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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #170862

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ArkRoyal wrote: nz do deserve to qualify


and Pakistan don't Ark if they win their last game?.....which even if they do it will have to be by over 300 runs.....all the NZ losses to Eng and Aust pretty easy in the end, shows that getting that point v India due to rain was vital.....India would of killed them.....though all that goes out the door in a one off semi......nothing stopping Guptill or a Munro having a day out.....get off to a flyer and it's pretty hard to reel back the momentum......would rather play Eng in the semi than NZ....Eng openers have ridden their luck v India and NZ.....plus Eng don't have a left arm quick....Boult will get Finch early every time with that inswinging full delivery..... Aust success has been due to Starc and Behrendorf inswinger....reckon one of them will get one or both those Eng openers early on....both don't move their feet.....think Aust bowling attack is spot on with Behrendorf and Lyon in.....just need Stoinis and Maxy to get some scores and take a few wickets.....does Aust push Carey up to 5....and drop Stoinis and Maxy to 6 & 7....both those guys make more runs coming in the 40th plus than the 20 or 30th plus overs.....happy to be proven wrong tho....

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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #170874

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Gee those Aussie fast bowlers are on a roll at the moment. Not content with cleaning up opposition batsmen, they are now taking their toll on their own batsmen in the nets. I feel for Sean Marsh, he has had so many injury interruptions to his career. Even though he probably wouldn't have played in the rest of the world cup anyway, the injury is a blow to his chances of an ashes berth, it was looking a bit shaky already anyway as his rivals are scoring big on the Australia A tour and the county circuit while he has been a drink waiter. Of more immediate concern are the injuries to Maxwell and Smith although Langer was confident that both would be available for the game against South Africa.

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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #171011

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Unfortunately, the Aussie quicks weren't exactly on a roll against South Africa, Mike.
The Proteas' 6-325 will take some getting - a loss and we face a revitalised England.
Parochialism aside, I think the two batsmen of the tournament thus far have been India's Rohit Sharma (647 runs at an average of 92.43) and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (606 at 86.57).
Sharma's five centuries from eight innings is Bradman-like, while Shakib has made two 100s and five 50s from his eight knocks, his other score being a "paltry" 41.
Added to his batting, Shakib has taken 11 wickets at an average of 36.27 and economy rate of 5.39.
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Amazing stats by Sharma.....not a bad chase by Aust in the end considering Finch, Smith, Maxwell and Stonis made fark all between them and Uzzie came back injured.....think Carey needs to go up the order, Maxwell and Stoinis just keep finding ways to get out....why not drop them down the order....I guess Uzzie will be replaced by Handscomb, though Wade in current form might get a late call up perhaps.....though our 5th bowler is out Achilles heel, more so when Cummins struggles. On paper rather play NZ than Eng obviously, but think Aust bowlers are good enough to roll Eng again....whilst Eng have no leftie to trouble Finch et al early on.....should be a cracking game and definitely Eng will have all the backing.

Overall Aust has competed well....biggest loss was to India by 30 odd runs, so Aust has never been thrashed always been in the game.....come a long way from this time 6-12 months ago.....so kudos to the team. Extra days rest might help a few of those injury niggles.....SA have had Aust number mentally of late, so no surprises in their win.....good fight back tho by Warner and Carey.....the latter surely inching closer to a test debut....pity the current test keeper is the skipper....only a matter of time I guess.
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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #171029

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I suppose if you look at it in a positive light, better to have their poor game now than in a semi final but having said that it has the potential to be a costly loss.
Started early with another bad toss by Finch, new ball bowling on both sides of the wicket. Then when Lyon and Maxwell had got back a modicum of control in the middle overs, Finch let them get away again with poor bowling choices in overs 40 -50. None of the front line bowlers were given their full 10 overs and with Starc reversing it, he still only got 9 overs which is criminal for a guy in the form he is in. Instead Finch bowled Maxwell in the last 10 and unsurprisingly he went the journey. I think those decisions were the difference between 325 and 310 to be honest which would have been a totally different chase.

