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Title: 50 over world Cup
Post by: pablo on October 05, 2023, 04:03:29 PM
Well it was a good job New Zealand had to field a weakened side today. Nice to see how England have profited from the domestic 50 over competition.
This was men against the aged. Woakes and Moeen should not be out there. The latter is poor in all formats and Moeen's mind has been elsewhere for years. Buttler is a poor captain too. I thought we would be lucky to get out of the group stage and now I am pretty sure of it.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 05, 2023, 05:25:26 PM
Woakes is the saviour of the team, whenever he is left out of the side and we lose he is the first person who people call for a return.

Am I bad for enjoying my national team getting their backsides handed to them by the Kiwis?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: vim on October 05, 2023, 06:22:55 PM
Well done England on keeping the net run rate up. Another one of these and the bags might as well be packed.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: nat on October 05, 2023, 06:56:49 PM
Woakes is the saviour of the team, whenever he is left out of the side and we lose he is the first person who people call for a return.

Am I bad for enjoying my national team getting their backsides handed to them by the Kiwis?
You bad boy
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Niel01 on October 15, 2023, 04:06:17 PM
Comprehensively beaten by Afganistan - their only ever previous win against Scotland. At least can’t blame the Counties for this defeat - these England players will not have played domestic 50 Over cricket for years since sold out to the “Hundred” demoting domestic 50 0vers essentially to a second eleven competition. This was no narrow defeat - outplayed from beginning to end - won by 70 runs with 9 overs to spare !!
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: pablo on October 15, 2023, 04:23:33 PM
The ECB reaps what it sows.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Oldhasbeen on October 15, 2023, 05:27:01 PM
Comprehensively beaten by Afganistan - their only ever previous win against Scotland. At least can’t blame the Counties for this defeat - these England players will not have played domestic 50 Over cricket for years since sold out to the “Hundred” demoting domestic 50 0vers essentially to a second eleven competition. This was no narrow defeat - outplayed from beginning to end - won by 70 runs with 9 overs to spare !!
Spot on
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: nat on October 15, 2023, 05:30:10 PM
Comprehensively beaten by Afganistan - their only ever previous win against Scotland. At least can’t blame the Counties for this defeat - these England players will not have played domestic 50 Over cricket for years since sold out to the “Hundred” demoting domestic 50 0vers essentially to a second eleven competition. This was no narrow defeat - outplayed from beginning to end - won by 70 runs with 9 overs to spare !!
Spot on

But they don't care....as articulated by the new president of the MCC Mark Nicholas.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 15, 2023, 06:06:24 PM
Just imagine if we’d had a player like Sir Chef nudging the ball around…good job his type are a thing of the past.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 15, 2023, 06:07:58 PM
Woakes is the saviour of the team, whenever he is left out of the side and we lose he is the first person who people call for a return.

Am I bad for enjoying my national team getting their backsides handed to them by the Kiwis?
You bad boy

Pass the mink lined handcuffs.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: vim on October 15, 2023, 06:48:14 PM
According to the BBC, the England team will be playing the rest of their games in Saudi Arabia. They said that England's campaign will be in that large City there, Jeopardy. The place where all the jobs are.

Get the England World Cup song released quick.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 15, 2023, 06:58:06 PM
According to the BBC, the England team will be playing the rest of their games in Saudi Arabia. They said that England's campaign will be in that large City there, Jeopardy. The place where all the jobs are.

Get the England World Cup song released quick.

There’s lyrics for The Last Post?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: vim on October 15, 2023, 07:07:06 PM
The song for the 1999 World Cup which was released after England had exited the tournament. Did not have the word Cricket in the title or the lyrics.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Valentines Park on October 17, 2023, 11:41:51 AM
Just imagine if we’d had a player like Sir Chef nudging the ball around…good job his type are a thing of the past.

Much better one day player than he was ever given credit for.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: JasonP on October 17, 2023, 03:55:02 PM
Just imagine if we’d had a player like Sir Chef nudging the ball around…good job his type are a thing of the past.

Much better one day player than he was ever given credit for.

His record in International ODIs was pretty underwhelming.  The likes of Malan, Bairstow, Roy and Hales all average more than him at a far superior strike rate.  He may have been ok chasing 280 against Afghanistan but if they were chasing 350 against India or Australia then he'd have been a liability.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 17, 2023, 04:48:30 PM
Just imagine if we’d had a player like Sir Chef nudging the ball around…good job his type are a thing of the past.

