ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[jasonjm]

In the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first. Ban will be looking to take the early wickets because the bowel will seam and swing in the first few overs. It will be a test for Afg openers. Rahamanaulla and Ibrahim have given AFG a good start in the past, and I am hopeful that they will play some good cricketing shorts and will try to take on BAN bowlers early on. AFG will be relying on their spin bowling to win the match, and if the pitch offers no turn, the chances of AFG winning the match will be significantly reduced. BAN batters are also in form and will play with positive intent.

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The lack of crowds has been extremely disappointing in this World Cup. I am sure everyone was expecting a lot more people than this.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I guess Netherlands is a team should not be taken too light because they did some amazing job as a bowling team with one of the top team today and to be honest at one point Netherlands were at the peak after taking 4 early wickets but the lack of experience from lower order team took advantage by the PAK batting and stitch decent partnership in the middle overs and put decent total.

I am impressed with the captaincy skill of Scott edwards and who knows they can upset one or two team and really bring the table upside down.

Look at their key players. Most of them are very young and they have a very bright future. Bas de Leede shoud have been the man of the match yesterday (Saud Shakeel won the award instead). He is just 23 years old and yesterday he performed exceptionally well by scoring 67 runs and taking 4 wickets. Vikramjit Singh, who scored a half-century yesterday is just 20-years old, and so is Aryan Dutt who opened the bowling. More matches against top teams would only mean a chance of improvement in the future. Also, the ICC has increased funding to associate nations by almost 3x from 2024 onwards.

Underdogs against top class team is not going to be an easy match, but they really did what they can do and three or four members showed their individual talents, but cricket is a team game so all the 11 players need to be at their best if they want to beat a team which maybe possible if they keep doing what they are doing from now on.

Let's talk about today's first match, AFG start off with a steady rate as of now and looks to play their best to show their level of existence and I am so eager to see if they can win against Bangladesh.

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Afghanistan have got a good and steady start to their innings. They are 47/0 after 7.4 overs. The pitch looks great for batting again.

[pakhitheboss]

Afghanistan have got a good and steady start to their innings. They are 47/0 after 7.4 overs. The pitch looks great for batting again.

Dharmashala pitch is generally good for batting. Fast bowlers do not get much from the pitch, spinners can use it to their benefit. That is what is happening now, Afghanistan were playing well earlier now after spinners have bowling they are struggling. The have lost 2 wickets and have only added 88 runs after 18 overs. How long Bangladesh can maintain this momentum would be interesting to see. They have been able to stop the scoring rate and have created a pressure on Afghanistan batters.

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Bangladesh bowled out Afghanistan for 156 runs. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to fill after winning the toss and the Bangladesh bowlers used this decision appropriately. The storm of criticism about Shakib Al Hasan gave his answer on the field. Shakib Al Hasan bowled brilliantly and took three wickets alone. Mehdi Hasan Miraj has bowled brilliantly. In short, today's Bangladeshi bowlers have bowled brilliantly. If Bangladesh team can bat well today they can easily win this match. Best wishes for the Bangladesh team.

[jasonjm]

A very poor and ordinary batting display by the Afghanistan cricket team. They bowled out at 156 in 37.2 overs. Except for Gurbaz, other batters looked ordinary. Excellent captaincy by Shakib; his bowling changes were spot on. This should be a walk in the park for Bangladesh Cricket Team. This is a great opportunity for Bangladesh to improve their run rate.

In the 2nd match: South Africa vs Sri Lanka 

Sri Lanka have won the toss and chose to field first. The pitch is slow; there will be assistance for the spinners as well as for the fast bowlers. The par score on this pitch will be around 270. South Africa is the favourite to win this match.

[JSRAW]

Afghanistan have got a good and steady start to their innings. They are 47/0 after 7.4 overs. The pitch looks great for batting again.

Dharmashala pitch is generally good for batting. Fast bowlers do not get much from the pitch, spinners can use it to their benefit. That is what is happening now, Afghanistan were playing well earlier now after spinners have bowling they are struggling. The have lost 2 wickets and have only added 88 runs after 18 overs. How long Bangladesh can maintain this momentum would be interesting to see. They have been able to stop the scoring rate and have created a pressure on Afghanistan batters.

Actually, traditionally Dharamshala is a very balanced pitch and offers assistance to everything. The pacer enjoys bowling here due to the weather, it offers a fair amount of spin as well and batters get complete value for their shots because of a decent outfield.

It applies to every format so Afghans definitely batted irresponsibly. 

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Bangladesh bowled out Afghanistan for 156 runs. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to fill after winning the toss and the Bangladesh bowlers used this decision appropriately. The storm of criticism about Shakib Al Hasan gave his answer on the field. Shakib Al Hasan bowled brilliantly and took three wickets alone. Mehdi Hasan Miraj has bowled brilliantly. In short, today's Bangladeshi bowlers have bowled brilliantly. If Bangladesh team can bat well today they can easily win this match. Best wishes for the Bangladesh team.