As for the batting, Warner and Carey were brilliant but there was very little else. If Ussie is out of the semi, Smith to 3, Handcomb at 4 Carey 5 and Maxwell 6, I would give Stoinis the flick and bat Coulter Nile at 7 which would mean we would have 5 front line bowlers. As others have pointed out Stoinis has done bugger all with the bat and his bowling hasnt been very effective, so you are not losing anything there.

They have made things hard for themselves now as England are on a roll and at a ground that they have won 10 consecutive ODI's
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Good to see common sense prevail and Wade selected as cover....no way Uzzie is gonna come back from a hammy in 7-10 days....Wade is in red hot form......conundrum is if Stoinis is out... does Marsh play or NCN?.....with Edgbaston dynamics being the way they are and with both the Indian spinners got spanked....surely only Lyon will bowl spin and not Maxwell.....NCN for me and Wade over Handscomb perhaps....tho with Handscomb being a steadier accumulator I guess he will get the nod over Wade....
Finch Warner Smith Handscomb Carey Maxwell NCN Cummins Starc Behrendorf Lyon

For me I would bat Wade early on as his last 12 months of run making have been top order so

Warner Finch Wade Smith Handscomb Carey NCN Cummins Starc Behrendorf Lyon
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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #171070

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It's a bit of a shock to have no cricket on tonight, though I can do without hitting the fart sack at 4.30am again as I did this morning.
Missed run-outs aside, the Saffers certainly fielded brilliantly - De Kock's run-out of Stoinis, his vertical leap to dismiss Maxwell, Morris's magnificent catch to get rid of Warner, and Markram's fine effort to send Carey on his way.
I reckon if Carey had batted through to the finish we would've got home.
I also thought Starc - although he can be all or nothing - should've gone in ahead of Cummins.
Cummins is a better Test batsman than Starc, but if Mitch had been able to strike 30 off 20 balls before Rabada came back on it would've eased the pressure on Carey.
My XI for the game against England - who I believe we can again beat - is Finch, Warner, Wade, Smith, Maxwell, Carey, M Marsh, Starc, Cummins, Behrendorff and Lyon.
Of course, the wonderfully original Two and Froms' supporters (who have the collective IQ of a dunny roll holder) will continue to whine about Smith and Warner, but I don't think our blokes are too fazed.
We might have to bring up Douglas Jardine - he's just as relevant - when they next tour.

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Cricket World Cup 2019 4 years 8 months ago #171080

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New ball wickets are the Key ADGM, whether they are batting or bowling first. They must break the opening partnership in the first 5 overs and attack Roy in particular whose technique could be a bit susceptible to good bowling. If Starc and Co bowl both sides of the wicket like they did against South Africa we will be killed. If Finch manages to win a toss he should bat and the Aussies should look at 290- 300 as a par score. Not out of reach for England but in a semi final this sort of score would exert enough pressure given the quality of our new ball bowlers.
Like your team although I'm not sure if Stoinis has been ruled out of the tournament so Mitch wouldn't be able to play in this case. Maybe Coulter- Nile if they want to hold Stoinis in the squad. Much as I would love to see Wade in the team, I reckon Smith will move up to 3 and Handscomb will slot in at 4.
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Excellent point about the Aussies needing to get new-ball wickets, Mike.
Like most teams, England's opening stands have been mixed bags: 1,12, 128, 95, 44, 1, 0, 160 and 123.
That's 564 runs at an average of 62.67, versus Australia's 662 at 73.56.
However, Bairstow and Roy have made flying starts in England's return to form and we'd want to dismiss both early.
Finch winning a toss - I'd like to see that!
He's currently 2 from 9, but of course every new coin toss is an independent (50:50) event.
Good point about Stoinis not officially being ruled out of the tournament yet - he certainly looked to be labouring at the crease against the Proteas.
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Yep. From England's point of view, they will be focusing on breaking the Warner/Finch union early so that they can get to our rather shaky middle order.
Does anyone give the Kiwis any hope of upsetting India in the other semi? Hard to see but you never know if they can bat first and Guptill and or Munro can get them off to a decent start. Their bowling apart from Boult looks a bit pedestrian and the sort of stuff that Rohit and Kohli dine out on.

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