biffer Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Currently under way in Zimbabwe. Scotland doing well so far - beat Afghanistan, Nepal and Hong Kong, tied game with Zimbabwe in the first group stage. Playing UAE today in the 'super six' stage and well on the way to winning (Scotland 322/6 off their 50, UAE currently 183/6 off 35). Tough games to come against Ireland and the West Indies though. Only two teams go through to the World Cup as the ICC has reduced it to 10 teams. Really trying to widen the game so they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Good that they're making the worst test teams have to go through qualifying, although, as you say, it's poor that they've reduced the amount of teams playing in the finals. Surely a sixteen team tournament would work best, with four groups of four and the top one or two in each group progressing to a knockout phase. Seems they're widening the game by widening the gap between the top nations and the developing nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said: Good that they're making the worst test teams have to go through qualifying, although, as you say, it's poor that they've reduced the amount of teams playing in the finals. Surely a sixteen team tournament would work best, with four groups of four and the top one or two in each group progressing to a knockout phase. Seems they're widening the game by widening the gap between the top nations and the developing nations. They did that previously in 2007, but Bangladesh knocked India out and Ireland knocked Pakistan out at the group stage. India is where most of the money comes from in cricket, and sponsors were furious. So they rearranged things to try and prevent it happening again - 14 teams in two groups of seven - but that led to a long, boring tournament. So they have cut it back to ten - all in one big group with the top four going to a knockout. Which will be equally long and boring. They're an utter shower of idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Afghanistan are giving themselves a good shot at beating the WIndies at the moment, which could make it interesting. Think it must be a rank wicket as the West Indies got 197/8 from 50 overs. Afghanistan 182/6 with 27 balls to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, biffer said: They did that previously in 2007, but Bangladesh knocked India out and Ireland knocked Pakistan out at the group stage. India is where most of the money comes from in cricket, and sponsors were furious. So they rearranged things to try and prevent it happening again - 14 teams in two groups of seven - but that led to a long, boring tournament. So they have cut it back to ten - all in one big group with the top four going to a knockout. Which will be equally long and boring. They're an utter shower of idiots. http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/27bindra.htm Seems you're right: India blamed the format on them being knocked out in 2007, despite the fact they lost two of their three games. Claiming the format isn't right because you weren't good enough and getting a change on the back of that just shows how corrupt the top sporting bodies are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Clyde1998 said: http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/27bindra.htm Seems you're right: India blamed the format on them being knocked out in 2007, despite the fact they lost two of their three games. Claiming the format isn't right because you weren't good enough and getting a change on the back of that just shows how corrupt the top sporting bodies are. India has pretty much complete control over international cricket. Money talks. Afghanistan have beaten the West Indies, puts that cat amongst the pigeons somewhat. Not necessarily good for us as we're playing WI in our last game, I was hoping they might have already qualified and take their foot off the gas by that time. No chance of that now. We've just finished up against UAE, won by 73 runs. So the table looks like Scotland P3 Pts5 WIndies P3 Pts4 Zimb'bwe P2 Pts3 Ireland P2 Pts2 Afghanstn P3 Pts2 UAE P3 Pts0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dairbee Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 There was a couple of Afghan players in the Big Bash this year. Rashid Khan is a brilliant bowler and Nabi can bat. The table looks good at the moment but there are decent cricketing countries yet to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 23 hours ago, Clyde1998 said: http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/27bindra.htm Seems you're right: India blamed the format on them being knocked out in 2007, despite the fact they lost two of their three games. Claiming the format isn't right because you weren't good enough and getting a change on the back of that just shows how corrupt the top sporting bodies are. With the West Indies being beaten by Afghanistan yesterday and Zimbabwe beating Ireland, there's no guarantee the West Indies will go through. If that happens watch the ICC change the rules again and not let any associates into the tournament in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Defeat for Scotland against Ireland leaves the table looking like this: Zimbabwe - Pld 3; Pts 5; NRR +0.727 Scotland - Pld 4; Pts 5; NRR +0.315 West Indies - Pld 3; Pts 4; NRR +0.666 Ireland - Pld 4; Pts 4; NRR +0.474 Afghanistan - Pld 3; Pts 2; NRR -0.023 UAE - Pld 3; Pts 0; NRR -2.493 Zimbabwe play the West Indies tomorrow - a Zimbabwe win would probably be the best result, with them playing the UAE in the final game. Scotland's only remaining game is against the West Indies, which becomes a must win now, if we're to qualify for the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Decent start but some sloppy fielding and a few wides mean it could have been better. Windies 30/2 after 11. Gayle out for a duck. Useless prick. Get it up ye. Zimbabwean crowd loving the piper playing The Sash in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Duncan Blackheart said: Decent start but some sloppy fielding and a few wides mean it could have been better. Windies 30/2 after 11. Gayle out for a duck. Useless prick. Get it up ye. Zimbabwean crowd loving the piper playing The Sash in the background. 142-5 after 35 overs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee-toon-red Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Got them all out for 198, so 199 required to win. Off to a pretty poor start with the bat but, touch wood, we seem to have steadied the ship a bit. Currently 56/3 (off 17 overs I think). Edited March 21, 2018 by wee-toon-red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal smith Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 72/4 off 23 overs 127 to win off 162 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faircity Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Forget it, it appears there is no chance. The lbw just given there for the 5th wicket was an utter disgrace. Never mind missing the stumps, im not even sure it hit him in line. Shocking stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee-toon-red Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Looks like rain may screw us over as we're behind on the DLS score with play currently stopped. Annoyingly, we'd be ahead of DLS on our current score had Berrington not been given out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Rain stops play, and we are behind on scoring rate, so not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Scotland oot. What a shite sport with shite rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest faircity Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Makes you wonder. Call me cynical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 wha's like us we find a way to lose in every sport ffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Imagine missing out on a world cup because it rained. Pathetic sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 9 hours ago, faircity said: Forget it, it appears there is no chance. The lbw just given there for the 5th wicket was an utter disgrace. Never mind missing the stumps, im not even sure it hit him in line. Shocking stuff. You didn't expect the ICC to allow the West Indies to not qualify, did you? You would've though the batter would've contested the decision though - not sure what the review rules are. Amazing to consider that had that not been given out, we'd have won the game and qualified. Just goes to show how small the gap is between the bottom test nations and the top 'associate' members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 11 hours ago, PASTA Mick said: Imagine missing out on a world cup because it rained. Even the fitba team haven't managed that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 14 hours ago, Clyde1998 said: You didn't expect the ICC to allow the West Indies to not qualify, did you? You would've though the batter would've contested the decision though - not sure what the review rules are. Amazing to consider that had that not been given out, we'd have won the game and qualified. Just goes to show how small the gap is between the bottom test nations and the top 'associate' members. Umpires decision is final where there's no DRS. Any significant arguing would've resulted in a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 what would the rules be then if only 1 team had batted, & it rained ? games still being played today - so would have imagine like tennis should have rolled to next day Can you imagine in Tennis if was rained off in 1st set, and guy was 5-4 up, on serve "ah ok, games a pokey - you win" - Football if you are 5-0 up and rained off - tough luck - back to 0-0 next game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, euan2020 said: what would the rules be then if only 1 team had batted, & it rained ? games still being played today - so would have imagine like tennis should have rolled to next day Can you imagine in Tennis if was rained off in 1st set, and guy was 5-4 up, on serve "ah ok, games a pokey - you win" - Football if you are 5-0 up and rained off - tough luck - back to 0-0 next game It would be a no result. Generally you don't play a one day match over two days because the wicket can change so much it makes it unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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