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Bloody Finch and his reviews... just saw the replay of Handscombs wicket and he should have been able to review it. Finch is almost as bad as Watson with his ridiculous reviews. He was absolutely plumb
 

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I dont think 320 will even be enough on this pitch with who India has. We have to bowl really well. Get kohli early for any chance
 

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Tbh playing 2 games in the uae ain't gonna help much. Theyll get more purchase playing in the IPL
Playing in a hit and giggle tournament is not going to help for an ODI world cup.
 

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The last two steadied the ship but geez, at 1-197 after 31 overs that score could have been anything.
 

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Playing in a hit and giggle tournament is not going to help for an ODI world cup.
Smith plays the same way in odis and t20s. Getting 15 games in will iron out any cobwebs.

Warner doesn't change his style either being an opener tbh

Theyll take a lot out of it. If they were middle order batsmen maybe yeah cu theyll have to slog from ball 1. But being top order batsmen theyll able to bat properly.

You have to remember the pitches in the uae are sluggish. Completely different to what theyll get in the UK. Sure they might get a longer innings but it's only a couple games. They would have gone to the IPL after it anyways and there is still a couple months before the world cup. Probz wont get much from it at all.

The warm up games will be invaluable for them
 

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313 hmmm. It's a good score but I think its 15-20 runs short
 

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Smith plays the same way in odis and t20s. Getting 15 games in will iron out any cobwebs.

Warner doesn't change his style either being an opener tbh

Theyll take a lot out of it. If they were middle order batsmen maybe yeah cu theyll have to slog from ball 1. But being top order batsmen theyll able to bat properly.

You have to remember the pitches in the uae are sluggish. Completely different to what theyll get in the UK. Sure they might get a longer innings but it's only a couple games. They would have gone to the IPL after it anyways and there is still a couple months before the world cup. Probz wont get much from it at all.

The warm up games will be invaluable for them
And T20 pitches in india are going to be any more helpful? They need as many ODI games under their belt as possible, there are no games scheduled before the WC and after the paki tour, so they are going to go into the WC with exactly 0 ODI's in over a year with only some games in a completely irrelevant T20 tournament. The results of the paki ODI series doesn't matter, they don't need to go out there and score big and fast, get them back in the team and around the squad again.
 

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Good start, gotta get kohli out though, if he bats deep into this innings it will be game over.
 

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3 down and this is the partnership. Kohli and Dhoni. Need to break this partnership
 

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Dhoni bowled by zampa! That's big! Now just to get kholi
 

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Bloody stoinis getting hammered by kohli. Need a 6th bowler to help him out
 

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Tbh playing 2 games in the uae ain't gonna help much. Theyll get more purchase playing in the IPL
Agreed. I still don’t understand how Trevor horns is still a selector though
 

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Ok on top of it this time, there is a game on tonight.
 

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I really want Australia to chase. We havent been doing that great chasing. Really need some confidence there
 

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There hasn't been an international ODI at this ground since Dec 2017, on that day india (without kohli) scored 4/392 with sharma cracking a 208 N/O, it was against Sri Lanka.
 

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India batting first. Looks like a belter of a pitch. 300 at a minimum is par
 
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