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Post by newby on Jun 21, 2024 14:16:26 GMT
Duckett I think is a very good man to have around and cover for the top 4, he may well end up not getting a game.
Anyhow England have gone for the same XI against South Africa, England have won the toss and have opted to bowl.
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Post by newby on Jun 22, 2024 7:58:29 GMT
Almost the hero, but not quite for Harry Brook in the loss against South Africa. His partnership with Livingstone was the highlight but they fell short.
It may not have made any difference but once again Moeen Ali was promoted up the order, before Bairstow last time out when England had made a good start, and before Brook this time when they hadn't.
After opening with two right handers, England suddenly believe in the theory that a left/right combination is best when one of them is out.
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Post by hawke on Jun 23, 2024 5:15:05 GMT
Well that was special from Afghanistan. Where did their players learn the game? Where do they live? I read somewhere that they learned the game in Pakistan after leaving/fleeing their country. Is the game played in Afghanistan? Are their matches reported on there?
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Post by newby on Jun 23, 2024 20:03:37 GMT
The Afghanistan result lends some spice to the Australia/India game tomorrow.
England weren't really troubled and secured a semi-final spot with ease against the USA. Another result that adds some spice to tonight's 0130 clash between the Windies and South Africa.
None of the Yorkshire batters saw any action but Adil does what he does very well, put the brakes on and took 2 wickets.
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Post by newby on Jun 24, 2024 21:45:03 GMT
So it's England v India in the 2nd semi-final on Thursday in Guyana in the 1530 BST slot.
Australia followed up their loss to Afghanistan by a more predictable loss to India today and look very much like they will be going home. They certainly will if Afghanistan beat Bangladesh later this evening as seem likely.
Anything other than a South Africa v Afghanistan 1st semi-final seems unlikely although even Bangladesh, who have lost 2 from 2 so far could, with a very big win, sneak through.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 25, 2024 6:48:46 GMT
And the Aussies are out.
Kylie Minogue, Dame Edna, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Don Bradman.... your boys took one helluva beating but they will be on the next plane back home so perhaps you might want to give little Davey Warner the guard of honour as he gets off the Qantas in Sydney tomorrow that he was so craving for in the World Cup final but cruelly denied, whilst also denying the crowd to wave sheets of sandpaper at the same time
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Post by newby on Jun 25, 2024 7:20:52 GMT
Probably the end for David Warner in the Australian side with a couple of others also starting to look long in the tooth.
The T20 and ODI teams who play in England, and rock up at Headingley in September, might look a little bit different.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 25, 2024 7:29:20 GMT
Yes, Marsh must be at the end of the road, Starc may go to franchise cricket for the money, Maxwell likewise?
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Post by donnylad on Jun 25, 2024 7:47:37 GMT
Bye Bye Aussie Bye Bye, Bye Bye, Bye Bye Aussie Bye Bye.
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Post by hawke on Jun 27, 2024 7:20:35 GMT
Shame the Afghanistan participation ended that way. The pitch and the decision to bat seem to have played parts.
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Post by newby on Jun 27, 2024 8:07:05 GMT
Yes I started to watch it, ever hopeful, but went to bed reasonably early when they were 5 down.
I expect India to overcome England today, but it could quite well go England's way. Looking forward to it.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jun 27, 2024 10:29:57 GMT
Utter farce - at the start we were effectively playing 2 competitions at once depending on whether your game was in the Caribbean or USA with a drop in pitch.
And at the end, its all about pleasing Indian TV audiences (never mind pleasing England, South Africa or Afghanistan) and the 2 semi-finals are played with different regulations as one has a slip day and the other has more time on only one day to reach a conclusion. And they then produce a track like yesterday for a semi - final - ah well at least this game was played at a time when most were asleep....
I am sure there are some more decisions made in this tournament that have been done so as to favour one team (ie India) over others. For example in the early group games I think India had the least amount of travel around venues and some other sides were boarding internal US/Caribbean flights left right and centre.
So will the final be umpired by 2 Indians, with no toss and India given the automatic choice of batting or fielding and if the final is rained off completely is the trophy just given to India because that will please their supporters watching back home?
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Post by newby on Jun 27, 2024 13:26:02 GMT
With a 1030 local start the idea is that there is lots of spare time during the day to get a game completed. We will see, forecast looks iffy so they might be on and off a few times.
To be fair I can see the idea of trying to push the game to the USA and playing it at this time of year. The problem is the 'good ideas' behind the timings and locations all smack of profiting the BCCI rather the broader ICC membership.
So come on England give them what they don't want, an early flight home.
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Post by newby on Jun 27, 2024 15:39:10 GMT
Late start but it looks like they have a decent window to get the game in.
England won the toss and have decided to bowl, team is unchanged, good to go.
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Post by davemorton on Jun 27, 2024 20:54:21 GMT
Thank goodness that is all over. England, basically, played 4, lost 3. I suppose we were better than Pakistan. Both teams left their best batsman at home, playing for Yorkshire, which was thoughtful of them.
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