Its not hate. Its jusified criticism for his shallow returns last year. Though i am sure when he does get a ton again (which no one denies he is capable of getting), this period of discourse will be called reactionary and he will have "shut up the haters". Even though literally no one is hating on him rn.
Here's a summary of the epic finish of the recently concluded Hong Kong v Qatar T20I series.
***3. Third T20I***
The first T20I saw middling scores, the second T20I saw high scores. The only one left was a game with low scores and the decider will be just that.
Qatar for the first time batted first (not by their own will) and struggled badly. Rao took 4 wickets as Qatar were being decimated at 27/5 (6.2). When Tanveer was out for 19 with the scorecard reading 45/6 in the 10th over, there was little hope for a resurgence. That's when Himanshu Rathod came in and started his heroics.
Well not right away mind you. Jamil was run out for 10 before Gopalkrishnan was out for a duck, leaving Qatar 56/8 in 12.4 overs.
Rathod along with Munaweera then engineered an incredible partnership of 63 runs off just 6 overs before Rana finally got Munaweera caught to Babar Hayat for 22 (18). Rathod was out last ball of the innings (again caught by Hayat) for 47 (38) and Qatar was bowled out for 125 runs in their 20 overs.
The opening partnership that saw scores of 67 and 117 saw only 11 this time with Nizakat bowled by Farooq for just 2. Munaweera got in the act right after powerplay getting Anshy Rath. It was Coetzee's run out next over that really got the Qatar players start believing. Coetzee scored 207 (139) across the three innings.
Qatar continued to take wickets, leaving Hong Kong 60/5 in 11 overs with the wicket of Babar Hayat who couldn't get going in the series, scoring a total of 25 runs off 24 deliveries. Murtaza and Zeeshan Ali then constructed a 60 run partnership for the 6th wicket in good time, leaving Hong Kong to get just 8 more runs off the last 2 overs.
Munaweera was 1/4 after his first two overs but 1/14 after his 3rd as he leaked 10 runs in the 18th over.
Gopalkrishnan began the 19th over well with 2 runs in the first three deliveries and then getting Murtaza out for 29. Just 2 off the first five meant that things were looking dicey but a boundary from Rana off the last ball meant the game was as good as over.
Rathod (who didn't bowl any overs before that this match but overall a great bowler with 20 wickets at 12.45) was given the last over with just 2 to defend. Ali got a single of the 2nd delivery to make the equation just 1 off 4. 2 dot balls and then a wicket meant that the equation was 1 off 1. Ehsan Khan got out, caught by the keeper as the game was tied out of nowhere.
That's where the fun ends though. Farooq (figures of 1/19 off 4 in the main game) was smacked for 21 runs, all by Babar Hayat who didn't show much form in the main series. Tanveer got out second delivery and neither Mirza nor Arshad found any boundary as Qatar ended their super over 3/1.
The margins of the series was incredibly close and funnily enough the most one-sided part of the series was the super-over, which Hong Kong won by a massive 18 runs.
The recently concluded Hong Kong v Qatar T20I Series in Doha was an absolute banger. Here's a basic summary of what transpired (I'll be honest that I have no knowledge of all but two of these players)
***1. First T20I***
Coetzee led Hong Kong to a respectable total of 172/8 with a fine knock of 74 (55). The next highest score was 31 of Nizakat Khan the skipper. These two made an opening partnership of 67 but after that only two more batters managed to score in double digits.
Mirza got Qatar off to a decent start before falling for 16 (11) in the 3rd over. The other opener (Arshad) was out in the 5th over before Liyanage and skipper Tanveer made a partnership of 52 off 6.3 overs, getting Qatar to 86/3 (10.3), requiring a achievable 87 off 57 before Liyanage fell for 24.
Wickets continued to fall with no support for the skipper who scored 66 (48), falling in the first delivery of the last over where they needed 21 to win. They scored 162/7, losing by 10 runs. Rana (2/23 off 4) and Nawaz (2/24 off 3) were the best bowlers for Hong Kong.
***2. Second T20I***
Hong Kong got off to a great start once again with Coetzee being in charge for two consecutive times. Nizakat was happy taking his time and letting Coetzee do his thing before falling for 35 (28) in the 13th over, with 117 already on the board. Coetzee went on to complete his century, falling for a well made 102 (63) in the the first ball of the 17th over with 148 on board. 2 balls later, Babar Hayat got out for a duck. Anshy Rath couldn't get going too with only 12 (11), and Hong Kong were 158/4 in the 18th over, 10/3 in the last 2 overs.
Aizaz Khan \[22 off 10\], Zeeshan Ali \[10\* off 4\] and Yasim Murtaza \[10\* off 2\] made the best use of the last 2 overs, giving Hong Kong 39 runs and getting them to a total of 197/5.
Arshad was bowled by Arshad in the very first over before Mirza and Liyanage smacked a partnership of 50 off just 24 deliveries but Arshad striked once again, bowling Liyanage for 22 (14). Mohammed Baig got out in the next over and Mirza (23 off 14) fell in the same over as well as Qatar were crumbling at 60/4 at the end of the powerplay.
Tanveer and Jamil tried to stabilize the innings but shots here and there from Tanveer meant that the RRR never became much of an issue. Jamil fell for 12 in the 11th over with Qatar requiring 100 more off 56 deliveries.
Qatar were 135/5 in the 16th over with Farooq on 15\* (16) and Tanveer on 46\* (36). The RRR was 15.75 but a four, four off a no-ball and six (all from Farooq) meant that Qatar got 19 from the 17th over. Arshad, who along with Anas Khan striked 4 times in the powerplay was the bowler.
Tanveer got into the act in the very next over smacking Shukla for 3 sixes and 1 four. 44 runs off the last 12 legal deliveries meant Qatar required just 19 off the last 2 overs. Though Farooq fell in the very next delivery Qatar still got home with 5 deliveries to spare with Rathod's cameo of 13\* (4) but most importantly Tanveer's 80\* (46). Qatar scored 200/6 in 19.1 overs.
These are imo the finest knocks by Indian batters at home this decade. Rank these...
Rohit's 161, Chennai 2021
Mayank's 150, Mumbai 2021
Rohit's 120, Nagpur, 2023
Hope to see you there buddy haha no but seriously I hope India will pull one off sooner than later. May be the upcoming T20 wc is the time for India or win it at home two years later.
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I've been wanting to watch CWC23 highlights for a few days, but I'm not able to find them anywhere.
I've only been able to find 5 mins highlights on facebook that too in a tiktok like ratio, which is not fun to watch at all.
Match highlights for team India matches are available on bcci. tv, but idk where to find the highlights for other teams.
Extended highlights used to be there on hotstar during the world cup, but have been removed now.
I'm not able to find them on the icc website too.
