England defeat South Africa by 104 runs to begin World Cup campaign on a strong note

[Mamoon]

Lol. Which england player is not good?

I think Plunkett is a relative weak link.

 

[Hawkeye]

Mate, read what I said.
I don't mind them having female commentators on there but what's the point of having them just for the sake of female representation???
At least have someone who's good enough for the job.
Jeez, everyone's here coming at me like they're some SJWs.

Re-read your post and if you still don't find anything wrong in it, it's not worth debating with you over this topic.

She's already better than many male commentators like Waqar.

It's you who brought gender into this. Cheap.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Care to give a quick list?

With ave of 41, he become best ODI player of all time lol.

 

[Markhor]

I hate her so much not being a feminist but honestly I’m yet to see a proper female commentator who actually knows something about cricket

Ebony Rainford Brent is awesome. Not sure why they chose Guha ahead of her.

 

[Hasan123]

Ngidi is not a death bowler.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Anyone likes Ganguly’s commentary?

 

[Hawkeye]

Ebony Rainford Brent is awesome. Not sure why they chose Guha ahead of her.

Guha is amongst the worst indeed.

Much better females around.

 

[Mamoon]

Care to give a quick list?

In terms of WK batsmen (ODIs) he is top 5 material already.

Dhoni
Gilchrist
Buttler/Sangakkara
de Kock

Don’t think pre-Gilchrist era WK batsmen can be compared with this lot. Their batting is simply at a different level.

From the new lot I expect Pant to join this list one day.

 

[Mean&Green]

Anyone likes Ganguly’s commentary?

I’m listening to his Hindi commentary right now very good commentary he’s not bias at all unlike the other Indian commentators like manju very good in-depth of the players and knows what’s up he said I don’t care about these practice matches they prove nothing after fans were getting excited about Rahul has taken over number 4 issue is solved

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Anyone likes Ganguly’s commentary?

Gavaskar's commentary was quite decent, from what I remember. He seems like a funny guy.

 

[Markhor]

The best opening match of a World Cup I've seen was in 2003 between South Africa and West Indies.

WI were 67/2 after 25 overs but still made 279 ! And won by 3 runs.

 

[Pakhs]

In terms of WK batsmen he is top 5 material already.

Dhoni
Gilchrist
Buttler/Sangakkara
de Kock

Don’t think pre-Gilchrist era WK batsmen can be compared with this lot. Their batting is simply at a different level.

From the new lot I expect Pant to join this list one day.

Care to explain how dhoni is higher than Gilchrist? Gilchrist smashed 100s in each corner of earth compare to dhoni who has got none outside Asia? he also got a 100 and a 50 i the WC final.

 

[Titan24]

I would like to see a field radar, they have just shown in between every ball. Dont mind if they make it a bit smaller though.

 

[Mamoon]

The best opening match of a World Cup I've seen was in 2003 between South Africa and West Indies.

WI were 67/2 after 25 overs but still made 279 ! And won by 3 runs.

7/2 after 6 overs. Probably the last great knock by Lara in ODI cricket.

 

[Hasan123]

South Africa should not worry about singles. Don't concede any boundaries should be the target.

 

[Mean&Green]

In terms of WK batsmen (ODIs) he is top 5 material already.

Dhoni
Gilchrist
Buttler/Sangakkara
de Kock

Don’t think pre-Gilchrist era WK batsmen can be compared with this lot. Their batting is simply at a different level.

From the new lot I expect Pant to join this list one day.

They won’t understand man stop wasting your time they think having an average of 41 makes him not a good batsman when the fact is he comes to bat at number 6 and strikes at 120 oh god if you really understand cricket you would know how phenomenal that is

 

[Hasan2K8]

Gavaskar's commentary was quite decent, from what I remember. He seems like a funny guy.

I like Sunny. I’d prefer him over Ganguly and Manjrekar. Both for me are very india centric, they over the top praise india, go into details about india way too much and forget that it takes two to tango!

 

[Mueez]

England looking set for 340+

 

[Mamoon]

Care to explain how dhoni is higher than Gilchrist? Gilchrist smashed 100s in each corner of earth compare to dhoni who has got none outside Asia? he also got a 100 and a 50 i the WC final.

Dhoni could have scored 30+ hundreds had he continued to bat in the top order. It is very tough to choose between the two but I would go with Dhoni.

