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India hosting, 10 teams, 48 games.

Teams competing in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka.

The first of which kicks off tomorrow - England v NZ

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/

Fixture list
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc ... nd-results

No West Indies :thumbdown:
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Cricket World Cup 2023 format

All 10 teams competing at this year's World Cup go into one big group stage in a round-robin format, where each team will face each other once.

Teams are awarded two points for a win, one for either a tie or a no-result and zero for a loss.

Once all 10 teams have played their nine group-stage matches, the four highest-ranked teams will advance to the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the team that finished first in the group stage will face the side that finished fourth, with second place taking on third place in the other semi-final.

The two winners of the semi-finals will face each other in the final, with the winner of the final being crowned ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 champions.
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Cricket World Cup 2023: Ben Stokes a doubt for England's opener against New Zealand

Stokes has not played since hitting an England-record 182 in the third one-day international against New Zealand on 13 September, having sat out Monday's warm-up game against Bangladesh.

"He's got a slight niggle with his hip," said Buttler.

"But fingers crossed that it'll be good news for us. We'll see.
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Only 10 fucking teams. Pile of horseshite.
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Biffer wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:28 pm Only 10 fucking teams. Pile of horseshite.
You suck. Suck it up.
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During the RWC.

Aside from India, that’s a stupidly large overlapping crowd base.
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Ymx wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:13 pm During the RWC.

Aside from India, that’s a stupidly large overlapping crowd base.
Games are all early in India.
Cricket in the morning, Rugby in the afternoon/evening. Lovely.

Unless you're a wife or girlfriend. :lolno:
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Sandstorm wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:17 pm
Ymx wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:13 pm During the RWC.

Aside from India, that’s a stupidly large overlapping crowd base.
Games are all early in India.
Cricket in the morning, Rugby in the afternoon/evening. Lovely.

Unless you're a wife or girlfriend. :lolno:
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...and F1 sprint quali, sprint race and race class with rugby games on sat/sun :wtf:

Surprised they didnt schedule the Ryder cup this weekend too.
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Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:25 pm ...and F1 sprint quali, sprint race and race class with rugby games on sat/sun :wtf:

Surprised they didnt schedule the Ryder cup this weekend too.
and the Bathurst 1000 Supercars race.
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Is Afghanistan one of the ten best teams in the world now? Pretty rapid ascent for them, no?
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Fonz wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:35 pm Is Afghanistan one of the ten best teams in the world now? Pretty rapid ascent for them, no?
Only when Rashid Khan is playing. Without him they are shit.
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Sandstorm wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:08 pm
Biffer wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:28 pm Only 10 fucking teams. Pile of horseshite.
You suck. Suck it up.
Yeez are feart
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C'mon the Dutch!
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NZ viewing times suck, with a 9:30pm start...and the ABs - Uruguay game kicking off at 8am.
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NZ chose to bowl first, Barstool smacks Boult for 6 second ball.
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35/0 after 6
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Dear god Englands batting goes deep - Curran, Rashid and Wood at 9, 10 and 11.

You take one wicket and a match winner comes in. Frightening.
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118/4 Moeen bowled.

NZ have done well to peg the run rate and pick up wickets.

Root & Buttler in
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224/6 10 over to go.
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Doesn’t look like it would have been hard to get tickets….
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look away for sec and it goes properly Pete Tong,

258/9 3 over left.
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England in a spot of bodder
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Is it a tricky pitch?
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282/9
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Insane_Homer wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:07 pm282/9
Not an easy chase. Can't see if it is a par score. I guess it means that NZ don't have to go bollocks out to chase it down. But top 4 or 5 are going to have to play very well.
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10/1

19/1 - Woakes going at 10s and Curran doing wicket maidens
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130/1 after 16. NZ flying, Eng need wkts.

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178/1 and they're not even half way through the others yet
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this is turning into a bit of a shellacking
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Hands up all the people who expected this?
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150 for Conway.....blimey - have they used their best performance in the first match!?!
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NRR is going to be health AF as well.
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We’ll I’m already pissed at the purple and pink “spinning and sliding” graphics from Indian TV. :thumbdown:
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Bless you Homer for bringing my attention to this.

Kiwis to get the double - CWC and RWC.
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Wow - did not expect that result.

Happily take it though
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An absolute battering. NZ were very, very good, England weren't at the races.
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