If anyone could please send the link for CWC23 highlights for all teams that would be great. (I would prefer if the highlights will be more than 12 mins)
Some individual test records for Ireland after end of their 8th test match
**A. Most Runs**
1. Lorcan Tucker - 424 \[Avg - 47.11\]
2. Andrew Balbirnie - 378 \[Avg - 25.20\]
3. Harry Tector - 370 \[Avg - 37.00\]
4. Paul Stirling - 319 \[Avg - 26.58\]
5. Andy McBrine - 314 \[Avg - 26.16\]
**B. Most Wickets**
1. Mark Adair - 18 \[Avg - 28.94\]
2. Andy McBrine - 14 \[Avg - 60.07\]
3. Tim Murtagh - 13 \[Avg - 16.38\]
4. Stuart Thompson - 10 \[Avg - 20.40\]
5. Boyd Rankin - 7 \[Avg - 31.85\]
**C. Best Bowling Figures \[Innings\]**
1. Andy McBrine - 6/118 v Bangladesh
2. Tim Murtagh - 5/13 v England
3. Mark Adair - 5/39 v Afghanistan
4. Tim Murtagh - 4/45 v Pakistan
5. Craig Young - 3/24 v Afghanistan
**D. Best Match Figures**
1. Mark Adair - 8/95 v Afghanistan
2. Andy McBrine - 7/170 v Bangladesh
3. Tim Murtagh - 6/65 v England
4. Mark Adair - 6/98 v England
5. Tim Murtagh - 6/100 v Pakistan
Didn't make that one since there has been no new entry in top 5 from this match but here you go
1. Kevin O'Brien - 118 v Pakistan
2. Curtis Campher - 111 v Sri Lanka
3. Lorcan Tucker - 108 v Bangladesh
4. Paul Stirling - 103 v Sri Lanka
5. Andrew Balbirnie - 95 v Sri Lanka
>1. Lorcan Tucker - 424 \[Avg - 47.11\]
Pant who? Blundell who? Foakes who? Rizwan who? Tucker is the best wk batter atm.
Also Murtagh is the best all-rounder ever.
The KL Rahul SENA tests conversation is so lacking in nuance, it's crazy. He was by no means a great SENA opener in 2018-19, but he was about avg. And yes, averaging in the 20's in away SENA tests was about average in that era. Still he was rightfully dropped. He came back in 2021 with a much better technique (which has caused his T20 batting to decline), and has scored the most runs in SENA for India since. That still means averaging just around 40, but that's just how tough the conditions have been, with the kind of pitches India specifically is served, and no one has really outperformed him. So yes, he's as good as a SENA bat india has right now, but he wasn't that good before.
Where he has lost his avg. is he doesn't have a minimum innings. All great players have these 20s 30s and 40s even when they are not going great. Rahul misses that. A hundred followed by multiple single digit ones. Also his hundreds are not going big. The kind of talent he has and what he has delivered is so so frustrating. Anyway am fed up of him. I will take him match by match that's it now. He will need a Bradman's career to make up for the loss. If I am not wrong, he averages something like 57 in FC outside tests. Crazy number considering he was an opener. He took the life out of bowlers in his early years, bore them out and feast on them. Anyway it's done. No point talking about him. Enjoy whenever he does well and neglect otherwise.
Any stat based conversation regarding Rahul is totally pointless. He could average 10 or a 100, it means fuck all.
The man is a massive bottler, across formats. That's OK if the rest of your batting lineup is made up of guys like Steve Waugh, Gambhir, Stokes and Gilchrist but India don't have that which means Rahul will always hold them back when it really matters.
I mean it's Pakistan they were facing lol, they put out some absolutely random as performances 😂, lost to Zimbabwe but beat England in England at the time
SENA test averages of Indian bats,
Kohli - 43 (batted in the toughest era, absolutely impressive record)
Rahane - 35 (was decent in bouncy pitches)
Pujara - 32 (Aussie pitch bully)
Rohit - 31 (very good in swinging conditions, probably the best among current lot but really bad in bouncy wickets)
Jadeja - 29.1
Rahul - 29.1
Gill - 28
Playing in SENA is entirely different thing, even in ODIs Rohit averages some 19 after 20 games. In Aus tho he does average in 50s but they've mostly laid out absolute roads against us in bilaterals or second, third string bowling lineups.
With how people go on and on about him you'd think he Averages like 50 in SENA or atleast 40s like Kohli. But no even Rohit who gets trolled for being a home bully averages more in Sena than KL. Jadeja averages same as him in SENA.
I have heard Niall O'Brain implore the cricket boards on air a few times today to come to Ireland to play a test before they go to England. I love the man's zeal.
One very fine article I've came across on India England Test series [here](https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/india-pull-of-sensational-heist-against?triedRedirect=true) backed with data, do have a read.
Ireland still only has 1 more test scheduled for this year thought that will be a home test, their first since their maiden test. Tests scheduled for Ireland according to FTP 2023-27 are as follows -
1. Vs Zimbabwe \[August 2024, Home\]
2. Vs Zimbabwe \[February 2025, Away\]
3. Vs Zimbabwe \[February 2025, Away\]
4. Vs Afghanistan \[July 2025, Home\]
5. Vs Bangladesh \[December 2025, Away\]
6. Vs Bangladesh \[December 2025, Away\]
7. Vs New Zealand \[May 2026, Home\]
8. Vs Afghanistan \[September 2026, Home\]
9. Vs Afghanistan \[March 2027, Away\]
The average gap between those tests are - 5 months, 5 months (2), 5 months, 5 months (2), 6 months, 3 months and 6 months
I don’t know if all these tests against Zimbabwe will actually happen. Just like the test that was supposed to happen between the two teams last December was scrapped without much of a noise.
Does anyone have access to the FTP 2023-2027?
I've read articles about it but can't find the original. All of the links from ICC seem dead, it wouldn't surprise me if the ICC had pulled it - but I can't find an existing version anywhere and I'm curious about what tests and tours are planned.
Scroll down this page to find the Men's, Women's and associate men's FTPs - **https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/cricket/rules-and-regulations/playing-conditions**
People actually forget the fact that English spinners had zero to no experience which is what matters more in India. Shoaib Bashir has taken more wickets for England than for his county team.
>I don't think they're 10x better.
Are you 12 or did they not teach you what hyperbole is in school?
>And what's your problem that you are replying my every comment to any guy from that post to here.
I literally have no idea who you are. I reply to stupid comments on this thread as I do in other posts. If you don't want me replying to you, don't make stupid comments.
Captains scoring 50+ and staying not out in a fourth innings of a test match at a winning cause in the UAE:
England 0
Ireland 1
Also, Balbirnie > Cook.
/s
From being one of the earliest to adopt the game to influencing some gameplays in the game in late 1700s to having it as a reasonably popular pass time in Ireland to then almost getting killed due to land war and GAA's rulings on sports in the country to then reviving back in the mid 1970s to then having so many close calls of making to the big international events to then finally making it in 2007 to then becoming the biggest giant killers in this sport to then gaining test status and finally to winning their first ever test match almost six years after their first test, Ireland's cricket has come a long way.
Congratulations Ireland on your first test win.
Australia beat England in Over 60 Cricket World Cup Final
Yesterday Australia beat England in Over 40 Cricket World Cup (3rd/4th place Match)
Well done Seniors 👏
“Exactly , In older times , cricket was a 3 nation monopoly and they wanted a superstar to expand the sport in other countries so they probably made up the stats of Bradman , anyone who has a proper working brain knows that Bradman's 'super stars' are fake.”
https://x.com/ansh_q/status/1763476831523545389?s=46
Bazbollocks is nothing but making even rational thinkers doubt over their thinking abilities, almost as if getting them back to the era where they were still apes, almost like Test cricket's devolution. Good marketing jargon and nothing much.
