The All New World Cup 2023 Thread.

[meninblue]

Yesssssss

Beat the table topper

If it required a Virat special in chase for India to win it, it shows how well NZ have played tonight. Feel NZ will give loy of headache to many teams.

Shami too started this tournament well with 5 for 54. 3 of them being specialist abtters, one being a bowler who can certainly bat a bit. Nice start in his first match of thus WC.

[sussexpob]

Kohli is staggeringly reliable in the limited overs game. Averages nearly 60, match winning contributions aplenty, can hit it if he needs to.

Considering Tendulkar never really made a case for T20I selection, and he did play nearly 100 IPL games, for me Kohli is India's all time great. The difference between limited overs ability in the two is a canyon...

[Gingerfinch]

Fair to say that Kohli is the best 50/60 over batsman ever.

As for England. What's happened?

[meninblue]

Congrats to MIB!

Thanks, Arthur. 5 out of 5 is too good to be real even in bilateral, lest in a WC when teams are at their best and not resting main players trying different combos for future. Like a nice sweet dream.

[Durhamfootman]

Was Kohli ball watching for the run out?

[Slipstream]

India's death bowling won the match. Mitchell just couldn't get any runs (his last 5 overs 20 runs as wickets were falling).

Some wickets are old fashioned batting
20 overs - 100 runs
30 overs - 150 runs
40 overs - 200 runs
40 - 50 overs - 200 - 350 runs

At 40 overs NZ were 219/4 and India 222/5

[andy]

Afghanistan Vs Pakistan today....Pakistan win the toss and choose to bat

Changes for both sides...biggest one is probably Noor coming in for Farooq for Afghanistan meaning they only have one seamer today...trial by spin

[Arthur Crabtree]

Not going well so far...

[andy]

Mujeeb getting tap now as well.....they need to find another seam up option from somewhere....it's going to be too predictable from Afghanistan can set yourself easier against once pace all the time

[andy]

Anyone else watching this? Pitch is ragging sideways now

[Arthur Crabtree]

Haven't got Sky. Just following the WC on highlights. Afghnistan seem to be pulling this back.

[mikesiva]

Shafique 50 and out.

Pakistan weathering the trial by spin so far.

[mikesiva]

Anyone else watching this? Pitch is ragging sideways now

Spinners strangling Pakistan now.

Nabi gets Saud.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Might be harder to chase then. If Pakistan have the spinners.

[andy]

I don't think we will see Naveen again today...the way the pitch is playing it has to be spin all the way now