ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

How many of you’ll think that Pakistan has paid extra money to Srilanka’s board to convince them to send their team to play?, even though this has been denied by Pakistan but can we believe them?. Now I’m hoping that all goes well and terrorists do not attack Srilankan team again, because if they do that’ll be the end of cricket in Pakistan forever.

Possibly. They might be desperate enough to do something like that. If this tour goes well, more teams could gain confidence and this could be a mutually beneficial move which makes sense in every way.

I will be checking out the scores myself, but I am not really interested in seeing a powerful team like Pakistan play against a B grade Sri lankan team currently.

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[Little Mouse]

Terrorist may not attack Srilanka but there's rain to attack the match, toss being delayed due to rain. That sucks, after 10 years, Pakistanis were going to take the taste of playing in home, so does visitors but rain has problem with that.
Let's see who win at the end, Srilanka or Pakistan or rain?

[Indymoney]

Terrorist may not attack Srilanka but there's rain to attack the match, toss being delayed due to rain. That sucks, after 10 years, Pakistanis were going to take the taste of playing in home, so does visitors but rain has problem with that.
Let's see who win at the end, Srilanka or Pakistan or rain?

Its really interesting we are playing against Sri Lanka after 10 years and its most heavy rain in last 10 years so lets see what happen we already have 2019 as most worst year for cricket just because of rain may be today again rain won and we have only two ODI's for this series.

[Little Mouse]

Rain has been stopped completely now, we can expect a match if no further rain attack comes. It's now being late because of wet outfield. Hopefully we will be able to watch a good match at the end, a t20?

[Murat]

The first #PAKvSL ODI has been called off due to rain!

[BitSat19]

The first #PAKvSL ODI has been called off due to rain!

Second ODI is also in trouble may be we have 2 ODI series with Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday still waiting for update but surely Sunday match is also in trouble.

[FIFA worldcup]

Terrorist may not attack Srilanka but there's rain to attack the match, toss being delayed due to rain. That sucks, after 10 years, Pakistanis were going to take the taste of playing in home, so does visitors but rain has problem with that.
Let's see who win at the end, Srilanka or Pakistan or rain?

Rain did win in the end. We have seen rain effecting matches in England and now in Pakistan too.
This will be very sad for the local crowd as they were looking to watch the firs International match after a long period of time. Even the players would be frustrated on not being able to play today.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Very strange that the entire match got washed off. Rain was not predicted for today and what happened was really unexpected. I am not sure what will happen to the remaining matches. As per the weather agencies, there is hardly any chance for rain. But you never know whether they will be right or not. Feels bad for the Pakistani fans, who waited many years for an international match.

[UmerIdrees]

The first #PAKvSL ODI has been called off due to rain!

Second ODI is also in trouble may be we have 2 ODI series with Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday still waiting for update but surely Sunday match is also in trouble.

Even the Sunday match is postponed to Monday because we are having too much rain that you cannot imagine.

[tsaroz]

Terrorist may not attack Srilanka but there's rain to attack the match, toss being delayed due to rain. That sucks, after 10 years, Pakistanis were going to take the taste of playing in home, so does visitors but rain has problem with that.
Let's see who win at the end, Srilanka or Pakistan or rain?

Its really interesting we are playing against Sri Lanka after 10 years and its most heavy rain in last 10 years so lets see what happen we already have 2019 as most worst year for cricket just because of rain may be today again rain won and we have only two ODI's for this series.

It's really a nice gesture from the Sri Lankan team to come back to finish that ever pending series. Hope Pakistan and Pakistani players would again be able to host and participate in cricket without any political restrictions.
This game is just postponed and we also have T20s to see some actions. And the weather predictions are good for the next week.

[ene1980]

Second ODI is also in trouble may be we have 2 ODI series with Monday and Tuesday or Wednesday still waiting for update but surely Sunday match is also in trouble.

Before the series there was terrorist treat and now we have rain treat, either way the Pakistan people have to wait for a much longer time to watch a match live in their home soil and if the rain continues it is possible that the entire risk that the Srilankan team took will go in vain.
I was planning to bet on Pakistan to win the match but i hope we will see atleast one match.

