Boult gets Fakhar!
Pakistan 1/19 (3).
No change in odds yet.
Odds: NZ 34%, Pakistan 66%.
ODI World Cup.
Williamson gets Hafeez, who wildly holes out. A badly needed wicket for NZ.
When was Williamson cleared to bowl again by the ICC after he was found to have an illegal action?
Pakistan 3/110 (24.5). It was a promising partnership, but if they could have extended it by another 10 overs it would have put them in a very strong position.
The pitch is allowing spin.
Odds: NZ 32%, Pakistan 68%.
When was Williamson cleared to bowl again by the ICC after he was found to have an illegal action?
Pakistan 3/110 (24.5). It was a promising partnership, but if they could have extended it by another 10 overs it would have put them in a very strong position.
The pitch is allowing spin.
Odds: NZ 32%, Pakistan 68%.
'Morgan ... dismissed a suggestion made by Pietersen on Twitter that he had backed away from Mitchell Starc. "The England captain backing to square leg when Starc bowled his first delivery to him made me think England may have a problem over the next week," Pietersen wrote. "I hope not, but I've not seen a captain show such weakness for a while."
"Really? Excellent," said Morgan with an icy smile when asked about the comments. "It didn't feel that way at all." '
(cricinfo)
"Really? Excellent," said Morgan with an icy smile when asked about the comments. "It didn't feel that way at all." '
(cricinfo)
'... Alec Stewart questioned whether England needed to show more caution against the new ball. ...
"When they have lost games, I believe they haven't adapted to the situation ... great sides adapt. You have to respect the new ball," he told the BBC.
Michael Vaughan ... suggested England may need a rethink.
"The experience from us watching the game tells us you can't just play one way," Vaughan said.
"History tells us that because, if you do, the opposition can plan to play against you. Australia were very clever. And they know the way England are going to play - they know they're going to go at you." '
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 521lp.html
"When they have lost games, I believe they haven't adapted to the situation ... great sides adapt. You have to respect the new ball," he told the BBC.
Michael Vaughan ... suggested England may need a rethink.
"The experience from us watching the game tells us you can't just play one way," Vaughan said.
"History tells us that because, if you do, the opposition can plan to play against you. Australia were very clever. And they know the way England are going to play - they know they're going to go at you." '
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket ... 521lp.html
"But, while accepting that it is simplistic to sum up England's problems in one image, it is clear that this team do have a fundamental problem: they are, putting it harshly, flat track bullies. And there aren't many flat tracks around in this World Cup.
England's problem, ironically, is in adapting to their own conditions. Over the last four years, they have become accustomed to blasting vast scores on the sort of perfect batting surfaces which make bowlers wish they had become plumbers. They have set numerous world records and their confidence has grown on the back of such feats.
But this has been an unusually wet summer in England. A really incredibly wet summer. And, as a result, groundsmen have simply not had the preparation time they would have liked to roll and bake their perfect batting pitches. So England have been confronted by surfaces where the ball may grip, or stop; where it may be slow and low; where it may seam or spin. Not much; just a tiny bit. But far more than has been the case in the last four years.
There is no conspiracy here; no case of the ICC intervening to ensure the surfaces provide a better balance between bat and ball. This is a simple case of plans derailed by poor weather."
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -all-again
England's problem, ironically, is in adapting to their own conditions. Over the last four years, they have become accustomed to blasting vast scores on the sort of perfect batting surfaces which make bowlers wish they had become plumbers. They have set numerous world records and their confidence has grown on the back of such feats.
But this has been an unusually wet summer in England. A really incredibly wet summer. And, as a result, groundsmen have simply not had the preparation time they would have liked to roll and bake their perfect batting pitches. So England have been confronted by surfaces where the ball may grip, or stop; where it may be slow and low; where it may seam or spin. Not much; just a tiny bit. But far more than has been the case in the last four years.
There is no conspiracy here; no case of the ICC intervening to ensure the surfaces provide a better balance between bat and ball. This is a simple case of plans derailed by poor weather."
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... -all-again
If we keep pretending India & NZ are certainties to join Oz in the SFs, the odds are now:K wrote:...
We know Oz have made the SFs. Afghanistan & S. Africa cannot make them. If we pretend that India & NZ are also certain to make the SFs, the odds of the other teams getting the final SF berth are:
England 61%
Pakistan 18%
Bangladesh 10%
Sri Lanka 10%
WI 2%.
...
England 42%
Pakistan 40%
Bangladesh 10%
Sri Lanka 8%
WI 1%.
S. Africa are huge favourites to beat Sri Lanka in their game, so if Sri Lanka can pull off a win it will put even more pressure on England.
Roach bowls 6th over.
Second ball: Sharma hits it for 6.
Fourth ball: Rahul hits it for 4.
Sixth ball: Sharma out, caught behind.
India 1/29 (6).
Controversial decision. WI reviewed successfully after the on-field umpire, Richard Illingworth I think, gave it not out. The TV umpire, Michael Gough, called it "conclusive evidence", but some might think the Ultra Edge spike came from pad not bat. I would probably have given it out just viewing it in isolation, but of course this is an overrule of the initial decision.
And HotSpot is not allowed in this tournament.
Odds: WI 25%, India 75%.
Line: 319.5.
Second ball: Sharma hits it for 6.
Fourth ball: Rahul hits it for 4.
Sixth ball: Sharma out, caught behind.
India 1/29 (6).
Controversial decision. WI reviewed successfully after the on-field umpire, Richard Illingworth I think, gave it not out. The TV umpire, Michael Gough, called it "conclusive evidence", but some might think the Ultra Edge spike came from pad not bat. I would probably have given it out just viewing it in isolation, but of course this is an overrule of the initial decision.
And HotSpot is not allowed in this tournament.
Odds: WI 25%, India 75%.
Line: 319.5.
At 1/87 (18 ), cricinfo forecasts 318.
In the 20th over...
Odds: WI 22%, India 78%.
Line: 323.5.
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But next over Holder bowls Rahul!
India 2/98 (20.4).
At the end of the over, Holder 1/8 (5).
The commentators are more impressed than the money.
Odds: WI 25%, India 75%.
Line: 310.5.
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At 2/113 (24), cricinfo forecasts 310.
LIne: 312.5.
In the 20th over...
Odds: WI 22%, India 78%.
Line: 323.5.
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But next over Holder bowls Rahul!
India 2/98 (20.4).
At the end of the over, Holder 1/8 (5).
The commentators are more impressed than the money.
Odds: WI 25%, India 75%.
Line: 310.5.
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At 2/113 (24), cricinfo forecasts 310.
LIne: 312.5.
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Roach gets Shankar caught behind!
India 3/126 (26.1).
Before that ball, cricinfo forecasted 313.
The British commentator thinks this is a 350 pitch.
"The wickets keep coming at the right times for the West Indies," he says.
Odds: WI 28%, India 72%.
Line: 302.5.
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At 3/128 (27), cricinfo forecasts 311.
India 3/126 (26.1).
Before that ball, cricinfo forecasted 313.
The British commentator thinks this is a 350 pitch.
"The wickets keep coming at the right times for the West Indies," he says.
Odds: WI 28%, India 72%.
Line: 302.5.
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At 3/128 (27), cricinfo forecasts 311.