They're giving loads of extra playing time and Monday as a reserve day too.
It is 8am, I imagine that’s just an oversight where we started the tournament on BST and nobody told them
I think it's credit to England to allow their secondary players, or even their first team players who don't play all formats, to freely play in other leagues. I remember even Eion Morgan playing some matches for Peshawar a few years back because England were playing tests then.
What happened to Kuldeep Yadav?
He had 2 amazing year then has gone off the boil. Don't think he is that good to be fair.
Although I would love to see Indian players being allowed to play in overseas league but India did not lose because of that. We lost because of our team selection. Even if Sanju Samson had scored a 100 in big bash, he wouldn't have been picked. I would say for India semis exit is appropriate. You don't win WC when you carry 4 or 5 passengers in your team and that's what we did.
Tbf that’s just a random cricket news outlet and not an official account.
You just can’t tell on Twitter these days.
Matchgoing fans?
I'd suggest tough luck to them it would be far better to have a final to watch than not.
Matchgoing fans in Melbourne won't be able to watch any match at this rate.
It would also be great to see Pakistani players in the IPL.
Yeah, or close the roof!
There's no roof at the MCG. There is one at Marvel Stadium, also in Melbourne but they won't use that venue.
They wouldn't get visas
Yeah Stokes mauled him last year didn't he. Looked like he'd lost all confidence. Shame
Pak players are banned. They played in the inaugural season but ever since Mumbai 2008 terrorist attack, they have not been part of the auction.
Exactly. It’s better to have a match at least even if it’s behind closed doors at a different venue than having no match at all. I’m sure even the fans who paid for tickets for the original day would be happy with that as long as they get to see them play even if it is just on the TV.
Might be harsh but I think he was never that amazing. Our management could have handled him better and backed him more but I doubt he was every going to be your match winner in clutch games. I will say same for Chahal. Yes, India should have played a leg spinner but Chahal would have also been mauled by Buttler and Hales.
Some India channels are equivalent of info wars so no point paying any serious attention to such non sense.
Isn’t every sport reliant on an element of luck?
Even 90 mins of football is full of luck. I don't think something equivalent of Greece winning a Euros comp has happened in cricket yet for example. Only solution for rain wrt cricket is stadiums with roof. Eventually at least rich boards should invest in one and have big finals scheduled for same, similar to Tennis.
Yea, I can see ODIs eventually being phased out. It'd be a shame as there were some amazing series in the late 90s and early 00s in ODIs...and not forgetting the Match of the Century between South Africa and the Aussies.
Any update on the weather forecast? It’s looked shocking every time I’ve checked. Based on the forecast, I will be surprised to see a ball bowled on Sunday or Monday.
I actually can’t imagine an ODI game being exciting anymore. 50 overs of an innings just feels sooo long now. I feel like even players will begin to struggle to adapt to it where they have 10-15 over spells of going at 3/4 runs per over.
Looking at the weather forecast, it seems to have significantly improved from what it’s been showing last couple of days. However it’s still forecast for some rain. But there might be a chance of getting at least 10 overs each.
8am start in the UK. Build ups already started. England won the toss and are bowling first