[Little Mouse]

Is there a single series happened this year without interfere from rain? I can't remember before the world cup but from the world cup, every series have been effected I think. Ashes (2nd match?), Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh, South Africa tour of India, Srilanka tour of Pakistan. It's a rainy cricket year. Let's name it  

[Avirunes]

Is there a single series happened this year without interfere from rain? I can't remember before the world cup but from the world cup, every series have been effected I think. Ashes (2nd match?), Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh, South Africa tour of India, Srilanka tour of Pakistan. It's a rainy cricket year. Let's name it  

I think there should be something like shifting the match to other date in case if rain spoils the match. I really feel sorry for the cricket fans who come out from long way and pay the ticket price to see the match. We had seen reserve dates for crucial stages in WC but now I feel this should be implemented for the normal matches as well.

[Little Mouse]

I think there should be something like shifting the match to other date in case if rain spoils the match. I really feel sorry for the cricket fans who come out from long way and pay the ticket price to see the match. We had seen reserve dates for crucial stages in WC but now I feel this should be implemented for the normal matches as well.

I am one of that unlucky guy, had to wait in the line for a whole day but no luck, no ticket. Later, I had to convinced my cousin and got the ticket but due to rain, the final was not held. Reserve day should be must for all the matches or refund  BCB has gotten their part of revenue but we got nothing but football warm up from Bangladeshi cricketers 

[onrise]

Is there a single series happened this year without interfere from rain? I can't remember before the world cup but from the world cup, every series have been effected I think. Ashes (2nd match?), Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh, South Africa tour of India, Srilanka tour of Pakistan. It's a rainy cricket year. Let's name it  

Yeah everywhere this time rain has interrupted the match and this has being frustrating for players , audiences as well. At times it can change the situation of the match and may be series result could also effect due to a washout match And ends as a draw .

[akhjob]

Very strange that the entire match got washed off. Rain was not predicted for today and what happened was really unexpected. I am not sure what will happen to the remaining matches. As per the weather agencies, there is hardly any chance for rain. But you never know whether they will be right or not. Feels bad for the Pakistani fans, who waited many years for an international match.

Yeah, you are right. We'll never know if we'll be able to watch the 2nd and the 3rd ODIs. Climate change has taken a toll on international cricket this year, almost all the series experienced rain interference.  And I believe September is post rainy season in Karachi but currently experiencing heavy thunderstorms. But let's hope that we'll be able to watch atleast some cricket on Monday.

[Avirunes]

BCB has gotten their part of revenue but we got nothing but football warm up from Bangladeshi cricketers 

All cricket boards are that way. Nobody refunds back the money since they already had made preparations and refunding back all of them will only lead to loss but taking all the ticket money is also not a sensible decision either. At best they can only put a reserve day for match to happen again but that only happen in case of major leagues and world cup competitions like I said earlier.

[JSRAW]

BCB has gotten their part of revenue but we got nothing but football warm up from Bangladeshi cricketers 

All cricket boards are that way. Nobody refunds back the money since they already had made preparations and refunding back all of them will only lead to loss but taking all the ticket money is also not a sensible decision either. At best they can only put a reserve day for match to happen again but that only happen in case of major leagues and world cup competitions like I said earlier.

First World Cup and now every bilateral series.

All this Rain fiasco brings one funny point too. now time has come, all cricket board and especially ICC should hire some Weather specialist too, so that they can schedule bilateral, ICC tournament more efficiently. 

[Avirunes]

BCB has gotten their part of revenue but we got nothing but football warm up from Bangladeshi cricketers 

All cricket boards are that way. Nobody refunds back the money since they already had made preparations and refunding back all of them will only lead to loss but taking all the ticket money is also not a sensible decision either. At best they can only put a reserve day for match to happen again but that only happen in case of major leagues and world cup competitions like I said earlier.

First World Cup and now every bilateral series.

All this Rain fiasco brings one funny point too. now time has come, all cricket board and especially ICC should hire some Weather specialist too, so that they can schedule bilateral, ICC tournament more efficiently. 

Haha. Nice point  Atleast rain is bringing some job or employment opportunities. Still even weather specialist are not all the times correct. But atleast they might saves most of the matches being scheduled from rain affected dates.

[Haunebu]

First World Cup and now every bilateral series.

All this Rain fiasco brings one funny point too. now time has come, all cricket board and especially ICC should hire some Weather specialist too, so that they can schedule bilateral, ICC tournament more efficiently. 

Rainfall has increased unnaturally this year in many parts of the world. A better solution here would be to make use of closed roof stadiums which would essentially nullify this problem though I feel like there are potential drawbacks due to which they don't use this solution.

I remember Afridi hitting a ball which touched the roof of a stadium and created a record. We need more such matches in such stadiums to reduce this rainfall issue.