2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[AB de Royse777]

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I merited you but not for this post lol.

It's for previous post which I can't find on phone. So meriting your latest post here in this thread. Cheers

How do you guys handle the forum on phone. I tried once and it was annoying. Since then I gave up. Whenever I need to post I do it from my laptop :-D

[Haunebu]

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Fitness is even more important when compared to experience in my opinion. Experience does matter, but other factors matter too. This is why I like the current Indian lineup since it is a good mix of young and experienced players overall.

I think I was responding to a post where it was saying the average age is 29.5 years or so.
Here are the things I consider matters in cricket:

Experience,
Fitness,
Captaincy,
Management,
Crowed,
Recent form
Fielding unit
Batting unit
Bowling unit
Ground
Pitch
Weather
Umpire
Wind
Light

and many more things matters :-P

Feel free to continue :-D

Great list. Among the factors that you mentioned, fitness would be my 1st choice while crowd would be my last choice. Umpiring is another vital factor since any single decision of theirs could turn the game around.

[FIFA worldcup]

Interesting fact. It's like CSK team LOL
Anyway, this means that Indian team has more chance to win the cup. Experience is always an advantage.

Honestly, age is just a number. I don't really care about age since fitness is what matters at the end of the day. I have seen young players like Pant who fail consistently while senior players like MSD perform consistently primarily due to the fitness factor.

Yeah, true but experience is needed in a big tournament of course. World cup is the big tournament and of course everyone comes here first time once. Every players feel nervous when they first participate. Here experienced players play a good rule to make them prepared.On the other hand, experience can tell where to put the effort to win a match.

Fitness is even more important when compared to experience in my opinion. Experience does matter, but other factors matter too. This is why I like the current Indian lineup since it is a good mix of young and experienced players overall.

Fitness and experience both counts in a World cup match. Consider a team who is not experienced will not be able to handle the pressure of matches like semi-final / finals etc.

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I merited you but not for this post lol.

It's for previous post which I can't find on phone. So meriting your latest post here in this thread. Cheers

How do you guys handle the forum on phone. I tried once and it was annoying. Since then I gave up. Whenever I need to post I do it from my laptop :-D

This discussion is going off topic and forum related topics can be discussed in meta section. 

[JSRAW]

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I merited you but not for this post lol.

It's for previous post which I can't find on phone. So meriting your latest post here in this thread. Cheers

How do you guys handle the forum on phone. I tried once and it was annoying. Since then I gave up. Whenever I need to post I do it from my laptop :-D

Yes correct bhai, it's annoying in starting but one can get used to it after many failures lol

Annoying part is uploading links, memes, stats etc lol takes ages!!!

LOL sorry @fifa world cup. BTW your name is completely off topic too😋 but that's fine because our name is not bat and ball or wicket as well 😂

[Haunebu]

Fitness and experience both counts in a World cup match. Consider a team who is not experienced will not be able to handle the pressure of matches like semi-final / finals etc.

I agree and that was what I discussed earlier. Both are important factors, but fitness plays a bigger role than experience in my opinion. This basically applies to any sport and not just Cricket. Players who perform well usually excel in these areas.

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I merited you but not for this post lol.

It's for previous post which I can't find on phone. So meriting your latest post here in this thread. Cheers

I thought I would PM you, lol. Just kidding
By the way, it's not a better practise to merit on undeserving post although you have all the proof that you were looking for this post to merit. People may create a thread for abusing merit which will lead you to face a negative trust for a day or two.
Thank you anyway.
Sorry for the off topic reply here.

[Bdstar]

Recently Bangladesh team published thier squad for World cup 2019.Again, we saw some corruption in selection management.Player like Taskin who was the best bowler for Bangladesh in last world cup wasn’t included in the squad.Also experience player Imrul kayes was dropped.Bangladeshi fans are really shocked to see and people are angry at selection management.                 

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Recently Bangladesh team published thier squad for World cup 2019.Again, we saw some corruption in selection management.Player like Taskin who was the best bowler for Bangladesh in last world cup wasn’t included in the squad.Also experience player Imrul kayes was dropped.Bangladeshi fans are really shocked to see and people are angry at selection management.                

