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The Cricket Thread

Not many walk overs any more. Not in tricky conditions and in the short form of the game.

These results have been great for Afghanistan and the Netherlands, gives hope for other 2nd tier nations as well.
 
i agree... will be interesting.
early defeats will be ok, as they have time to recover.. It seems like a very long tournament format. 45 matches!!
It's a lot of games but everyone plays everyone so a true champion will emerge, as you say early defeats are not as bad as a last game defeat with no chance of recovery
 
The heat and humidity seems have got to the quickies in the last 5-7 over.. every ball seems to ending behind the ropes..
 
England have been in sharp decline in the 50 over format since Morgan called it a day.

A huge part of the decline must be the appointment of Jos Buttler as captain. A genuinely nice fella, but he has always struck me as just a little too nice to be an international skipper.

And some of his decision making at this World Cup has been baffling at best.
 
Breathtaking arrogance from Virat Kohli, refusing a single to deep mid wicket as he’s more focused on scoring a century than India winning.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/67186568

Root saying what everybody knew years ago when they introduced the Hundred to clash with the 1 day cup
50 over cricket is the one that will lose out. It doesn’t have a space on the calendar. T20 and test cricket should be the only formats internationally for me (and I am not a fan of T20)
 
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