5th June - Group A - Australia v Bangladesh

[harsh.ag]

They were about to have drinks before the covers came on

Oh cricket...

 

[Burner]

Could just look to the sky and open their mouth for a free drink

 

[Zinzan]

I thought 15 overs constitutes a game. Is it 20?

 

[Agar]

What a farce.. If the batting team is ahead of the DL score needed by 20 overs, they obviously should be declared winners...

The target score adjusts on the basis of wickets lost. So, theoretically Bangladesh could pick up 8 more wickets in the next 4 overs leaving Australia with a target score of xxx/9 at 20 overs, where xxx >> 83.

 

[social]

Get a climate ffs

 

[Scaly piscine]

It is 20 overs. As I've said many times before, there should be a margin built in for D/L. It's a nonsense when a team wins or loses by 1 run when a game is rained off at 20 overs. And it's a nonsense when a team (like Australia now) is so far ahead of the D/L target but gets a N/R. I can't be bothered suggesting a mathematical system for it but essentially if you're far enough ahead = win, if the game is close enough = no result.

 

[Zinzan]

It is 20 overs. As I've said many times before, there should be a margin built in for D/L. It's a nonsense when a team wins or loses by 1 run when a game is rained off at 20 overs. And it's a nonsense when a team (like Australia now) is so far ahead of the D/L target but gets a N/R. I can't be bothered suggesting a mathematical system for it but essentially if you're far enough ahead = win, if the game is close enough = no result.

All true, although in context Aust were lucky to savage a point vs. NZ in the last, so if they're unlucky enough to be denied the 2 points today, it kind of evens out. But yes in isolation, it's stupid this isn't deemed to be a match.

 

[Zinzan]

"7.41pm The covers are coming off. Repeat, the covers are coming off! An inspection at 8pm, so don't get too excited too quickly!"

Looks like they'll get there.

 

[Shri]

**** England.

 

[Pratters]

Haha.

 

[Shri]

**** spirit of cricket, I would keep owling wides until the rain comes back to make sure that we don't get to the 20 overs mark for D/L rules to apply.

 

[Shri]

Match abandoned.

 

[jonesevan1983]

Hope the England NZ game doesn't go the same way

 

[Pup Clarke]

Why can't they finish the game tomorrow? Like, seriously why not?

 

[Pratters]

Why can't they finish the game tomorrow? Like, seriously why not?

For fun.

 

[centurymaker]

What a lottery World Cup 2019 may end up becoming.. it's held in the same month.

I now hope that a few more games end in a No-Result so that the authorities wake up to the fact that it's essential to have Reserve Days in the world cup, in order to avoid ruining the whole tournament!

 

[smash84]

Haha, oh wow. Aus sitting on 2 points now

 

[harsh.ag]

Man, the sheer joy of it if England beat Australia...

 

[TheJediBrah]

That awkward moment when Aus could get knocked out despite being undefeated

 

[Athlai]

England is so ****.