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Pakistan's matches have been switched from India to Sri Lanka for political reasons and now Bangladesh are threatening to refuse to play in India.
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So Bangladesh have withdrawn, meaning Scotland take their place. Now Pakistan are still not happy and may still pull out as well.
Its all a bit farcical, i wish they would keep politics out of the sport. |
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spot on DD
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Scotland in England's group; with respect to them Bangladesh could have been an handful in sub continental conditions so England may have dodged a bullet. Then again they have lost to Scotland before in a tournament
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Tournament starts this Saturday and will likely feature a number of heavy defeats in the group stages for the minnows.
No real point in backing on the outright market at the moment as it is difficult to see any of the big guns not qualifying for the second stage. If there is any value then maybe Pakistan at 14s as long as the politics gets sorted. At this point i will have some speculative top batsman and bowler bets for some interest, Mitch Marsh and Jos Buttler could cause carnage at the top of the order against the lesser bowling attacks and are available at about 12s to 14s with the bookies. Ryan Rickleton of SA is an interesting outsider at 33s. As for the bowlers, Adam Zampa is always worth considering although short enough at 8s generally - Arshdeep Singh at 20s and Shaheen Afridi at 25s likely outsiders. Considering it's a World Cup the build up has been very low key and its also now competing against the Winter Olympics for media coverage. Once the initial group stages are out of the way interest should pick up. There has been no real acknowledgement in the media of the England U19s reaching their World Cup Final which takes some doing. Maybe it's because they tend to play sensible cricket rather than Bazball ! They have been excellent so far but now come up against an India side in the final tomorrow who have a stellar top order, it will be very interesting to see how they get on, fingers crossed they emerge victorious. |
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I did mention India u19s had a formidable top order but even i did not expect them to rack up 250 by the halfway point of their 50 overs.
That was the point at which the absolute phenomenon named Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed..... for 175 including 15 sixes - he's FOURTEEN YEARS OLD !! This lad is unbelievable and surely has the potential to be one of the greatest ever - he's already scored a ton in the IPL at such a young age. God knows how many they would have racked up if he batted through the innings but they still managed a towering 411 in their 50 overs. England made a very good attempt, reaching 172-3 after 20 overs but then lost four wickets for three runs, eventually 311 all out with still ten overs left. |
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my first bet in the tourny is travis head to be top runscorer at 9.20 on the exchanges
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India 77-6 after 12.4 overs against USA. 1.01-->1.77
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The USA have spilled three catches as well, could have been humiliating for the hosts if they'd taken them.
The USA team has 2 Saffers and 9 Asians by the look of it  |
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At least one of the Indian players remembered how to bat.
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And he (Yadav) should have been out for 15 - a routine caught and bowled shelled
 Hope the USA don't come to regret that, big ask for them now. |
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England not too convincing; they've made the Nepal spinners look unplayable at times.
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nepal need 39 off 16 archer bowling
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Flip Flop
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Eng 1.01 vs Nep 1.2
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Comfortable England win
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England all smiles at scraping home against the minnows, how embarrassing
They have Jacks to thank for avoiding humiliation, he hit 3 sixes in the last over of their innings including the final ball. Hard lines Nepal, you deserved to win really. |
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ain't no mugs. ran saffers to within 1 run at the tourney
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That must go down as one of the worst overs I have ever seen - 2 no balls ?
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Shocking over from Rabada indeed but he got away with it thanks to the daft run out, there was no need to go for that second run with 2 balls still left, but having done so he should have dived to make his ground.
In the second super over, i reckon if the Afghan had left that last ball it could have been given as a wide again. Close to a fine win but no cigar. Ireland were disappointing with the bat against Oz. However 4 wickets for Zampa gets my top bowler bet off to a good start. Not so good is one of my top bat picks and the unfortunate (and rather painful  ) injury to Mitch Marsh earlier, looks like he could even be out of the tournament. Ryan Rickleton doing ok so far though so all is not lost. |
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Ian Ward "200 not off the cards" - what game is he watching, I'd be amazed if they don't cleat that easily !
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clear sorry !
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Not quite 200 although Rashid saved England's bacon; he was different class to the rest of England's bowlers. Makes you wonder if England should have played Ahmed who is also a decent batter.
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That woman screeching on the microphone is dreadful
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Which one Mr S - Was it Alex "Orville The Duck's twin sister" Hartley ?
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mafeking09 Feb 26 15:41Joined: 24 Sep 02 | Topic/replies: 20,157 | Blogger: mafeking's blog
ain't no mugs. ran saffers to within 1 run at the tourney Nepal 123 ao Italy 124-0 in 12.4 overs Rather puts England's performance against the mighty Nepal in perspective |
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zimbabwe about to turn over aussies
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Dont know Dixie but she was screeming what appeared to be something about Super Mario at one point.
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stating the obvious but 20 overs lends it itself to upsets and gives the minnows a far better chance
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two foot over his head - how was that not a wide ?
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Poor start for Pakistan chasing India's 175.
3w down in third over. A lot on from here. |
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India 1.04
Pakistan 21 |
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Seems like Pakistan didn't bother turning up after all
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if England can't score 160 against Italy they might as well come home now !
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England bowling unimpressive again. Batting not much better and again reliant on Jacks slogging at the end of their innings to get a decent score.
Manenti got a bit carried away and holed out otherwise things may have been very different. He played superbly though. Grant Stewart also hammered a few sixes, almost got them in contention at the end. The thing is with this format, as average as England have been they will still have every chance of winning the trophy and are in the easier section of the Super 8's (at least on paper ). also in their favour is they now play games in Sri Lanka which presumably will help their spinners. |
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Was about to criticise England's performance when along come the Aussies with 13 for 5 in their last 3 overs. DD is right though England may go on and win the comp due to the format as might the Aussies.
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The Aussie hopes hanging by a thread. if Zimbabwe avoid defeat against Ireland they are out. Plenty of rain about tomorrow as well......
That batting collapse by Oz was bad enough but the bowling was arguably worse. |
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Looks like it's farewell to the Aussies!
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Bye bye!
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