The way Afghanistan started batting first, it looked like Afghanistan could score 270-300 today. But there comes a time, Afghanistan's wickets start to fall fast and because of that wicket fall, Afghanistan cannot turn around. Afghanistan lost all wickets in today's match and collected 156 runs in 37.2 overs. Bangladesh started the 2015 World Cup by winning their first match. Bangladesh started the 2019 World Cup by winning the first match. And hopefully Bangladesh will get off to a good start by beating Afghanistan in the first match of the 2023 World Cup. Bangladesh can easily complete only 156 runs as Bangladesh's batting performance will be much better today. Best wishes in advance for Bangladesh.

[pakhitheboss]

Actually, traditionally Dharamshala is a very balanced pitch and offers assistance to everything. The pacer enjoys bowling here due to the weather, it offers a fair amount of spin as well and batters get complete value for their shots because of a decent outfield.

It applies to every format so Afghans definitely batted irresponsibly. 

It all started with Shakib and then Mehidy joined him, they both combined got 6 wickets. It looked more like a spinners paradise as these two took all the important wickets. I was expecting Afghanistan to get to a decent score of 200 but they collapsed at 156. It is better to what Srilanka scored in the Asia Cup finals. Bangladesh completely dominated the game and it is now a win win situation for them. I was expecting thrilling finish, such games don't interest me at all.

[JohnBitCo]

Afghanistan did a very low score and gave a poor target to Bangladesh. They are all out in 37 over and scored just 156. The target of 156 is suited in T20 but this is one-day. This target is so poor and I know that the winner of this match is Bangladesh. Rashid also cannot play well in this match. I think this is not a good match for Afghanistan.

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ICC WORLD CUP 2023 FOURTH MATCH

The fourth match of the World Cup will be played today at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. The match had already started Srilanka won the toss and chose to bowl. South Africa is the favorite to win this match. As of now, they have lost their first wicket.

Betting Odds

South Africa - 2.94
Srilanka - 1.4

Which team do you think will win today? Any guesses?

[SATWAT]

The lack of crowds has been extremely disappointing in this World Cup. I am sure everyone was expecting a lot more people than this.

No one can do anything regarding this situation just this format is also losing its passion which is surely not good deal for the ICC if these stadiums have no fans then surely this is going to be the end of this format in near future.

ICC needs to work on having changes in this game with keeping just two formats which will increase fanbase and ending of ODI could be also beneficial for the all stakeholders.

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No one can do anything regarding this situation just this format is also losing its passion which is surely not good deal for the ICC if these stadiums have no fans then surely this is going to be the end of this format in near future.

It was a surprise that fans did not turn up but i am expecting things to change once the tournaments gets going and once the match is between competitive teams, things will change.

ICC needs to work on having changes in this game with keeping just two formats which will increase fanbase and ending of ODI could be also beneficial for the all stakeholders.

If they are unable to retain the fans then eventually ODI will struggle to attract fans like the Test matches, few ODI are played in the past several years as the focus shifted to T20.

Expected a good match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but a disappointing performance by Afghanistan after getting a good start and loosing 10 wickets for 109 runs.

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The lack of crowds has been extremely disappointing in this World Cup. I am sure everyone was expecting a lot more people than this.

No one can do anything regarding this situation just this format is also losing its passion which is surely not good deal for the ICC if these stadiums have no fans then surely this is going to be the end of this format in near future.

ICC needs to work on having changes in this game with keeping just two formats which will increase fanbase and ending of ODI could be also beneficial for the all stakeholders.

Really? Because I think a lot more could have been done, and its just flat out false to say that nothing could have been done.

Sure the format is on the decline recently, but BCCI and ICC have only exacerbated the solution. This was their chance to get a lot more fans, but they squandered it. Here are some things I can think of top of my head that could have helped:

1- Tickets should have been cheaper and better managed, BCCI entirely failed in this.
2- The marketing could have been way better.
3- Visas to traveling fans could have been issued much quicker.

The list is huge, but these are just a few things that would have surely helped the situation a lot.

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No one can do anything regarding this situation just this format is also losing its passion which is surely not good deal for the ICC if these stadiums have no fans then surely this is going to be the end of this format in near future.

It was a surprise that fans did not turn up but i am expecting things to change once the tournaments gets going and once the match is between competitive teams, things will change.

ICC needs to work on having changes in this game with keeping just two formats which will increase fanbase and ending of ODI could be also beneficial for the all stakeholders.

If they are unable to retain the fans then eventually ODI will struggle to attract fans like the Test matches, few ODI are played in the past several years as the focus shifted to T20.