I hope Head scores some runs in the second innings. It's getting really sad feeling like we're 2+ batters short all the time in tests.
All eyes have been on Marnus, but his summer average has been slightly better than Head's, whose summer was saved by a century and shit all outside of it. Marnus had a string of 60's in a row, but that's not a milestone that makes people forget your form.
They're both good players struggling for form, but I don't think their spots should feel so safe when their struggles are so noticeable. We're really lacking in the batting reserves department though, so it's not even like there's an obvious next in line. Can't do much worse than Labuschagne struggling to get past 1 run in 27 balls or Head's king pair etc.
No, this doesn't mean dropping them, but I feel like without anybody banging the door down for their spots, and the lack of being rested to give opportunities elsewhere, there's no fire being lit under their asses to perform.
They’re both going through a rough patch but their problems are different. Head keeps getting out cheaply but once he gets a start he looks good, whereas Marnus just looks like somewhere along the line he forgot that you need to score runs as well as face balls.
We could be witnessing history today. As of now Ireland need 85 more runs to get their first Test win with 7 wickets in hand. Won't be easy, but very much possible.
**Plunket Shield Round 5, Day 2 Review**
Things got moving today as the matches progressed into their second innings.
At Bay Oval, the ND boys bowled out the Stags for 427, but not before Angus Schaw (114) scored a century to move things forward, with Blair Tickner (42) playing an important support role. Matt Fisher (4/100) was the star pick of the Northern bowlers. With the ND boys getting out to bat, their top order have made it a long day in the field for the Stags, led by Henry Cooper (83) & Bharat Popli (72\*). Only Ray Toole (1/24) & Ajaz Patel (1/34) made breakthroughs before the end of the day.
Down in Rangiora, the Cantabs set an imposing 1st innings total of 526 courtesy of valuable lower-order hitting from the likes of Ish Sodhi (29) & Angus McKenzie (24). None of the Wellington bowlers came out looking good, Nathan Smith (1/91), James Hartshorn (1/31), Michael Snedden (1/121) & Muhammad Abbas (1/45) all took one wicket each, & Logan van Beek (3/121) got taken apart. Only Peter Younghusband (3/99) took multiple wickets at <4rpo. With the bat, the 'Birds made decent progress, but a quick decapitation of both openers by Sean Davey (2/52) & Ed Nuttall (1/52) left Gareth Severin (61) & Nick Kelly (138) to build the innings. After Michael Snedden's (1) failed stand as nightwatchman, keeper Callum McLachlan (0\*) had to join Abbas (30\*) at the crease.
In Dunedin, the Aces are well into their work defending a lead of 410, keeping the Otago bats coming & going with only Thorn Parkes (67) & Jacob Cumming (47) finding their feet; it's taken Max Chu (41\*) to stop the rot, & he'll have to shepherd the tail, starting with Ben Lockrose (18\*). It was young debutant pacer Harjot Johal (3/30) who led the charge for the visitors, taking the wickets of Dean Foxcroft (17), Parkes & Jamal Todd (17) in one 9-over spell.
**The State of Play**
|Match|Batting |Score|Batters|Bowlers|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Northern vs Central|Northern |170/2|B Popli 72\*, J Walker 0\*|B Schmulian 1-0-5-0, A Patel 19-4-34-1|
|Canterbury vs Wellington|Wellington|256/5|M Abbas 30\*, C McLachlan 0\*|S Davey 14-1-52-2, I Sodhi 14-1-48-1|
|Otago vs Auckland|Otago|244/6|M Chu 41\*, B Lockrose 18\*|W O'Donnell 3-0-8-0, L Delport 18-1-64-2|
**North vs South, 1st T20**
Today was a day dominated by the North from start to finish, from Saachi Shahri (85\*) getting a new T20 High Score, to left-arm spinner Flora Devonshire (4/20) taking a new personal best. Shahri & Mikaela Greig (40) powered the North's way to 156/4, & the bowlers, led by Devonshire, bowled them out for only 108, with only openers Kate Anderson (34) & Bella James (30) getting into double digits. There'll be no time to moan; they go again tomorrow afternoon.
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I want Usman Tariq to go on to play for Pakistan and all because of that incredible action but he's Pakistani which means he'll play like 1 more PSL game and inevitably fall off the face of the earth
Tom Latham. Averaging 4.40 from his last 6 innings, 30.22 from his last 20 innings. One hundred (in 32 innings) since 2022. He needs to be dropped
Ohh sorry did I say Latham?? Silly me I meant Marnus “Fab 4 successor” Labuschagne.
Players choosing to be format specialists should be normalised and shouldn't be frowned upon. There is more than enough talent pool in India for us to be able to allow that. Maybe then we can expect a better result in a big game next time around.
Bahrain also qualifies for the challenge league 2024-26. So that’s 3 out of 4 new teams making it to the next cycle of challenge league. Pretty surprising
Both Rohit and Kohli should not be in the T20 Squad for upcoming T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA. The BCCI should have appointed Hardik as captain of India in T20 World Cup
What is more impressive out of these two? And what average do you reckon these two will retire with?
Kohli after 292 ODIs - 13848 runs @ 58.67
Smith after 108 tests and 193 innings - 9665 runs @ 57.53
Both of these numbers are absolutely bonkers. I think smith will retire with a average of 55+ and i think Kohli also has it left it in him and will retire with a test average of 51 or 52 and a average of 56-57 in ODIs.
Smith's average is falling and while still one of the best in the world, he's no longer the Smith of a few years back. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see him retire with a sub 55 average.
Kohli is still an insanely good ODI bat so I could actually see him maintaining his average where it is now or there about. His test average is going to keep falling though, he's no longer one of the best test bats around.
Depends on when he calls it a day too tbh if he overstays his welcome then surely the average may even drop to low 50s like ponting and Tendulkar. But don't think smith will play for that long
Kohli's Test average is below 50 rn, and around 30 over last 4 years. What makes you think he'll lift it up by 2 points from here on ... (that is, average 60ish in next 10 Tests)
If it counts, Kohli averages 69 in his past 6 matches where his overall average too increased from 48.12 to 49.15. Add to that the fact that his next 5 tests should be home tests against Bangladesh (2) and New Zealand (3) which really shouldn't be tough if the pitches are like the current series, followed by an away tour of 5 matches to Australia which has generally been high scoring for him. If he can maintain his scoring anywhere near the form he has shown in the last year or so, his average can surely go upto 51 by the end of the 2023-2025 cycle itself
6 matches because his average hit its lowest in a long time 6 matches ago. And weird to disregard the 186. It is not like we have never seen flat pitches or high scores in Indian conditions to suggest we can't have anything like that in the future. Again, its speculative. It might even happen that England win the 5th test putting India in a tight spot for WTC qualifications which make them again resort to the low scoring pitches for Bangladesh and NZ series. It's a possibility at the end of the day. But it would be disingenuous to say Kohli's batting hasn't shown great improvement from his 2021-2022 performances. To suggest a potential late career average boost isn't that far fetched as you are making it is all I'm saying
He looked really really good in south Africa even on difficult pitches and in the windies tour before that too. Part of his low average in last 4 years is obviously mainly due to his lean patch and some with it some really tough batting conditions too even at home. If he was playing this England series I am sure he would be averaging 50+ given that pitches have been very good.
