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So far so good
Jai hind

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The king has spoken

[fokhan_96]

No argument over who is the goat now.

[Dohplaydat]

No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

[Dizzy28]

No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

Lol....Lara would barely make a top 10 all time ODI batsman.

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No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

Test cricket he would be up there...

Not ODI

[Dohplaydat]

No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

Test cricket he would be up there...

Not ODI

I think Lara did let us down a bit in ODIs but still he's ranked number 8 best ODI batsman according to the ICC.

[DMan7]

Erroneous! Lara faced far better bowlers in his time than the lollypop bowlers it have now, yes even the ones from the dominant teams.

[Dizzy28]

No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

Test cricket he would be up there...

Not ODI

I think Lara did let us down a bit in ODIs but still he's ranked number 8 best ODI batsman according to the ICC.

I think you are mixing it up. He has the 8th highest ranking score. That's a point in time rank/score and not reflective of an entire career.

He also had that score that places him 8th in 1993 when he would have only played around 45 games.

By your rational David Gower and Dean Jones are even better than Lara was. Also Tendulkar not there and he would probably be a first or second pick of anyone picking a best ever ODI team.

[Dohplaydat]

No argument over who is the goat now.

Yea still Lara

Test cricket he would be up there...

Not ODI

I think Lara did let us down a bit in ODIs but still he's ranked number 8 best ODI batsman according to the ICC.

I think you are mixing it up. He has the 8th highest ranking score. That's a point in time rank/score and not reflective of an entire career.

He also had that score that places him 8th in 1993 when he would have only played around 45 games.

By your rational David Gower and Dean Jones are even better than Lara was. Also Tendulkar not there and he would probably be a first or second pick of anyone picking a best ever ODI team. Screenshot_20231115-193334.jpg

Yes good point read over those metrics and realised it after posting.

There's definitely a way to calculate who's the GOAT, found this paper which was quite interesting, but don't fully agree with their methods.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 9617300836

[computercentral]

South Africa under pressure, the winner of this tournament will get a chance at W.I. ?

[bluefete]

Australia on Fire!

SA 22/3 (11 overs)

24/4 (11.5)

[Dizzy28]

Rain playing spoil sport

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South africa choking atm

[Dohplaydat]

South africa choking atm

They'll fight back man, might end up pulling a 250

[Dohplaydat]

Tight game on! Aus 135/5

RSA clawing back slowly.

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Ind vs Aus on Sunday

[bluefete]

Ind vs Aus on Sunday

Stevland Morris could have seen that coming.

[Country_Bookie]

Quota system does always hold back SA. Can't afford passengers in the team at this level. I would love to see them win but now they even have a passenger captain.

Told you guys this about South Africa a month ago. Quota captain Temba Bavuma made a duck today and averaged 18 for the world cup.

Reeza Hendricks only played 2 games and average 49. If he had played today, they might have scored enough runs to beat Oz. They'll never win so long as politics prevents them from selecting the best team.

[Dizzy28]

Quota system does always hold back SA. Can't afford passengers in the team at this level. I would love to see them win but now they even have a passenger captain.

Told you guys this about South Africa a month ago. Quota captain Temba Bavuma made a duck today and averaged 18 for the world cup.

Reeza Hendricks only played 2 games and average 49. If he had played today, they might have scored enough runs to beat Oz. They'll never win so long as politics prevents them from selecting the best team.

Bavuma averaged 80 in ODIs in the past year leading up to the WC and has a career ODI average of 46. I agree he should have been dropped but it really should only have been later on in the tournament as his numbers suggest he should have had an extended run to find some form early on.

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India in a spot of bother atm

100-3, tough batting

[bluefete]

Aussie win World Cup (in a few minutes)

Well done and well played.

They out-strategized India.

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Toss was a good one to win

[Dohplaydat]

No excuses India, poor performance today

[Dizzy28]

Australia is a different beast in the finals of a tournament!!!

[Dizzy28]

India and Australia really following up on the World Cup with a T20 series??
Steups!!!

Aus 31-1 after 4 overs

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India and Australia really following up on the World Cup with a T20 series??
Steups!!!

Aus 31-1 after 4 overs

preparations for the cup next year

[Dizzy28]

Alluh buying up alluh tickets for the England WI games at the BLCA - 19th and 21st of December?

Unlike all the previous internationals these would actually be day/night games so hopefully we can see some actual crowds as opposed to what we saw with those 9am start times India imposed on their tour.

[trinigamer]

WI-A just beat SA-A in the first test.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wes ... cket-score

[Country_Bookie]

WI-A just beat SA-A in the first test.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wes ... cket-score

Game was streamed on YouTube by SA cricket board if anyone wants to watch the replay. WI A really tried to throw away the game but Sinclair and Mac saved them.