Cricket World Cup 2019

[Ray de Galles]

There has been the suggestion to do away with the coin toss and let the away team choose batting/bowling order, to offset the home advantage. That doesn't help in tournaments such as this one, of course.

[Duncan Gardner]

You could give the choice to the lower ranked team.

Or how about using the toss to determine who bats first, but only for a 5 or 10 over cameo? Then, whoever leads gets to choose for the remaining overs

ps to Mon General- how many games did you get to in the end?

[George C.]

Or just don't doctor the pitches...

[Ray de Galles]

You could give the choice to the lower ranked team.

Or how about using the toss to determine who bats first, but only for a 5 or 10 over cameo? Then, whoever leads gets to choose for the remaining overs

ps to Mon General- how many games did you get to in the end?

Seven so far, with the final still to come (if India get there I'll have seen all ten teams in the tournament) ;

England v South Africa - The Oval

Bangladesh v New Zealand - The Oval

England v West Indies - The Rose Bowl

Sri Lanka v Australia - The Oval

Pakistan v South Africa - Lord's

Bangladesh v Afghanistan - The Rose Bowl

England v Australia - Lord's

[Duncan Gardner]

Impressive

I'll admit to enjoying it despite initial claims otherwise. TMS on BBC Sports Extra plus 5 minute daily clips from Sky

[Greenlander]

To take DGs idea, split the innings alternately 30-30-20-20 or maybe 30-50-20 so the team that chooses to bat first also has to bat last.

Or take the old tiebreak method from the NatWest/ B&H cups and have a bowl (or throw) to hit the stumps.

Maybe the toss should not be called but say head=bat, tails=bowl and one captain flips while the other has to do what the coin says.

[Levin]

The county championship offers the away side the option to bowl first. If that's declined then you have a toss. The aim was to increase the amount of spin bowled although I can't quite see how.

I'd be dead set against splitting up innings. It's part of cricket that you have a narrative of one side going through the order.

[Ray de Galles]

Yeah, that would be Hundredesque.

[Duncan Gardner]

To explain: notional winning margin for winners batting second is what they would have got scoring at the same rate if going first. The net run rate x 50 if you like

[Satchmo Distel]

NZL lost to PAK

[Duncan Gardner]

Yes, so the entry in that cell is Green not Black

[Satchmo Distel]

Thanks, it's a neat diagram. You don't often see that much success for the Greens.

[Hot Pepsi]

To explain: notional winning margin for winners batting second is what they would have got scoring at the same rate if going first. The net run rate x 50 if you like

I don't understand what that shows.

[ursus arctos]

It is a DG graphic

That's what they do

[diggedy derek]

To go back to the Williamson runout, I concur that it is too often presented as unlucky, yet if you hit 10 straight drives, one will probably brush the bowlers hand in some way (including dropped catches). So while it's fortuitous for the fielding side, it is not a freak occurrence that couldn't possibly have be foreseen by the batting team.

[Hot Pepsi]

In case this hasn’t been shared yet.

[tee rex]

"Win when it's raining, we only win when it's raining ..."

Come on Manchester/Duckworth/Lewis, do your thing. The worst semi-finalists since Kenya (Kenya?) are counting on you. Not the whole washout though, that means India qualify.

[tee rex]

Has there ever been a first ball review?

And it's ... wasted! NZ's day, it is written.

[Levin]

Is 1/0 from 3 overs bad or very bad?

Edit: 1/1 isn't better is it?

[tee rex]

Bad now. But I don't think anyone was expecting the openers to last more than 5 minutes.

[Etienne]

I know this is a bat first world cup, but this really wasn't bad first conditions. I bet Williamson wishes he'd lost the toss.

[Duncan Gardner]

Thanks, it's a neat diagram. You don't often see that much success for the Greens.

You should be more worried about matching success for the Turquoises. Their star batter Widdy Widdecombe has something of the day-night about her

I don't understand what that shows

Winning team in each game (drawn/abandoned games are blank), plus the margin. Distinguishing between winners batting first and second.

I did roadtest the chart with some grade schoolers, probably should have simplified it further for corporate lawyers

[Satchmo Distel]

NZ would be thrilled to get to 250 from here.

[Tony C]

Only able to keep track of the match via car radio but just heard that NZ didn't score from the first 17 balls of the innings which is an astounding stat.

[diggedy derek]

Well now, Pandya, one of India's five bowlers, has left the field. A chink for NZ, here, if India have to use part timers. Maybe Kohli and Dhoni could send down some medium pace dob!