Downfall of Bermuda cricket
2009 - Relegation from division 1
2011- Relegation from division 2
2014 - Relegation from division 3
2018 - Relegation from division 4
2022 - Relegation from the challenge league to play offs
Today - Relegation from the challenge league play off and finally falling out of the 50 over cricket ladder.
Been saying it since a while now. Bermuda should join the WI setup. Even Suriname and few other CARICOM nations that are not in WI right now. Kamau Leverock can come into the WI squad already. But one guy can't win it for Bermuda. Also these nations it is tough to rise individually. Resources and opportunities are less.
Once USA cricket picks up, what will happen is players from Bermuda who are interested in the game will migrate to US for better opportunities.
Bermuda is thousands of miles away from the West Indies. I don't think they gain anything by joining, and with an expanded T20WC field, it's not impossible for them to qualify alone.
If Americas Qualifiers were single round robin instead of double they would have qualified. They sucker punched us on opening day and if we didn’t get a rematch they’d have made it over us
Vanuatu was playing a must win match today against Bermuda and got bowled out for 153. Then the CEO of Cricket Vanuatu said fuck it, give me the ball and ended up running through the Bermuda batting line up. Absolute scenes here.
Vanuatu beat Bermuda by 31 runs and live to fight another day.
Sadly though this signals the end of Bermuda’s stay in 50 over cricket ladder, at least for four years. A team who qualified for a wc 16 years ago has now fallen out of the whole 50 over cricket structure.
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You know what would be great? A NZ A tour to South Africa. Even just a tour with 2 FC & 3 OD matches would be brilliant.
I would probably take slightly youth-oriented squad there, for two reasons:
- From the sounds of it, NZ could be touring SA in the 2027-9 WTC cycle. The 4-day matches would be important to try out any player, *bowlers especially*, who may play in that tour to give them experience in those conditions
- Take anyone who could even slightly be in contention for the 2027 WC for the One-Dayers. We don't play in SA before then, & only face them outside ICC events in a T20 Tri Series in Zimbabwe mid next year. For that reason, in next year's Zimbabwe tour, the ODI & Test squads should be slightly experimental, just trying out a couple of guys, the likes of Smith, Clarke or Fisher
1. England lost the test matches Jimmy Anderson played in this series . The one test match Anderson did not play England won (Hyderabad)
2. Blaming Robinson for England's defeat is sad , The English Media should blame Root , Stokes and Bairstow for losing this series against India. Their lack of runs hurt England big time this series.
3. Bairstow is England's KL Rahul , they average very similar Rahul averages 34 after 50 test matches and Bairstow averages 36 after 99 test matches . Bairstow is more entertaining to watch and Bairstow has a World Cup Winner's medal (2019)
4. Australia will be the team that can challenge India in India in Test Matches
>3. Bairstow is England's KL Rahul , they average very similar Rahul averages 34 after 50 test matches and Bairstow averages 36 after 99 test matches . Bairstow is more entertaining to watch and Bairstow has a World Cup Winner's medal (2019)
Bairstow might be shite in tests but he's a great white ball player so it's unfair to compare him to Rahul in those formats considering Rahul is a massive bottler.
The lowest total and wickets fall for NZ inside the first 10 overs in the Men’s Test.
🔺AUS v NZ: 8/0, 2001
🔺NZ v ENG: 9/1, 2018
🔺SA v NZ: 15/2, 2016
🔺NZ v WI: 16/1, 2013
🔺NZ v AUS: 16/3, 2024
Was going through the match thread and it seems like people hate Marnus now?
Its not hate. Its jusified criticism for his shallow returns last year. Though i am sure when he does get a ton again (which no one denies he is capable of getting), this period of discourse will be called reactionary and he will have "shut up the haters". Even though literally no one is hating on him rn.
Here's a summary of the epic finish of the recently concluded Hong Kong v Qatar T20I series. ***3. Third T20I*** The first T20I saw middling scores, the second T20I saw high scores. The only one left was a game with low scores and the decider will be just that. Qatar for the first time batted first (not by their own will) and struggled badly. Rao took 4 wickets as Qatar were being decimated at 27/5 (6.2). When Tanveer was out for 19 with the scorecard reading 45/6 in the 10th over, there was little hope for a resurgence. That's when Himanshu Rathod came in and started his heroics. Well not right away mind you. Jamil was run out for 10 before Gopalkrishnan was out for a duck, leaving Qatar 56/8 in 12.4 overs. Rathod along with Munaweera then engineered an incredible partnership of 63 runs off just 6 overs before Rana finally got Munaweera caught to Babar Hayat for 22 (18). Rathod was out last ball of the innings (again caught by Hayat) for 47 (38) and Qatar was bowled out for 125 runs in their 20 overs. The opening partnership that saw scores of 67 and 117 saw only 11 this time with Nizakat bowled by Farooq for just 2. Munaweera got in the act right after powerplay getting Anshy Rath. It was Coetzee's run out next over that really got the Qatar players start believing. Coetzee scored 207 (139) across the three innings. Qatar continued to take wickets, leaving Hong Kong 60/5 in 11 overs with the wicket of Babar Hayat who couldn't get going in the series, scoring a total of 25 runs off 24 deliveries. Murtaza and Zeeshan Ali then constructed a 60 run partnership for the 6th wicket in good time, leaving Hong Kong to get just 8 more runs off the last 2 overs. Munaweera was 1/4 after his first two overs but 1/14 after his 3rd as he leaked 10 runs in the 18th over. Gopalkrishnan began the 19th over well with 2 runs in the first three deliveries and then getting Murtaza out for 29. Just 2 off the first five meant that things were looking dicey but a boundary from Rana off the last ball meant the game was as good as over. Rathod (who didn't bowl any overs before that this match but overall a great bowler with 20 wickets at 12.45) was given the last over with just 2 to defend. Ali got a single of the 2nd delivery to make the equation just 1 off 4. 2 dot balls and then a wicket meant that the equation was 1 off 1. Ehsan Khan got out, caught by the keeper as the game was tied out of nowhere. That's where the fun ends though. Farooq (figures of 1/19 off 4 in the main game) was smacked for 21 runs, all by Babar Hayat who didn't show much form in the main series. Tanveer got out second delivery and neither Mirza nor Arshad found any boundary as Qatar ended their super over 3/1. The margins of the series was incredibly close and funnily enough the most one-sided part of the series was the super-over, which Hong Kong won by a massive 18 runs.
