ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[Sithara007]

Australia is definitely moving towards a massive total here. With about half of the overs done, they are 173/2. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease and they have plenty of big hitters down the order - Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Pat Cummins. Fortunately for Netherlands, Stoinis and Maxwell have been rested for today's match. At this rate, they can definitely go beyond a total of 400. For the Dutch, Logan van Beek has been decent so far but all of the other bowlers got some stick from the Australians.

[Cheema02]

Australia vs Netherlands in today's match Australia won the toss and opted to bat. Australia batsman Mitchell Marsh is already out, he is a great batsman but because of the run out, Australia may not start today. But if another Australian batsman David Warner can stay at the crease then he will definitely collect great runs to score a century. Moreover today's match Australia will surely fear against Netherlands till the last minute they will play well and fight with the opposition team. And if Australia scores 350 runs against Netherlands today, surely the Netherlands team will not be able to make this score and will lose by a huge margin.

Australia current score is 185 runs in loss of 2 wickets in 29 Overs. David Warner is playing at 86 runs in 74 balls alongside with Labuschagne 14 runs in 16 balls. Roelof van der Merwe pulls off a stunning catch, sending the good looking Steve Smith is out by scoring 71 runs in 68 balls. Roelof van der Merwe grabs two outstanding catches in two overs impressive fielding from Netherlands. David Warner gets a lifeline as ball touch the ground now warner is playing at 86 runs just 14 runs short from his well deserved century. Australia will look to scored 350 plus target for Netherlands and win by huge margin to improve their run rate.

[hafiztalha]

Australia vs Netherlands in today's match Australia won the toss and opted to bat. Australia batsman Mitchell Marsh is already out, he is a great batsman but because of the run out, Australia may not start today. But if another Australian batsman David Warner can stay at the crease then he will definitely collect great runs to score a century. Moreover today's match Australia will surely fear against Netherlands till the last minute they will play well and fight with the opposition team. And if Australia scores 350 runs against Netherlands today, surely the Netherlands team will not be able to make this score and will lose by a huge margin. Netherlands have won only one match so far, they are a normal team, but because of the good bowling of the Netherlands, Australia will have to play cautiously. Because the opponent team should never be considered weak but playing seriously with each team is the best and has the highest role to win.

In 24th match of this Cup between Australia and Netherlands is continuing to the crucial moment. One of the starting batsman is M.Marsh was dismissed after scoring 9 runs in 15 balls and hitted two 4s. This is a great batsman of Australia team but in this tournament his performance was very bad and he did not play well in old matches. However, both D.Warner and S.Smith build up a brilliant partnership in batting almost 157 runs and after this S.Smith dismissed from the pitch at 72 runs in 68 balls and he hitted nine 4s and one 6s. D.Warner still batting in the pitch and he scored 95 runs in 86 balls and he hitted ten 4s and three 6s. He is so close to complete his century and hope he will achieve this century. Right now, Australia has been scored 231 runs in 35 overs and lost 2 wickets. Hope they will give a total 320 to 350 runs target to Netherlands team.

[Bureau]

Australia is definitely moving towards a massive total here. With about half of the overs done, they are 173/2. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease and they have plenty of big hitters down the order - Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Pat Cummins. Fortunately for Netherlands, Stoinis and Maxwell have been rested for today's match. At this rate, they can definitely go beyond a total of 400. For the Dutch, Logan van Beek has been decent so far but all of the other bowlers got some stick from the Australians.

Easily they would surpass the 300 runs mark but not 400. They still have 7 overs to play with Maxwell in they might go beyond 330 or 340. It would not be easy for the Duth batters to chase those runs. The max they can score would be 250 or 260, that would help the Australian team in increasing their net run rate. I don't think an extra point after today's win will help them to rank up.

Edit: I never expected Maxwell to hit a ton in 40 balls. They will now easily surpass 400 and now might be able to rank up due to good net run rate.

