ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

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Do we have to select a team for each match? @Samid
Not for the classic. For the classic league I've set up you pick your team, and then you can make changes every round (there's a limit for the rounds).

There's another league which is where you pick a team for each match which I can't be arsed with.
 

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Also if you read the rules you get unlimited trades before round 2 too. So you're better off not picking any Indian players in round 1.

After Round 2 you can only change 5 players per round or something.
 

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Not for the classic. For the classic league I've set up you pick your team, and then you can make changes every round (there's a limit for the rounds).

There's another league which is where you pick a team for each match which I can't be arsed with.
Okay, I see the classic option now.

When does round 2 start?
 

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Joined. Ready to wreck you all.
 

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South Africa's batting looks pretty one dimensional and hugely reliant on De Kock for acceleration.

I like this move of Tahir to Roy though.
 

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Another thing I don't get about this world cup is how they decided against renovating any of the stadiums. It's a shame the biggest is 27,000 in capacity.
 

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Roy and Root rode that out well, Tahir bowled an over too many once he'd got the breakthrough.
 

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This England batting line up reminds me of Australia 03-07. It's just so effortless for them to score quickly. It's a given they will score at 5+ an over and pick up a boundary. Not sure if they quite have the metal of Printing, Hayden, Gilchrist and co though.

Obviously the bowling line up is nowhere near as scary.
 

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This very tournament. The ECB aren't exactly poor.
They're not, but they're not 'expensive renovations at every single ground' rich. Lord's are adding 2500 seats at the cost of £50m; it isn't the FIFA World Cup, this tournament simply doesn't make enough cash to carry out building work at stadiums which are often in built up areas. And even if it did it's questionable whether the money is better spent building extensions to grounds that might struggle to sell out rather than spending money on the grassroots. The ECB do lots of things wrong, but building white elephants isn't something you can realistically demand of them.

They did want to play India v Pakistan and England v Australia at West Ham's Stadium, but they couldn't work out how to position the strip to stop the sun blinding the batsman.

Oh, and the counties that actually own the grounds have absolutely feck all money.
 
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NinjaFletch

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This England batting line up reminds me of Australia 03-07. It's just so effortless for them to score quickly. It's a given they will score at 5+ an over and pick up a boundary. Not sure if they quite have the metal of Printing, Hayden, Gilchrist and co though.

Obviously the bowling line up is nowhere near as scary.
Ah yes, Rocky Printing; Ricky's unlicensed PES brother.
 

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Sucks this is on pay-for TV. England games should at least be on terrestial channels. A home world cup and a chance to get new people in the sport but they've missed a big opportunity chasing Sky's money.