English conditions test attack
The guys in charge of Australian cricket are dumb
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After Aus all out for 199, India have a squeaky bum time chasing at 20/3
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Hard to get interested in this CWC. Maybe that'll change closer to the knockouts
A decent game on later today:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2023-24-1367856/australia-vs-south-africa-10th-match-1384401/match-preview -
Virat Kohli is the best ODI batsman of all time and i don't think it's close
Averages 57 after 270 innings
Scores a hundred every 5 and a half innings
Passes 50 a little over every 2nd innings
Career strike rate of 94Has scores of 85 and 55* so far this Cup. He's the guy you need to get if you're going to win this tournament
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@mariner4life said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
Virat Kohli is the best ODI batsman of all time and i don't think it's close
Averages 57 after 270 innings
Scores a hundred every 5 and a half innings
Passes 50 a little over every 2nd innings
Career strike rate of 94Has scores of 85 and 55* so far this Cup. He's the guy you need to get if you're going to win this tournament
Hard to argue that but I’d love to have seen what Viv Richards could have done with today’s bats, bowling attacks etc.
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@MN5 said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
bowling attacks
myth, the modern bowler with their required list of variations is far better at limited overs stuff than ever before.
And that's before you add in the vast improvements in fielding, both on-field and in the time spent on placements. -
@mariner4life said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
@MN5 said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
bowling attacks
myth, the modern bowler with their required list of variations is far better at limited overs stuff than ever before.
And that's before you add in the vast improvements in fielding, both on-field and in the time spent on placements.Not entirely.
The 80s was a who’s who of greats, then again many of them were on Richards own team. The ODI game was still in its infancy.
I think the main point I’m making is Viv could whack it a mile with a comparative toothpick compared to what guys today use which makes the fielding somewhat redundant.
It woulda been fun to watch.
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@mariner4life said in 2023 Cricket World Cup - Other Matches:
Virat Kohli is the best ODI batsman of all time and i don't think it's close
Averages 57 after 270 innings
Scores a hundred every 5 and a half innings
Passes 50 a little over every 2nd innings
Career strike rate of 94Has scores of 85 and 55* so far this Cup. He's the guy you need to get if you're going to win this tournament
I reckon he is second best of all time, behind Viv.
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I think there's a reason that there is no interest in Australia
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I watched the game, 6 dropped catches by Australia and their batting wasn’t much better. Pakistani bookmakers must have made a killing. Not performing like an Australian cricket team for sure
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Because they have completely abandoned the one-day game
Look at the side they have picked. It's basically the test side with zampa and Maxwell
And zampa is shit.If Australia don't care about 50-over cricket then it's in trouble as a format, just as thr BCCI want
