Men's Cricket ICC World Cup 2023

[Siddhartha Talukdar 234]

34 minutes ago, Thagard said:

What a great day for Virat Kohli as he scored 101 not out on his 35th birthday!

He equalled the most number of centuries in ODI which is 49. He is joint top with batting great Sachin Tendulkar

[phelps 7,740]

2 hours ago, Siddhartha Talukdar said:

He equalled the most number of centuries in ODI which is 49. He is joint top with batting great Sachin Tendulkar

and he did it in basically just over half the matches of Tendulkar

[phelps 7,740]

right now, instead,  are not getting too many wickets (only 2) vs , but they're keeping the score of the Asian team very low (run rate below 5 after 30 overs)

if  don't raise their batting, it would be an easy chase for  in the 2nd inning

 

p.s. @hckošice I don't know if you're somehow following this event, but one of the best (if not the best) Australian bowler is named Adam Zampa  

[hckošice 15,025]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

p.s. @hckošice I don't know if you're somehow following this event, but one of the best (if not the best) Australian bowler is named Adam Zampa  

Do you know if by some chance he has 2 younger brothers ?

[phelps 7,740]

26 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Do you know if by some chance he has 2 younger brothers ?

no, idea 

but I know he's married and he has 2 sons, he's vegan and a PETA testimonial (that's all I can find on his wiki page) 

[phelps 7,740]

by the way, good final stint for  in the 1st inning, led by an amazing century (129 out of 143 balls, not out) posted by Ibarahim Zadran

 

finally,  scored 291/5 in 50 overs, giving  quite a difficult task (not that they can't complete this chase, though...let's see how the  bowlers feel tonight...they need a good start to fuel their hope)

 

and as I'm writing, what a start of 2nd inning!

 

first ball is a 4 for , then Mujeeb almost got Warner on the 2nd ball...if they keep this pace of action, they're all dead by the 20th over  

[MHSN 3,645]

I'm watching this AFG/AUS match on a Afghan TV (and they are showing commercials after every single stop )

 

Cricket is probably the thing that everybody in Afghanistan likes, even those Taliban Neanderthals.

 

I think they already made history by winning 4 matches but I hope they continue their dream run today and even advance to the SF. people in that country suffered (and still suffering) enough, they deserved a bit of happiness at least.

[Dragon 1,887]

I still can't believe the story of cricket in Aghanistan.

I think I mentioned before that the sport literally did not exist in the country until the Soviet invasion in 1979.

The love for cricket was learned in refugee camps in Pakistan in the 1980s and 90s.

The national team has only existed since 2001.

[Dragon 1,887]

Sadly  291-5 lost to  293-7 

Glenn Maxwell, who got injured early in the game, scored 201.

Probably one of the best performances in any sport of this year.

[Dragon 1,887]

4 hours ago, phelps said:

no, idea 

but I know he's married and he has 2 sons, he's vegan and a PETA testimonial (that's all I can find on his wiki page) 

One sister - and his grandparents are Italian...