The All New World Cup 2023 Thread.

[Arthur Crabtree]

288. Afghanistan got a similar total against England.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Kiwis should get the points here. Suffocating the Afghanistan batting. 4/4.

[Durhamfootman]

NZ make short work of Afghanistan in a way that England can only have dreamed of

also a good result for England, whose best chance of making the semi's is for India and NZ to pull away and then get in a 2 from 4 scrap with SA, Pak and Aus. They can't afford for Afghanistan or Bangladesh to get ahead of them in a 3rd/4th race

[Durhamfootman]

Afghanistan dropped 4 regulation catches today. Just seen them... schoolboy stuff

[Arthur Crabtree]

SA v NL game was a lot of fun. Strange highlights. We seemed to get one protracted third umpire decision in real time.

Amazing hitting by Aryan Dutt at the end of the SL innings. Took me back to watching Lance Cairns for the Harold Robbins XI at Scarborough in the late seventies...

Van de Merwe still has a suspicious elbow.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Good opening stand for BD is sawn off. Any chance of another upset?

[mikesiva]

Good opening stand for BD is sawn off. Any chance of another upset?

Tanzid and Das hit half centuries, but since they got out, Bangladesh are struggling.

[alfie]

Good opening stand for BD is sawn off. Any chance of another upset?

Unwise to say never : but I doubt they have the bowling to really test India on an apparent road , even if they do post a serious total. At 164/4 from 34 , I'd suggest 260 tops and that surely won't be nearly enough.

[mikesiva]

256-8, maybe 20 runs short.

[mikesiva]

Kohli hits an unbeaten century as India win by seven wickets.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Big game today, Pakistan v Australia. Australia defeat won't be good for their nerves.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Great start for the Aussies. 400?

[Durhamfootman]

they're already on 300 and plenty pace, with all their wickets in hand, so they can push on further at any point they feel like

[Arthur Crabtree]

259 for first wicket.

[Durhamfootman]

and while everyone else is plundering hundreds and big FL scores, my boy falls first ball