The England team realising they aren’t even the biggest upset this week
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[Cricket] ICC Cricket World Cup 2023- Final- India v Australia
- Thread starter Eeyore
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Ali_rrr
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For those who thought associate nations were pointless, I hope this has changed your mind.
No complaints from me, although I think it's a pity it'll get next to no coverage in the Netherlands. And I said earlier in the thread, I'm still a bit sad the Windies aren't here.
The Maharajah Of Hockley
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- Apr 9, 2020
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Still struggling to figure out whether Van der Merwe comes across as passionate or a bit of a knobber.
Ali_rrr
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Front page of all the news sites. Was third on the equivalent of BBC news today after Israel and Brussels.
Trufflehound
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Not a peep on the front pages of any of the actual physical papers today though - just checked in my local supermarket.
The only people round here who even realise there's a tournament going on are the Indian expats. My neighbour Rahul is pretty happy at the moment.
Ali_rrr
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In fairness you're more in the South are you not? Cricket is definitely bigger in the Randstad and in the posh areas. (think Bloemendaal, Hilversum, Wassenaar especially). I did see it in de Telegraaf though!
But yeah as you can see from the clubzoeker, it's very much concentrated there...
Trufflehound
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Yeah, I'm in Eindhoven. There may be one club here, but out of interest I just looked on their website (www.eindhovencc.com) - as I suspected there isn't a single "Dutch" (or any non-South-Asian-origin) name in any of their three senior squads.
Ali_rrr
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No surprise. Eindhoven is known for having players that study at TU Eindhoven or work at Phillips.
Trufflehound
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Philips doesn't employ that many people round here any more - when I first moved here they had 40,000 employees in the city (40% of the entire working population), but now there's only really Philips Health Tech in Best left. Most of the South Asian expats work at the High Tech Campus or ASML
Ali_rrr
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Fair enough. An outdated but still fairly applicable reputation then.
Pevenseagull
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Bangladesh get a bit wicket in Rohan .... But the over goes for 23 runs.
Machiavelli
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Here's a question for those that follow cricket in all its forms more than me -- is there a better current bowler than Bumrah?
Certainly one of worlds best in all conditions.
Dearie me what a drop 
jakarta
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Bad Pakistan have turned up today, 265-2 with 15 overs left. 360 - 370?
367-9 innings closed. After the start they had should have made 500...
367-9 innings closed. After the start they had should have made 500...
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Lol at Glenn Maxwell, watching a 259 run opening stand, then getting a golden duck.
jakarta
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Pakistan started strongly but it has fallen away, getting Babar cheaply was key, RRR over 8 and a half.
jakarta
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Now 4 down, RRR above nine per over. 232-4
Scappa
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The wonderfully named Jake Fraser-McGurk has hit the world's fastest List-A hundred for South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide. It took 29 deliveries to reach the landmark, beating AB de Villiers' previous record of 31 deliveries, scored for South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015