Basically it's too big to realistically happen. Pakistan would need something like a 500 run win over Bangladesh. Bangladesh could conceivably overhaul NZ's net RR, but they still need to beat India first.
Still bizarre timing on your part to randomly bring up England's chasing capabilities when your team failed to chase down the score they set them though. We've been abysmal in our last few chases to be fair, but I don't think India's batting would have faired much better chasing against aus and pak.
Yeah Rashid hasn't bowled badly at times. He weren't too bad today on a pitch that was obviously hard for spinners. He seems to have lost a little consistency though which I can definitely see being down to a subtle injury like that. Ali offers more control but probably won't roll through a team on a turning surface like the one in NZ vs Pak, which we could end up seeing if we make it to the later stages of the tournament
That is not random actually. Have been telling this since last few matches. Even in the thread during England-Australia clash. And have put England on the verge of being knocked out (losing to SL, Pak and Aus while chasing). And many England fans too were of the opinion that England should bat first. How India would have faired against Aus/Pak while chasing is still assumption (many equations comes). But to be fair in this WC high score chase have been very rare except for the BD one against clueless WI.
Yeah I want to know this too.
Warrants a ban if it’s true. Throwing a game at the sport’s premier event. Disgraceful.
Is he really that bad though? He’s been pretty decent in most of their games hasn’t he?
Na he's done well. 3/40, 2/40, 3/18, 2/52 and 2/53 in his other WC games. Honestly didn't think he deserved to be in that squad but he is making some good returns. Whether Plunkett could have produced similar results had he been playing instead is a different question, but the pace of Wood together with Archer has certainly proved an effective and relentless combination
This is how India have batted for 3 years now. It's got nothing to do with Pakistan.
What's happened to the Curran boy? He's pretty good at singing 'god save the queen', but I reckon he's got more than that. He's a decent gritty lower order bat with some bottle for a start.
I don’t know if any of the teams will do much more Han tinker with their line ups from here on in, batting injury. They’ll back the blokes who’ve got them to the finals.
Yeah, and use Root if they really need a few slow fill ins. He's outbowled both the spinners in the last 2 games he got a bowl anyway.
No room for him unfortunately. Wouldn't say that he deserves to be in instead of Wood, Archer, Woakes or Plunkett based on their performances, and playing 5 right-arm seamers would offer too little variety. With Archer having a slight niggle (thats being controlled well thankfully) and Wood being ever in danger of injury, he might yet get a chance in this tournament.
Losing matches on purpose?