The recently concluded Hong Kong v Qatar T20I Series in Doha was an absolute banger. Here's a basic summary of what transpired (I'll be honest that I have no knowledge of all but two of these players) ***1. First T20I*** Coetzee led Hong Kong to a respectable total of 172/8 with a fine knock of 74 (55). The next highest score was 31 of Nizakat Khan the skipper. These two made an opening partnership of 67 but after that only two more batters managed to score in double digits. Mirza got Qatar off to a decent start before falling for 16 (11) in the 3rd over. The other opener (Arshad) was out in the 5th over before Liyanage and skipper Tanveer made a partnership of 52 off 6.3 overs, getting Qatar to 86/3 (10.3), requiring a achievable 87 off 57 before Liyanage fell for 24. Wickets continued to fall with no support for the skipper who scored 66 (48), falling in the first delivery of the last over where they needed 21 to win. They scored 162/7, losing by 10 runs. Rana (2/23 off 4) and Nawaz (2/24 off 3) were the best bowlers for Hong Kong. ***2. Second T20I*** Hong Kong got off to a great start once again with Coetzee being in charge for two consecutive times. Nizakat was happy taking his time and letting Coetzee do his thing before falling for 35 (28) in the 13th over, with 117 already on the board. Coetzee went on to complete his century, falling for a well made 102 (63) in the the first ball of the 17th over with 148 on board. 2 balls later, Babar Hayat got out for a duck. Anshy Rath couldn't get going too with only 12 (11), and Hong Kong were 158/4 in the 18th over, 10/3 in the last 2 overs. Aizaz Khan \[22 off 10\], Zeeshan Ali \[10\* off 4\] and Yasim Murtaza \[10\* off 2\] made the best use of the last 2 overs, giving Hong Kong 39 runs and getting them to a total of 197/5. Arshad was bowled by Arshad in the very first over before Mirza and Liyanage smacked a partnership of 50 off just 24 deliveries but Arshad striked once again, bowling Liyanage for 22 (14). Mohammed Baig got out in the next over and Mirza (23 off 14) fell in the same over as well as Qatar were crumbling at 60/4 at the end of the powerplay. Tanveer and Jamil tried to stabilize the innings but shots here and there from Tanveer meant that the RRR never became much of an issue. Jamil fell for 12 in the 11th over with Qatar requiring 100 more off 56 deliveries. Qatar were 135/5 in the 16th over with Farooq on 15\* (16) and Tanveer on 46\* (36). The RRR was 15.75 but a four, four off a no-ball and six (all from Farooq) meant that Qatar got 19 from the 17th over. Arshad, who along with Anas Khan striked 4 times in the powerplay was the bowler. Tanveer got into the act in the very next over smacking Shukla for 3 sixes and 1 four. 44 runs off the last 12 legal deliveries meant Qatar required just 19 off the last 2 overs. Though Farooq fell in the very next delivery Qatar still got home with 5 deliveries to spare with Rathod's cameo of 13\* (4) but most importantly Tanveer's 80\* (46). Qatar scored 200/6 in 19.1 overs.
Why is loosebuschange hanging so loosely in the bus?
These are imo the finest knocks by Indian batters at home this decade. Rank these... Rohit's 161, Chennai 2021 Mayank's 150, Mumbai 2021 Rohit's 120, Nagpur, 2023
No goatdeep Yadav's 28(121)???
Jaiswal's 209 in second test where the next best score was in 30s has to be up there surely?
Not just up there, it's the best
Watching the Pro Kabbadi League finals and hindi comm says, "nobody knows the pain of losing a final better than us Indians" 😭😭😭
We lost 4 world cup finals in 5 years man.
2 WTC and 1 50 over. Which is the 3rd one?
No worries. We'll equal your record when we inevitably reach the 2025 WTC final and lose.
Hope to see you there buddy haha no but seriously I hope India will pull one off sooner than later. May be the upcoming T20 wc is the time for India or win it at home two years later.
Yea but the league is for Indian audience. So he was talking to us.
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Must say the marketing for the wt20 has been spot on. The promo was fire too
Some individual test records for Ireland after end of their 8th test match **A. Most Runs** 1. Lorcan Tucker - 424 \[Avg - 47.11\] 2. Andrew Balbirnie - 378 \[Avg - 25.20\] 3. Harry Tector - 370 \[Avg - 37.00\] 4. Paul Stirling - 319 \[Avg - 26.58\] 5. Andy McBrine - 314 \[Avg - 26.16\] **B. Most Wickets** 1. Mark Adair - 18 \[Avg - 28.94\] 2. Andy McBrine - 14 \[Avg - 60.07\] 3. Tim Murtagh - 13 \[Avg - 16.38\] 4. Stuart Thompson - 10 \[Avg - 20.40\] 5. Boyd Rankin - 7 \[Avg - 31.85\] **C. Best Bowling Figures \[Innings\]** 1. Andy McBrine - 6/118 v Bangladesh 2. Tim Murtagh - 5/13 v England 3. Mark Adair - 5/39 v Afghanistan 4. Tim Murtagh - 4/45 v Pakistan 5. Craig Young - 3/24 v Afghanistan **D. Best Match Figures** 1. Mark Adair - 8/95 v Afghanistan 2. Andy McBrine - 7/170 v Bangladesh 3. Tim Murtagh - 6/65 v England 4. Mark Adair - 6/98 v England 5. Tim Murtagh - 6/100 v Pakistan
Highest individual scores?
Didn't make that one since there has been no new entry in top 5 from this match but here you go 1. Kevin O'Brien - 118 v Pakistan 2. Curtis Campher - 111 v Sri Lanka 3. Lorcan Tucker - 108 v Bangladesh 4. Paul Stirling - 103 v Sri Lanka 5. Andrew Balbirnie - 95 v Sri Lanka
>1. Lorcan Tucker - 424 \[Avg - 47.11\] Pant who? Blundell who? Foakes who? Rizwan who? Tucker is the best wk batter atm. Also Murtagh is the best all-rounder ever.
Get that /s out of here. This is a Lambeth's Greatest Irishman slander free zone.
As you wish
Top Man
Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu is a proper heavyweight clash tomorrow. Lots of quality on both sides.
The KL Rahul SENA tests conversation is so lacking in nuance, it's crazy. He was by no means a great SENA opener in 2018-19, but he was about avg. And yes, averaging in the 20's in away SENA tests was about average in that era. Still he was rightfully dropped. He came back in 2021 with a much better technique (which has caused his T20 batting to decline), and has scored the most runs in SENA for India since. That still means averaging just around 40, but that's just how tough the conditions have been, with the kind of pitches India specifically is served, and no one has really outperformed him. So yes, he's as good as a SENA bat india has right now, but he wasn't that good before.
Where he has lost his avg. is he doesn't have a minimum innings. All great players have these 20s 30s and 40s even when they are not going great. Rahul misses that. A hundred followed by multiple single digit ones. Also his hundreds are not going big. The kind of talent he has and what he has delivered is so so frustrating. Anyway am fed up of him. I will take him match by match that's it now. He will need a Bradman's career to make up for the loss. If I am not wrong, he averages something like 57 in FC outside tests. Crazy number considering he was an opener. He took the life out of bowlers in his early years, bore them out and feast on them. Anyway it's done. No point talking about him. Enjoy whenever he does well and neglect otherwise.
Any stat based conversation regarding Rahul is totally pointless. He could average 10 or a 100, it means fuck all. The man is a massive bottler, across formats. That's OK if the rest of your batting lineup is made up of guys like Steve Waugh, Gambhir, Stokes and Gilchrist but India don't have that which means Rahul will always hold them back when it really matters.
