Men's Cricket ICC World Cup 2023

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as expected,  didn't have the fire inside, but still  did show how difficult is for them chasing other teams' scores

 

game #42,  beat  by 5 wickets

 

 posted a not so amazing 244/all out in 50 overs, then it took good 47.3 overs to  to overtake that score with 247/5 (despite never being in danger of not completing the chase, tbh)

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102782

 

 

so, after Today's match basically we know the 4 teams qualified to the knockout stage, as  would need more than a miracle to overtake  as written in the previous post:  are safe in 1st place, no matter how the last match goes;  are also safe in 2nd place;  are the favourites to keep the 3rd spot, but they have to avoid a bad loss Tomorrow vs  to seal the deal;  almost surely will be 4th 

 

 

Tomorrow, game #43 is scheduled between  and  at 6 a.m. CET in Pune, meanwhile game #44 features  and  at 9.30 a.m. CET in Kolkata

 

those 2 matches will mathematically put the last nails on the coffin of the round robin for what concerns the top of the standings and will finally determine the semifinals' matchups

[Dragon 1,833]

Semi-Finals will be 

 

 versus

 versus  

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Today's results

 

 beat  by 8 wickets

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102785

 

 beat  by 93 runs

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102784

 

 

Tomorrow, the round robin play ends with the last game, no. #45, between  and  at 9.30 a.m. CET in Bengaluru

[Thagard 61]

I guess no big surprises, except for England having a terrible tournament.

And of course West Indies not participating.

[phelps 7,627]

last match of the round robin play...

 

game #45,  beat  by 160 runs

 

the Host Nation posted a massive 410/4 in 50 overs, then let  score 250/all out in 47.5 overs

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102783

 

 

so, this is the Final Ranking of the Round Robin phase

 

1.  18 Pts

2.  14 Pts (+1.261 NRR)

3.  14 Pts (+0.841 NRR)

4.  10 Pts

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5.  8 Pts (-0.199 NRR)

6.  8 Pts (-0.336 NRR)

7.  6 Pts

8.  4 Pts (-1.087 NRR)

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9.  4 Pts (-1.419 NRR)

10.  4 Pts (-1.825 NRR)

 

the Top 4 Nations advance to the Semifinals (next Wednesday and Thursday)

 

the Top 8 Nations qualify for the next Champions Trophy

 

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23 hours ago, Thagard said:

I guess no big surprises, except for England having a terrible tournament.

And of course West Indies not participating.

Plus Afghanistan's strong performance.

[phelps 7,627]

well underway right now...

 

Semifinal #1,  vs  in Mumbai

 

 won the toss and choose to bat

 

so far they're really batting hard, their score is 197/1 after 28 overs (RR: 7.04)

 

and they're slowing down in the last few overs, they started so strong that they completed the 1st power play with a RR of almost 9 

 

tbh, I expected a (lot) better bowling from the  team, if  can keep this pace until the end of the 1st inning, will have absolutely no chance in their offensive stint 

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1st inning completed,  posted 397/4 in 50 overs

 

now it's  turn to try and overcome that very impressive score of the Home Nation

 

and they started with 2 "Fours" off Bumrah in the first 4 deliveries...not bad!

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as expected,  could do nothing against the mighty Indian bowlers (Shami was totally dominating the game, he recorded 7 wickets )...

 

actually, they were very good to score 327 runs, but clearly it wasn't enough

 

in this game, moreover, an amazing and unforgettable milestone was set by Virat Kohli, who scored his 50th "century" (117 runs from 113 balls) and now he's the man with the most centuries in ODI matches in the history of the game, overtaking in this special ranking the great Sachin Tendulkar (and he did it at Tendulkar's sport home, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai...poetry is not dead, after all)

 

Semifinal #1,  beat  by 70 runs

 

as written earlier,  posted a 397/4 in 50 overs,  could only answer with 327/all out in 48.5 overs, so  advance to the big Final

 

game details

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/match/102740

 

 

Tomorrow, it's time for the Semifinal #2,  vs  at 9.30 a.m. CET in Kolkata

 

the big Final, instead, is scheduled for Sunday in Ahmedabad

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 won the toss and chose to bat (which is the most obvious choice of the entire CWC)

 

but nothing went according to plan for them, as  bowlers dominated the game and didn't let  any chance to post a decent score

 

 completed their offensive inning with just a miserable 212/all out in 49.4 overs 

 

I don't see how they will be capable to defend that...

 

they need more than a miracle (which actually already happened in the past, but they were on the wrong side )

Edited November 16, 2023 by phelps