***Official***Match #41- New Zeland vs Sri Lanka - November 9th - Bengaluru (D/N)

[Andyhere]

But, it's not raining.

That is exactly why they are lucky because it's not raining despite being forecasted.

 

[King Kane]

So the top 4 are decided and are almost as expected with the exception of SA. Most people predicted Ind, England, Australia, NZ.

It's not that surprising that SA have made the semi finals given their form against Australia in their lead up ODI series.

It's surprising that England have been so bad though and were out of semi finals contention so quickly.

 

[thierry henry]

Theekshana has us well covered here tbh

 

[King Kane]

Theekshana really is like the Sri Lankan Woakes, he bats better and more sensibly than most of his team's top order.

 

[Andyhere]

It's not that surprising that SA have made the semi finals given their form against Australia in their lead up ODI series.

It's surprising that England have been so bad though and were out of semi finals contention so quickly.

The bowling attack that England picked never gave me confidence that they were going anywhere in this tournament. They relied so heavily on their batting that they were okay conceding few extra runs or scoring so many runs that would compensate of their bowling leaking extra runs.
The moment their batting started failing they were exposed

 

[Darwin Award]

Actually NZ are lucky, I guarantee you if India were in the same position this game would've been washed out without a ball bowled.

... So India 'unluckily' would've finished with 17 points then?

Poor sods.

 

[Punk01]

Really poor from Nz , not being able clear up the tail quickly, india would have demolished them in 10 mins lol

 

[Athlai]

Actually NZ are lucky, I guarantee you if India were in the same position this game would've been washed out without a ball bowled.

This is shockingly stupid

 

[Andyhere]

Theekshana really is like the Sri Lankan Woakes, he bats better and more sensibly than most of his team's top order.

Yea this SL team is a joke! Zim or WI would've given better fight than this lost SL team.

 

[Sunil1z]

Irritating partnership

 

[Andyhere]

This is shockingly stupid

Obviously you don't follow India's game.

 

[Prince EWS]

Theekshana really is like the Sri Lankan Woakes, he bats better and more sensibly than most of his team's top order.

He's never made a 50 in professional cricket (Woakes has done that 34 times, and has 10 FC hundreds). He looks better than that and has improved recently but he's not Woakes.

 

[Sunil1z]

Obviously you don't follow India's game.

End this conversation here . Not the right thread to discuss our ‘luck’

 

[Silver Silva]

So the top 4 are decided and are almost as expected with the exception of SA. Most people predicted Ind, England, Australia, NZ.

Brother there's only 10 teams...which includes Netherlands, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka..You wouldn't need to be a rocket scientist to get atleast 80 percent of top 4 right .

 

[Athlai]

Obviously you don't follow India's game.

We just got sawn off by rain in the last game. The forecast of rain is the unlucky part to begin with.

 

[Athlai]

Brother there's only 10 teams...which includes Netherlands, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka..You wouldn't need to be a rocket scientist to get atleast 80 percent of top 4 right . Whatever 4 you pick would be 40% of the total teams without even using logic.

And I mean Bangers SL Afg Neth were never super likely

 

[Silver Silva]

I think this is Madushanka's highest score in List A cricket haha

 

[King Kane]

Madushanka showing some fight here, he isn't the worst no.11 going around.

The bowling attack that England picked never gave me confidence that they were going anywhere in this tournament. They relied so heavily on their batting that they were okay conceding few extra runs or scoring so many runs that would compensate of their bowling leaking extra runs.
The moment their batting started failing they were exposed

Bairstow, Root and Buttler all being out of form has cost them more than their bowling, even a better bowling attack can't make up for the lack of runs.

 

[Darwin Award]

Brother there's only 10 teams...which includes Netherlands, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka..You wouldn't need to be a rocket scientist to get atleast 80 percent of top 4 right .

... Either way if the World Cup consisted of the 4 teams West Indies still wouldn't have qualified for the semi's... lol

 

[Athlai]

Ouch