He looks so good when he gets going, but he doesn't get going enough.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
- Thread starter Samid
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This isn't going to last long. I didn't realise Sri Lanka were this bad.
They need to feck off this danger zone bullshit.
Sri Lanka trying to give Pakistan some competition here.
5 down
Changing half your team and captain just before the World Cup isn't the smartest of ideas it seems.
Lockie Ferguson 
Bring on Boult from the other end please
Bring on Boult from the other end please
60-6... what an atrocious game.
So this reducing the WC to 10 teams to increase competitiveness is working out well then.
All set here in Bristol
blazing hot day too!That’s one thing I can never decry FIFA for. You can say they’re corrupt and motivated by money or whatever, but at least they attempt to spread the game and make things more inclusive to smaller nations.
The exclusivity that the ICC truly to keep on cricket is appalling, and I can’t see what good it’s meant to do for the game as a whole.
There's a balance though. All for being inclusive, but on the other hand not a fan of tournaments lasting forever. They have to cram in an Ashes after this too.
EDIT: Just checked, pretty much same length as last world cup, 1 less game, 4 fewer nations, yeah it's crap.
If you aren’t going to try making a World Cup inclusive to teams besides the same ten teams then when are you going to try making it inclusive?
I agree, I've checked the numbers and this tournament is basically 1 game shorter than the last one. Competitive cricket is a poor excuse, associate nations need exposure to a higher quality of cricket and the extra money is also useful.
It's due to the big 3 bs, they want them (particularly india) playing the maximum amount of games they can. Its incredibly short sighted and a power grab but what can you do.
I think the last few icc tournaments have also been held exclusively in big 3 countries and from memory the future ones will be too.
How's this guy ducking a free hit 
Karunaratne could become the 12th player in ODI history to carry the bat.
Boult let me down, Ferguson makes it up
Answer: Gulbadin Naib
feck sake Afghanistan batting first too. Another low total incoming
Boring start to the WC. I hooe afganistan and Bangladesh give some good fight. But quality wise this could turn out to be one of the worst WCs in recent times. Even 2015 had many teams competitive and SL still had Sanga.
Yep, 3rd game in a row that the wrong team is batting 1st
Shahzad and Hazratullah is a fun opening pair (cue a duck for both of them).
Malinga's fat
Shahzad says 'hold my beer'.
Fatty gone. Lord Starc will make short work of this.
This is going to be another mismatch.
Nailed it.
They should change the rules. The higher ranked team should always have to bat first. feck the toss
I had six Australian batsman
I had 2I had six Australian batsman
Still can't believe Malinga's action is legal.
Who the feck is that tajid lad in league. He had lockie Ferguson. Leading the league by 100 points.
Me
feck offMe
Can’t wait for SL v Pak... battle of shittiness
Bangladesh Vs Saffers to follow this tomorrow and then we go to work while England play on 10.30 on a Monday morning. What a well run tournament
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are all crap. South Africa are iffy. That leaves 5 teams for the 4 places then.
And the top 3 is set. NZ should make it ahead of WI ideally.
Bore tournament. Bore format.
Don’t get why it’s not India vs Bangladesh tomorrow which would have meant that everyone has played once. But India play their first game V SA which is SA 3rd game