Expected a good match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but a disappointing performance by Afghanistan after getting a good start and loosing 10 wickets for 109 runs.

Tickets were pretty expensive, the visa giving situation was a total disaster, marketing was horrible. They could have pulled a lot more fans easily.

Also, I don't think we would get more fans at all unfortunately as the tournament progress (apart from the knockout and India games, which should be full houses). Usually interest tends to be highest at the start and in the end (knockout games).

[MusaPk]

Tickets were pretty expensive, the visa giving situation was a total disaster, marketing was horrible. They could have pulled a lot more fans easily.

Also, I don't think we would get more fans at all unfortunately as the tournament progress (apart from the knockout and India games, which should be full houses). Usually interest tends to be highest at the start and in the end (knockout games).

With too much T20 cricket going on there is little interest in ODI. It took almost a day to watch an ODI and there are not much people who have that much time. If in India people are not coming to watch ODI world cup match then situation will be much worse in rest of the world. Apart from India games there won't be much attendance in group stages game.

[laurenB7742]

Afghanistan did a very low score and gave a poor target to Bangladesh. They are all out in 37 over and scored just 156. The target of 156 is suited in T20 but this is one-day. This target is so poor and I know that the winner of this match is Bangladesh. Rashid also cannot play well in this match. I think this is not a good match for Afghanistan.

I don't think that the Bangladesh team will be able to start the World Cup journey in such a great way. The team played great. Especially the Bangladeshi spin bowlers controlled the match. Shakib took 3 wickets and Miraj 4 wickets. Shakib's bowling was excellent. Shakib picked up all three important wickets of Afghanistan's top order. And this is why the Afghanistan team can no longer return to the truck. The coach of the Bangladesh team understood the pitch condition very well.

Although Bangladesh won quite easily, Bangladesh's top order failed as usual today. Tanzid is out like a fool today. Players should play responsibly in such an important World Cup match. Also Liton is yet to return to form. Miraz and Shanto's excellent partnership gave Bangladesh an easy win. Both have collected more than 50.

[MusaPk]

I don't think that the Bangladesh team will be able to start the World Cup journey in such a great way. The team played great. Especially the Bangladeshi spin bowlers controlled the match. Shakib took 3 wickets and Miraj 4 wickets. Shakib's bowling was excellent. Shakib picked up all three important wickets of Afghanistan's top order. And this is why the Afghanistan team can no longer return to the truck. The coach of the Bangladesh team understood the pitch condition very well.

Although Bangladesh won quite easily, Bangladesh's top order failed as usual today. Tanzid is out like a fool today. Players should play responsibly in such an important World Cup match. Also Liton is yet to return to form. Miraz and Shanto's excellent partnership gave Bangladesh an easy win. Both have collected more than 50.

It's the openers who failed to score runs today for Bangladesh but there number 3rd and 4th batsmen scored fifties today. Its good overall performance from Bangladesh today. Afghanistan is a strong cricketing side and you can expect them to bowl out so cheaply. Mehidy Hasan Miraz had game of his life, first he picked 3 wickets and then a half century.

[Iranus]

I don't think that the Bangladesh team will be able to start the World Cup journey in such a great way. The team played great. Especially the Bangladeshi spin bowlers controlled the match. Shakib took 3 wickets and Miraj 4 wickets. Shakib's bowling was excellent. Shakib picked up all three important wickets of Afghanistan's top order. And this is why the Afghanistan team can no longer return to the truck. The coach of the Bangladesh team understood the pitch condition very well.
Although Bangladesh won quite easily, Bangladesh's top order failed as usual today. Tanzid is out like a fool today. Players should play responsibly in such an important World Cup match. Also Liton is yet to return to form. Miraz and Shanto's excellent partnership gave Bangladesh an easy win. Both have collected more than 50.

It's the openers who failed to score runs today for Bangladesh but there number 3rd and 4th batsmen scored fifties today. Its good overall performance from Bangladesh today. Afghanistan is a strong cricketing side and you can expect them to bowl out so cheaply. Mehidy Hasan Miraz had game of his life, first he picked 3 wickets and then a half century.

I have no expectations from Bangladesh's openers. I can't remember the last time I saw this team's opening pair play well. The opening pair of Bangladesh team rarely plays well. The entire performance of this team depends on the performance of their middle order and bowlers. There are several experienced batsmen in the middle order. And the performance of Bangladesh's bowlers is decent. Bangladeshi spin bowlers as well as pace bowlers have done well in today's match. Bangladesh got more advantage as the pitch was spin friendly. Batting against Shakib and Miraz on a spin friendly pitch is not easy at all. Also we saw good bowling from Shorigul, Mustafiz and Taskin in this match.