Zimbabwe deserved to play ahead of Afghanistan in worldcup.

[Rasgulla]

Lost to Netherlands today 

[Nikola]

I obviously didn't mean just Zimbabwe but even teams like Ireland, Scotland who wouldn't have won like many matches but would have batted all 50 overs and given better fight than afg.

[Singh bling]

23 hours ago, Nikola said:

btw are you from scotland? 

Yes he is Scottish. He is crying from past 1 year over the decision which sent Scotland out of WC. 

[Tattieboy]

13 minutes ago, Singh bling said:

Yes he is Scottish. He is crying from past 1 year over the decision which sent Scotland out of WC. 

It was only after joining here I learnt all about how to cry, moan, mump, but if you can't beat them join them 

I have talked with an Indian mate of mine who is doing a lot of crying tonight , you know Nikola the coach of that Zimbabwe team you would have in the WC instead of Afghanistan 

[The Hound]

This netherlands defeat today should not be used as a bait here,  Zim are playing odis after that series against Pak last year and even in that many of their main players didn't played.  

Edited June 19, 2019 by The Hound

[Singh bling]

I guess from nexr time ICC should automatically qualify top 5-6 teams. The rest needs to play qualifiers.

[Singh bling]

2 hours ago, Tattieboy said:

It was only after joining here I learnt all about how to cry, moan, mump, but if you can't beat them join them 

I have talked with an Indian mate of mine who is doing a lot of crying tonight , you know Nikola the coach of that Zimbabwe team you would have in the WC instead of Afghanistan 

Karma has bitten Windies bad. The previous ball on Which Gayle got out was a huge no ball , probably Starc jumped more than a feet still umpire did not give that no ball and West Indies lost that match and momentum.

[First class]

Afghanistan has no cricket infrastructure and have couple of good T20 players and granted not just ODI but also test status, well done BCCI, you got a vote in your pocket in ICC meetings. Who cares about standard of cricket. 

 

Morgan is a good player but he is no Gilchrist or Gayle or even Sharma, only a club level team like Afghanistan can let Morgan play an innings with record sixes. 

[First class]

14 minutes ago, Singh bling said:

I guess from nexr time ICC should automatically qualify top 5-6 teams. The rest needs to play qualifiers.

Good Idea, that only can save Pakistanis from India-Pakistan match. 

[Tattieboy]

16 minutes ago, Singh bling said:

Karma has bitten Windies bad. The previous ball on Which Gayle got out was a huge no ball , probably Starc jumped more than a feet still umpire did not give that no ball and West Indies lost that match and momentum.

I don't say WI shouldn't be there , I say more teams should be . 

When you have a WC and only 12  test teams and two  of them don't even participate then the future for cricket does not look good . 

Me personally despite loving playing, coaching and spectating  all my life I find this world cup a bit of a bore , not the matches because as a cricket guy there is always something positive in a match for me but length of time between games etc , it just feels long drawn out 

[abc]

On 6/19/2019 at 7:54 PM, Jamadagni said:

Ya... Like they won against Netherlands today.

Yup, like Afghanistan won against Scotland at the Qualifiers ...

[Stuge]

India vs Afghanistan...lets hope this thread doesn't bite back.;)

[Franco Vazquez]

To be honest if Zimbabwe were playing, They would have chased down the total.

[I6MTW]

2 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

To be honest if Zimbabwe were playing, They would have chased down the total.

If Zimbabwe were playing they would've conceded 400.

[Franco Vazquez]

Just now, I6MTW said:

If Zimbabwe were playing they would've conceded 400.

Really how can you say that? India struggled against Rashid Khan who was put on 110 runs by England in his previous match. Maybe Cremer would have bowled well here as well along with Raza and Williams who are more than handy bowlers and both of them and Ervine are better batsmen than any Afghan batsmen.

[Stuge]

6 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

If Zimbabwe were playing they would've conceded 400.

not on this pitch

[Nikola]

I think Zimbabwe would have won 2 - 3 matches out of 9 matches. Though i am impressed with fight Afghanistan spinners gave. Not impressed with their batting. As a team they need to work alot hard.

[I6MTW]

4 minutes ago, Franco Vazquez said:

Really how can you say that? India struggled against Rashid Khan who was put on 110 runs by England in his previous match. Maybe Cremer would have bowled well here as well along with Raza and Williams who are more than handy bowlers and both of them and Ervine are better batsmen than any Afghan batsmen.

First of all, Rashid khan struggles against left handers. There were none in the Indian team. Against right handers rashid is a lethal Bowler. Afghanistan's problem is their batting more so than their bowling. AFG has one of the best spinning lineups in the world. Plus the pitch was slow, which assister the spinners. Only thing u can argue is Zim's batting lineup is better. 

[I6MTW]

2 minutes ago, Stuge said:

not on this pitch

Does Zim have quality spinners to the level of Nabi, Rashid, Mujeeb? If they don't have them, ok maybe they would've conceded 300 if not 400(cuz of the slow nature of this pitch).

[Franco Vazquez]

3 minutes ago, Nikola said:

I think Zimbabwe would have won 2 - 3 matches out of 9 matches. Though i am impressed with fight Afghanistan spinners gave. Not impressed with their batting. As a team they need to work alot hard.

They have been smashing SL in past few years so they would have most probably won that match. Would have fought against SL and maybe defeat WI as well and Pakistan.