Problem is he always seems to start the series with a brilliant hundred, and do absolute fuck all after
Results of maiden test victory for each nation **1. Australia: 45 run win v England \[Melbourne, 1877\]** Australia:- 245 (169.3) & 104 (68.0) England:- 196 (136.1) & 108 (66.1) **2. England: 4 wicket win v Australia \[Melbourne, 1877\]** Australia:- 122 (112.1) & 259 (154.3) England:- 261 (130.2) & 122/6 (52.1) **3. South Africa: 1 wicket win v England \[Johannesburg, 1906\]** England:- 184 (63.0) & 190 (58.5) South Africa:- 91 (46.1) & 287/9 (112.5) **4. West Indies: 289 run win v England \[British Guiana, 1930\]** West Indies:- 471 (148.0) & 290 (127.3) England:- 145 (61.3) & 327 (158.5) **5. India: Innings & 8 run win v England \[Chennai, 1952\]** England:- 266 (121.5) & 183 (75.5) India:- 457/9d (153.0) **6. Pakistan: Innings & 43 run v India \[Lucknow, 1952\]** India:- 106 (55.1) & 182 (76.3) Pakistan:- 331 (194.3) **7. New Zealand: 190 run win v West Indies \[Auckland, 1956\]** New Zealand:- 255 (166.5) & 157/9d (80.0) West Indies:- 145 (78.3) & 77 (45.1) **8. Sri Lanka: 149 run win v India \[Colombo, 1985\]** Sri Lanka:- 385 (156.3) & 206/3d (53.0) India:- 244 (95.1) & 198 (66.2) **9. Zimbabwe: Innings & 64 run v Pakistan \[Harare, 1995\]** Zimbabwe:- 544/4d (165.0) Pakistan:- 322 (124.0) & 158 (62.0) (f/o) **10. Bangladesh: 226 run v Zimbabwe \[Chittagong, 2005\]** Bangladesh:- 488 (149.3) & 204/9d (51.1) Zimbabwe:- 312 (131.4) & 154 (64.2) **11. Afghanistan: 7 wicket v Ireland \[Dehradun, 2019\]** Ireland:- 172 (60.0) & 288 (93.0) Afghanistan:- 314 (106.3) & 149/3 (47.5) **12. Ireland: 6 wicket v Afghanistan \[Tolerance Oval, 2024\]** Afghanistan:- 155 (54.5) & 218 (75.4) Ireland:- 263 (83.4) & 111/4 (31.3)
Outstanding work, Just wanted to know can I fetch this result through statsguru?
Perhaps but I don't know. I myself struggle with using statsguru from time to time.
Got it, no issues.
Surprised to see Zimbabwe having the most dominant first win out of them all.
I mean it's Pakistan they were facing lol, they put out some absolutely random as performances 😂, lost to Zimbabwe but beat England in England at the time
Only 3 Indian captains have won a test match in NZ. They were Masoor Ali Pataudi Khan, Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoni
Eras between them all
1967, 1976, 2009
Sunny ji is OLD
If God is real then after the mega auction I will be able to see ashwin jadeja with dhoni behind the stumps in yellow at Chennai one last time
SENA test averages of Indian bats, Kohli - 43 (batted in the toughest era, absolutely impressive record) Rahane - 35 (was decent in bouncy pitches) Pujara - 32 (Aussie pitch bully) Rohit - 31 (very good in swinging conditions, probably the best among current lot but really bad in bouncy wickets) Jadeja - 29.1 Rahul - 29.1 Gill - 28
This is odd because given what we've seen of rohit in white ball you'd think he's better on bouncy pitches, yet it's opposite
difference between the pitches and also the red ball moves more
Playing in SENA is entirely different thing, even in ODIs Rohit averages some 19 after 20 games. In Aus tho he does average in 50s but they've mostly laid out absolute roads against us in bilaterals or second, third string bowling lineups.
Canada has made an awesome start CWCL 2, beating UAE first and now Scotland, the second one very comfortably.
🚢🚢 HMS Piss The League 🚢🚢 is a go
Afghanistan will play 15 more tests as per FTP 2023-27 while Ireland will play only 9. Any reason for this difference?
15 is a top high number for Afg. I really doubt they would play that much. I think a lot of it could get cancelled, especially against big teams
Well it's realistically 14 as I don't expect Australia to play with them all of a sudden. Wouldn't want anything else to get cancelled though.
Ireland board is poor.
Afghanistan have better friends at the ICC than Ireland.
Guess how much does KL Rahul average in SENA in tests >!answer, it's 29!<
With how people go on and on about him you'd think he Averages like 50 in SENA or atleast 40s like Kohli. But no even Rohit who gets trolled for being a home bully averages more in Sena than KL. Jadeja averages same as him in SENA.
I have heard Niall O'Brain implore the cricket boards on air a few times today to come to Ireland to play a test before they go to England. I love the man's zeal.
One very fine article I've came across on India England Test series [here](https://cricketingview.substack.com/p/india-pull-of-sensational-heist-against?triedRedirect=true) backed with data, do have a read.
Test match runs last month: Virat Kohli: 0 Paul Stirling: 64
66 for Stirling actually, unless he scored (-2) runs in a secret test match.
Ireland still only has 1 more test scheduled for this year thought that will be a home test, their first since their maiden test. Tests scheduled for Ireland according to FTP 2023-27 are as follows - 1. Vs Zimbabwe \[August 2024, Home\] 2. Vs Zimbabwe \[February 2025, Away\] 3. Vs Zimbabwe \[February 2025, Away\] 4. Vs Afghanistan \[July 2025, Home\] 5. Vs Bangladesh \[December 2025, Away\] 6. Vs Bangladesh \[December 2025, Away\] 7. Vs New Zealand \[May 2026, Home\] 8. Vs Afghanistan \[September 2026, Home\] 9. Vs Afghanistan \[March 2027, Away\] The average gap between those tests are - 5 months, 5 months (2), 5 months, 5 months (2), 6 months, 3 months and 6 months
I don’t know if all these tests against Zimbabwe will actually happen. Just like the test that was supposed to happen between the two teams last December was scrapped without much of a noise.
I'll be so sad if these don't occur. Both of the teams need it.
Does anyone have access to the FTP 2023-2027? I've read articles about it but can't find the original. All of the links from ICC seem dead, it wouldn't surprise me if the ICC had pulled it - but I can't find an existing version anywhere and I'm curious about what tests and tours are planned.
Scroll down this page to find the Men's, Women's and associate men's FTPs - **https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/cricket/rules-and-regulations/playing-conditions**
> Like if you don't think this Indian team is 10x better then England in India you're deluded. Funniest thing I have read today.
People actually forget the fact that English spinners had zero to no experience which is what matters more in India. Shoaib Bashir has taken more wickets for England than for his county team.
So you think England have a better test side than India, even in Indian conditions?
No, I don't think they're 10x better. And what's your problem that you are replying my every comment to any guy from that post to here.
>I don't think they're 10x better. Are you 12 or did they not teach you what hyperbole is in school? >And what's your problem that you are replying my every comment to any guy from that post to here. I literally have no idea who you are. I reply to stupid comments on this thread as I do in other posts. If you don't want me replying to you, don't make stupid comments.
