The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup (30th May-14th July)

[Kaleb]

Teams

Afghanistan

Gulbadin Naib (captain), Mohammad Shahzad, Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Australia

Aaron Finch (captain), Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa

Bangladesh

Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed

England

Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

India

Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami

New Zealand

Kane Williamson (captain), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

Pakistan

Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi

South Africa

Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir

Sri Lanka

Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Isuru Udana, Milinda Siriwardana, Avishka Fernando, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal

West Indies

Jason Holder (captain), Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Gayle, Darren Bravo, Evin Lewis, Fabian Allen, Kemar Roach, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer

 

[Iceman]

Thanks for creating this and for the details above. I’m looking forward to it.

 

[Kaleb]

NP, I'm hoping to find a way to watch the games, it's been a very long time before I actually watched a cricket tournament, however I still suspect the usual teams are still the favorites ( Aus,India,Eng and Pakistan)

 

[Iceman]

England vs South Africa started. England are 72-1 from 12 overs.

 

[Iceman]

England's final score is 311 (for 8). Could still go either way. It's not enough to scare SA off but still a challenge.

 

[Kaleb]

I just saw Amla retired (hurt)? SA already down 2 wickets

 

[Kaleb]

SA 173/6 (need another 139 runs with 4 wickets left)

 

[Iceman]

Now 193 for 8. Going to be very hard for SA from this point.

 

[Iceman]

And all over. SA finish with 207. England win by 104 runs.

 

[Kaleb]

Congrats to England for winning the opening game of the tournament.

 

[Iceman]

Have England ever started a tournament as favourites? It’s quite fun to see.

 

[Kaleb]

Have England ever started a tournament as favourites? It’s quite fun to see.

I guess they did back in 1999 ?(the last time they hosted the WC)

 

[Iceman]

West Indies absolutely murdered Pakistan today.

 

[Iceman]

And today looks like another collapse. Sri Lanka 80-6!

 

[Iceman]

New Zealand absolutely dominated and in the end won by 10 wickets! Very disappointing from Sri Lanka.

 

[Iceman]

Australia also beat Afghanistan by 7 wickets in the second fixture of the day.

 

[Iceman]

Bangladesh doing really well against South Africa! 240-3 after 39 overs.

 

[Iceman]

Bangladesh finish on 330! Wow, way above expectations. South Africa could lose their second game in a row unless their batsmen can rescue them.

 

[Kaleb]

Bangladesh finish on 330! Wow, way above expectations. South Africa could lose their second game in a row unless their batsmen can rescue them.

Nothing would surprise me.

 

[Iceman]

Nothing would surprise me.

SA are 125-2 from 24 overs. Still plenty to do but wickets in hand. Should be an exciting end to the match.

 

[Kaleb]

222/4 now, SA need another 109 runs with to win.

 

[Iceman]

And a wicket maiden to follow giving the balance of power back to Bangladesh. 228-5! Need 103 runs to win off 10 overs, over 10 an over.

 

[Iceman]

6 overs left and 259-6. 72 runs needed. Starting to get away from SA.

 

[Kaleb]

Yeah, I have no faith in SA's lower order batting to get them out of this mess.

 

[Iceman]

SA need more than 2 runs a ball with 4 wickets left.