 

[Imran Hasan]

This match is going to be very interesting one. England may score 300 odd runs and then perhaps SA would chase it down.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Good fight back from eng, get 350 and confidence for the tourney will be high..

 

[Rayyman]

Mate, read what I said.
I don't mind them having female commentators on there but what's the point of having them just for the sake of female representation???
At least have someone who's good enough for the job.
Jeez, everyone's here coming at me like they're some SJWs.

Your opinion does make sense logically.

I hope Isa Guha doesn't commentate on the Pakistan matches.

 

[Pakhs]

They won’t understand man stop wasting your time they think having an average of 41 makes him not a good batsman when the fact is he comes to bat at number 6 and strikes at 120 oh god if you really understand cricket you would know how phenomenal that is

Yes SR of 120 @ 41 is something great!

 

[Markhor]

7/2 after 6 overs. Probably the last great knock by Lara in ODI cricket.

Was a masterclass by Lara, and their late order was superb. WI were in T20 mode before T20s existed.

 

[Mamoon]

Someone bump Stokes vs Anwar Ali thread.

 

[Hasan123]

Morgan getting out has halted England's acceleration.

 

[Pakhs]

Dhoni could have scored 30+ hundreds had he continued to bat in the top order. It is very tough to choose between the two but I would go with Dhoni.

Would doesnt matter both played long enough and Gilchrist comes out on top for anyone who knows about cricket. He is the best there ever been as a WK batsmen in tests there is no comparison with Dhoni.

 

[Mean&Green]

So harbhajna saying he played with Imran Tahir at u19 when bhaju is 37 and Imran Tahir is 42 at the moment so ganguly mocking bhaju that your age was fake lol

 

[Bilal7]

I'm loving that little fielding graphic that they have this year.

 

[Mamoon]

Was a masterclass by Lara, and their late order was superb. WI were in T20 mode before T20s existed.

2003 World Cup and 2007 WT20 - both hosted in South Africa, and on both occasions South Africa and West Indies kicked things off with a classic. Quite interesting.

 

[Hasan123]

Buttler out. South Africa are ahead now.

 

[babajee]

Buttler

 

[Mueez]

Big blow to England.

 

[Mamoon]

Would doesnt matter both played long enough and Gilchrist comes out on top for anyone who knows about cricket. He is the best there ever been as a WK batsmen in tests there is no comparison with Dhoni.

There is no objective measure by which one can rate Gilchrist higher than Dhoni in ODIs.

In Tests, Gilchrist has no match and that is why he is easily the greatest overall WK batsman of all time, but we are talking about ODIs here.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Oh boy

 

[Afhan Ali]

Buttler! What are you doing?

 

[Bilal7]

Moeen Ali in.

 

[Imran Hasan]

I like Sunny. I’d prefer him over Ganguly and Manjrekar. Both for me are very india centric, they over the top praise india, go into details about india way too much and forget that it takes two to tango!

Totally agree with you. Sunny bhai is getting older and sometime he mistakenly named wrong players but he is still good. Harsha is not bad either.

 

[Mean&Green]

Damn it butler moved a bit to early and than was in two minds or else he wouldn’t have edged it brain fade but I still expect England to cross 320 mo and stokes two best friends should fire together today

 

[Markhor]

HUGE wicket !

 

[Ozeirk]

Anyone how different this pitch is from Pakistan's matches?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Vital wicket. Ngidi

 

[Hasan2K8]

Butler bottled it

 

[hussain.r97]

Massive wicket!

 

[IAJ]

Yes! Keep them under 300 now!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

So harbhajna saying he played with Imran Tahir at u19 when bhaju is 37 and Imran Tahir is 42 at the moment so ganguly mocking bhaju that your age was fake lol

Huh? Harbhajan was born in 1980 and Tahir in 1979.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Re-read your post and if you still don't find anything wrong in it, it's not worth debating with you over this topic.

She's already better than many male commentators like Waqar.

It's you who brought gender into this. Cheap.

cba dealing with feminists...

 

[Afhan Ali]

Moeen Ali is big choker

 

[AAli98]

Roy to get a hundred here. Mark my words!

Your words were marked & Roy fell short by 46 runs.

Amla looks like a spent force they keep hiding him in the field comes across as a selfish guy doesn’t knw when to retire.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Big blow to England.

