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WC19: Trends and Innovations

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  • 1975 to 1983: 60 overs a side. Red ball cricket
  • 1987: 50 overs a side. Red ball cricket
  • 1992: White ball cricket. Colored clothing. NZ innovated by opening with Deepak Patel. Brought Greatbatch to take advantage of field restrictions early on. This was NZ's world cup to lose  
  • 1996: Nothing much except SL perfected batting in the first 15 overs
  • 1999-2007: Aus dominance 
  • 2011-2015: Home teams' dominance 
  • 2019: Home team dominance continued? Innovations?

 

In 2019, what innovations do you expect? What strategy the teams will employ? Is the home team dominance trend of 2010s likely to continue in 2019 resulting in an Eng win? 

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Since Ind's top 3 are relatively solid and tend to play long innings, Ind could try innovating by bringing in power hitters / high strike rate batsmen from 4 to 7 .... We have Bumrah+Kuldeep, and may need one more different type of bowler who could be a mystery spinner, left arm pace bowler, .... 

 

Unfortunately, Ind is not known for innovative thinking. Relies heavily on tried and tested (sometimes outdated) methods, superstars and/or someone finding form / clicking to take it home, banking on other team to fail under pressure, ....  

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34 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

We are bringing sexy back.

 

We are going to play 1970s middle order in the year 2019. B->

:lol:

 

In Ind, we usually adopt the negative thinking. For e.g. what if x, y and z fail. But if x,y and z fail, we would more likely be out of the game like despite Kohli's 100, WI tied .... Unless we have an extremely strong line up, it is hard to come out of difficult situations consistently 

 

At times, we have to think about maximizing the impact. For e.g. if x,y and z do well, how can we ensure that we win the game (as if we lose when x,y and z do well, we cannot hope to possibly win too many games where x,y and z fail) 

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One innovation that I would like to see is teams adapt flexible batting order. Say Ind has an 11 (likely) such as the one below: 

 

Rohit, Dhawan, Kohli, Dhoni, Jadhav, Karthik, Pandya, Kuldeep, Shami, Chahal / Bhuvi, and Bumrah 

 

The opening and 4 to 7 slots can be flexible where if 

  • Ind is 2 down inside 20 overs, someone like Dhoni can come in at 4 
  • Ind is 2 down b/w 20-30 overs, someone like Jadhav or Karthik can come in at 4
  • Ind is 2 down after 30 overs, someone like Hardik can come in at #4 
  • If Ind is chasing a mammoth total, Jadhav or Hardik can be asked to open 

If youngsters like Gill, Shaw or Pant are available, it would provide us more flexibility 

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On 11/1/2018 at 3:19 PM, YCCC said:

Despite cheerleader Vaughan's best cheerleading skills most English fans expect England to crash when it matters. 

 

Don't see any new innovations coming along. What you have now is what you'll get.

Don't be so pessimistic.  As Jos Buttler said - England will have to screw up not to win this WC.:p:

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Pak team and fans are trying to replicate 1992 circumstances and performing poorly in group stages with earth shattering low scores to catch teams napping and win games at later stage .

its mental disintegration and treachery at its highest 

 

indian team is bringing in reserve players who are unfit to play straight in later half of long tournament - Jadhav for example . This ensures fitness when needed most . Other teams will loose their peak fitness in later half . Crazy new stuff . 

 

Bangladesh trying out new hypnosis dance . They will perform so slow to get all hypnotised and then win the matches . Their captain is not showing the new naagin variety with male snake pretending to be female - they are for transgender rights 

 

england has brought in the queen to remind them how they ruled the waves . It’s innovation and inspiration at same time

 

south Africa decided to innovate new ways of choking . They have tried to loose games before the World Cup and ensured continuous domination of choking tag 

 

Australia are innovating by asking viewers to boo. This way they are doing new kind of mental disintegration . Steve Waugh is coaching the viewers and on field audience 

 

Afghanistan is pretending to be minnows - it’s a great form of camouflage. 

 

Sri Lanka have tried 45 players last 4 years to find the guy who can bowl at 14 degrees angle and help them succeed for the 2027 World Cup 

 

New Zealand played india to see how best to defeat subcontinent teams thereby ensuring their semifinal spot

 

west indies trying to do england but in a grandiose scale . They are going to play t20 for 50 overs 

 

 

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