2019 Cricket World Cup - Discussion & Analysis

[Patatas]

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.

The problem is, they took the score too lightly. They thought it's an easy target given their previous performances. It was actually an easy target but not when the opposite team has Malinga as a bowler. It was a good match regardless.

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.

England had only 1.09 odds? That shows the match wasn't going to be an easy win for either of the teams.

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[Sithara007]

I think England didn't gave 100% in to this match. Perhaps they thought that they had enough points on board to advance to the semi-finals. And after they got Sri Lanka out for a small score, they became even more relaxed. Only after they lost 6-7 wickets, the Brits realized that there is a chance of them losing this match, and along with it 2 points.

[onrise]

India off to steady start after losing 3 quick wickets and winning the toss and decided to bat.  Kohli is batting on 60 and if he stays on the wicket for next 10 overs India would be able to post big total else it would feel the pressure to score big scores.

[Vishnu.Reang]

India off to steady start after losing 3 quick wickets and winning the toss and decided to bat.  Kohli is batting on 60 and if he stays on the wicket for next 10 overs India would be able to post big total else it would feel the pressure to score big scores.

Big trouble for India. Kohli has fallen and now MSD and Jadhav at crease. I have a bad feeling right now. No one had predicted a Sri Lakan victory against England yesterday, and yet they won. An Afghan win against India is even more unlikely. But what if an upset happens? In case that occurs, it is going to be huge for Afghanistan. Their best moment in international cricket till now.

[erikalui]

224 for 8. I knew they wouldn't score 250 runs today and looks like they are not in their best form today. Everyone looked so low and after Kohli got out, I just lost hope.

[Vishnu.Reang]

224 for 8. I knew they wouldn't score 250 runs today and looks like they are not in their best form today. Everyone looked so low and after Kohli got out, I just lost hope.

I have said this many times before, but I don't think that Dhoni is suitable for one-day cricket anymore. He scored 28 runs from 52 balls, with a strike rate of 53. And remember that He was batting from overs 30 to 44. It could have been much better for India, had they sent either Kedar Jadhav or Hardik Pandya ahead of Dhoni. MSD just wasted a lot many balls.

[Patatas]

224 for 8. I knew they wouldn't score 250 runs today and looks like they are not in their best form today. Everyone looked so low and after Kohli got out, I just lost hope.

So what? They have a strong bowling strategy and I'm pretty sure the match is still in their hands.

I have said this many times before, but I don't think that Dhoni is suitable for one-day cricket anymore. He scored 28 runs from 52 balls, with a strike rate of 53. And remember that He was batting from overs 30 to 44. It could have been much better for India, had they sent either Kedar Jadhav or Hardik Pandya ahead of Dhoni. MSD just wasted a lot many balls.

Could that be a part of his strategy? I don't really understand how they managed to score that low. Maybe don't want to go all in for low ended matches like this one?

[JohnBitCo]

224 for 8. I knew they wouldn't score 250 runs today and looks like they are not in their best form today. Everyone looked so low and after Kohli got out, I just lost hope.

I have said this many times before, but I don't think that Dhoni is suitable for one-day cricket anymore. He scored 28 runs from 52 balls, with a strike rate of 53. And remember that He was batting from overs 30 to 44. It could have been much better for India, had they sent either Kedar Jadhav or Hardik Pandya ahead of Dhoni. MSD just wasted a lot many balls.

Dhoni presence is very vital in Indian team. He is a great keeper and a good hitter. He can play slowly also according to the situations and  we cannot call him only a slogger. Being a former captain, he is helping Virat in many decisions and India feels strong in his presence.
Eliminating Dhoni will never be a good sensible plan and India should never do that.

[romero121]

That's a big match for Afghanistan, till the end of the match there is full of excitement and heart pumping about the result. Till the start of the final over the winning percentage of India was found 79% while Afghanistan has got 21%. On the final over Sami took away the wickets, and if Nabi wasn't caught out the match result could've turned on the side of Afghanistan. It's a big experience for Afghanistan.

[akamit]

I just saw last 3 overs of Afghanistan vs India match... It's impressive that Afghanistan gave a hard fight against one of the world's strongest team.

I felt that India heavily underestimated Afghanistan and didn't study about them, whereas Afghanistan studied about India team very well.
India maybe had a strong mindset that "we will win the match against AFG as easy as 1.2.3"... anyway, it was a good match.

