One more thing, the World Cup should never take place in England again. They have the wackest pitches, plus it rains every second day.
Even New Zealand's playground sized fields would be better.
Oh bless your heart
One more thing, the World Cup should never take place in England again. They have the wackest pitches, plus it rains every second day.
Even New Zealand's playground sized fields would be better.
The match ref went light on Roy for his outburst; a fine and some demerit points, but nothing of the level of a suspension.
I have no frame of reference, I was just listening to TMS! The only context I really had is that they were wondering if he might get pulled up for it.
I have no frame of reference, I was just listening to TMS! The only context I really had is that they were wondering if he might get pulled up for it.
That over from Smith lol. Quite the change without the sandpaper.
So salty. England are simply a much better one day team than Aus.
And how exactly does what I said make me salty?Ah these posts are so delicious in hindsight. Sumptuous.
Dear God man, leave and maybe a semblance of your pride will remain intact. The saltiness of your tantrum is raising my blood pressure.
And how exactly does what I said make me salty?
I acknowledge that england were the better team today, absolutely destroyed australia to bits, fair and square. Im not angry or bitter at anything.
This is besides the fact.
You sure? Because crying about pitches sure makes you sound angry and bitter
Me criticizing something = Im crying, angry, and bitter.You sure? Because crying about pitches sure makes you sound angry and bitter
Despite how highly vaunted our bowling line up was, it was still mostly reliant on Starc firing. And when he didn't, as in the last two games and the group game against India, it was largely exposed. Cummins was mediocre throughout, Coulter-Nile was dropped, Berendorf had one good game, and Zampa flopped.
We weren't quite as reliant on our top order as India, but both Maxwell and Stoinis had rotten tournaments with the bat, and put a lot of pressure on Carey.
Ultimately we did pretty well given how awful we've been in ODIs for the last few years. Six months ago I had no expectation of reaching the semis.
I'm not sure anyone but Cummins and Carey will be in India in four years, the next time we'll put any effort into ODIs (especially now that they're off free to air tv).
Apart from Khawaja's injury I don't think this will have any effect on Ashes preparations (we'll get flogged regardless). That Australia v Australia A tour game will be far more significant (and an unironically awesome throwback to the 90s - hope it's streamed).
Nah that was definitely an outburst. Only very rarely seen a batsmen argue with the umpire so aggressively. The second ump had to step in to calm him down. Don't think he'll be banned for the next game though. Will probably be a few more demerit points so the next time he does it he will be out.
I think this world cup has produced some fantastic games so I won't say it shouldn't be held in England but I do think several things could have been done better. For one, having reserve days for rained out games even in the play offs would help. Second - and I'm not sure if it was the pitches or something else but they need to make the coin toss less important and the game more fair. 2/3 of the teams chasing have lost this WC which is unusually off balance considering it's typically 50/50. Cricket's never given a crap about being fair though seeing how much test outcomes matter on the toss too so it's unlikely to change.One more thing, the World Cup should never take place in England again. They have the wackest pitches, plus it rains every second day.
Even New Zealand's playground sized fields would be better.
I think this world cup has produced some fantastic games so I won't say it shouldn't be held in England but I do think several things could have been done better. For one, having reserve days for rained out games even in the play offs would help. Second - and I'm not sure if it was the pitches or something else but they need to make the coin toss less important and the game more fair. 2/3 of the teams chasing have lost this WC which is unusually off balance considering it's typically 50/50. Cricket's never given a crap about being fair though seeing how much test outcomes matter on the toss too so it's unlikely to change.
Yeah as far as cricket go Roy's action were definitely an outburst. I'm sure if this was a standard one day series he would have gotten a 1 match ban, I think the only reason he escaped it was because the next game is the world cup final.
Actually english pitches have been - by design - flat as fuck for the last couple of years. It was a conscious decision to aid ODI skill development. The weather (and perhaps ICC?) has done us a really good service by making the pitches more competitive. The idea that the pitches have been bad for this tournament is a very weird take. We've had a lot of tight, low scoring games, but very few where teams have been skittled. It could have been so very different and if it had, it would have been way more beneficial for England.
England winning does help with the final having to compete with Wimbledon and the F1.
As somebody into most sports, Sunday is going to be mental.
F1, Cricket, Wimbledon and Tour de France all on at the same time pretty much. How many screens do I have...
I think I've got to push back slightly against this hipster notion of "Isn't cricket better when batmen have to work for their runs and it's an even contest". My answer to that is - Is it fuck!. I do like a mix of low scoring and high scoring games but this idea that the purist can only find entertainment in the batsmen scratching around for singles for 40 overs before getting out trying to bash sixes at the end is bollocks. There is nothing *repeat* NOTHING like the entertainment value of one team scoring 400 and the other team chasing it down. It's fucking fantastic. Yeah yeah not EVERY game but we've not had ANY fucking games like that (though yesterday possibly should have been one) and that's to the detriment of the competition.
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Anyone can win a low scoring mistake-fest. Takes a special team to chase 350 plus whatever the conditions.
Yeah as far as cricket go Roy's action were definitely an outburst. I'm sure if this was a standard one day series he would have gotten a 1 match ban, I think the only reason he escaped it was because the next game is the world cup final.
Supposedly Dharmasena also mistakenly performed the third umpire gesture? I thought maybe that helped.
Roy didn't walk when he hit the ball during the India match so I dunno what's he's so mad about.
The ball actually deviated a little bit when it passed his gloves so the umpire probably thought he hit it.
Yeah that looked terrible. He was bullied into giving it out.I mean I've never seen an umpire look so unsure sticking his finger up. At least give the decision with conviction.
Setting aside this brain fart, he's not that bad overall I feel.
At least Bucknor is still not at it.
I thought I read something somewhere that he had the most drs overturns of top umpires, though I can't find any articles relating to that so maybe it was a fake memory lol
Found this old tread.
Damn, you are right. Not a great track record.