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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 6, 2019 14:45:57 GMT
i know its very early. but things are heating up in the cricket world with the resurgence of the WEST INDIES and SRI LANKA. how do the teams stack up?
INDIA - too many slow pokes like DHONI and RAYUDU. DHAWAN averages 30 in the last 15 ODI's. batting line up is a headache just before the world cup. cant depend on KOHLI all the time. but india might have the best bowling attack. BUMRAH, KULDEEP, CHAHAL and SHAMI all of whom average nearly 2 wickets per ODI.
ENGLAND - has big hitters. all rounders. could well be the winners of the cup.
AUSTRALIA - poor batting line up. SMITH AND WARNER might not return in time for the cup as both are injured. but CUMMINS, LYON, HAZELWOOD and STARC could form a deadly attack. will PATTINSON get a look in?
PAKISTAN - well, anything is possible with PAKISTAN. batting could be a problem. but BABAR AZAM is getting into legend mode. AAMIR, young AFRIDI and ALI could be a formidable fast bowling line up.
NEW ZEALAND - can they finally win a final? great ODI batting line up. experienced three pronged pace attack. WILLIAMSON in the form of his life. GUPTILL is the white GAYLE.
WEST INDIES - a batting line up full of dashers. will they field some of the pace battery that battered england in the tests? who knows? THOMAS, HOLDER, GABRIEL, ROACH, ALZARI, COTTRELL - the windies have a lot of choices.
SRI LANKA - will MATHEWS and CHANDIMAL return for the world cup? PERERA in red hot form. the south africa series win has made the lankans really famous.
SOUTH AFRICA - could be down in the dumps just before the world cup. OLIVIER has retired. they still have a great pace attack. the return of NGIDI will strengthen the bowling. but the batting is quite inexperienced.
ZIMBABWE - dont know much about them.
BANGLADESH - dont know much about them. their batting is in form.
AFGHANISTAN - dont know much about them.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 6, 2019 14:59:43 GMT
Yeah, bring it on! I don't think Zimbabwe is playing in the WC, Pimpin. I am backing England to win it all. Australia's fate might depend on the return of Warner and Smith. NZ is the dark horse. India's batting lacks firepower. No big hitters. South Africans are the perpetual chokers and for that reason, it is too difficult to trust them. I am still not convinced about Windies but I hope they do well. Will be so great for world cricket if the Windies create some noise. Can Bangers and Afghan get an upset win? In 1983 WC, Zimbabwe beat the Australia and Kenya, Bangladesh and Ireland have had some upset wins over the years. So anything is possible! Winners -  |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 6, 2019 23:45:00 GMT
England deserve to be favourites, but wouldn't want their batting to shit its pants in a knockout game. Quite possible they peaked too early and will dissapoint their fans once again.
I give Australia very little chance. Our ODI performances were poor before the Warner/ Smith suspensions, having them back is not some magic wand. We're sixth in the world for a reason.
If England stumble it will be interesting to see who takes advantage. I'll say India are the most likely of the rest.
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Post by weststigersbob on Mar 7, 2019 8:58:53 GMT
In order of favouritism: India : Have the best batsman, Kohli, one of the best chasers of all time, Dhoni, and a classy diverse bowling line up. I have them ahead of England, solely because they don’t seem to have a collapse in them. England : Powerful, deep batting line up. Win toss, bat, pile on runs, scoreboard does the rest. Have a history of choking though. South Africa : Don’t have the batting power without ABDV, but their bowlers would be itching for some English conditions. New Zealand : Similar to South Africa, but they really do need the English conditions to truly shine. Have got King Kane though.... Australia : dumb, stubborn selectors will kill off Australia better than anything else. pimpinainteasy James Pattinson can’t get a start for Victoria, he isn’t getting a start for Australia. West Indies : Have some real firepower, but it’s nowhere near consistent enough to win this. Pakistan : play their best cricket in the UAE. Struggle against good quick bowling. Afghanistan : Will surprise many people. Their batting is shit, but they have 2 outstanding white ball spinners in Rashid and Mujeeb. Sri Lanka : simply not good enough in either department, but in quick bowling friendly conditions, they have no chance. Bangladesh : No Shakib, No Bangladesh. If they get a green top and lose the toss, they could be rolled for less than 30. And, no I’m not joking. |
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Post by weststigersbob on Mar 7, 2019 9:03:16 GMT
England deserve to be favourites, but wouldn't want their batting to shit its pants in a knockout game. Quite possible they peaked too early and will dissapoint their fans once again. I give Australia very little chance. Our ODI performances were poor before the Warner/ Smith suspensions, having them back is not some magic wand. We're sixth in the world for a reason. If England stumble it will be interesting to see who takes advantage. I'll say India are the most likely of the rest. Australia will do well to make the semis. I think they’ll finish 5th or 6th, unless they get some real dicey pitches and win a few tosses and maybe they jag 4th, and subsequently get murdered by India or England......
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Post by Caesium137 on Mar 7, 2019 9:29:09 GMT
Love the 50 over cricket world cup. IMO its the best tournament in all formats covering country or regional domestic teams. Lot of good solid teams right now with Aussies, India, England and West Indies. Not sure whats going to happen with Pakistan but a world cup without them loses so much.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 7, 2019 9:43:52 GMT
England deserve to be favourites, but wouldn't want their batting to shit its pants in a knockout game. Quite possible they peaked too early and will dissapoint their fans once again. I give Australia very little chance. Our ODI performances were poor before the Warner/ Smith suspensions, having them back is not some magic wand. We're sixth in the world for a reason. If England stumble it will be interesting to see who takes advantage. I'll say India are the most likely of the rest. Australia will do well to make the semis. I think they’ll finish 5th or 6th, unless they get some real dicey pitches and win a few tosses and maybe they jag 4th, and subsequently get murdered by India or England...... it would depend a lot on whether SMITH and WARNER get to play. they could be rusty though.