[Sithara007]

4 overs remaining and they are 325/6. 400 may not be realistic today, but somewhere around 380 is definitely possible. The Dutch took wickets at regular intervals. But the boundaries are too small and they leaked a lot of runs at crucial intervals. Bas de Leede has been super-expensive for the last few matches, and this time also he has conceded more than 9 runs per over (although he managed to pick up two crucial wickets - those of Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Inglis). Right now, they need to get Maxwell out, else Australia may get to 400.

[HelliumZ]

4 overs remaining and they are 325/6. 400 may not be realistic today, but somewhere around 380 is definitely possible. The Dutch took wickets at regular intervals. But the boundaries are too small and they leaked a lot of runs at crucial intervals. Bas de Leede has been super-expensive for the last few matches, and this time also he has conceded more than 9 runs per over (although he managed to pick up two crucial wickets - those of Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Inglis). Right now, they need to get Maxwell out, else Australia may get to 400.

Maxwell was dismissed but scored the fastest 100 in 40 balls in the World Cup. Maxwell alone contributed the most for Australia in today's match. Because Maxwell could not have given the target of 400 runs if he had not batted aggressively.

[libert19]

Maxwell destroyed the Netherlands, Teja Nidamanuru dropping Maxwell's catch costed them good, likely the match itself and extra NRR for Australia, which will help them real fine in standings.

[HelliumZ]

Maxwell destroyed the Netherlands, Teja Nidamanuru dropping Maxwell's catch costed them good, likely the match itself and extra NRR for Australia, which will help them real fine in standings.

If Australia can beat Netherlands by 170+ runs in today's match, NRR will go ahead on points. Currently Australia's NRR is -0.193, if they beat today's match by a big margin, NRR will become positive. Let's see how much Netherlands can perform in Netherlands' innings.

[JSRAW]

Madlad Maxi came into the 39th over and still managed to score a 100? I didn't watch but he must have been playing some video game type of inning, similar to SKY?

As the tournament progresses these late bloomers are looking dangerous. Batters put up a good show and now bowlers will do the same. This team is not messing around anymore and as usual, not a good sign for other teams. 

[2Pizza410000BTC]

4 overs remaining and they are 325/6. 400 may not be realistic today, but somewhere around 380 is definitely possible. The Dutch took wickets at regular intervals. But the boundaries are too small and they leaked a lot of runs at crucial intervals. Bas de Leede has been super-expensive for the last few matches, and this time also he has conceded more than 9 runs per over (although he managed to pick up two crucial wickets - those of Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Inglis). Right now, they need to get Maxwell out, else Australia may get to 400.

Maxwell was dismissed but scored the fastest 100 in 40 balls in the World Cup. Maxwell alone contributed the most for Australia in today's match. Because Maxwell could not have given the target of 400 runs if he had not batted aggressively.

Maxwell returned to form after a long time and scored the fastest century off 40 balls. Australia did not start well in this World Cup but currently they have started well in every match. After winning the toss and batting, Australia were very aggressive from the start and with their very good batting performance, they managed to score 399 runs against Netherlands today. I don't think Netherlands will win today with a target of 400 runs. From my prediction I can say that Australia will win this match very easily today. But do you think that the Netherlands can meet the target of 400 runs today?

[Fuso.hp]

Netherlands need to score 400 runs from 300 balls to win against Australia. Another big defeat awaits in the World Cup tournament. I was watching Australia batting against Netherlands and enjoying the shots of Australian batsmen. Today, watching the match, there was no way to know whether I was watching a T20 game or an ODI game. Netherlands can score 200 to 250 runs at maximum against Australia I don't think Netherlands can do more than that for now. With Maxwell's monstrous batting, it is not surprising that Australia's first innings collection was four hundred. I think the semi-final matches will be more enjoyable than the earlier matches as either team will lose by a large margin and either team will win by a large margin.