Much better one day player than he was ever given credit for.

His record in International ODIs was pretty underwhelming.  The likes of Malan, Bairstow, Roy and Hales all average more than him at a far superior strike rate.  He may have been ok chasing 280 against Afghanistan but if they were chasing 350 against India or Australia then he'd have been a liability.

Indeed.  The best decision he made was retiring from international white ball cricket - for himself as well as club and country!
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on October 17, 2023, 05:48:24 PM
Fantastic win by the Netherlands vs South Africa. Good to hear Ryan Ten Doeschate on Test Match Special summariser duties.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 18, 2023, 11:06:37 AM
Well, no point betting on this tournament, I would say that this is a fix, but all the minnows are winning now.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on October 21, 2023, 04:19:33 PM
After that defeat to South Africa (England's heaviest defeat in ODI history), England should probably be re-classified as minnows. That was abject. Who knew that devaluing the 50 over competition to the level of second XI tournament, while the rest of the players are in the 100 ball nonsense, would actually have an impact.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 26, 2023, 10:07:41 AM
Going well again today…
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on October 26, 2023, 12:48:57 PM
Awful. I can't remember a team that disintegrated so quickly.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: essexfan548 on October 26, 2023, 01:34:22 PM
They are reaping what they have sown - no sympathy from me.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on October 26, 2023, 05:34:57 PM
 Did somebody tell England the 50 World Cup was a 25/25 competition ?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Oldhasbeen on October 27, 2023, 05:32:12 PM
"The careers of several of those who have just signed lucrative new contracts would appear, in this format at least, to be over. A few days after announcing those contracts, some of them are seeming very generous indeed" @GeorgeDobell1

Spot on, George.
 
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Slogger on October 27, 2023, 06:06:46 PM
Big mistake by the ECB. A load of this lot need the tin tack
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 29, 2023, 03:54:08 PM
Big mistake by the ECB. A load of this lot need the tin tack

Shooting would be cheaper.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: nat on October 29, 2023, 04:21:40 PM
I'd be checking the India bookmakers.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on October 29, 2023, 04:40:24 PM
That was awful. Can they get a refund on some of those 2 and 3 year contracts? Just when we think England have hit the bottom of the barrel they just keep going.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 29, 2023, 06:37:26 PM
I'd be checking the India bookmakers.

The thought had crossed my mind, but I suspect there’s trouble at’mill in the dressing room because betting scandals involve some sort of leverage. Given that most of those England players have nice ECB contracts, there’s no financial leverage, so that leaves other forms of blackmail…maybe there’s shots of Stokes and Butler in a compromising position???
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bobw on October 29, 2023, 07:34:33 PM
I do not know the format. If they remain bottom will England have to qualify for the next world cup?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on October 29, 2023, 09:01:15 PM
I do not know the format. If they remain bottom will England have to qualify for the next world cup?

Not sure about that, I think it's done by ICC rankings. But the top 7 teams (and Pakistan as the host nation) will automatically qualify for the 2027 champion's trophy. The chances of that actually going ahead are slim given India's reluctance to tour Pakistan.

I don't know about the next World Cup- if the ICC don't choose to abandon the format- but I suspect England will be there whatever changes the ICC need to make to the rules to ensure they are.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on October 30, 2023, 08:26:10 AM
I quote from the Wikipedia page on the 2525 Champions Trophy, so it may not be true:

Quote
As hosts, Pakistan qualified for the competition automatically, and they will be joined by the seven other highest-ranked teams in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, which precedes the tournament.

Oh dear.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: mawallace on October 30, 2023, 07:47:43 PM
That is 100% correct.

Voted on after the last compeation!
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 01, 2023, 05:19:36 PM
David Willey is not happy…irrespective of whether he deserves a central contract (or whether any of the others should’ve been given one) it is bizarre that the ecb announced this during a World Cup.

Just imagine if we had a good chance of getting into the next round, what possible good could this timing of the announcement do?  Bazball has degenerated into headless chicken ball on and off the field.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 03, 2023, 12:30:55 PM
Joe Root says 'no Aussies' would make England team:

Thanks for the hype Joe, but sadly at this present moment cannot justify ANY England player making the X1 !
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 03, 2023, 01:44:55 PM
Joe Root says 'no Aussies' would make England team:

Thanks for the hype Joe, but sadly at this present moment cannot justify ANY England player making the X1 !

