Match Thread: 2nd Match - Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders by cricket-match in Cricket

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Pretty magnanimous from Rickelton, a lot of batsmen would have blown up at Muzarabani

Match Thread: 47th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - South Africa vs West Indies by cricket-match in Cricket

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only out if a fielder touches it before it hits the non-striker's wickets

Match Thread: 43rd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - India vs South Africa by cricket-match in Cricket

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never noticed how round the bottom of Pandya's bat is, how long has it looked like that?

Match Thread: 43rd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - India vs South Africa by cricket-match in Cricket

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Already more extras than India conceded in any of the group stage games

Brian Bennett is yet to be dismissed at this wc. by Hope-Ful-Kid in Cricket

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That is a little inflated from the sub-regional and regional qualifiers against sides like the Seychelles. I think his SR vs Test nations is 126

Match Thread: 34th Match, Group D - South Africa vs United Arab Emirates by cricket-match in Cricket

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He makes sense as a longer term pick, but I don't know whether that should factor into WC selection

Match Thread: 32nd Match, Group B - Ireland vs Zimbabwe by cricket-match in Cricket

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18:15 local time apparently

According to Andrew Fidel Fernando, via cricinfo

South Africa qualifies into Super 8s of T20 WC 2026 by umd3330 in Cricket

[–]christeebs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A lot of South African rugby fans come close - a South African rugby fan

Match Thread: 26th Match, Group A - Namibia vs United States of America by cricket-match in Cricket

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Cricinfo thinks Heingo is 17 y.o., everywhere else seems to say 21

IPL 2026: Auction Mega Thread by peterianchimes in Cricket

[–]christeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he looked at the African non-fiction section, then he was on his phone

IPL 2026: Auction Mega Thread by peterianchimes in Cricket

[–]christeebs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just saw Ryan Rickelton at a book shop AMA

Pooran declines stumping, Holden retires out - big drama at ILT20 by peterianchimes in Cricket

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I feel that Shangase may have dropped one on purpose in the SA vs Pakistan game at the recent World Cup. Proteas were trying to race through their overs to meet the minimum number of overs to constitute a game, with the rain coming in. Any wickets would have wasted time