[synchronym]

Netherlands need to score 400 runs from 300 balls to win against Australia. Another big defeat awaits in the World Cup tournament. I was watching Australia batting against Netherlands and enjoying the shots of Australian batsmen. Today, watching the match, there was no way to know whether I was watching a T20 game or an ODI game. Netherlands can score 200 to 250 runs at maximum against Australia I don't think Netherlands can do more than that for now. With Maxwell's monstrous batting, it is not surprising that Australia's first innings collection was four hundred. I think the semi-final matches will be more enjoyable than the earlier matches as either team will lose by a large margin and either team will win by a large margin.

Australia set the Netherlands a target of 400 runs. I think Australia will beat Netherlands by a huge margin in this match.  Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in the history of the World Cup. His game looked like he was playing T20. Glenn Maxwell scored 106 runs from 44 balls and David Warner scored 104 runs from 93 balls.  It is never possible for the Netherlands to win on the same mountain run top as Australia did. So Netherlands is sure to win today's match. Now Netherlands should lose by a respectable margin of runs. Team Australia takes another step towards the semi-finals. Congratulations to the Australian team for giving such a beautiful batting gift.

[Compromise me]

Australia vs Netherlands in today's match Australia won the toss and opted to bat. Australia batsman Mitchell Marsh is already out, he is a great batsman but because of the run out, Australia may not start today. But if another Australian batsman David Warner can stay at the crease then he will definitely collect great runs to score a century. Moreover today's match Australia will surely fear against Netherlands till the last minute they will play well and fight with the opposition team. And if Australia scores 350 runs against Netherlands today, surely the Netherlands team will not be able to make this score and will lose by a huge margin. Netherlands have won only one match so far, they are a normal team, but because of the good bowling of the Netherlands, Australia will have to play cautiously. Because the opponent team should never be considered weak but playing seriously with each team is the best and has the highest role to win.

In 24th match of this Cup between Australia and Netherlands is continuing to the crucial moment. One of the starting batsman is M.Marsh was dismissed after scoring 9 runs in 15 balls and hitted two 4s. This is a great batsman of Australia team but in this tournament his performance was very bad and he did not play well in old matches. However, both D.Warner and S.Smith build up a brilliant partnership in batting almost 157 runs and after this S.Smith dismissed from the pitch at 72 runs in 68 balls and he hitted nine 4s and one 6s. D.Warner still batting in the pitch and he scored 95 runs in 86 balls and he hitted ten 4s and three 6s. He is so close to complete his century and hope he will achieve this century. Right now, Australia has been scored 231 runs in 35 overs and lost 2 wickets. Hope they will give a total 320 to 350 runs target to Netherlands team.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first, Australia played very well and gave a target of 400 runs in 50 overs against Netherland . David Warner and Glenn Maxwell  played excellent and made centuries for their country,Warner made  104 runs in just 93 balls and Maxwell made 106 runs in only 44 balls and played agressive inning.Steve smith made 71 runs in just 68 balls  and  Marnus made 62 runs in 47 balls .All team score was 399 runs with fall of 8 wickets . Netherland team is batting and their score on the board is 28 with fall of 1 wicket.Mitchell starc took 1 wicket by giving 13 runs in 2.5 overs.Australia will win this match easily with 150 plus runs . Australia bowling line up is top class and they will catch this Notherland team easily.They will all out of Netherland team.

[onecall123]

Netherlands need to score 400 runs from 300 balls to win against Australia. Another big defeat awaits in the World Cup tournament. I was watching Australia batting against Netherlands and enjoying the shots of Australian batsmen. Today, watching the match, there was no way to know whether I was watching a T20 game or an ODI game. Netherlands can score 200 to 250 runs at maximum against Australia I don't think Netherlands can do more than that for now. With Maxwell's monstrous batting, it is not surprising that Australia's first innings collection was four hundred. I think the semi-final matches will be more enjoyable than the earlier matches as either team will lose by a large margin and either team will win by a large margin.

