2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[eaLiTy]

South Africa’s team management is to be blamed for their debacle as their decision of not taking Ab De Villiers, has completely backfired on them as his experience would have helped them win many matches.

The excuse they have for not allowing AB De Villiers in their world cup squad is that, he wished his desire to be in the world cup team just before the announcement of the squad and it would hurt the morale of the team if they include a player who was not in the picture for a long time, ABD is the worlds best player even now and he has every rights to be in any world eleven with his sheer talent alone and if he was included in the team they will not be in the same situation like this, this is by far the worst performance by team South Africa in ICC tournaments.

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[Raja_MBZ]

A very big total to chase down for Bangladesh today. They're probably going to lose this one, but if Tamim and Shakib can gain some momentum and score a nice partnership, they can at least save Bangalis net run rate by not losing with a big margin.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Australia in all probability is going to win today's match. That means that they are almost assured of a playoff spot. But let's take the point table as of yesterday, as all the teams had 5 matches each. New Zealand is at the top, with 9 points. England and Australia are having 8 and India is 4th placed with 7 points. Now these four teams are far ahead of the remaining teams. Never before the playoff spots looked so predictable in a world cup.

[btcmegastar]

A very big total to chase down for Bangladesh today. They're probably going to lose this one, but if Tamim and Shakib can gain some momentum and score a nice partnership, they can at least save Bangalis net run rate by not losing with a big margin.

Yes, the target is really very high which it is impossible to chase the target, the only thing they can do now is to reduce net run rate. If they start losing wicket defensively it will hurt their net run rate.

[sujonali1819]

A very big total to chase down for Bangladesh today. They're probably going to lose this one, but if Tamim and Shakib can gain some momentum and score a nice partnership, they can at least save Bangalis net run rate by not losing with a big margin.

Yes, the target is really very high which it is impossible to chase the target, the only thing they can do now is to reduce net run rate. If they start losing wicket defensively it will hurt their net run rate.

Bangladesh have played  well todays Batting Innings. But the score was really very big for Bangladesh even All other big team. But the batting line of Bangladesh satisfied the supporter though  the match have lost .

[akamit]

Bangladesh have played  well todays Batting Innings. But the score was really very big for Bangladesh even All other big team. But the batting line of Bangladesh satisfied the supporter though  the match have lost .

I agree with you!

Bowlers from every team aren't getting any advantage from the pitch... letting all the teams score a huge number.

It looks like 300+ score is as easy as 1.2.3 in England grounds. Most of the matches scored 300+ if I am not wrong.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I am not sure why everyone is praising Bangladesh. They have so far conceded two scores in excess of 380 in this tournament (386 against England and 381 against Australia). They might have scored some runs, but on all the occasions, they did that when the opponent had put up a huge score and was more relaxed about bowling. They did managed to beat both West Indies and South Africa, but we need to remember that these two teams were sliding down continuously for the past decade or so.

[Tipstar]

I am not sure why everyone is praising Bangladesh. They have so far conceded two scores in excess of 380 in this tournament (386 against England and 381 against Australia). They might have scored some runs, but on all the occasions, they did that when the opponent had put up a huge score and was more relaxed about bowling. They did managed to beat both West Indies and South Africa, but we need to remember that these two teams were sliding down continuously for the past decade or so.

The good thing about Bangladesh compare to other teams is their consistent performance. They have performed well on every matches with both bats and balls.
If their game against Sri Lanka, they could have chances of reaching the semi finals. They are definitely the 5th team for this world cup.

[btcyoda]

A very big total to chase down for Bangladesh today. They're probably going to lose this one, but if Tamim and Shakib can gain some momentum and score a nice partnership, they can at least save Bangalis net run rate by not losing with a big margin.

Yes, the target is really very high which it is impossible to chase the target, the only thing they can do now is to reduce net run rate. If they start losing wicket defensively it will hurt their net run rate.

Bangladesh have played  well todays Batting Innings. But the score was really very big for Bangladesh even All other big team. But the batting line of Bangladesh satisfied the supporter though  the match have lost .

Even though they lost they have fought till the end, really impressive batting side from Bangladesh and it is going to be very challenging in the coming matches. The pressure will be kept increasing and most of the teams will look to secure their position for the semi-finals.

[onrise]

SL after winning the toss decided to bat against England and they would not be happy the way two openers got out very quickly leaving the score board now to 37/2 in 9 overs. England is very strong int he WC and full chance if they continue playing the way thy are in for the finals of the WC for 2019.

[sujonali1819]

SL after winning the toss decided to bat against England and they would not be happy the way two openers got out very quickly leaving the score board now to 37/2 in 9 overs. England is very strong int he WC and full chance if they continue playing the way thy are in for the finals of the WC for 2019.

Yes I also think England will reach the final of this world cup. The reason is obviously they are playing well till today and they have some opportunity that are they are more familiar with their own ground and weather. And England also mentally  more confident with this WC because they are The organizer of this world Cup.

Anyway, The score of today's match between England vs Sri Lanka at this moment SL 62/3 in 12.5 overs. Another wicket gone just now, So I think the score will not good today.

