5 thoughts on “The CRICKETher Weekly – Episode 102”
I think the main reason the World Cup didn’t happen last year was that several teams had played next to no cricket? The cancellation decision actually had very little to do with Covid rates in the host country
Crap, sorry I mixed that up, thinking of wrong year. More the ability to manage quarantine – and, you have to make a call early for an event the scale of the WC. Cant leave it till the last minute
I don’t think NZ has the infrastructure to play the WWC with less travel, does it? Not exactly flush with international standard pitches.
What’s the alternative to 9 aside given the World Cup is about to start? Seems a decent if less than ideal compromise. And I’d have thought it would just mean batting innings limited to 8 wickets?
Oh dear. The “Kaur innings” of the World Cup that all non-Australian fans were hoping might happen against Australia in a Semi-Final or Final ……. has happened in a warm-up.
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I think the main reason the World Cup didn’t happen last year was that several teams had played next to no cricket? The cancellation decision actually had very little to do with Covid rates in the host country
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Vaccination rates in NZ at the planned time were low – very different from when Eng W toured. Its only cricket, a postponement isnt that big a deal
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Crap, sorry I mixed that up, thinking of wrong year. More the ability to manage quarantine – and, you have to make a call early for an event the scale of the WC. Cant leave it till the last minute
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I don’t think NZ has the infrastructure to play the WWC with less travel, does it? Not exactly flush with international standard pitches.
What’s the alternative to 9 aside given the World Cup is about to start? Seems a decent if less than ideal compromise. And I’d have thought it would just mean batting innings limited to 8 wickets?
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Oh dear. The “Kaur innings” of the World Cup that all non-Australian fans were hoping might happen against Australia in a Semi-Final or Final ……. has happened in a warm-up.
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