Australia set the Netherlands a target of 400 runs. I think Australia will beat Netherlands by a huge margin in this match.  Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in the history of the World Cup. His game looked like he was playing T20. Glenn Maxwell scored 106 runs from 44 balls and David Warner scored 104 runs from 93 balls.  It is never possible for the Netherlands to win on the same mountain run top as Australia did. So Netherlands is sure to win today's match. Now Netherlands should lose by a respectable margin of runs. Team Australia takes another step towards the semi-finals. Congratulations to the Australian team for giving such a beautiful batting gift.

It was an absolute carnage, and it was absolutely fantastic to watch. I've always been a fan of watching Maxwell bat, especially when he plays like he did tonight for Aussies! Every single shot he played was an absolute delight to watch. It's been a while since I've seen an innings like that. Congratulations to Max for his fastest World Cup century.

As for the Netherlands, it seems highly unlikely that they'll be able to chase down the total. They've already lost two early wickets, and a big defeat is loading.

[libert19]

Maxwell's battling today reminded me of this meme.

[Sithara007]

Really pathetic performance from the Netherlands. When they managed to defeat South Africa, a lot of people were praising them and were asking the ICC to provide more opportunities for the associate nations. But today's defeat was so embarrassing that this is not just a setback for the Dutch but also for the associate nations as a whole. The ICC on the other hand has got the perfect example to exclude associates from future events. There is no justification for their poor performance today. It was just plain horrible.

[Shishir99]

Although your words will hurt Bangladeshi fans, I will also say that it is true that Bangladesh's dream with South Africa remains a dream. Bangladesh lost by a big margin. The Bangladeshi bowlers were well ruled by South Africa's brilliant batting performance. Bangladesh is one of the weaker teams participating in this year's ICC World Cup. In this case, the performance from Bangladesh was as expected. Anyway you mentioned Mahmudullah Riyad yes he performed well 111 off 111 balls with a strike rate of 100. But the main reason for the loss of the Bangladesh team is their lack of teamwork. On the other hand, South Africa showed full team work.

Bangladeshi fans should not be hurt due to these words. Because they were already hurt seeing their performance. So, there is nothing that can hurt them more than that. This is a harsh reality. Bangladesh team selectors tried hard to remove Mahmudullah from the World Cup squad but they were not able to do that against the protest. Riyad already replying to them with his performance.

Bangladesh is one of the weakest teams in this world cup. I would say the first upset of this World Cup was when Afghanistan was beaten by Bangladesh. After that, Afghanistan beat teams like England and Pakistan.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Netherlands need to score 400 runs from 300 balls to win against Australia. Another big defeat awaits in the World Cup tournament. I was watching Australia batting against Netherlands and enjoying the shots of Australian batsmen. Today, watching the match, there was no way to know whether I was watching a T20 game or an ODI game. Netherlands can score 200 to 250 runs at maximum against Australia I don't think Netherlands can do more than that for now. With Maxwell's monstrous batting, it is not surprising that Australia's first innings collection was four hundred. I think the semi-final matches will be more enjoyable than the earlier matches as either team will lose by a large margin and either team will win by a large margin.

Australia set the Netherlands a target of 400 runs. I think Australia will beat Netherlands by a huge margin in this match.  Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in the history of the World Cup. His game looked like he was playing T20. Glenn Maxwell scored 106 runs from 44 balls and David Warner scored 104 runs from 93 balls.  It is never possible for the Netherlands to win on the same mountain run top as Australia did. So Netherlands is sure to win today's match. Now Netherlands should lose by a respectable margin of runs. Team Australia takes another step towards the semi-finals. Congratulations to the Australian team for giving such a beautiful batting gift.

It was an absolute carnage, and it was absolutely fantastic to watch. I've always been a fan of watching Maxwell bat, especially when he plays like he did tonight for Aussies! Every single shot he played was an absolute delight to watch. It's been a while since I've seen an innings like that. Congratulations to Max for his fastest World Cup century.

As for the Netherlands, it seems highly unlikely that they'll be able to chase down the total. They've already lost two early wickets, and a big defeat is loading.

