Cricket Thread

waspish said:
Losing 4 games and qualifying still you need results like this ending with with an Aussie win, teams taking points of good teams to cancel each other out! Aussies got no chance wining this now!

India and New Zealand for me will qualify south Africa are on there way too! Pakistan the wild card! It's going to be good to watch when everyone played 5/6 games
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ODIs are unpredictable though. Anyone can beat anyone else on the day.

India look very strong. The rest have stronger and weaker points. Let’s see what the table looks like after 6 games. We’ll have a clearer picture then.

The Aussies have played 2 of the hardest games first up. They still have SL, Bangladesh, NL and AFG to play, which they should win.

Their results in the games against ENG, PKN and NZ will seal their fate. Win 2 out of 3 of those and they will be close to qualifying.
 
waspish said:
Losing 4 games and qualifying still you need results like this ending with with an Aussie win, teams taking points of good teams to cancel each other out! Aussies got no chance wining this now!

India and New Zealand for me will qualify south Africa are on there way too! Pakistan the wild card! It's going to be good to watch when everyone played 5/6 games
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Hard to tell at this stage. Our performance against NZ isn't reflective of either team. NZ certainly aren't miles better than us. We'll grow into the tournament. Australia certainly look too lightweight with the bat though.

I'd guess India, SA, NZ and England as the final 4 - but pre-tournament I had Australia and Pakistan in there so that could change again in a week!
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
ODIs are unpredictable though. Anyone can beat anyone else on the day.

India look very strong. The rest have stronger and weaker points. Let’s see what the table looks like after 6 games. We’ll have a clearer picture then.

The Aussies have played 2 of the hardest games first up. They still have SL, Bangladesh, NL and AFG to play, which they should win.

Their results in the games against ENG, PKN and NZ will seal their fate. Win 2 out of 3 of those and they will be close to qualifying.
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Whilst you’d still expect Australia to win, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh might be tough games if they’re playing on slow surfaces.

I think it will be India, New Zealand, South Africa and one from England, Pakistan and Australia in the top four.
 
Dr Jacoby said:
Whilst you’d still expect Australia to win, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh might be tough games if they’re playing on slow surfaces.

I think it will be India, New Zealand, South Africa and one from England, Pakistan and Australia in the top four.
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Certainly looking that way. SL‘s bowling attack is mostly injured, so they’ll finish 8-10th.

Bangladesh and Afghanistan have decent bowling attacks and might spring a surprise, but the games between England, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan will probably determine the last two QF places.
 
waspish said:
Worse defeat in the World Cup for the Aussies! Let's see how they go on with the "easier fixtures" coming up
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It was good seeing them beat but it was also good seeing their captain Pat Cummins again because he is rather easy on the eye for us women. I must say, I can’t think of many other blokes who’s worth tuning in for.
 
One game a day for two weeks, and one game a day 6 out of 7 days most weeks is going to really drag this out.

It is the franchise format to increase tv revenue, for "appointment to view tv", but a lot of days it will just be switch off tv. A 23 day group stage would have gained more interest than a 39 day group stage.
 
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