Finally.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
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Finally, what?
He mentioned 2 indian players, 1 England player and 2 Pakistan, somehow you just highlighted Pak player to make it look like he is bitter about some Pak batsman?
Or you agree with his point that Pak batsman shouldn't be anywhere near that average?
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Should be a cracking match today. Hopefully SA do justice to their talent. Amla needs to get back into form.
I have been telling him for ages that Pakistani batsmen and this Pakistani team are shit.
See above.
Can’t see anything but a NZ win
Ngidi back is a big plus and strengthens their pace bowling attack. NZ starts as favorites ofcourse but I think this could be closer than expected. Hope I'm right, this WC needs a cracking match. Apart from Eng-Pak and NZ-Bang, none of the matches have been close.
Its not that I think guys like Imam and Fakhar are shit - they're obviously good players. However, flat pitches have lessened the worth of batting averages.
Day 21: New Zealand vs South Africa
Need a SA miracle today or else we're in for two boring weeks of cricket.
SA to win today
Would be a brave man who bets on it.
For the love of god make this happen. Would throw the cat amongst the pigeons for sure.
The weather is a shambles. Another no result?
Play to start at 12pm, stupidly we will just have 49 overs which makes little sense.
Cricket does itself no favours. Why don't you just do the fecking toss indoors, so you can get started with the game as soon as the weather clears up?
Let's hope they actually play a decent number of overs. With a no result the top team would have scored a whopping 558 runs and allowed 552 in "5" games.
49 overs 
Let's just complicate the playing conditions for the sake of it.
Let's just complicate the playing conditions for the sake of it.South Africa a shambles so far.
Jeez missed the wicket. Good ball by Boult or what? Terrible start by SA for sure with that mix-up too.
Pak-SA should be fun. Two dogshit teams looking to outshit each other.
I think the reason this World Cup has failed to take off so far is that Pakistan West Indies and South Africa have all been mostly hopeless.
Can't remember an SA side this poor.
You can't do the toss indoors, you'd negate effecting conditions like atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature, humidity and wind speed.
Dhawan apparently out for the rest of the World Cup.
Big blow if true
Big blow if true
Surely they call up Pant now? It would've been stupid to chuck Dhawan straight back in the XI for the SF though.
Yup. Pant is already there.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...-world-cup-rishabh-pant-confirmed-replacement
Excellent, I think he's just what India is missing. Will he open or KL Rahul keep his top order spot?
Rahul to open and Pant at number four.
Big wicket.
For some reason I got the impression that Pant opened in LO cricket
Top 3 will be Ro, KL and VK. After that it depends on the situation. So far we have had top 3 put around 200+ and needed someone to accelerate so Hardik has played there. In case we lose early wickets, MS should come at 4. But the 4-7 would usually be interchangeable.
What is this batting. Making Afghan innings yesterday look like speedy gonzales in comparison.
Yes, I fear Pant is unlikely to play. They might stick with Shankar in the team.
Yep. The fact that he can bowl (and did well vs Pak at a crucial stage) could retain his place in the team.
Wtf is this batting?
Great test match ongoing between SA and NZ.
Breathtaking fifty.
De Villiers retired at the wrong time. If he never wanted to be considered for the 2019 WC he could have retired 2 or 3 years ago instead I feel his decision came out of blue of SA and they never could try out a replacement. To make matter worse he offered to come back now. Not solely blaming Ab for SA's miserable WC so far but he is to be blamed for this.