Men's Cricket ICC World Cup 2023

[phelps 8,285]

gameday #3 started with game #11, when  beat  by 8 wickets

 

after allowing  to score only 245/9 in 50 overs in the 1st inning, a sleepy  team took more than 30 overs in the 2nd inning to wake up and close the Bengali affair down, scoring 248/2 in 42.5 overs

 

in general, not the best and most entertaining match of the tournament so far

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102759

 

Tomorrow, time for game #12, the Mother of all Matches, the biggest rivalry in this sport:  vs  at 10.30 a.m. in Ahmedabad (hopefully in front of a great crowd to heat up the atmosphere -as if it was necessary  )

[phelps 8,285]

and all the hype finally did prove useless and senseless 

 

in game #12,  easily beat  by 7 wickets

 

 started well, but when the 2nd wicket fell too early and Ul-Haq was gone, even their best pair (on paper) Babar & Rizwan couldn't do that much, they just did slow down and when the 2 stars were also gone, the middle and bottom order of the Pakistani batsmen were just destroyed by the Indian bowlers, with wickets falling one after another

in the end,  just scored 191/all out in 42.5 overs in the 1st inning and it was basically a joke for  to win the match, scoring 192/3 in only 30.3 overs

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102760

 

Tomorrow, it's time for game #13, with  facing  at 10.30 a.m. CET in Delhi in a match they just can't afford to lose (still, they're heavily favourite, it would take a miracle to  to upset the reigning world champions)

[Dragon 2,026]

OK, this is going to be interesting.

The miracle is on.

 in a strong position to beat  

[Dragon 2,026]

 beat  by 69 runs.

 

[phelps 8,285]

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

 beat  by 69 runs.

 

wow! just wow! 

 

now  are in troubles more than ever...

 

 scored 284/all out in 49.5 overs,  couldn't answer appropriately and only scored 215/all out in 40.3 overs

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102758

 

Tomorrow, instead, in game #14,  will face  at 10.30 a.m. CET in Lucknow

Edited October 15, 2023 by phelps

[phelps 8,285]

no upsets Today...

 

 easily beat  by 5 wickets

 

 scored only 209/all out in 43.3 overs in the 1st inning, then  answered with a quick 215/5 in only 32.2 overs

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102746

 

Tomorrow the 3rd gameday will be completed with game #15, when  will face  at 10.30 a.m. CET in Dharamsala

[Dragon 2,026]

And the shocks continue...

 defeat  

 

I expect @heywooduto be dancing in the street tonight 

Edited October 17, 2023 by Dragon

[heywoodu 16,004]

2 minutes ago, Dragon said:

And the shocks continue...

 defeat  

 

I expect @heywooduto be dancing in the street tonight 

With how many wickets and runs and overs did we win?

[Dragon 2,026]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

With how many wickets and runs and overs did we win?

Netherlands win by 38 runs

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/66858173

 

[Dragon 2,026]

Ryan ten Doeschate

Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

 

A fantastic day for Dutch cricket, the planning and the execution. We thought they were initially getting blown away and yet here they are shaking hands with the South Africa team with a win under their belts. It’s hard to believe but here it is.

They’re going to have to delve into it and tear it apart and work out how it actually happened. We’re going to be glowing in our pace for the Dutch team and also for individual performances. Van de Merwe changed it for this team and Scott Edwards jumped on that and put the South Africa team to the sword. It was Ackermann who then got the breakthrough and the game changed again.