Good decision to open the bowling with spinners. Shakib got two early wickets. McCullum and Williamson gone and suddenly we have a proper game on our hands. @DesiBD Where the feck are you?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Bet they are doing it to avoid India.
Bet they're doing it to play Pak or WI.
That will need Australia-Scotland to be a washout or Scotland to win.
Poor bowling in the middle overs by Bangla, no way back now unless NZ throw it away.
Massive upset in the other game. England are winning.
Massive upset in the other game. England are winning.
Massive upset in the other game. England are winning.
Yup looks like a pretty easy chase now unless Bangladesh can grab 3/4 quick wickets
Even if they lose, another strong showing by Bangladesh. Won't be an easy game for India
I like Bangladesh. Good limited overs team and great fun to watch. Need to step it up in the test arena though.
NZ have shaped the chase very well even after losing their two most important wickets early on. Bangladesh will probably put spirited performance vs India too but can't see them beating India at MCG.
Agree with that,i doesn't want us to loose toss in that.
As well i think their batsmen would struggle against our short pitch bowling
Yes, this is best case scenario for NZ efore knockouts. There were question marks over batting sans their captain and Kane. And yeah, India should still win at MCG
i am happy that England has been stopped for rain, i was going to feel obligated to watch it, but NZ vs Bangladesh has been a much better game.
Yesss! Caught one handed in the crowd
Why bowl fecking spinners to Vettori?!
Game over. Stupid decisions
Why is Shakib with 2 overs left bowling the second last over?
Good effort from Bangladesh.
Great game of cricket that, Southee is one hell of a player.
India vs Bangladesh at the G then.
What are the quarterfinal ties (provided Pakistan beat Ireland)? And the semi lineup?
So the Kiwis remain unbeaten, I just can't see them winning it all. They'll have to win 9 games on the trot!
So would India!
And am not 100% about this but did Oz go unbeaten in both 2003 and 2007 WC?
Yes. 34 unbeaten WC games between 99 and 2011.
Was a good test for them today, and I don't think they were convincing enough.
Yup, I think they did. It's part of the 20+ game winning run that Ponting had.
Amazing.
Anyone?
India Bangladesh at Mcg, Nz WI in Nz, Aus Pakistan at Adelaide and Saffers Lanka at Sydney
ffs
Ind-Ban
SA-SL
Pak-Aus
WI-NZ
1st game vs 3rd game is one same and 2nd game vs 4th is other.
It can change if Australia-Scotland is washed out or Scotland can somehow win. In that case, SA-Aus and Pak-SL.
New Zealand vs West Indies
India vs Bangladesh
Australia vs Pakistan
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
India/Bangladesh vs Australia/Pakistan
New Zealand/West Indies vs South Africa/Sri Lanka
If it gets washed out, Aus till finish above Srilanka right?
Nope. Both will be on 8 points but first criteria is no. of wins and then NRR. Australia will have 3 wins and 2 points from washouts. SL have 4 wins.
The potential India Australia semi will be at Sydney or Auckland?
Sydney
To be fair all this shit is rather confusing, I am still not sure what happens if Nz face Australia in the semis
Auckland game:
*If New Zealand qualifies for the semi-finals they will play in this match unless they play Australia, in which case the team finishing higher in the pools has home ground advantage.
It is not that confusing. Rules and what if scenarios are clearly mentioned, particularly for grounds during knockouts.
I guess 9 games unbeaten is not as hard as I thought. I'd back India rather than than Kiwis to do it seeing as they are the defending champions. Those Aussies were something else!
My phone died.
Despite our shit start, we did well enough. Kayes needs to go though. I didn't expect us to win against NZ anyway. The positives outweigh the negatives in this match, so I'm not too worried. Our match against India will be interesting - this lot has shown multiple times that with motivation, they can beat anyone. Considering how our fielding has improved since the Scotland game, we definitely have a chance.
Ross Taylor is due an excellent performance. A strike rate of 57.73 after 97 balls is way less than he should be contributing, and that was his best game in the whole damn tournament.