Run Up to the World Cup

[stephen]

New Zealand chasing this down easily. Shows the talent gap between Starc/Cummins/Hazlewood/Zampa and Neser/Richardson/Abbott/Lyon.

 

[Spikey]

Somers Somerville is playing today. Seems odd for NZ to reveal their secret weapon for next summer's tour so early

 

[Burgey]

Dermo Sabba Abbott will get a WC call up and will dominate, before going on to be leading wicket taker on either side in the Ashes. ahead of Cumminss, Starc, Lyon, Haze, Clouderson and Broad (in that order)

 

[Spikey]

Btw its dumb that they replaced Richardson with Richardson. MMarsh shoulda come in

 

[stephen]

Smith has hit some form in the warm ups. 89* followed by 91*.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Smarsh doing his best to play himself out of the side. Probably will miss out tbh. Stoinis will pip him because he can bowl (not well, but he does do it)

 

[Daemon]

Smith has hit some form in the warm ups. 89* followed by 91*.

the one thing that was looking bad for Australia is now fixed.

even starc is bowling proper heat.

semi finals at worst imo, but won't be surprised if they win the whole thing.

 

[stephen]

the one thing that was looking bad for Australia is now fixed.

even starc is bowling proper heat.

semi finals at worst imo, but won't be surprised if they win the whole thing.

Australia was comprehensively beaten by a New Zealand B side three days ago. Nowhere near favourites.

 

[Daemon]

Starc only bowled 5 and Lyon played, plus Will Young is in God mode.

As I see it the weaknesses are that the bowling is weak other than Starc and there’s a lack of an AR that’s better with the ball than Max/Stoinis.

The batting looks alright imo. Even Maxwell’s in decent touch.

 

[mr_mister]

4 rain affected games in a row in this ****** continent


This cup will have more no results than 2003

 

[Gob]

Btw its dumb that they replaced Richardson with Richardson. MMarsh shoulda come in

I don't know why you shouldn't replace a Richardson with a Richardson tbh

 

[Tom Flint]

If Australia play a fast bowling attack of Coulter- Nile, Starc and Cummins they'll have a ridiculous tail. Almost as good as England's.

Doesn't look great to me tbh starcs batting is so over rated imo

 

[stephen]

Doesn't look great to me tbh starcs batting is so over rated imo

He's a decent slogger, which is what you want from a 9 or 10.

 

[Burgey]

When does this all start?

 

[NUFAN]

When does this all start?

You could say the run up to the World Cup has already started.

 

[ankitj]

Since last world cup.

Batting:

Team	Ave	RPO
England	41.64	6.29
Australia	35.28	5.72
South Africa	38.22	5.71
India	44.12	5.7
New Zealand	35.78	5.68
Pakistan	37.62	5.54
Bangladesh	33.56	5.31
Sri Lanka	28.41	5.3
West Indies	28.68	5.21
Afghanistan	27.5	4.76

Bowling:

Team	Ave	RPO
Afghanistan	23.77	4.53
Zimbabwe	33.71	5.09
Bangladesh	32.1	5.16
India	30.12	5.31
South Africa	29.69	5.39
Pakistan	35.48	5.41
New Zealand	31.25	5.53
Australia	33.78	5.63
West Indies	40.84	5.7
England	34.58	5.82
Sri Lanka	37.93	5.83

 

[Starfighter]

I knew our batting hadn't been great but I didn't know our bowling had been quite that bad. Might be the pitches, lack of spinner and constant 'B' team selections.

 

[trundler]

It's insane how England are making 300+ on average . That's taking into account the lollapses.

 

[Starfighter]

Random thought: the run up to World Cup is like Martin Snedden's; excessively long and frustratingly slow.

 

[Burgey]

For those in Australia, fox sports 501 currently playing highlights ofhte greatest ODI of all time - 1999 semi final. Get in.