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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,369
    That was disgraceful 
    it stinks again 



    I know a lot of that is odds on betting but it’s still huge sums of money bet on the match and that’s just betfair .

    The MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav partnership:

    31 balls
    39 runs
    7 dots 
    20 singles 
    3 fours 
    1 six

    Shameful attempt .


  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,851
    That was disgraceful 
    it stinks again 



    I know a lot of that is odds on betting but it’s still huge sums of money bet on the match and that’s just betfair .

    The MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav partnership:

    31 balls
    39 runs
    7 dots 
    20 singles 
    3 fours 
    1 six

    Shameful attempt .


    That Betfair caption doesn't show anything. Those figures show amounts available to be matched, not actually matched.
    It wouldn't surprise me, however if there were plenty of dodgy dealings going on. 
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    England were the better team, we deserved our win
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,369
    superclive98 it shows £97.4m was matched on betfair
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,481
    It could be a betting coup, or Dhoni just taking care of his reputation or it could be a case of the Indians maintaining their best possible net run rate .. the real question is, why try to achieve an impossible target ?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,397
    It's not a great advert for the format of the competition where teams would rather settle for losing by a smallish margin than going for the win and risking losing more heavily.

    Off topic but I've always thought that there was a curio in limited overs cricket describing results. It seems odd that the following situation
    Team A 303-4 after 50 overs
    Team B 304-7 after 48.2 overs
    Is officially described as Team B winning by 3 wickets which makes sense in Test/First Class cricket but not here as it's not the number of wickets that matters! Team B winning by 1.4 overs is the real result.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,481
    It's not a great advert for the format of the competition where teams would rather settle for losing by a smallish margin than going for the win and risking losing more heavily.

    Off topic but I've always thought that there was a curio in limited overs cricket describing results. It seems odd that the following situation
    Team A 303-4 after 50 overs
    Team B 304-7 after 48.2 overs
    Is officially described as Team B winning by 3 wickets which makes sense in Test/First Class cricket but not here as it's not the number of wickets that matters! Team B winning by 1.4 overs is the real result.
    that is a VERY good point and, as you say, a better indication of the closeness or otherwise of the outcome
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,851
    superclive98 it shows £97.4m was matched on betfair
    True, but it doesn't show where and on which team that money was gambled.
    Having said that, £97.4m does seem incredibly high. It would interesting to see
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    It could be a betting coup, or Dhoni just taking care of his reputation or it could be a case of the Indians maintaining their best possible net run rate .. the real question is, why try to achieve an impossible target ?
    I think it was the run rate. England scored too many on that pitch and the Indians realised that. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,274
    edited July 2019
    On a slightly different topic ........

    I dont think the 1 point for a no result is fair either. I could be that England go out because NZ or Pakistan didn't play a match. Imagine the scenario where NZ & Pakistan's 1 point each came about because they didn't play each other due to weather. So they both end up on 11 points & England 10. So they both qualify & England dont. But if they had played the game it is 99.9% likely that one would have won & one would have lost......so one would have 12 & the other 10. Assuming England's nrr was better,.then the one with 10 would go out & England would go through. 

    I wonder if it would be fairer all round that there was no "no result" games and if a match was called off due to bad weather then they do the old fashioned indoor bowling at the stumps way of determining a result.

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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    Which in itself could be deemed unfair. Ideally you would have replays, but logistically, it is probably impossible. You have to accept this happens and win enough games for it not to matter. It can work both ways and you get rain when you are playing the Afghans!
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,263
    At 39 overs they were only 6 runs behind England's score ! Yet they threw the towel in with 42 balls to go with plenty of wickets left.

    If that was Horse racing there would be a Stewards if a horse comes alongside with 2 furlongs to go and then the Jockey doesn't use the whip once and just drops his hands.  
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,369
    It could be a betting coup, or Dhoni just taking care of his reputation or it could be a case of the Indians maintaining their best possible net run rate .. the real question is, why try to achieve an impossible target ?
    That was not an impossible target , improbable yes , impossible no 


  • superclive98 it shows £97.4m was matched on betfair
    True, but it doesn't show where and on which team that money was gambled.
    Having said that, £97.4m does seem incredibly high. It would interesting to see
    The last US Presidential race market on Betfair had over 200m matched.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,822
    They lost the player who could enable them to reach it - Dhoni is not the same player of his younger days. What was telling was they only scored 1 six to England's 13.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited July 2019
    On a slightly different topic ........

    I dont think the 1 point for a no result is fair either. I could be that England go out because NZ or Pakistan didn't play a match. Imagine the scenario where NZ & Pakistan's 1 point each came about because they didn't play each other due to weather. So they both end up on 11 points & England 10. So they both qualify & England dont. But if they had played the game it is 99.9% likely that one would have won & one would have lost......so one would have 12 & the other 10. Assuming England's nrr was better,.then the one with 10 would go out & England would go through. 

    I wonder if it would be fairer all round that there was no "no result" games and if a match was called off due to bad weather then they do the old fashioned indoor bowling at the stumps way of determining a result.
    If teams end up on the same number of points the next thing that is looked at is GAMES WON and not NRR. Sri Lanka for example can still get to 10 points which is what England could end up on but we would be ahead of them as we have won 5 games and Sri Lanka can only win a maximum of 4. So although you get a point for a NR wins are important. 
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Dhoni is a multi multi millionaire he doesnt need to throw matches for money, now, Gulbadin though..... 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,492
    Can't work out what the worst example of fixing is: Gulbadin bringing himself on vs Pakistan, Dhoni and Jadhav yesterday or the WI picking Shannon Gabriel in any ODI ever?
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,492
    Leuth said:
    Shai Hope with the worst bit of wicketkeeping I've ever seen pretty much
    He's just outdone himself btw
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,454
    Net run rate (which too few people understand) should be scrapped as the means of breaking a points tie in favour of a count of the number of sixes (then fours) a team hits in the qualifying games.  

    In one stroke, you would eliminate the tawdry and dull sight of West Indies limping towards the line.  And, even if a team is a long way short of the target required, the crowd are likely to be treated to a few overs of licentious batting. 

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,243
    I know the WI are out the tournament but their fielding today is very poor. Very few willing to make a real effort.
    Mind you captain Jason Holder set the tone, leaving the field of play to clip his toe and then finger nails by the boundary.
    Truly bizarre.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,481
    The thoughts of Batsman Roy ..

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48737257
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,077
    How does scoring slowly at the end via a few singles protect your NRR rather than scoring 20 more runs by throwing the bat around ?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,243
    MrOneLung said:
    How does scoring slowly at the end via a few singles protect your NRR rather than scoring 20 more runs by throwing the bat around ?
    You are more likely to lose wickets and be all out, which would be detrimental to the nrr.

    http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/page/429305.html
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,400
    MrOneLung said:
    How does scoring slowly at the end via a few singles protect your NRR rather than scoring 20 more runs by throwing the bat around ?
    Had India been all out then the overs faced would have still been 50 thereby affecting the NRR
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,077
    thanks
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,397
    MrOneLung said:
    How does scoring slowly at the end via a few singles protect your NRR rather than scoring 20 more runs by throwing the bat around ?
    You are more likely to lose wickets and be all out, which would be detrimental to the nrr.

    http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/page/429305.html
    On the other hand if they had shown a bit more ambition, instead of finishing on 306-5 they might have reached say 320-7, it's not as if they were 8 down when Dhoni "gave up"
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,243
    WI are in virtually the same situation now as India were. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,492
    They were absolutely cruising it and then a ridiculous run-out. Still on if Pooran stays
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,492
    Abysmal drop, Pooran still there!