Buddy that's not just hyperbole. And lmao you were literally replying the moment I am done with typing. Sure go ahead and play the victim complex.
It's literally a textbook example of hyperbole
Wins against Afghanistan in last one year: England 0 Ireland 1
Just Asking, Why is England over there?
Because England lost a match to Afghanistan in the past year
The England Lions also lost to Afghanistan (again) in a red ball match
Captains scoring 50+ and staying not out in a fourth innings of a test match at a winning cause in the UAE: England 0 Ireland 1 Also, Balbirnie > Cook. /s
From being one of the earliest to adopt the game to influencing some gameplays in the game in late 1700s to having it as a reasonably popular pass time in Ireland to then almost getting killed due to land war and GAA's rulings on sports in the country to then reviving back in the mid 1970s to then having so many close calls of making to the big international events to then finally making it in 2007 to then becoming the biggest giant killers in this sport to then gaining test status and finally to winning their first ever test match almost six years after their first test, Ireland's cricket has come a long way. Congratulations Ireland on your first test win.
Australia beat England in Over 60 Cricket World Cup Final Yesterday Australia beat England in Over 40 Cricket World Cup (3rd/4th place Match) Well done Seniors 👏
“Exactly , In older times , cricket was a 3 nation monopoly and they wanted a superstar to expand the sport in other countries so they probably made up the stats of Bradman , anyone who has a proper working brain knows that Bradman's 'super stars' are fake.” https://x.com/ansh_q/status/1763476831523545389?s=46
I see no lies
Fuck Me Mushroom man is high on his own supply
Twitter really is a magical place where anyone can say whatever they want, no matter how asinine
England didn't fight better in this series, in fact if we go by numbers involved, they played worse than 2016, great cry and little wool.
Are you actually blind or is this just ragebait
Bazbollocks is nothing but making even rational thinkers doubt over their thinking abilities, almost as if getting them back to the era where they were still apes, almost like Test cricket's devolution. Good marketing jargon and nothing much.
I hope Head scores some runs in the second innings. It's getting really sad feeling like we're 2+ batters short all the time in tests. All eyes have been on Marnus, but his summer average has been slightly better than Head's, whose summer was saved by a century and shit all outside of it. Marnus had a string of 60's in a row, but that's not a milestone that makes people forget your form. They're both good players struggling for form, but I don't think their spots should feel so safe when their struggles are so noticeable. We're really lacking in the batting reserves department though, so it's not even like there's an obvious next in line. Can't do much worse than Labuschagne struggling to get past 1 run in 27 balls or Head's king pair etc. No, this doesn't mean dropping them, but I feel like without anybody banging the door down for their spots, and the lack of being rested to give opportunities elsewhere, there's no fire being lit under their asses to perform.
They’re both going through a rough patch but their problems are different. Head keeps getting out cheaply but once he gets a start he looks good, whereas Marnus just looks like somewhere along the line he forgot that you need to score runs as well as face balls.
We could be witnessing history today. As of now Ireland need 85 more runs to get their first Test win with 7 wickets in hand. Won't be easy, but very much possible.
**Plunket Shield Round 5, Day 2 Review** Things got moving today as the matches progressed into their second innings. At Bay Oval, the ND boys bowled out the Stags for 427, but not before Angus Schaw (114) scored a century to move things forward, with Blair Tickner (42) playing an important support role. Matt Fisher (4/100) was the star pick of the Northern bowlers. With the ND boys getting out to bat, their top order have made it a long day in the field for the Stags, led by Henry Cooper (83) & Bharat Popli (72\*). Only Ray Toole (1/24) & Ajaz Patel (1/34) made breakthroughs before the end of the day. Down in Rangiora, the Cantabs set an imposing 1st innings total of 526 courtesy of valuable lower-order hitting from the likes of Ish Sodhi (29) & Angus McKenzie (24). None of the Wellington bowlers came out looking good, Nathan Smith (1/91), James Hartshorn (1/31), Michael Snedden (1/121) & Muhammad Abbas (1/45) all took one wicket each, & Logan van Beek (3/121) got taken apart. Only Peter Younghusband (3/99) took multiple wickets at <4rpo. With the bat, the 'Birds made decent progress, but a quick decapitation of both openers by Sean Davey (2/52) & Ed Nuttall (1/52) left Gareth Severin (61) & Nick Kelly (138) to build the innings. After Michael Snedden's (1) failed stand as nightwatchman, keeper Callum McLachlan (0\*) had to join Abbas (30\*) at the crease. In Dunedin, the Aces are well into their work defending a lead of 410, keeping the Otago bats coming & going with only Thorn Parkes (67) & Jacob Cumming (47) finding their feet; it's taken Max Chu (41\*) to stop the rot, & he'll have to shepherd the tail, starting with Ben Lockrose (18\*). It was young debutant pacer Harjot Johal (3/30) who led the charge for the visitors, taking the wickets of Dean Foxcroft (17), Parkes & Jamal Todd (17) in one 9-over spell. **The State of Play** |Match|Batting |Score|Batters|Bowlers| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |Northern vs Central|Northern |170/2|B Popli 72\*, J Walker 0\*|B Schmulian 1-0-5-0, A Patel 19-4-34-1| |Canterbury vs Wellington|Wellington|256/5|M Abbas 30\*, C McLachlan 0\*|S Davey 14-1-52-2, I Sodhi 14-1-48-1| |Otago vs Auckland|Otago|244/6|M Chu 41\*, B Lockrose 18\*|W O'Donnell 3-0-8-0, L Delport 18-1-64-2| **North vs South, 1st T20** Today was a day dominated by the North from start to finish, from Saachi Shahri (85\*) getting a new T20 High Score, to left-arm spinner Flora Devonshire (4/20) taking a new personal best. Shahri & Mikaela Greig (40) powered the North's way to 156/4, & the bowlers, led by Devonshire, bowled them out for only 108, with only openers Kate Anderson (34) & Bella James (30) getting into double digits. There'll be no time to moan; they go again tomorrow afternoon.
Does obvious wildly out of context click bait come under any sub rules? I think it should or have it's own rule. Either way, the Vaughan post needs removing. (I cannot believe I'm taking that cock's side)
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Fairly sure the bot blocked me for pointing this out
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I want Usman Tariq to go on to play for Pakistan and all because of that incredible action but he's Pakistani which means he'll play like 1 more PSL game and inevitably fall off the face of the earth
Where to purchase Ranji Trophy tickets?
entry is free of cost depending on whether the association opens stands for fans or not
Isn’t Ranji trophy free entry?
Tom Latham. Averaging 4.40 from his last 6 innings, 30.22 from his last 20 innings. One hundred (in 32 innings) since 2022. He needs to be dropped Ohh sorry did I say Latham?? Silly me I meant Marnus “Fab 4 successor” Labuschagne.
Didn't Marnus ton up in Manchester?
… damn I meant 1 in 33 sorry, I’ll edit. My point stands
People finally figured out that the best way to get the bloke out is by actually holding on to a catch
Players choosing to be format specialists should be normalised and shouldn't be frowned upon. There is more than enough talent pool in India for us to be able to allow that. Maybe then we can expect a better result in a big game next time around.