Please don't spread fud. Taskin isn't still fit for the world cup. He had an injury. Taskin isn't excluded for any political issue.
On the other hand, Imrul Kayes is the victim of stupid internal politics. I can tell who is the leader of this internal politics, lol. However, here's the stat of Imrul Kayes-

He played eight matches and scored 436 runs with two centuries. But he put up a dismal show in the ongoing Dhaka League.

Source- theindependentbd.com

Kayes had a great performance and we had discussed it some days ago. He deserves a place in the squad, in fact he deserves to be the playing XI.

[JSRAW]

There is no Oz fan here ^_^ Damn it Guys

Australian 15 men squad for World cup 2019

Aaron Finch (c) , U. Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Jhye Richardson, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff,   Nathan Coulter-Nile,  Adam Zampa

Guys this team looking very solid. every player is in good form or doing good right now.

Fast bowler josh hazelwood ruled out due to his back injury and Peter Handscomb didn't make it into the team as well.

Both Warner and Smith made their comeback which was no brainer for any cricket lover. interestingly Smith is not doing captaincy (which is logical) and Aaron finch will captain the Oz team in World cup and they are defending champion.

I want to see David Warner in playing XI and destroying opponent bowlers on 22 yard's pitch and making statement in front of international community with the bat, that he is back!!

[RamBahadur.Gurung]

Recently Bangladesh team published thier squad for World cup 2019.Again, we saw some corruption in selection management.Player like Taskin who was the best bowler for Bangladesh in last world cup wasn’t included in the squad.Also experience player Imrul kayes was dropped.Bangladeshi fans are really shocked to see and people are angry at selection management.                 

Taskin Ahmed is a good pacer, and no one is going to deny that. But the last time he played an ODI was almost two years back (during the tour of South Africa). And if I remember correctly, he was extremely expensive in that series, going for almost 10 runs per over. He performed well during the recent BPL tournament, but we need to admit that BPL is no way near IPL or the BBL in terms of quality. Also, the form in T20 matches can't be taken as an indicator for the ODI selection.

[Haunebu]

The Afghanistan World cup squad has been published and Rashid Khan will be the player to watch in my opinion. Mohammad Shahzad is the 2nd best player in that team thanks to this excellent batting skills according to me.

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I want to see David Warner in playing XI and destroying opponent bowlers on 22 yard's pitch and making statement in front of international community with the bat, that he is back!!

Warner will definitely will be on playing XI, but in that case, Usman Khawaja will probably not play. If Finch is going to play on one down, in that case, Khawaja has a chance to be in the XI.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

[Haunebu]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

Probably internal politics. This is a common problem in all squads. For example, I never expected Vijay Shankar to be selected over someone like Rishabh Pant or Rayudu, but politics probably played a role here.

[Pffrt]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

Probably internal politics. This is a common problem in all squads. For example, I never expected Vijay Shankar to be selected over someone like Rishabh Pant or Rayudu, but politics probably played a role here.

I don't think so in case  of Vijay Shankar. If you look back to my previous post from here, I had included Vijay Shankar in my playing XI for India. Am I someone from Indian Cricket Board's internal 
He has done way better than both Pant and Rayudu in last ODIs. I think Vijay Shankaar is good pick for the Indian team.

[Haunebu]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

Probably internal politics. This is a common problem in all squads. For example, I never expected Vijay Shankar to be selected over someone like Rishabh Pant or Rayudu, but politics probably played a role here.

I don't think so in case  of Vijay Shankar. If you look back to my previous post from here, I had included Vijay Shankar in my playing XI for India. Am I someone from Indian Cricket Board's internal 
He has done way better than both Pant and Rayudu in last ODIs. I think Vijay Shankaar is good pick for the Indian team.

Way better? I disagree completely. The only reason he was chosen over Rayudu or Pant was because of his 3 Dimensional skills.

Pant and Rayudu are way better in the batting aspect in comparison, but they cannot bowl and India have enough wicketkeepers in their squad.

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Way better? I disagree completely. The only reason he was chosen over Rayudu or Pant was because of his 3 Dimensional skills.

Pant and Rayudu are way better in the batting aspect in comparison, but they cannot bowl and India have enough wicketkeepers in their squad.

