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Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:15 am
by oche balboa
Needs its own thread, It's starts on October 5th.

October

5 England v New Zealand, Ahmedabad (d/n) (09:30 BST)

6 Pakistan v Netherlands, Hyderabad (d/n) (09:30 BST)

7 Bangladesh v Afghanistan, Dharamsala (06:00 BST)

7 South Africa v Sri Lanka, Delhi (d/n) (09:30 BST)

8 India v Australia, Chennai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

9 New Zealand v Netherlands, Hyderabad (d/n) (09:30 BST)

10 England v Bangladesh, Dharamsala (06:00 BST)

10 Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Hyderabad (d/n) (09:30 BST)

11 India v Afghanistan, Delhi (d/n) (09:30 BST)

12 Australia v South Africa, Lucknow (d/n) (09:30 BST)

13 New Zealand v Bangladesh, Chennai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

14 India v Pakistan, Ahmedabad (d/n) (09:30 BST)

15 England v Afghanistan, Delhi (d/n) (09:30 BST)

16 Australia v Sri Lanka, Lucknow (d/n) (09:30 BST)

17 South Africa v Netherlands, Dharamsala (d/n) (09:30 BST)

18 New Zealand v Afghanistan, Chennai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

19 India v Bangladesh, Pune (d/n) (09:30 BST)

20 Australia v Pakistan, Bangalore (d/n) (09:30 BST)

21 Netherlands v Sri Lanka, Lucknow (06:00 BST)

21 England v South Africa, Mumbai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

22 India v New Zealand, Dharamsala (d/n) (09:30 BST)

23 Pakistan v Afghanistan, Chennai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

24 South Africa v Bangladesh, Mumbai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

25 Australia v Netherlands, Delhi (d/n) (09:30 BST)

26 England v Sri Lanka, Bangalore (d/n) (09:30 BST)

27 Pakistan v South Africa, Chennai (d/n) (09:30 BST)

28 Australia v New Zealand, Dharamsala (06:00 BST)

28 Netherlands v Bangladesh, Kolkata (d/n) (09:30 BST)

29 India v England, Lucknow (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

30 Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Pune (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

31 Pakistan v Bangladesh, Kolkata (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

November

1 New Zealand v South Africa, Pune (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

2 India v Sri Lanka, Mumbai (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

3 Netherlands v Afghanistan, Lucknow (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

4 New Zealand v Pakistan, Bangalore (05:00 GMT)

4 England v Australia, Ahmedabad (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

5 India v South Africa, Kolkata (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

6 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Delhi (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

7 Australia v Afghanistan, Mumbai (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

8 England v Netherlands, Pune (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

9 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Bangalore (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

10 South Africa v Afghanistan, Ahmedabad (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

11 Australia v Bangladesh, Pune (05:00 GMT)

11 England v Pakistan, Kolkata (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

12 India v Netherlands, Bangalore (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

15 *First semi-final, Mumbai (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

16 *Second semi-final, Kolkata (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

19 *Final, Ahmedabad (d/n) (08:30 GMT)

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:00 am
by The Thorn
No thanks

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:06 am
by Cooking with Sanchez
Looking forward to this.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:29 am
by Ross, Bob
-1

Cricket is shit.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:43 am
by Cooking with Sanchez
Test cricket is shit.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm
by Rogg
No West Indies. Sickening.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
by Randall
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:25 pm
by Rogg
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?
It looks complicated but basically only the top 8 countries automatically qualify. The West Indies (and Sri Lanka) were not amongst them so had to play in the qualifiers.

Sri Lanka and Netherlands won the qualifiers.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:02 pm
by Randall
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:25 pm
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?
It looks complicated but basically only the top 8 countries automatically qualify. The West Indies (and Sri Lanka) were not amongst them so had to play in the qualifiers.

Sri Lanka and Netherlands won the qualifiers.
How the mighty fall
They won the 1st 2 if memory serves
Unplayable in any format for a decade or more

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:56 pm
by Rogg
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:02 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:25 pm
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?
It looks complicated but basically only the top 8 countries automatically qualify. The West Indies (and Sri Lanka) were not amongst them so had to play in the qualifiers.

Sri Lanka and Netherlands won the qualifiers.
How the mighty fall
They won the 1st 2 if memory serves
Unplayable in any format for a decade or more
They lost 4 of their 5 games in the final qualifying group to Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Scotland and Zimbabwe.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:27 pm
by jimhope
West Indies were woeful in the qualifying stages

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:34 pm
by tungsten tossers
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:02 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:25 pm
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?
It looks complicated but basically only the top 8 countries automatically qualify. The West Indies (and Sri Lanka) were not amongst them so had to play in the qualifiers.

Sri Lanka and Netherlands won the qualifiers.
How the mighty fall
They won the 1st 2 if memory serves
Unplayable in any format for a decade or more
To finish behind Scotland, Netherlands and Zimbabwe is shocking

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:36 pm
by tungsten tossers
First time the Windies have not been there

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 5:30 pm
by Randall
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:56 pm
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:02 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:25 pm
Randall wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:18 pm
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
How are they not playing?
It looks complicated but basically only the top 8 countries automatically qualify. The West Indies (and Sri Lanka) were not amongst them so had to play in the qualifiers.

Sri Lanka and Netherlands won the qualifiers.
How the mighty fall
They won the 1st 2 if memory serves
Unplayable in any format for a decade or more
They lost 4 of their 5 games in the final qualifying group to Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Scotland and Zimbabwe.
How sad

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:59 pm
by HalloweenJack
Cooking with Sanchez wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:06 am Looking forward to this.
+1

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:01 pm
by HalloweenJack
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:29 pm No West Indies. Sickening.
Losing to the Dutch did them in. I blame Ross Bob.

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:01 pm
by HalloweenJack
Cooking with Sanchez wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:43 am Test cricket is shit.
-1

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:02 pm
by Rogg
Doesn't it seem like a different lifetime when England beat NZ in that final?

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:30 pm
by Dfc180
Rogg wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:02 pm Doesn't it seem like a different lifetime when England beat NZ in that final?
It was a different lifetime. The world went to shit after we won that, that's what happens when England win something

Re: Cricket World Cup 2023

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:39 pm
by Greipel
Ross, Bob wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:29 am -1

Cricket is shit.
-2

It's shit and makes absolutely no sense. Only the former commonwealth members play it.