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The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    First over from Willey goes for a maiden. Second one from him goes for 18. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    Woakes strikes - bowls Gill through the gate 

    26-1 off 4
  • Addick Addict
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    Kohli, comes down the wicket, tries to hit Willey over the top, gets nothing of the ball and is caught in the ring by Stokes at mid off. Kohli out for a nine ball duck.

    28-2 off 7
  • Addick Addict
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    The old Chris Woakes is back. Forces Shreyas to pull a ball that is too quick on him and the ball tamely falls into the hands of Wood inside the ring at mid on

    40-3 off 11.5
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,890
    Always good to see Kohli out for 0
  • Addick Addict
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    50-3 off 15
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    Sharma is given out LBW to a ball from Wood. He reviews it.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    Unfortunately, the ball is missing all three stumps
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,366

  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,435
    India are playing like how they usually do once in the knockout phase. Just not tournament smart to win it, but can look the best team in the group stages.

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  • Addick Addict
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    100-3 off 25
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,748
    Break this partnership soon and we can keep India to about 250.
    If they stay together much longer we won't. 
  • mendonca said:
    India are playing like how they usually do once in the knockout phase. Just not tournament smart to win it, but can look the best team in the group stages.
    I think we need to judge them after the match, not 20 overs in.

    Can still see them getting close to 300 and winning comfortably.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,366
    Good bowling change, Willey returns to take Rahul's wicket
  • Addick Addict
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    Willey comes back and KL Rahul gets suckered into giving hie wicket up by charging and hitting it straight up in the air. Caught by Bairstow for 39 (58)

    131-4 off 30.2
  • Addick Addict
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    Sharma tries to hoick Rashid to the midwicket boundary but doesn't get hold of it and gets caught brilliantly by a diving Livingstone for 87 (101). The shocking outfield, that I have referred to previously as being a "disgrace", cause Livingstone's knee to get stuck. This could have been of Simon Jones proportions.

    164-5 off 36.5 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    180-5 off 40

    Big 10 overs now
  • Addick Addict
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    Rashid has Jadeja LBW. Reviewed straightaway by Jadeja (as he usually does anyway)
  • Addick Addict
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    And it's "Umpire's Call"

    182-6 off 40.3
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,404
    Had a sneaky feeling England would show up today

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  • Addick Addict
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    Shami, who doesn't average more than 12 in any form of the game, comes in at 8. That really isn't much of a recommendation for what follows him. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    Shami, who doesn't average more than 12 in any form of the game, comes in at 8. That really isn't much of a recommendation for what follows him. 
    And he's out caught behind by Buttler off Wood

    183-7
  • Addick Addict
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    Leuth said:
    Had a sneaky feeling England would show up today
    Shame it's when everything is virtually "done and dusted" so far as finishing in the top four is conerned. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,938
    edited October 2023
    Bumrah, 7.30 in ODIs, comes in at 9. He might get a nose bleed doing so. 
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  • Addick Addict
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    And yet Kuldeep Yadav, who has one FC ton and six 50s to his name, is next in.
  • Addick Addict
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    One thing's for certain. Bumrah can't read the googly as the ball misses his off stump by a whisker. 
  • Addick Addict
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    So we now have this ludicrous situation with still six overs to go and still only 7 down, Suryakumar has to turn down singles in order that Bumrah doesn't get on strike. 
  • Addick Addict
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    And Bumrah has to turn down a single off the final bowl of the over. He's 0 off 12 now. 

    195-7 off 45
  • Addick Addict
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    Then six from Surya off Wood's first ball and a single when he hoped to run a two thus exposing Bumrah to the 95mph paceman. Bumrah clears his front leg and smashes Wood through mid on for a boundary.