Anyone know why Mitchell Marsh has gone back home? He was our last hope of beating the Aussies!
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 03, 2023, 06:23:16 PM
Joe Root says 'no Aussies' would make England team:

Thanks for the hype Joe, but sadly at this present moment cannot justify ANY England player making the X1 !

Anyone know why Mitchell Marsh has gone back home? He was our last hope of beating the Aussies!

Marsh returned home due home to unspecified family reasons, and was expected not to return ( could do Essex a job if available ).

The Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will miss their World Cup match with England due to concussion after falling off a golf cart this week.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Oldhasbeen on November 04, 2023, 11:12:49 AM
Dad's Army playing again.
I'd hoped that at least Gus A would get a bash
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 04, 2023, 01:29:23 PM
Joe Root says 'no Aussies' would make England team:

Thanks for the hype Joe, but sadly at this present moment cannot justify ANY England player making the X1 !

Anyone know why Mitchell Marsh has gone back home? He was our last hope of beating the Aussies!

Marsh returned home due home to unspecified family reasons, and was expected not to return ( could do Essex a job if available ).

The Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will miss their World Cup match with England due to concussion after falling off a golf cart this week.

It was his grandfather who passed away. Sad to hear. On the other hand Glenn Maxwell seems rather accident prone…almost Flintoff or Topleyesque.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 04, 2023, 01:30:33 PM
Dad's Army playing again.
I'd hoped that at least Gus A would get a bash

19-2 chasing a modest total.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: JasonP on November 04, 2023, 04:55:21 PM
Dad's Army playing again.
I'd hoped that at least Gus A would get a bash

Harry Brook should be playing every game possible.  Moeen Ali, although he did get a few runs today, has been useless in ODI cricket for years and he bats in front of Livingstone, which tells you everything you need to know about how ordinary Livingstone is.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 04, 2023, 05:18:34 PM
If we make a top 7 place at the end of this farce it will be a travesty. 
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 06, 2023, 05:18:23 PM
Anyone lend Silverwood a cheap stopwatch?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 07, 2023, 08:14:24 AM
England will have to pay centrally contracted players for the entirety of their deals even if they no longer play 50-over cricket after this World Cup.

Perhaps the money can from a renaming of the upgraded Warner stand. Stanford Stand anyone ?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: essexfan548 on November 07, 2023, 11:43:51 AM
Anyone lend Silverwood a cheap stopwatch?

I think they already did ...
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 07, 2023, 09:05:27 PM
England will have to pay centrally contracted players for the entirety of their deals even if they no longer play 50-over cricket after this World Cup.

Perhaps the money can from a renaming of the upgraded Warner stand. Stanford Stand anyone ?

The Last Stand?
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 16, 2023, 04:50:34 PM
 After the Saffers de knock up the semi, the sluggish from the start men in yellow have hit their straps and have reached another final.
Seems Mr Key they have prioritised both 50 and Ashes cricket.

 A India v Aussie final, one defeat in the final game would be terribly unjust to see the impeccable hosts not raise the trophy, but the rules are the rules !

Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 19, 2023, 08:40:10 AM
 Final, India v Australia live on terrestrial TV, channel 5.
 Further England games on  the Damien channel 666.

Congratulations to Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleburgh on officiating in the final.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: dazedpenguin on November 19, 2023, 04:15:22 PM
Never write off the Australians. India have been the best team all tournament but crumbled on the final day. The Aussies know how to win. I don't usually congratulate the Aussies, but just this once: well done. They out batted, out bowled and out fielded India. A fine innings by Travis Head, reaching his hundred to almost silence.
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: bwildered on November 19, 2023, 06:10:16 PM
 Not a dry poppadom in the house. Poor Indians lost the only game that mattered, pressure must be enormous for the hosts players  in a country where they were expecting to win the tournament.
 Congrats to the Aussies, who got ahead of the game after a frantic start, held their nerve which became a stroll in the park by playing solid cricket when needed, ( bazball ? ).
 Liked the format of every team playing each other, some good underdog results kept it interesting, although tight finishes were rather rare.
 
Title: Re: 50 over world Cup
Post by: Andy on November 19, 2023, 06:23:59 PM
That was superb game management, indeed the ability to reintegrate Head and the vital role of labs hanger at times shows tournament management as well. Plenty of (Indian?) contributors on various hys were writing off the 50 over game, but it has been a much more interesting tournament than the various T20s.

Even though today’s match became a procession, that was the reward for the Aussies’ performance with the ball and the rebuilding after the top order bazball effort fell apart. Once again the average Aussie has far more guts and brains than their English counterpart.