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Post by weststigersbob on Mar 7, 2019 12:36:43 GMT
Australia will do well to make the semis. I think they’ll finish 5th or 6th, unless they get some real dicey pitches and win a few tosses and maybe they jag 4th, and subsequently get murdered by India or England...... it would depend a lot on whether SMITH and WARNER get to play. they could be rusty though. Without either of those two, and with the bone headed selections of accumulators like Khawaja, S.Marsh and Handscomb plus Finch being horrendously out of form, Australia will be lucky to finish in the top half. With Smith and Warner firing, and a triumvirate of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood bowling in friendly conditions, they might jag enough low scoring wins to make the semis. But when the pointy end games come, and the pitches turn from green and soft to brown and hard - Australia won’t have the batting superchargers they need. Or more to the point, they won’t be picked.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 12:53:34 GMT
I'll probably have a fiver on India to win 🇮🇳
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 7, 2019 12:55:58 GMT
it would depend a lot on whether SMITH and WARNER get to play. they could be rusty though. Without either of those two, and with the bone headed selections of accumulators like Khawaja, S.Marsh and Handscomb plus Finch being horrendously out of form, Australia will be lucky to finish in the top half. With Smith and Warner firing, and a triumvirate of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood bowling in friendly conditions, they might jag enough low scoring wins to make the semis. But when the pointy end games come, and the pitches turn from green and soft to brown and hard - Australia won’t have the batting superchargers they need. Or more to the point, they won’t be picked. MAXWELL and STONIS need to step up. MARSH has done quite well in ODI's in the last year.
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 7, 2019 12:56:16 GMT
I'll probably have a fiver on India to win 🇮🇳 Here are the odds
England 3.25 India 4 Australia 6 New Zealand 9
South Africa 9 Pakistan 10 West Indies 13 Sri Lanka 41 Bangla 41 Afghans 81
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 13:41:09 GMT
I'll probably have a fiver on India to win 🇮🇳 Here are the odds
England 3.25 India 4 Australia 6 New Zealand 9
South Africa 9 Pakistan 10 West Indies 13 Sri Lanka 41 Bangla 41 Afghans 81
England are just too flaky for my money... They might be brilliant and walk the whole thing... They can equally be utter gash, and collapse big time every game. Too unpredictable. India at 4/1 pre-tournament sounds a fair punt. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 7, 2019 15:30:51 GMT
C'mon Engerland!!! I know who I'm supporting. Like Jack though I'm predicting abject failure for them!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 15:54:20 GMT
C'mon Engerland!!! I know who I'm supporting. Like Jack though I'm predicting abject failure for them! I'm not predicting abject failure for England in the World Cup. Just that I don't want to back them pre-tournament, because you just don't know with them whether they are going to be brilliant or a complete shambles. India, on the other hand, are more likely to be consistently pretty good. |
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Post by Aj_June on Mar 7, 2019 16:01:00 GMT
C'mon Engerland!!! I know who I'm supporting. Like Jack though I'm predicting abject failure for them! I'm not predicting abject failure for England in the World Cup. Just that I don't want to back them pre-tournament, because you just don't know with them whether they are going to be brilliant or a complete shambles. India, on the other hand, are more likely to be consistently pretty good. England are not inconsistent in England.
England have played 15 bilateral ODI series in last 3 years. They have only lost one. Against Indian in India.
India have played 15 bilateral series in last 3 years and they have only lost 1. Against England in England.
I will back England because England are at home!
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Post by weststigersbob on Mar 8, 2019 1:15:45 GMT
Australia at 6/1
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
They need to be double that before I’d even consider it.
New Zealand at 9 is not bad for a sneaky.....
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Post by weststigersbob on Mar 8, 2019 1:21:37 GMT
Without either of those two, and with the bone headed selections of accumulators like Khawaja, S.Marsh and Handscomb plus Finch being horrendously out of form, Australia will be lucky to finish in the top half. With Smith and Warner firing, and a triumvirate of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood bowling in friendly conditions, they might jag enough low scoring wins to make the semis. But when the pointy end games come, and the pitches turn from green and soft to brown and hard - Australia won’t have the batting superchargers they need. Or more to the point, they won’t be picked. MAXWELL and STONIS need to step up. MARSH has done quite well in ODI's in the last year. Maxwell and Stoinis need to star for Australia to win. And we need someone like Darcy Short opening. Marsh has done alright, but 100 off 120 in a score of 280 is going to lose you more games in the WC than win.....
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Mar 8, 2019 3:20:20 GMT
Australia at 6/1 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 They need to be double that before I’d even consider it. New Zealand at 9 is not bad for a sneaky..... I think the Kiwis are the value punt, their bowling attack holds up well in England and they have destroyer batsmen. Each Way punt for sure.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Mar 8, 2019 3:21:15 GMT
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Apr 1, 2019 8:16:05 GMT
the aussies are doing very well now. it is like an aussie B team. there is no SMITH, WARNER, STARC and HAZELWOOD. and CUMMINS played only in two of these 8 ODI's. this is a great achievement even though PAKISTAN is also without BABAR, FAKHAR (inconsistent most of the time), SHAHEEN, SARFARAZ (inconsistent) and AMIR in some matches. earlier they beat INDIA in INDIA.
captain FINCH's last 10 ODI scores - all in asia - 0,37,93,0,27,116,153 not out,90,39,53.
608 runs at 67.55.
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