May be this is the reason. India already have Dhoni, Kartik and KL Rahul is in the team already. There's no point of including more wicket keepers. Vijay has the advantage there.

[JSRAW]

Good analysis but You forget about faf du Plessis,  de cock, Markham, David Miller. All are good batsmen. Markham is in very good form and performed well in domestic cricket. If these four batsmen perform for South Africa. They may choke once again but they have some chance.

I didn't mentioned about them for the very same reason you pointed out that they are doing great except David Miller ( I some how missed his name)

David Millar and Duminy are in same category. handy batsmen in middle order but not reliable and don't give much confidence. they are very much capable of playing match winning innings in middle order but didn't seen much firework from their bat lately.

I didn't followed Markham's domestic career or ODI much so don't have idea how good is he and yet to see him perform in ODI but he is very solid batsman in Test match that I know.

Faf and de-cock doing their job perfectly.

I merited you but not for this post lol.

It's for previous post which I can't find on phone. So meriting your latest post here in this thread. Cheers

I thought I would PM you, lol. Just kidding
By the way, it's not a better practise to merit on undeserving post although you have all the proof that you were looking for this post to merit. People may create a thread for abusing merit which will lead you to face a negative trust for a day or two.
Thank you anyway.
Sorry for the off topic reply here.

Correct, and thanks for heads-up will keep that in to my mind. {quoting without any edit for Future ref I something goes wrong lol }

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Warner will definitely will be on playing XI, but in that case, Usman Khawaja will probably not play. If Finch is going to play on one down, in that case, Khawaja has a chance to be in the XI.

I guess @Sithara pointed out this before that Finch is better player than Khawaja in Shorter format. so I may sound exactly like him because I think the same and would like to see Warner and Finch opening the inning for Oz.

[Sithara007]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

Probably internal politics. This is a common problem in all squads. For example, I never expected Vijay Shankar to be selected over someone like Rishabh Pant or Rayudu, but politics probably played a role here.

Right now, the Indian players are divided in to two camps, being led by Dhoni and Kohli. From what I have heard, the selectors and the coach are supportive of Dhoni and his ex-CSK colleagues. Rishabh Pant is known to be close to Kohli and he was overlooked by the selectors who chose Dhoni's friend Dinesh Karthik. Vijay Shankar was preferred over Ambati Rayudu and although I am not sure about the politics behind it, I have my doubts. IMO, they should have given a chance to Pant, since he is an emerging player.

[JSRAW]

Very surprising to see Hamid Hassan in the Afghan squad. He hasn't played any form of cricket for the last one and half years!! He played his last ODI in 2016. I don't know why he was selected over players such as Shapoor Zadran and Karim Janat. One thing that could have worked out for him may be his earlier stint in English club cricket.

Probably internal politics. This is a common problem in all squads. For example, I never expected Vijay Shankar to be selected over someone like Rishabh Pant or Rayudu, but politics probably played a role here.

Right now, the Indian players are divided in to two camps, being led by Dhoni and Kohli. From what I have heard, the selectors and the coach are supportive of Dhoni and his ex-CSK colleagues. Rishabh Pant is known to be close to Kohli and he was overlooked by the selectors who chose Dhoni's friend Dinesh Karthik. Vijay Shankar was preferred over Ambati Rayudu and although I am not sure about the politics behind it, I have my doubts. IMO, they should have given a chance to Pant, since he is an emerging player.

I heard the totally different story.

About pant

1. Dhoni doesn't have much say in this situation.
2. Kohli takes his advice always
3. Ravi Shastri backs kohl's decisions.
4. Majority ofSelectors were in favor of selecting Pant over Dinesh Karthik.
5. Kohli put his foot down when selecting Pant.( main reason I already pointed out in my previous post)

About ambati raydu.

1. Management was not happy with him because of his recent failures and early retirement from domestic cricket didn't looked good as well (not enough match practice that's why he was rusty, every senior player criticized his actions)

Its another discussion that other regular players didnt played  domestic seasons as well but their performance didn't went down ex : Dhoni and sikhar, exactly same scenario if you look Australia, New Zealand tour closely

Call it bad luck or double standard but it's done for good and sadly he is out from this world cup squad.