T20 World Cup
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Bit of a shame we couldn't have waited until after the end of the Indian tour to make these calls, but I assume there are ICC deadlines for this stuff.
For some reason, Neesham is the guy I feel the worst for after the god awful super over nonsense. I'd love to see him find a streak of form and blast us to an improbable title.
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@LABCAT Yeah - I was a bit surprised to see Milne there, but seems he's still plying his trade around the T20 leagues with success.
An article I read about the team naming seemed to be suggesting Zac Foulkes as the next seam cab off the rank and, if that was the case, I can see why they'd go with Milne. A bit surprising he's there ahead of Jamieson - but, I guess both have IPL contracts, which is indicative they're rated to bowl in Indian conditions.
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@Chris-B said in T20 World Cup:
@LABCAT Yeah - I was a bit surprised to see Milne there, but seems he's still plying his trade around the T20 leagues with success.
An article I read about the team naming seemed to be suggesting Zac Foulkes as the next seam cab off the rank and, if that was the case, I can see why they'd go with Milne. A bit surprising he's there ahead of Jamieson - but, I guess both have IPL contracts, which is indicative they're rated to bowl in Indian conditions.
Jamieson has been named as the travelling reserve, so maybe it was meaning Foulkes as next up after that?
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Looks like Bangladesh are going to be withdrawing from the World Cup as their government doesn't think it is safe to travel to India and the ICC won't allow them to move their games to Sri Lanka:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/2026-t20-world-cup-bangladesh-refuse-to-travel-to-india-for-t20-world-cup-1518033Pretty poor from the ICC IMO.
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@LABCAT said in T20 World Cup:
Looks like Bangladesh are going to be withdrawing from the World Cup as their government doesn't think it is safe to travel to India and the ICC won't allow them to move their games to Sri Lanka:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/2026-t20-world-cup-bangladesh-refuse-to-travel-to-india-for-t20-world-cup-1518033Pretty poor from the ICC IMO.
Especially poor when India was allowed to play their games at home when Pakistan hosted....
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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakistan-to-boycott-t20-world-cup-match-against-india-1521915
Now Pakistan is boycotting a single game, I wonder what will happen if they are meant to face each other in knockout?
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USA get close to beating NZ in a warm up, sure Siefert retired out but jeez our bowling must need some work
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@Bovidae said in T20 World Cup:
Sodhi had a better game than previous.
It shows that the margins will be fine, even against the so-called minnows.
The way T20 has expanded into smaller nations the past couple of years means you def can’t take them for granted
As you say very fine margins in T20, so easy for just 1 or 2 players to have a blinder and the other team the opposite and anyone can win
Can see there being the odd upset at this WC -
Cricket (T20) being an Olympic sport again means a lot of interest and funding in countries that otherwise wouldn't be involved professionally, so it's not especially surprising that this WC is getting some additional focus as the last T20 WC before the 2028 Olympics.
