Prince EWS
Global Moderator
NR? Net run rate?I hate T20.
I guess it's better than NR... just.
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**Official** Group A Discussion
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
No result, you numpty.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
What about T20 v D/L, BeeGee?
Someone came up with an interesting suggestion on cricinfo the other day - just a fan who sent in a comment. He essentially proposed that in situations like this, they shouldn't actually reduce the overs like that to create a T20-like contest. Instead, the team batting first would be told to bat out its 24 overs (in this game's example) as if they had the full 50 rather than 24, and then have that score (lets say it's something like 110/2) converted by D/L as if they really had gone out there at the start and then been cut off by rain after 24. The team batting second would then bat out its 24 as if it had 50 overs to chase that converted score. D/L would then, after their 24 overs, decide if they'd chased the score down or not. So they'd have to preserve wickets, just as in a real 50 over chase.
It's something you'd have to have a deep love of D/L to consider, and not many cricket fans even understand it let alone love it, but I found it an interesting take all the same. The commenter was working off your rationale in a way; he said that the format was 50 overs and that it makes no sense to actually change that within the tournament.
Someone came up with an interesting suggestion on cricinfo the other day - just a fan who sent in a comment. He essentially proposed that in situations like this, they shouldn't actually reduce the overs like that to create a T20-like contest. Instead, the team batting first would be told to bat out its 24 overs (in this game's example) as if they had the full 50 rather than 24, and then have that score (lets say it's something like 110/2) converted by D/L as if they really had gone out there at the start and then been cut off by rain after 24. The team batting second would then bat out its 24 as if it had 50 overs to chase that converted score. D/L would then, after their 24 overs, decide if they'd chased the score down or not. So they'd have to preserve wickets, just as in a real 50 over chase.
It's something you'd have to have a deep love of D/L to consider, and not many cricket fans even understand it let alone love it, but I found it an interesting take all the same. The commenter was working off your rationale in a way; he said that the format was 50 overs and that it makes no sense to actually change that within the tournament.
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
lol. For some reason I thought he was trying to compare it to another way of determining the result. Idiot Cribbage.
Spark
Global Moderator
yeah this thread was rather confusing at firstTrott came out at 3 anyway, and he's out.
BeeGee
International Captain
I hate D/L more than T20, so not a fan of that idea. D/L is so artificial, like every other system of score prediction, but there is just no good solution to rain adjusted matches.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Fielding has been pretty gash as well
BeeGee
International Captain
His batting gives himself an erection.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Don't think so. Slow outfield, slow pitch. They've had to manufacture so many shots because the ball's not coming on and that's why it's been so hard to time it. 175 about par.