ODI World Cup 2023
Oz's last great batsman, Ricky Ponting, suggested trying Stoinis with the new ball. (This when Oz were batting... and crumbling.) We know he can swing it, he said. Oz's bowlers have got less swing than other countries'. So they can't pitch it up as much.Donny wrote:...
Not much in the deck for the quicks.
Earlier (somewhere in the hour or two after Oz's 7/91) Ian was making Without a Fight jokes.Donny wrote:Ian Smith: "We'll never see anything like that again .... EVER"
Watto (and co) were critical of Oz not "soaking up the pressure" and keeping their wickets intact. They know batting gets easier later, he said.
Glad I kept watching!! Wasn't gonna. Just got glued to the screen.Donny wrote:...
So glad I woke up.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc- ... on-1407746
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pat- ... ed-1407741
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc ... tch-report
3 of the 4 finals spots are now determined. India will finish first. South Africa and Australia will finish second and third (although the order might reverse - but nothing at all turns on that). NZ will still probably limp into 4th spot with a win against Sri Lanka but a 5th loss in succession would likely see them miss out to either Pakistan or Afghanistan (if either of them win their final game).
Tonight, 7.30 AEDST - England v Netherlands.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pat- ... ed-1407741
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc ... tch-report
3 of the 4 finals spots are now determined. India will finish first. South Africa and Australia will finish second and third (although the order might reverse - but nothing at all turns on that). NZ will still probably limp into 4th spot with a win against Sri Lanka but a 5th loss in succession would likely see them miss out to either Pakistan or Afghanistan (if either of them win their final game).
Tonight, 7.30 AEDST - England v Netherlands.
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Woke up this morning and read the news, then watched the highlites of Maxies innings. Wow.
Some of those shots toward the end, not only did he have zero footwork, his legs couldn't even bend. It was like his legs were stuck in concrete so he just and to use his wrists to direct the ball. That was dead set incredible to watch.
Some of those shots toward the end, not only did he have zero footwork, his legs couldn't even bend. It was like his legs were stuck in concrete so he just and to use his wrists to direct the ball. That was dead set incredible to watch.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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Sounds like his innings and the partnership were absolutely incredible. Saw the score earlier, so couldn't believe my eyes when I happened on the result!
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Holy cow. Just saw the highlights. Did I see a reverse-sweep for six off a medium pacer in that?!! Unbelievable.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/ ... fghanistan
Sometimes, in any sport, all you can do is sit and look and ask: what the hell just happened? Sometimes, it defies any conventional understanding. Glenn Maxwell has produced more moments like this than most. This one, though, in Mumbai on Tuesday night, was the apogee. More than a moment, a string of them. An extended sequence of impossibility, one after the other spiralling off into the floodlights and the smog and the endless jubilant roar, sweat and bewilderment and metallic adrenaline in an impressionist smear.
For decades, nobody made double hundreds in one-day cricket. Belinda Clark took one off the might of Denmark, the anomaly that proved the rule. Sachin Tendulkar got the first in the men’s game, creeping to the mark in 2010. Nine others have done it since, but all in the first innings, beating up a team from well on top. They were brilliant exhibitions without the pressure. Nobody had ever done it in a run chase, from miles behind, needing to win a game on their own.
... He hobbles a few singles. He and Cummins block out Rashid’s last over. By the 47th it’s done. Six, six, four. Take a beat. Five to win, Maxwell on 195, winning the game and raising the double with the one sweep. The partnership is 202. Cummins has made 12 from 68 balls, Maxwell 201 from 128. Australia lock in their semi-final. Afghanistan stare into the distance, bereft. It could not have happened. It was impossible. But there it was.