[Ayiranorea]

Maybe by the falling years if Bangladesh has the same players, we can see Bangladesh to be a strong team competing with the top teams. Australia being one of the top team scoring 381 and Bangladesh chasing the score reaching 333 is really a good cricket from Bangladesh. Also the previous match from Bangladesh too is very interesting to watch the chase.

[UmerIdrees]

Maybe by the falling years if Bangladesh has the same players, we can see Bangladesh to be a strong team competing with the top teams. Australia being one of the top team scoring 381 and Bangladesh chasing the score reaching 333 is really a good cricket from Bangladesh. Also the previous match from Bangladesh too is very interesting to watch the chase.

Bangladesh did play a splendid innings and managed to score over 300 against the Australian bowling attack. If Bangladesh can show the same performance in rest of their, as they have shown in last two matches, i am hopeful that they might do an upset in the world cup by finishing 4th in the overall standings of the teams.

[sujonali1819]

Wow what a match playing by Sri Lanka today. The first innings score was SL 232/9 (50.0 Ovs). I thought England will chase this score easily .But what is happening now.England already lost 8 wickets and score is ENG183/8 (42.2 Ovs)
England need 50 runs in 46 balls. So there is a chance to take the rest two wicket before touching the target . Lets see what will happen.

edit:  wow another wicket gone. ENG 186/9 (43.4)

Edit:  And gone the last wicket also. What a miracle today in this match. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs where the target was only 232 runs.

[onrise]

Wow what a match playing by Sri Lanka today. The first innings score was SL 232/9 (50.0 Ovs). I thought England will chase this score easily .But what is happening now.England already lost 8 wickets and score is ENG183/8 (42.2 Ovs)
England need 50 runs in 46 balls. So there is a chance to take the rest two wicket before touching the target . Lets see what will happen.

edit:  wow another wicket gone. ENG 186/9 (43.4)

Edit:  And gone the last wicket also. What a miracle today in this match. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs where the target was only 232 runs.

SL outplayed the England and this was just unexpected and due to Malinga it could have happened and thus SL would just be relieved that they have beaten one of the best side in the World Cup and defending such low score itself is a biggest achievement.

[Ayiranorea]

Wow what a match playing by Sri Lanka today. The first innings score was SL 232/9 (50.0 Ovs). I thought England will chase this score easily .But what is happening now.England already lost 8 wickets and score is ENG183/8 (42.2 Ovs)
England need 50 runs in 46 balls. So there is a chance to take the rest two wicket before touching the target . Lets see what will happen.

edit:  wow another wicket gone. ENG 186/9 (43.4)

Edit:  And gone the last wicket also. What a miracle today in this match. Sri Lanka won by 20 runs where the target was only 232 runs.

SL outplayed the England and this was just unexpected and due to Malinga it could have happened and thus SL would just be relieved that they have beaten one of the best side in the World Cup and defending such low score itself is a biggest achievement.

It is malinga who took the team to victory. From England Stokes played good till the end, during the last overs the win percentage of England went to 12% and further with the play of Ben stokes the winning percentage went to 31%. Till this match England has scored above 300+ on chasing as well on batting first. Today if it hasn't lost the last one or two wickets Stokes could've made the team win the match.

[Vishnu.Reang]

No one expected England to go down against Sri Lanka, and that too after restricting them to just 232. Perhaps they took their opponents too lightly and in the end it cost them the match. But this defeat is not going to do any damage for them as far as points are concerned. England still has 8 points from 6 matches and they are on the 3rd position. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh still needs miracles to enter the semi-final stage.

[erikalui]

Shocked that England lost this match. It was still looking possible for England after they lost Root but after Butler, the team just kept losing wickets. Awesome match in WC where we can see than a team can even defend a low score like 232 whereas other teams struggle in defending 300+ scores. I still don't see SL in top 4 but now anything is possible.

[tsaroz]

Shocked that England lost this match. It was still looking possible for England after they lost Root but after Butler, the team just kept losing wickets. Awesome match in WC where we can see than a team can even defend a low score like 232 whereas other teams struggle in defending 300+ scores. I still don't see SL in top 4 but now anything is possible.

That is really unfortunate for the English team and the gamblers. I was too sure for England to win that I placed a bet on 1.09 odds. That's really stupid thing to do.
The odds on Sri Lanka were well above 20, anyone who have placed a bet on Sri Lanka are now rich.

[sujonali1819]

Shocked that England lost this match. It was still looking possible for England after they lost Root but after Butler, the team just kept losing wickets. Awesome match in WC where we can see than a team can even defend a low score like 232 whereas other teams struggle in defending 300+ scores. I still don't see SL in top 4 but now anything is possible.

I am also shocked by todays match. I did not think that in this world cup england will lost any match Against Sri Lanka according to previously performance. Lastly Ben stocks tried alone to and straggle to win the match. But unfortunately the other bats man was cought  behind. Now England is going to difficult by losing this match because rest of the match will Against strong strong team.