India played Bangladesh and England played NZ and INDIA(S.Fist 2) and ENGLAND(S.Fist 3) won their respective matches to qualify for the semi – final. NZ also virtually won the 4th semi final spot as Pakistan’s NRR is just too low and they need more than a miracle to outdo NZ’s NRR and qualify for the…
Tag: CWC 2019
DAY OF BOUNCE BACKS!
1 DAY, 4 TEAMS, 2 MATCHES, 2 EPIC COMEBACKS – 1 BLOG TO TALK ABOUT IT. 22nd June 2019 saw two thrilling comebacks in two different matches as India beat Afghanistan and New Zealand beat West Indies. Mohammad Shami(India) also took the first hat – trick of this World CUP. MATCH NO. 28 – India…
ENGLAND BURN OUT IN LANKA FIRE!
The favourites and the hosts England went down to Sri Lanka in the 27th match of the ICC CWC19. Sri Lanka are out of the semi – final race because if the current situation and the future matches for the respective teams are seen then Sri Lanka looks to be out of the race. England…
24 DOWN, 24 TO GO.
WE are halfway through the ICC CWC19 and the points table seems to start getting clearer and it is now starting to make sense as well. Spielens brings an analysis on the points table and possible results of the CWC19. After reading this post the CWC19 may just seem more clear to the reading minds….
South Africa – WAY FORWARD.
SOUTH AFRICA played against India in India’s first CWC19 match in which Ro – hit Sharma scored a beautiful century to lead India to a victory. But a victory for India meant the third defeat for South Africa in the CWC19 in as many matches which is not good for South Africa as teams like…
AFGHANISTAN vs SRI LANKA….
Afghanistan played against Sri Lanka in the 7th match of the ICC CWC19 and lost by 34 runs. Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka was also attended by the clouds and rain of course which not only delayed the match after the first 33 overs of the first innings. Afghanistan did not have a very good start…
SHADAB and WAHAB – PAK vs ENG – A REVIEW.
Pakistan won against England in a match filled with suspense and what could have been a record chase if England would have won but ultimately England surrendered to the exquisite bowling by the Pakistani bowlers and ,hence, lost by 14 runs. Pakistan had lost 4 – 0 against England in their ODI series before the…
NZ – A PARTNERSHIP TO BANK ON!
New Zealand played against Sri Lanka in the 3rd match of the ICC CWC19. New Zealand presented a pretty tough challenge for Sri Lanka in the first innings while fielding but then the more fascinating part of the match took place in the second innings when New Zealand chased down over a 100 runs and…
WINDIES blowout PAKISTAN!
West Indies blew out Pakistan in the 2nd CWC19 match. West Indies started with their bowling and ended with some superb batting display. West Indies attacked the Pakistani batsmen and in no time, the Windies batsmen found themselves batting on the crease against Amir. West Indies got in the first breakthrough during the first innings…
#CWC19WU – THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS.
THE WINNER – KL RAHUL. He used both the matches he got in a very good manner and then scored a century in his second match which also should have ended the search for India’s no. 4. KL RAHUL’S batting provides an essential depth in India’s batting line – up as he progresses slowly and…
RIVALRY #2 – HARDIK vs HASSAN
They will meet after 2 straight years in the same country where they met last. The last time they met, the world witnessed magic and Pakistan victory after beating India in the finals of the Champions Trophy 2017. The great batsman vs the great bowler – what to expect when two great players of the…
RIVALRY #1 – WARNER VS RASHID
A RIVALRY TO WATCH OUT FOR – Warner vs Rashid is going to be very interesting to watch. They both played for the same franchise in IPL 2019 and complemented each other as Warner blitzkrieg was supported by Rashid’s excellent bowling skills. Warner will have an edge over Rashid as he will be on the…
TOP 15 FROM THE TOP 5 ODI TEAMS – #CWC19
IN THIS POST, I PRESENT MY 15 – PLAYER SQUAD FROM THE TOP 5 RANKED TEAMS. THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM THE COUNTRIES’ WORLD CUP SQUADS AND ONLY THREE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM EACH TEAM. THE SQUAD INCLUDES 6 BATSMEN, 3 ALL – ROUNDERS, 4 BOWLERS AND 2 WICKET – KEEPERS. THE SQUAD…
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