What a bizarre performance by India. They could have chased that down in the last 10.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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From what I can make out, it is not known where each of the semis will be held in terms of the team's placing. Hoping it is not upto England to decide where they will play if they do qualify. Also assuming ICC would want to play a semi on a proper central pitch rather than this one.
Manjrekar comment in the post-match interview. KP in the post-match as well. Seems to be the general view, I think it's 50-50.
Certainly not, NZ have been in better form so the match will be as equally as tough as this one and with the same pressure. Anyone who says otherwise is talking nonsense.
Yes I was hoping that MSD and Jadhav in particular would go for it, but resorting to their current wicket saving mode, they were useless in that situation. I’m also hoping that after that performance, Shastri and Kohli sort that out by having a word or selecting alternatives. I think today England’s bowling forced India's top order to be cautious, especially after losing Rahool(!)so early chasing so many.
Wikipedia says 2 vs 3 at Edgbaston.
Agree if Bhuvi was fit and we didn't play him then it was a mistake by us. But still think these kind of weird dimensions should be avoided in a WC.
Kohli's post match interview was embarrassing and he looks like an incredibly sore loser bringing up the pitch and boundaries. Not like he was clearing them with ease when we scored 27 in the first 10 overs.
Anyone defending that shite needs to take time off from here.
Anyone defending that shite needs to take time off from here.
I think if Manjreker and KP are making those comments then it’s fair to say they are talking bollocks.
If we do play the 2nd vs 3rd semi on this ground again, we will probably go for Bhuvi instead of a spinner..
Surprising Cricinfo does not have that then. Oh well... we better win the toss if it us vs Eng in that game.
exactly. It will just be like England to beat India and then get beat by NZ.Both teams bat on a pitch with the same dimensions. The pitch size is the same for both teams. I take it that the pitch size fell within ICC regulations?
I will repeat that the flat track and the toss were bigger issues.
Well they're talking nonsense NZ have got every chance.
Wouldn't the first tie break go on NRR? If the first tie break is head to head, then yes but honestly I can't for the life of me think it is cos that is an absolutely colossally stupid way to go out
Complaining about the field size or toss is bizarre as feck. We batted like morons for the first and last 10 and deservedly lost. You cannot chase 340 while batting like its a test match for 20 overs.
It's taken a decade and 5 different forums but for once I agree with you
Or the last 5..
You guys could have played jadeja or taken another fast bowler(instead of vijay). If any other team had made those comments, you guys would be laughing your ass off. Kohli is just reverting to being a sore loser.
so who is stalking who?
Pakistan currently have a point less so need England to lose.
Rashid only went for 6.6 an over. Wood and Stokes were far worse.
It's brotherly love
Yes they can still qualify.
He was referring to NZ. If England lose then it's in our hands, but if they win @KM thought that we'd go through as we beat them in our head to head, but surely that isn't right considering NRR or number of wins are usually the first tie breakers.
Also, Bhuvi has been back in training since before the West Indies match. I think we decided not to play him and went for Shami and 2 spinners.
27 off first 10 while chasing 338 is just 
We played a very dated brand of Cricket, its all about consolidation and hitting big at death. Problem is, in big chases it mounts too much pressure on lower order. It doesn't help we have some absolute cowards in the side. I thought England completely outplayed us in all 3 departments, those cutters/slowers completely wrecked our chase.
England need to be careful though, NZ are more than capable of beating them provided its not a road.
We played a very dated brand of Cricket, its all about consolidation and hitting big at death. Problem is, in big chases it mounts too much pressure on lower order. It doesn't help we have some absolute cowards in the side. I thought England completely outplayed us in all 3 departments, those cutters/slowers completely wrecked our chase.England need to be careful though, NZ are more than capable of beating them provided its not a road.
It wouldn't have made any sense to drop the spinners tbh . Kuldeep ripped England apart last year in odi's. Bhuvi could have gone for 70+ as well on this pitch
Yeah it's number of wins, then NRR and then Head to Head. Technically if England win against NZ, isn't then still in Pakistan's hand sort of. They will still have to beat Bangladesh and actually have to thump them I imagine.
I'm hoping for a road.27 off first 10 while chasing 338 is just
England need to be careful though, NZ are more than capable of beating them provided its not a road.
Roads were what we were expecting for the whole tournament which is why England were termed favourites in the first place. It was the weather that spoiled your plans a bit but now that it is hot again we are bound to see this pitches more often. Bat first and win the game.
Sure. It was just in response to people saying we didnt have a choice and had to play 2 spinners.
I think it was more by choice than compulsion.
Realistically it isn't, IMO. The NRR deficit is something silly like 400+ runs. We'd need to not only batter Bangladesh by 200+ runs, but hope that England can do likewise against NZ. Very, very improbable.
In all likelihood, the washout vs SL is what's going to cost us as well as the feeble performance in the first game v West Indies.
Like I said though, I'm not too fussed at having to go out after the good showings we've put in after the dismal lows v the Windies and India. I just hope Imran can finally start to clean up the Administration which has been a mess for well over 30 years. Implement the right changes in the team and finally put an end to the nepotism which has hamstrung us for as long as I can remember then build towards the next World Cup.
We've learnt our lessons from the 2016 World T20, and I hope we can learn similar lessons from this year's World Cup as well.
Been listening to 6.6 and a lot of people calling in saying India didn't try hard enough to win the game. Mostly Pakistan supporters, tbf.
It wasn't a fix, and the way Kohli, Sharma, Pandya and even Pant batted shows that. It's just Jadhav and Dhoni have been horrendous with the bat during this World Cup - they've been pretty much doing this the whole of their time in England thus far, and Dhoni's reputation as the best finisher has been redundant for a good two years or so now. He just isn't that player anymore.
Hope Pant plays next match.
We (mostly Dhoni) has previous for this. As in he stops trying to win the game if target goes out of reach and just tries to get a respectable total instead. Was glad at least Kohli did not defend this approach this time like he had in the past.
Just last year Dhoni got booed in England for batting like this