2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[UmerIdrees]

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@Royse777 you should easily win your first two bets where I’m favoring Pakistan to beat Afghanistan, though I expect Afghanistan will put up a strong fight. Srilanka vs South Africa is a straightforward match, and I feel South Africa will win it easily. The last match between India vs Newzealand is tricky, as this will be India’s first practice match after a long break, so I would not be comfortable on placing a bet on them or against them.

Afghanistan is putting up fight. Pakistan just lost another wicket and now they are 4 wickets down. 100 for 4 after 20.1 overs. The start was good but since Nabi and Rashid started to take strike Pakistan is losing wickets. Not sure how far they will go. They need to build a partnership.


About India vs New Zealand match, I am too in doubt but I will hope India will win because they are better side in every aspect than New Zealand.

Pakistan is now at risk since they have only scored 262, great century from Babor Azom. Afganistan have some good batsman and I guess they will be able to chase it.

Recently in England ( Pakistan vs England series), the average score was above 300+ . Pakistan did not bat well and able to make only 262 against Afghanistan which is alarming.  I think Afghanistan being the weakest team in the tournament, Pakistan should restrict them and must not loss to Afghanistan. 

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[AB de Royse777]

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Recently in England ( Pakistan vs England series), the average score was above 300+ . Pakistan did not bat well and able to make only 262 against Afghanistan which is alarming.  I think Afghanistan being the weakest team in the tournament, Pakistan should restrict them and must not loss to Afghanistan. 

The way Afghanistan is moving I think today we will see another lose for Pakistan which will be a disaster for them for sure. Their bowling attack is really toothless now. What a shame.

[JSRAW]

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Yup, Actually its not Ashwin's fault as well. Finger- off spinners not doing well in International Cricket over all. Atm Wrist spinners dominating the 22 yard pitch ( shorter format)

Is there any good youtube channel broadcasting these warm-up matches? I'm sure that they're going to be very interesting, and I'd love to watch'em all!

Nope, was looking for one. didn't find any so end up watching in "Hotstar"

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The way Afghanistan is moving I think today we will see another lose for Pakistan which will be a disaster for them for sure. Their bowling attack is really toothless now. What a shame.

Could be tight if Afghanistan lose couple of wickets from here. as of now score is 201/4 and they need 62 runs in 69 balls.

Srilanka going slowly, not sure if they can win. Angelo can do some magic if he gets going.

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Could be tight if Afghanistan lose couple of wickets from here. as of now score is 201/4 and they need 62 runs in 69 balls.

Now they need 54 from 56 balls. They have 6 wickets in hand (I think 5 wickets actually coz the opener retired), so I do not think this will be any hard job for them as long as they do not lose any wicket. They do not have much pressure too. Afghanistan should win today. :-(

Srilanka going slowly, not sure if they can win. Angelo can do some magic if he gets going.

You think Sri Lanka has a chance today?

[JSRAW]

You think Sri Lanka has a chance today?

Chances are low, let's say 10%. Angelo batting right now and Parera is next if another wicket falls. Parera can be very dangerous and destructive but I think South African bowlers can tackle both of them because run rate keep going up.

Rabada and Lungi Ngidi got few overs and I just noticed that Chris Morris is also playing, Rabada and Chris Morris both are good death over bowlers so chances are they can defend this total.

Note : Selectors didn't preference the Chris Morris in World cup squad in start due to his injuries but looks like he's in Squad. strange didn't heard any buzz about this.

[cooltoadfrommoon]

India has an extra ordinary batting line up.I think if Virat can be on from, He can win the world cup for india in single hand.

Australia is also a Very good dominant team, when the matter is about big tournament Australia always heads up.       

[UmerIdrees]

India has an extra ordinary batting line up.I think if Virat can be on from, He can win the world cup for india in single hand.

Australia is also a Very good dominant team, when the matter is about big tournament Australia always heads up.       

Its too early to predict whether India, Australia or any other team will win.  No one can win the world cup single handed, its a team effort always.

Instead of giving wild guesses, i think we should focus on match by match performances and then we are in a better position to conclude who has better chances of winning this world cup.

[JSRAW]

Indian batting line-up got rekt like shitcoins lol

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[Indymoney]

Indian batting line-up got rekt like shitcoins lol

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All down and out but good thing Jadeja doing some good resistance with tail enders.

Australia on target but they need some good score as England is full of energy and can achieve any target less then 350 runs

[vennali]

179 all out for India and its star studded batting line up.. Kinda unbelievable looking at a measly 174 in a 50 overs game while they were scoring 180+ most of the time during the IPL. Good news is that its just a warm up game. The results dont matter but could be used as a morale booster. Lets see how the Indian bowling lineup does defending the total. Only positive out of the innings was R.Jadeja and Kuldeep's partnership otherwise the total would have been probably below 140.