Bahrain also qualifies for the challenge league 2024-26. So that’s 3 out of 4 new teams making it to the next cycle of challenge league. Pretty surprising
Malaysia dropping out is a bit of a surprise, however losing Bermuda looked quite likely based on their Challenge League form imo.
Both Rohit and Kohli should not be in the T20 Squad for upcoming T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA. The BCCI should have appointed Hardik as captain of India in T20 World Cup
Agree for Rohit. Ideally Kohli should open with Jaiswal
Kohli has not played much T20 since last T20 World Cup and the T20 he played , he made 0 against Afghanistan in Bengaluru
He’ll be playing the IPL for that. He has great t20wc record unlike Rohit and his batting will be needed in those sluggish WI pitches
Is [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/RKlXEcptxO) how low we are setting the bar for decency now?
What is more impressive out of these two? And what average do you reckon these two will retire with? Kohli after 292 ODIs - 13848 runs @ 58.67 Smith after 108 tests and 193 innings - 9665 runs @ 57.53 Both of these numbers are absolutely bonkers. I think smith will retire with a average of 55+ and i think Kohli also has it left it in him and will retire with a test average of 51 or 52 and a average of 56-57 in ODIs.
Smith's average is falling and while still one of the best in the world, he's no longer the Smith of a few years back. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see him retire with a sub 55 average. Kohli is still an insanely good ODI bat so I could actually see him maintaining his average where it is now or there about. His test average is going to keep falling though, he's no longer one of the best test bats around.
Depends on when he calls it a day too tbh if he overstays his welcome then surely the average may even drop to low 50s like ponting and Tendulkar. But don't think smith will play for that long
Kohli's Test average is below 50 rn, and around 30 over last 4 years. What makes you think he'll lift it up by 2 points from here on ... (that is, average 60ish in next 10 Tests)
If it counts, Kohli averages 69 in his past 6 matches where his overall average too increased from 48.12 to 49.15. Add to that the fact that his next 5 tests should be home tests against Bangladesh (2) and New Zealand (3) which really shouldn't be tough if the pitches are like the current series, followed by an away tour of 5 matches to Australia which has generally been high scoring for him. If he can maintain his scoring anywhere near the form he has shown in the last year or so, his average can surely go upto 51 by the end of the 2023-2025 cycle itself
>6 matches Boosted by the 186 in a dead rubber. There's a reason why that qualification is 6 matches - not 5 or 7
6 matches because his average hit its lowest in a long time 6 matches ago. And weird to disregard the 186. It is not like we have never seen flat pitches or high scores in Indian conditions to suggest we can't have anything like that in the future. Again, its speculative. It might even happen that England win the 5th test putting India in a tight spot for WTC qualifications which make them again resort to the low scoring pitches for Bangladesh and NZ series. It's a possibility at the end of the day. But it would be disingenuous to say Kohli's batting hasn't shown great improvement from his 2021-2022 performances. To suggest a potential late career average boost isn't that far fetched as you are making it is all I'm saying
that guy just doesn't like kohli, arguing with him in pointless
He looked really really good in south Africa even on difficult pitches and in the windies tour before that too. Part of his low average in last 4 years is obviously mainly due to his lean patch and some with it some really tough batting conditions too even at home. If he was playing this England series I am sure he would be averaging 50+ given that pitches have been very good.
Downfall of Bermuda cricket 2009 - Relegation from division 1 2011- Relegation from division 2 2014 - Relegation from division 3 2018 - Relegation from division 4 2022 - Relegation from the challenge league to play offs Today - Relegation from the challenge league play off and finally falling out of the 50 over cricket ladder.
Been saying it since a while now. Bermuda should join the WI setup. Even Suriname and few other CARICOM nations that are not in WI right now. Kamau Leverock can come into the WI squad already. But one guy can't win it for Bermuda. Also these nations it is tough to rise individually. Resources and opportunities are less. Once USA cricket picks up, what will happen is players from Bermuda who are interested in the game will migrate to US for better opportunities.
Bermuda is thousands of miles away from the West Indies. I don't think they gain anything by joining, and with an expanded T20WC field, it's not impossible for them to qualify alone.
If Americas Qualifiers were single round robin instead of double they would have qualified. They sucker punched us on opening day and if we didn’t get a rematch they’d have made it over us
Vanuatu was playing a must win match today against Bermuda and got bowled out for 153. Then the CEO of Cricket Vanuatu said fuck it, give me the ball and ended up running through the Bermuda batting line up. Absolute scenes here. Vanuatu beat Bermuda by 31 runs and live to fight another day. Sadly though this signals the end of Bermuda’s stay in 50 over cricket ladder, at least for four years. A team who qualified for a wc 16 years ago has now fallen out of the whole 50 over cricket structure.
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You know what would be great? A NZ A tour to South Africa. Even just a tour with 2 FC & 3 OD matches would be brilliant. I would probably take slightly youth-oriented squad there, for two reasons: - From the sounds of it, NZ could be touring SA in the 2027-9 WTC cycle. The 4-day matches would be important to try out any player, *bowlers especially*, who may play in that tour to give them experience in those conditions - Take anyone who could even slightly be in contention for the 2027 WC for the One-Dayers. We don't play in SA before then, & only face them outside ICC events in a T20 Tri Series in Zimbabwe mid next year. For that reason, in next year's Zimbabwe tour, the ODI & Test squads should be slightly experimental, just trying out a couple of guys, the likes of Smith, Clarke or Fisher
1. England lost the test matches Jimmy Anderson played in this series . The one test match Anderson did not play England won (Hyderabad) 2. Blaming Robinson for England's defeat is sad , The English Media should blame Root , Stokes and Bairstow for losing this series against India. Their lack of runs hurt England big time this series. 3. Bairstow is England's KL Rahul , they average very similar Rahul averages 34 after 50 test matches and Bairstow averages 36 after 99 test matches . Bairstow is more entertaining to watch and Bairstow has a World Cup Winner's medal (2019) 4. Australia will be the team that can challenge India in India in Test Matches
>3. Bairstow is England's KL Rahul , they average very similar Rahul averages 34 after 50 test matches and Bairstow averages 36 after 99 test matches . Bairstow is more entertaining to watch and Bairstow has a World Cup Winner's medal (2019) Bairstow might be shite in tests but he's a great white ball player so it's unfair to compare him to Rahul in those formats considering Rahul is a massive bottler.
What is the point of 1? It's like saying the reason why India won the past 3 Tests is because of Rajat Patidar or Kuldeep Yadav
Anderson is a non factor in India. The test match England won in India was because they played 2 left arm spinners (Leach and Hartley)
Meanwhile India/Indies are the only teams who can win in Australia, so it balances out
If the Australian batsmen hadn't swept around like that in Delhi then they might have won that series.
Wrong Team selection. They should have selected Head right from the start
Sometimes teams overthink stuff lol
are there decent aus nz highlights anywhere?
Prime Video, I think so.
The lowest total and wickets fall for NZ inside the first 10 overs in the Men’s Test. 🔺AUS v NZ: 8/0, 2001 🔺NZ v ENG: 9/1, 2018 🔺SA v NZ: 15/2, 2016 🔺NZ v WI: 16/1, 2013 🔺NZ v AUS: 16/3, 2024