[eaLiTy]

Brathwaite playing an incredible innings now and he is taking West Indies closer to victory with his big hits and if he can take them home it will be an incredible win, just one wicket more for New Zealand to win, i never expected this turnaround from Brathwaite who is trying to replicate his T20 exploits he did a few years back to win the tournament and if he is able to pull this off, it will be the greatest innings in cricket history.

Edit: West Indies just need 8 runs from 10 balls with 1 wicket remaining.

[TheRealAwesome31312]

NO! NO! NO!!!! That last ball!!!!!

[Raja_MBZ]

NO! NO! NO!!!! That last ball!!!!!

Feeling bad for Carlos Braithwaite; he was very close to winning this one for West Indies.

New Zealand's captain, Williamson, has remained extremely lucky so far in this tournament. Against Bangalis, the miss of the run-out (in which the Bengali keeper was supposed to pull the stump out from the ground) was the turning point of the match. Against India, Kiwis got their match abandoned due to rain and succeeded in obtaining a point. Next, against South Africa, Williamson himself was caught behind the stumps at a very low score, but due to lack of appeal, he continued his game and won it for the team... and today, against West Indies, the Kiwis won by only 5 runs.

[UmerIdrees]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

[Pffrt]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

[onrise]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

2 teams playing today for the pride and SA would just be unhappy the way they have played cricket this time in the WC and as a result are out of the WC. Pakistan is batting at 171/3 in 34 overs and should target to reach 320+ so that they can put pressure on SA.

[UmerIdrees]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

2 teams playing today for the pride and SA would just be unhappy the way they have played cricket this time in the WC and as a result are out of the WC. Pakistan is batting at 171/3 in 34 overs and should target to reach 320+ so that they can put pressure on SA.

SA is playing for pride (as they are out of world cup) but Pakistan still have a outside chance in this world. They need to win all their matches and at same time increase their run rate too. After a long time we are seeing Pakistani batting clicking and everyone is making contribution. I am aiming 350 to be a safe and match winning score.

[BitSat19]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

2 teams playing today for the pride and SA would just be unhappy the way they have played cricket this time in the WC and as a result are out of the WC. Pakistan is batting at 171/3 in 34 overs and should target to reach 320+ so that they can put pressure on SA.

Pakistani batting line done good job even they are short of 20 to 25 runs but bowlers give them some good start as Aamir sent Amla back in his first over lets see what is response from others in remaining match.

[Raja_MBZ]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it  

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

2 teams playing today for the pride and SA would just be unhappy the way they have played cricket this time in the WC and as a result are out of the WC. Pakistan is batting at 171/3 in 34 overs and should target to reach 320+ so that they can put pressure on SA.

Pakistani batting line done good job even they are short of 20 to 25 runs but bowlers give them some good start as Aamir sent Amla back in his first over lets see what is response from others in remaining match.

Yes, the batsmen of Pakistani team played nicely today. However, a very big question arises, why didn't PCB selection select Haris Sohail (in place of Shoaib Malik) in previous matches of the world cup? He nearly scored a century today, with a very good run-rate. After such an awesome performance by Haris Sohail, I think Shoaib Malik's career has come to an end.

[tsaroz]

This is a DO or DIE for Pakistan. If Pakistan win this match, then the hope is still alive but a lost today will end the world cup dream for Pakistan.

I wonder if they ever even dream of it 

I think Pakistan will win this match easily. South Africa's recent performance is worse, Pakistan is well ahead of them. But they will not be able to qualify for Semi maybe, because almost 4 teams are showing their strength.

2 teams playing today for the pride and SA would just be unhappy the way they have played cricket this time in the WC and as a result are out of the WC. Pakistan is batting at 171/3 in 34 overs and should target to reach 320+ so that they can put pressure on SA.

Pakistani batting line done good job even they are short of 20 to 25 runs but bowlers give them some good start as Aamir sent Amla back in his first over lets see what is response from others in remaining match.

This would be a compensation win for Pakistan. Pakistan has good batsmen as well as bowlers but they still has to devise a team. A couple of bowlers and a couple of batsmen won't make you win tournaments. Md Amir is a gem for Pakistan but with limited exposure and poor performance of the team, he won't be able to have a fame and name he deserves.