*Official* Match 3 - Sri Lanka v Canada

[gvenkat]

I don't see the need for all the criticism.. just don't watch the one-sided matches involving minnows if it's that boring. Having a tournament involving them once every four years is hardly overkill. I'm not going to bore people and bring up all the upsets and giant-killing runs from the past WCs because everyone knows about them.

See how you contradict yourself. You have a tournament every four years and you dont want us to watch it.

 

[Howe_zat]

Kapugedera gets 2 from 3 (in a batting lineup with Samaraweera at 8), doesn't bowl and drops a catch.

He's going to be the key man.

 

[Jarquis]

He doesn't want you to moan about it incessantly

 

[Blaze 18]

The wizard gets Cheema! I have no idea why he bats so low down the order.

 

[Blaze 18]

Kapugedera gets 2 from 3 (in a batting lineup with Samaraweera at 8), doesn't bowl and drops a catch.

He's going to be the key man.

I just hope he doesn't get dropped. He is in my draft team.

 

[Jarquis]

Need Mendis to get smashed about a bit.

 

[Howe_zat]

Aww, Murali v Cheema was just starting to look fun.

 

[Blaze 18]

A near perfect start for Sri Lanka. Most of the big guns fired in this victory. It bodes well for their next match against Pakistan.

 

[Migara]

Anyone know much about Samaraweera bowling? Hadn't bowled for years before today but first rose to prominence as a bowler - has he been injured or did he just pretty much give it away?

Had back problems over the years. But main reason was that he had nearly zero chance be picked as a off spin bowler while Murali was playing. He changed his plans and made the team as a batsman.

 

[Migara]

That arm ball from Samaraweera was a ****ing awesome one BTW.

 

[Himannv]

Loved Mahela's innings, this pitch was probably perfect for him and possibly Samaraweera as well. Excluding Mahela I think the batsmen had to take some time to get used to the pitch. Was a bit slow I reckon. Tough game up next against Pakistan.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Crininfo had one of the balls in Perera's first over timed at 156.7 kph. Something ain't right here.

 

[Blaze 18]

That reminds me - does anyone know why they aren't showing speeds on television ?

 

[turnstyle]

Two games today are enough proof. Minnows dont belong. Lasith Malinga did not even play the game today.

Oh man, where do I even start. You are aware Canada aren't exactly a model associate and Kenya have been on the decline for a number of years and it's played in the sub continent. They both just happened not to choke in the qualifier.

I was going to just rant and yell expletives but it's not worth the keystrokes. Viva India.

 

[Prince EWS]

Oh man, where do I even start. You are aware Canada aren't exactly a model associate and Kenya have been on the decline for a number of years and it's played in the sub continent. They both just happened not to choke in the qualifier.

It does show that 14 was perhaps too many though, even if 10 is clearly too few. Ireland should definitely be at the World Cup... Canada maybe not so much.

 

[Woodster]

Crininfo had one of the balls in Perera's first over timed at 156.7 kph. Something ain't right here.

Yes just seen that on TV, registering 156.7kph!! No wonder Samaraweera dropped it in slip. It was hardly that quick mind.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Nah, bowling first is great for your NRR if you bowl the opposition out. If a team is all out, their NRR is calculated as if they had batted 50 overs for that score. NZ currently have a ridiculous NRR of 7.62.

You're wrong actually.

It's horrible if you want to establish a good NRR.

While the against run rate would be 69/50, the for run rate is 72/8.
And its that 8 that is important.

Yeah, they went at 9 an over, but as the tournament goes on 8 overs is pretty meaningless.
Say they play 5 more matches and bat 50 overs, then they would have faced 258 overs. Only 8/258 of those overs would have been, so-called, minnow bashing. I'd much rather have 50/300 of the for run rate come from thrashing Kenya.

For example, if NZ bats first and scores 350 off 50, and then bowls out Kenya for 100 in 30 overs then 350/50-100/50= NRR of 5. It's lower than the 7.62 that NZ has now, but is actually better in the long run.

There's an easy mathematics term that can explain this, but I cba.
Small sample size has something to do with it, but meh.

 

[BoyBrumby]

It does show that 14 was perhaps too many though, even if 10 is clearly too few. Ireland should definitely be at the World Cup... Canada maybe not so much.

Canada are a weird one. I know people move from country to country and change nationality all the time, but one of the comms said today there are only two native-born Canucks in the squad and one of those is John Davison who moved to Oz at like 18 months old. Makes a bit of a nonsense of it, IMHO.

The Netherlands are slowly evolving into South Africa "C" (as England is SA "B") too. In tournaments gone by they were mostly made up of native Dutchmen.

Say what you like about Kenya being turd, but at least they're turd with Kenyans.

 

[Howe_zat]

You're wrong actually.

It's horrible if you want to establish a good NRR.

While the against run rate would be 69/50, the for run rate is 72/8.
And its that 8 that is important.

Yeah, they went at 9 an over, but as the tournament goes on 8 overs is pretty meaningless.
Say they play 5 more matches and bat 50 overs, then they would have faced 258 overs. Only 8/258 of those overs would have been, so-called, minnow bashing. I'd much rather have 50/300 of the for run rate come from thrashing Kenya.

For example, if NZ bats first and scores 350 off 50, and then bowls out Kenya for 100 in 30 overs then 350/50-100/50= NRR of 5. It's lower than the 7.62 that NZ has now, but is actually better in the long run.

There's an easy mathematics term that can explain this, but I cba.
Small sample size has something to do with it, but meh.

I see what you mean, admittedly I thought the calculations were done treating each match's NRR equally. Perhaps that would be fairer. It's not "horrible", though. Anyway, I'd not expect much in group A to be decided on NRR.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Yeah, maybe not horrible.

NRR could be important though. Say Australia beat everyone. Then NZ beat SRL, SRL beat PAK, and PAK beat NZ. And all the minnows lose. Then places 2 through 4 would all be decided by NRR.