I really enjoyed watching Australia play today especially when Max Well scored the fastest century in 40 balls, I got so much joy that I can't express myself. Maxwell's game felt like we were watching a T20 match. I had already predicted Australia to win today's match as they batted aggressively from the start. Australia threw a target of 400 runs to the Netherlands with a lot of commendable batting, as a result of which the Netherlands played with a target of 400 runs and they were bowled out for 90 runs. There is nothing to be sad about, any incident can happen at any time in the playground. Just such an incident happened in the Netherlands Australia match. However, Australia's dream of staying in the second round came true today with a win against the Netherlands. My congratulations and best wishes to Maxwell and the entire Cricket Team Australia.

[Dimitri94]

Netherlands need to score 400 runs from 300 balls to win against Australia. Another big defeat awaits in the World Cup tournament. I was watching Australia batting against Netherlands and enjoying the shots of Australian batsmen. Today, watching the match, there was no way to know whether I was watching a T20 game or an ODI game. Netherlands can score 200 to 250 runs at maximum against Australia I don't think Netherlands can do more than that for now. With Maxwell's monstrous batting, it is not surprising that Australia's first innings collection was four hundred. I think the semi-final matches will be more enjoyable than the earlier matches as either team will lose by a large margin and either team will win by a large margin.

Australia set the Netherlands a target of 400 runs. I think Australia will beat Netherlands by a huge margin in this match.  Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in the history of the World Cup. His game looked like he was playing T20. Glenn Maxwell scored 106 runs from 44 balls and David Warner scored 104 runs from 93 balls.  It is never possible for the Netherlands to win on the same mountain run top as Australia did. So Netherlands is sure to win today's match. Now Netherlands should lose by a respectable margin of runs. Team Australia takes another step towards the semi-finals. Congratulations to the Australian team for giving such a beautiful batting gift.

It was an absolute carnage, and it was absolutely fantastic to watch. I've always been a fan of watching Maxwell bat, especially when he plays like he did tonight for Aussies! Every single shot he played was an absolute delight to watch. It's been a while since I've seen an innings like that. Congratulations to Max for his fastest World Cup century.

As for the Netherlands, it seems highly unlikely that they'll be able to chase down the total. They've already lost two early wickets, and a big defeat is loading.

I really enjoyed watching Australia play today especially when Max Well scored the fastest century in 40 balls, I got so much joy that I can't express myself. Maxwell's game felt like we were watching a T20 match. I had already predicted Australia to win today's match as they batted aggressively from the start. Australia threw a target of 400 runs to the Netherlands with a lot of commendable batting, as a result of which the Netherlands played with a target of 400 runs and they were bowled out for 90 runs. There is nothing to be sad about, any incident can happen at any time in the playground. Just such an incident happened in the Netherlands Australia match. However, Australia's dream of staying in the second round came true today with a win against the Netherlands. My congratulations and best wishes to Maxwell and the entire Cricket Team Australia.

We often see good innings from David Warner's performance. But Maxwell's good performance is not easily seen. I saw Maxwell's great performance with the bat in IPL long ago and since then i liked his batting style quite a bit but could not enjoy his batting well for a long time. But after today's performance, I saw his old form again. Australia played a superb innings against Netherlands with a target of 399 runs allowing the Australian team to score only 90 runs. As a weak team, Netherlands team does not have the ability to win against the Australian team. Finally Australia won the match by a margin of 309 runs, which is one of the highest margins of this tournament.

[synchronym]

Australia is winning by a huge margin of 309 runs against the Netherlands. After losing the first two matches of the 2023 World Cup, the Australian team has returned to a great rhythm. Back-to-back World Cup 2023 records No team has won a World Cup by a margin of 309 runs, a record previously held by Australia in the 2015 World Cup against Afghanistan by 265 runs. Australia won by 265 runs against Afghanistan, a record that no other team could break in the World Cup. 2023 World Cup they set a new record again. Glenn Maxwell scored a century in just 40 balls and he looked like Glenn Maxwell was playing a T20 game.