[onrise]

Nz have rattled India for 179 runs and taking full benefit of the pitch and with the pace and swing boult jolt the India hopes of even reaching 200 . It would be a good contest to see how much wickets can India take of Nz and can they restrain them to less than 179.

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179 all out for India and its star studded batting line up.. Kinda unbelievable looking at a measly 174 in a 50 overs game while they were scoring 180+ most of the time during the IPL. Good news is that its just a warm up game. The results dont matter but could be used as a morale booster. Lets see how the Indian bowling lineup does defending the total. Only positive out of the innings was R.Jadeja and Kuldeep's partnership otherwise the total would have been probably below 140.

Restricting the batting super power to 179 only is big achievement.
The Results do matter for the Newzealand team and it will really boost up their confidence. Wining a warm match is always good before going into the world cup.

[Little Mouse]

How poor performance from Indian batsman. Pathetic. I thought a minimum of 280 runs. Boult and Nesham done pretty good. Newzealand have lost 2 wickets after 10 overs.
India's world cup warm up is a bit worst. I hope they will turn into WC.

[Vishnu.Reang]

How poor performance from Indian batsman. Pathetic. I thought a minimum of 280 runs. Boult and Nesham done pretty good. Newzealand have lost 2 wickets after 10 overs.
India's world cup warm up is a bit worst. I hope they will turn into WC.

The last time they had a world cup in England was way back in 1999. And back then, a left arm pacer from New Zealand (Geoff Allott) was the top wicket taker during the tournament. And I am seeing a lot of similarities between Trent Boult and Geoff Allott. Even today, Boult got 4 wickets and his swing and seam movement destroyed the Indian innings.

[Raja_MBZ]

Unexpected results of today's warm-up matches - New Zealand beats India and Australia beats England. I think that in this tournament, England is relying on its batting strength way too much. They're NOT able to restrict the teams within a 200-250 score.

On the other hand, poor batting by Indian batsmen today. Kohli, Dhoni, they all failed. But never forget, these are only the warm-up matches and they don't matter much. Let's see what happens once the real battles begin!

[Little Mouse]

On the other hand, poor batting by Indian batsmen today. Kohli, Dhoni, they all failed. But never forget, these are only the warm-up matches and they don't matter much. Let's see what happens once the real battles begin!

I hope too. But the way they played yesterday disappointed me. They have one of the best batting line. I hope they will come back in the main stage.

[Vishnu.Reang]

On the other hand, poor batting by Indian batsmen today. Kohli, Dhoni, they all failed. But never forget, these are only the warm-up matches and they don't matter much. Let's see what happens once the real battles begin!

Well. Let's see. Teams from the subcontinent should have arrived in England at least two weeks prior to the tournament and played a few warm up matches during this duration. But the Indians took it very lightly. It will be difficult to adjust to the conditions, after playing in India for two months continuously for the IPL. Anyway, one more warm up match (vs Bangladesh) is remaining, and lets see how they perform.

[Pffrt]

On the other hand, poor batting by Indian batsmen today. Kohli, Dhoni, they all failed. But never forget, these are only the warm-up matches and they don't matter much. Let's see what happens once the real battles begin!

Well. Let's see. Teams from the subcontinent should have arrived in England at least two weeks prior to the tournament and played a few warm up matches during this duration. But the Indians took it very lightly. It will be difficult to adjust to the conditions, after playing in India for two months continuously for the IPL. Anyway, one more warm up match (vs Bangladesh) is remaining, and lets see how they perform.

Will not affect much though. India will have a good journey since they have a balanced team with perfect bowling and batting.
Bangladesh is in good form too. I wouldn't be surprised if they beat India because they had a good series recently.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Will not affect much though. India will have a good journey since they have a balanced team with perfect bowling and batting.
Bangladesh is in good form too. I wouldn't be surprised if they beat India because they had a good series recently.

India is not a very balanced team. Look at their batting. In English conditions, apart from Kohli everyone else is going to struggle. And the spinners will struggle, as has happened in the past.
 
Bangladesh is not even a threat. IMO, there are only four teams capable of defeating India in CWC 2019. They are Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa. Bangladesh still has a long way to go.

[Little Mouse]

Bangladesh is not even a threat. IMO, there are only four teams capable of defeating India in CWC 2019. They are Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa. Bangladesh still has a long way to go.

Not that much have to go. Bangladesh is in well performance and I guess it will be at least a competitve one. Bangladesh played against in last years. In this time, the team has changed a lot and had better performance. Anything cam happen, no one is certain though.