Cricket World Cup 2023

[Petcha]

It would seem unlikely India will lose this from here

 

[littlebabyjesus]

SL scored 50 last time they played India. Can they reach that score?

 

[Spymaster]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Never mind 50. Haven't reached 5 yet.

 

[Petcha]

It's looking increasingly unlikely SL can win this

 

[Puddy_Tat]

another

 

[Petcha]

I've never seen a stronger all round India side in all my years of watching cricket. There are no weak links.

 

[Spymaster]

Reckon the Sri Lankans have been spending too much time around the England players.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I've never seen a stronger all round India side in all my years of watching cricket. There are no weak links.

This particular combination has one weak link, which is the tail. Shami at eight is at least one place too high and probably two.

If SL had held on to those early chances, they had the chance to create some pressure. Felt at the time that those drops had cost them the match.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

50 looking a very long way off here.

Shami at eight isn't ideal. Shami as first change is scary.

 

[a_chap]

14/6

Time to get a fiver on at 1,000,000 to 1

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Powerplay done. Is 14 a record low?

 

[two sheds]

just seen the score - oh shit

 

[Petcha]

It's definitely looking it might need quite an innings from someone here

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Richie Benaud always said that you hadn't beaten Sri Lanka until Angelo Mathews was out.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

He's gone. SL in trouble...

 

[Spymaster]

He's gone. SL in trouble...

Yep. Reckon they might struggle a bit now.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

one more for the 50. They've avoided a few of the very worst records.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

55. Didn't quite bat out their 20 overs.

 

[Spymaster]

What do you reckon planetgeli?

 

[Petcha]

Hardik and his planet sized ego must be fucking stewing right now. No way he's getting back into this side any time soon.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It is certainly a measure of India's strength to look at the players not in the team. Does Hardik get back in? Ashwin isn't even getting a sniff.

 

[Spymaster]

Gotta feel for Kusal Mendis having to do that interview.

I'd have locked myself in the bog.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The relegation scrap is looking the more interesting end of the table now. Two out of Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and England will qualify for the Champions Trophy. Could be any two.

 

[Wilf]

The relegation scrap is looking the more interesting end of the table now. Two out of Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and England will qualify for the Champions Trophy. Could be any two.

Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten that puts England into that particular scrap.

 

[Petcha]

England's position is fucking hilarious.

NZ/Pak is now the crucial matchup. I fancy NZ.

 

[Wilf]

England's position is fucking hilarious.

NZ/Pak is now the crucial matchup. I fancy NZ.

'Gee, wonder what happened to the Windies, that once great cricketing nation, must be so humiliating.... oh'.

 

[planetgeli]

What do you reckon planetgeli?

I reckon this

. Can SL pull this back?

is probably the most pointless sentence LBJ has ever written on Urban.

The tournament is sliding into oblivion.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

So what's the England fan angle here - are we cheering on Afghanistan now to give us a better chance of finishing above the Netherlands?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So what's the England fan angle here - are we cheering on Afghanistan now to give us a better chance of finishing above the Netherlands?

That is the logical position.

I'm in two minds whether or not I think England deserve any favours, though. England and Bangladesh have clearly been the worst two teams.