*Official* IPL 2019

[Daemon]

Smith was in a rut before the ban. He’s lucky he can now blame it for all his failures.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Williamson legitimately needs to make himself unavailable for the next game, even if he's fit.

I thought it would have been obvious already that he shouldn't be getting a game tbh. Nabi would be the only one I'd consider leaving him out for and it's touch and go

Lol, Nice overreaction that. You're drawing that conclusion based on a few T20 innings? A format he's merely been 'very good' as opposed to 'excellent' in anyway?

It's his Test batting exploits that's made him the Steve Smith we know. Can we at least wait to see him back in whites before deciding he's gone from being Bradman reincarnated to a nobody? Cheers.

Nah mostly just wanted to use it to set up my dig at Warner

 

[TheJediBrah]

Famously underrated ODI talents around the squad like Hick, Fairbrother, Knight, Mullally and Ealham

They were mostly pretty trash. Knight overachieved but I mean Ealham? Come on m8

 

[mr_mister]

They were mostly pretty trash. Knight overachieved but I mean Ealham? Come on m8

Hick was coming off 3 tons in the 98/99 tri series against SL and Aus, the 2 finalists from 96. Fairbrother and Mullally were also in career best form

Ealham was pretty good for a couple of years in 99/00 but yeah probably the worst of this bunch


To go with their actual better known players, ie the test regulars, I feel they had an okay shot in 99. They did win 3 of their 5 group games as well. Usually thatd be enough to advance

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hick was coming off 3 tons in the 98/99 tri series against SL and Aus, the 2 finalists from 96. Fairbrother and Mullally were also in career best form

Ealham was pretty good for a couple of years in 99/00 but yeah probably the worst of this bunch


To go with their actual better known players, ie the test regulars, I feel they had an okay shot in 99. They did win 3 of their 5 group games as well. Usually thatd be enough to advance

Do you really think any of those players would have made the 1999 Aus side though? or SA side? I think they were good by England's standards at the time but not really good in general

 

[mr_mister]

I mean Martyn/Lehmann/Julian/Moody could have made way for some of them in '99. Not saying Hick and Fairbrother were better players overall but they were certainly in better form(except for maybe Moody)

I know they didn't have the ATGs of Australia and SA, but neither did Zim or NZ and they both performed very well. Zim beat SA and NZ beat Australia in important group games. Gelling as a group is as important as having mega stars for world cups, look at SL's '96 team. England were playing really good ODI cricket leading up to the tournament, and brought that into their first 2 games of the tournament, with 2 easy wins.

I feel, compared to all the other cups after '96, '99 was their best side

Edit- should clarify '99 was their best chance, not best side.

 

[Zinzan]

I thought it would have been obvious already that he shouldn't be getting a game tbh. Nabi would be the only one I'd consider leaving him out for and it's touch and go

Clearly Moody and co aren't thinking that way, since they made him skipper, and since he was rushed back for the 2nd game when announced fit, ahead of Nabi, only to pull up with a niggle for the 3rd. Hard to see them leaving Nabi (following his cheap 4-fer), Bairstow/Warner (after their hundreds) or Rashid (for being Rashid) out in their next game, but they likely will if the skipper's fit, unless KW leaves himself out. No doubt Nabi will be the causality, which would be really harsh.

That said, we probably shouldn't forget KW was the top run scorer in the whole tournament last year and had a SR >140., but on form it's tough for one of those other 4 to miss. Good dilemma to have I guess.

 

[trundler]

Did all of you forget Kane's iconic last season? He's the perfect fit for this team at 3. Let's not pretend he's some hack making it purely based on reputation. He's better than Smith.

 

[Daemon]

Nabi will miss out imo. They may 'rest' KW though under the guise of making sure he's fully fit.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

RCB being so bad no matter how strong their team looks on paper is getting meme worthy

 

[wellAlbidarned]

April fools innings from Steve Smith. He's lost it tbh. Destroyed by the ban.

Warner's come back as good as ever because he doesn't give a **** and probably doesn't think he did anything wrong

his lack of intellect is definitely helps him as a batsman. No room for self doubt when brain cells are in limited supply.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Did all of you forget Kane's iconic last season? He's the perfect fit for this team at 3. Let's not pretend he's some hack making it purely based on reputation. He's better than Smith.

Not exactly saying much though is it

 

[Starfighter]

Just watched the highlights of that match last night. What a glorious game, de Villiers playing past effectively gentle slow-medium a definite highlight.

 

[weldone]

Even in ODIs he's useful but a step behind Root, Virat and KW

In ODIs he's a step behind quite a few others actually, including Warner

 

[mr_mister]

In ODIs he's a step behind quite a few others actually, including Warner

No argument with that just mentioned the other names of the big 4 coz they're his main peers

 

[s00d]

do you guys have a mobile chat group to discuss matches real time?

 

[slippy888]

You cant say that RCB batting lineup is one of the best when you have a aging AB Deviller in it, he was world class standard player 2 years ago but you dont know what you will get from him these days.

 

[slippy888]

Virat Kohli step down as RCB captain after humiliating loss against SRH

That is not even a real tweet from his account

 

[MrPrez]

That is not even a real tweet from his account

It's an April Fools joke; it even says so at the bottom of the article.

 

[manishsharma12]

Best team of IPL