Cricket World Cup 2023
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
398 is a long way, even if you get to half-way in decent shape. This will take the third-highest second-innings total and second-highest successful chase in ODI history, not just WC history.
Didn't matter in the end, but this is why I thought Pakistan's DLS win over NZ when they weren't even half-way was a nonsense.
Didn't matter in the end, but this is why I thought Pakistan's DLS win over NZ when they weren't even half-way was a nonsense.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yep, when you have cramp, it's just a matter of manning up.
Daryl Mitchell btw. I guess we can't call him underrated any more. He's building an amazing career for someone who didn't play any internationals until he was 28.
Daryl Mitchell btw. I guess we can't call him underrated any more. He's building an amazing career for someone who didn't play any internationals until he was 28.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Eh? What was a nonsense about it? They scored half the runs off 3 more balls than half the overs for loss of one wicket!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yes. But there was still the other half to get. And that's really hard. Most of the time, teams fail to sustain that rate. More often than not, at some point, set batters get out and it goes pear-shaped.
Pakistan were still odds-against winning that game despite negotiating the first half successfully - because the target was so high. They were half-way towards the second-highest successful chase in ODI history - that's nearly 5,000 games. It should have been declared a no-result, imo. But luckily it didn't matter much. NZ would have finished fourth anyway.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
NZ did well to keep hope alive for as long as they did. So not quite the one-sided affair it threatened to be, but the Indian machine is still operating far too well for anyone to live with it. There are no weak links. The only hope I can see for the other team in the final is that one of the Indian bowlers breaks down.
He's not the most glamorous of players but I fucking love the way he likes to just tonk it straight down over the bowler. Fast bowlers really don't like that. The contrast between him and Willliamson.
Should've played Neesham. He's inconsistent but on his day he might have pulled it off.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Just put on the cricket, in time to se two wickets in two balls. SA are getting a caning. 
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
I wish they'd just dump these 'predictors'.
Atm, My5 says 306
Cricinfo says 264.
Science. Not.
Atm, My5 says 306
Cricinfo says 264.
Science. Not.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Is the 264 just assuming they'll keep going at this run rate? Which normally doesn't happen. (Take your point though)
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Nope, it's a worthless prediction. Even worse is cricinfo's 'win predictor' that at the end is capable of going from 85% for one team to 85% for the other in a matter of balls.
These things are worthless.
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I both hope India win and don't give the slightest shit who wins. Really I just want David Warner to be unhappy.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
God knows how Head and Marsh are still in. So many plays and misses. This could yet get interesting.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And it is. Smith gone.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Nah.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Aus are strolling this. Head reaches his hundred to total silence.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Loads of people leaving. I don't warm to Indian cricket fan culture.