But eng will still make good score

 

[ExpressPacer]

Plunkett to lose it for England today. They're going to take him apart and rip him into tiny little pieces.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

I had a feeling Buttler would get out early.

England will make around 320

 

[Pakhs]

There is no objective measure by which one can rate Gilchrist higher than Dhoni in ODIs.

In Tests, Gilchrist has no match and that is why he is easily the greatest overall WK batsman of all time, but we are talking about ODIs here.

Ofcourse there is are you saying his WC 100 away from home doesnt count? or are you saying his 100 in all corners of earth doesnt count? compare to Dhoni who has got none? and just so you know none means zero outside Asia.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The best opening match of a World Cup I've seen was in 2003 between South Africa and West Indies.

WI were 67/2 after 25 overs but still made 279 ! And won by 3 runs.

Saffers had to get it in 49 overs. That match cost them a super six slot.

 

[Mean&Green]

The best thing about England is no matter how many wickets falls they don’t let their run rate go much below 6 which means no matter what if not 350 or more they will always score 300

 

[Mueez]

But eng will still make good score

Anything less than 330 and SA will chase it down.

 

[Pakhs]

Your words were marked & Roy fell short by 46 runs.

Amla looks like a spent force they keep hiding him in the field comes across as a selfish guy doesn’t knw when to retire.

Amla will shut you up today.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Plunket with his cross seam bowling will be very effective
Woakes is weaker than Plunket
Woakes mostly bowl well agaisnt Pakistan

 

[Hasan2K8]

Anything over 300. Scoreboard pressure will choke SA as usual.

To me this SA side just looks nothing like what we have known of SA. They look slow probably one of the worse fielding side in this wc. And the bowling without another good pacer in Steyn looks slow too, only Rabada bowls 140+

 

[Mean&Green]

I hate it when people say he’s a batting all rounder or he’s a bowling allrounder an allrounder is an allrounder he should be great at both things which stokes is

 

[Bilal7]

Sangakkara and his hybrid accent.

 

[Hasan123]

Tahir picking up Morgan was so vital.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I think South Africa have bowled well so far. Some England batsmen like Roy threw it away though. How good are these 2 new South African batsmen?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sangakkara and his hybrid accent.

It sounds classy

 

[Afhan Ali]

Du Plessis plays well under pressure

 

[Hasan123]

I think South Africa have bowled well so far. Some England batsmen like Roy threw it away though. How good are these 2 new South African batsmen?

Markham is a brilliant prospect. Van Der Dussen has had a very good start to his South Africa career. He has lots of guts and a very good temperament. Excellent additions.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Du Plessis well be very important for SA
I think he will win it for SA with his brilliant batting

 

[Bilal7]

It sounds classy

For the most part. But then he kind of yells some words like "NOINE".

 

[Imran Hasan]

And here I thought Bd has a chance against SA on 2nd june but now i think SA will not choke till they reach knockout satge game.

 

[Afhan Ali]

England need to replace Moeen with Dawson
Moeen is look very out of form

 

[Hasan123]

Moen trying a bit too hard. When he has a stable base and plays proper shots he can be unstoppable. Trying to force things too much.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Moeen wicket is blessing in disguise

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

SA have done well to keep England in check, taken wickets at just the right time to stop them going beserk.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great catch

 

[Hasan123]

SAF have a very good side but they seem a top pacer light going by today's performance. They'll be stronger in this tournament if they get Steyn fit and Ngidi back to 100% after his injury layoff.

Also another spinner who can partner Tahir and take wickets in the middle overs would help.

Steyn will play some part in the tournament and Shamsi will play a part in the tournament. I think they are being underestimated.

 

[Asif321]

Moeen Ali been failure with bat since long

 

[Mueez]

And that’s out.

Moeen Ali gone.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Catch of the world cup so far

 

[Hawkeye]

SAF have a very good side but they seem a top pacer light going by today's performance. They'll be stronger in this tournament if they get Steyn fit and Ngidi back to 100% after his injury layoff.

Also another spinner who can partner Tahir and take wickets in the middle overs would help.

Their bowling is much better than Eng's.

Eng has the weakest bowling among all the usual top sides.

 

[Asif321]

SA are winning this England bowling can’t defend below 330 on these tracks