# Cricket World Cup 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 28, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670 "2019-05-28T20:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Eoin\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Eoin\_Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eoin_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/403 "2019-07-13T13:40:10Z")
Team **Bangladesh** …Well done Sakib (The Boss). ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/404 "2019-07-13T18:26:47Z")
Bangladesh had a decent World Cup, actually. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/405 "2019-07-13T22:47:18Z")
Waiting for **running coach** to blow the whistle so as we can have Eoin Morgan banned. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/406 "2019-07-14T07:13:06Z")
So, England are playing a World Cup final today. I’m nervous as he’ll - England have got to be favourites, but NZ show again and again how they feel about that. England"s journey to this cup started in that blazing series against McCullum’s New Zealand in 2015, and now they are all that stands between them and the cup. NZ haven’t kept up the same swashbuckling brand of cricket in the past four years, but they are here in the final on merit. And it’s on free to air telly too! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/407 "2019-07-14T09:18:13Z")
And of course there’s a rain delay. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/408 "2019-07-14T09:54:29Z")
Jeez, look at the colour of the pitch!! Didn’t that “We want the M1” memo get sent out? And what’s with the crop circles? ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/409 "2019-07-14T10:11:58Z")
Hell of a time for Guptil to remember how to bat. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/410 "2019-07-14T10:15:49Z")
Well if that wasn’t a curse I don’t know what is. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/411 "2019-07-14T10:23:40Z")
LBW hitting middle half way up and burns the review. Forensic officers were called to the NZ rooms noted the body of Guptil with a 4” block of softwood wedged between his ears. Officers left the scene with out making an arrest on the grounds “no jury would convict” ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/412 "2019-07-14T10:28:29Z")
Another good bit of fielding and I’ll forgive him. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/413 "2019-07-14T10:29:22Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Well if that wasn’t a curse I don’t know what is. Can you curse the opposition? Because if so, this Williamson chap looks awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/414 "2019-07-14T10:53:15Z")
Okay I fibbed. I am posting again. Good luck to the supporters of both teams. England seem to have more talent overall but there are several players I can’t warm to- that doesn’t make them bad players either. Kane Williamson 2 runs from 21 balls. Not great. Two of the best three teams got to the final (India being the other) and I just hope it isn’t a one sided game. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/415 "2019-07-14T11:33:04Z")
Oh dear, didn’t need Williamson nicking off ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/416 "2019-07-14T11:41:32Z")
Just when he started to get going too. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/417 "2019-07-14T12:24:58Z")
Now, I’m English, so I’ll take the wicket, but DRS should be arranged so that decisions like that don’t happen. Unlucky Ross. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/418 "2019-07-14T14:56:16Z")
England seem to be running well behind the required RR so far.\* \*Disclaimer - neophyte cricket watcher here and I’m online watching the online summary. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/419 "2019-07-14T15:09:51Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > England seem to be running well behind the required RR so far.\* > \*Disclaimer - neophyte cricket watcher here and I’m online watching the online summary. Yes, but with wickets in hand, that’s generally a pretty easy gap to close. Basically, as long as your key batsmen are still not out, you have a chance. I can’t see how England lose this. Every kind of fortune has gone their way this match. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/420 "2019-07-14T15:15:49Z")
If you think about it, England have 35 overs left to score 185. You often see 20-over scores higher than this. That said, the characteristics of the pitch need to be considered. Chasing teams in this World Cup have had a hard time. The announcers are saying that the sun coming out should work to England’s advantage as long as they don’t lose wickets. ---
**Author:** ![merrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrick)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/421 "2019-07-14T15:16:50Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I can’t see how England lose this. Every kind of fortune has gone their way this match. England have _needed_ all the luck just to stay in the game. New Zealand are all over them at the moment. Yes, it’s usually OK to slip a bit behind the asking rate at the start so as to see off the best of the opposition bowling without losing wickets, but New Zealand look like getting wickets almost every ball. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2019/834670/422 "2019-07-14T15:19:24Z")
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