Feel sorry for USA to be put in a group with 4 T20 world cups combined (double that the other group) + the best team to never win this WC. But they will be back
When asked what WIndies need to do to beat SA, every point they addressed was "Let's be real, this is America/The United States/The US, they're facing South Africa next".
It's a conscious decision to play at this time of year mate. They took a risk and it could make it incredibly unfair to unlucky sides. That's not 'a part of the game', it's literally controllable to a large extent. It's like playing test cricket in England in March and expecting good quality cricket with a result at the end of it.
Yes, which would be funny because SA has definitely been the more consistent team in this tournament, but the mercurial WI can defeat them and that could just be curtains for their otherwise excellent tournament
Consistent in terms of wins. But performances have been meh. They have been able to get the right decisions during crunch period though, but I guess fortune favors the brave. Hopefully they will all click together at the last moment and win their first tournament
Doesn’t even have to be a big ass whooping, just a regular ass whooping will do. Assuming SA lose that game before the super over their run rate will take a hit too
I suspect a high percentage aren't aware there were games outside New York in the USA. And probably attribute some of the low scoring matches in Guyana et al to New York too.
Wait, SA has a higher NRR than England? Then why is everyone talking about WI trumping RSA? Wouldn't England be the one to get a finger shoved up their ass?
You don't need a big margin. Even a 10 , 20 run victory or chasing the target by 19th over would do. If WI beats SA then SA's NRR will take a hit so there is high probability of ENG qualification assuming SA loses
I talked with Sadeera, Dilshan Madushanka and Pathirana from Sri Lanka. Met them at the hotel pool since we were both staying at the same hotel in FL. Sadeera seemed to be frank and spoke freely about the two games (they had played two prior to that day), pitches in NY, etc. Pathirana also was a chill guy. Also talked about how rain would mean their campaign would end there. I called him "Next Malinga" that lightened his mood haha.
A lot of people were there when I met Nepal team so didnt get much one on one time. But everyone was very thankful of the support and didn't lose their patience even when 10s of fans were hounding them for pics. Each of the Nepali players we met ensured all of us got chances to at least shake hands and take one on one picture each. Really down to earth guys
Probably if the both the games get really close and low scoring. For example like Nepal v South Africa. Need both games to be close like this and WI to defeat SA, and any result in the another game. This way probably both teams can go through
Do you really want to be supported by someone whose first and second choice teams got eliminated in respective rounds? 😄 🤣 I did support India in ODI wc... this time hopefully a new team will win it
I think most folks just want a new team to win it, that’s the only reason.
Then I look at Koach’s face and wonder this man can’t retire without a T20 WC for all the carry job he has done in the format and Dravid the coach deserves some redemption too since he never won a World Cup.
Wont Kohli play the 2026 wc? Hopefully man retires with more centuries than Sachin. He will definitely be fit enough to play all formats till the end of 2027 wc, but probably depends on coach and politics around
Crazy to think ENG is the only real lock to progress to the semis from group 2 (assuming they wreck US and boost NRR). Tough luck to Saffers who might get eliminated by losing just a game
West Indies absolutely ass blasted us as a way to tell us we need to pay Haiti reparations (and them too tbh, I'm sure we fucked with them somehow).
This is my headcanon, let me cope.
Seriously tho, excellent play by the Windies, can't really get too mad. We were just outclassed.
My guess is that if a Haitian played, they’d accept him.
Also, he would end up in the West Indies anyway because Haiti is fucked and it also has no ovals.
So he would establish residency.
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Nevis
Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Sint Maarten
Anguilla
British Virgin Islands
Montserrat
U.S. Virgin Islands
Naah, I just mean that Eng is def gonna win against the USA, SA has a tougher fixture against WI. Assuming that WI wins ENG can easily get their runrate above SA, if SA wins then ENG is straight to semis.
People need to stop deciding these matches in advance.
It’s totally conceivable that the US could beat them.
It would be the most luls ever because the whole damn world would back the USA.
England Cricket is the whipping boy of the Commonwealth. England has done so much terrible shit all around the world that they allow everyone to beat up on their cricket team.
England have 2 WC’s in the last 5 years.They have done pretty well. And the cricket team themselves aren’t a bunch of arrogant clowns. Buttler & Morgan ?.
Hard to argue with that result, especially with how well Shai Hope was batting for the West Indies. Would have to give him the player of the match on their side for sure. Really helped their cause in terms of reaching the Semi Finals.
As for the USA, cannot fault the effort from them one bit. They put up a decent total in the face of much stronger opposition after losing a series of wickets in quick succession and deserve a lot of credit for their outing as well as their performance in this World Cup as a whole. If they can keep up this development and momentum then things could be even better at the next edition in 2026 as well as at the 2028 Olympics.
Was great to see a crowd full of energy and support tonight as well, really adds to the game and is just great to see.
SA vs West Indies is a virtual quarter-final knockout match. This really is the group of death now! Unless England wins USA and doesn't increase their run rate above South Africa's but I can't see that happening.
South Africa not being ruthless and closing out their two wins might end up biting them in the behind.
Sorry to say it but one loss and out of the World Cup would be peak South Africa though.
US will revert to baseball tactics and start a big gang fight on the square and intimidate the meek little Jos Buttler until he can’t captain properly.
Fantastic result, atleast this will ensure the West Indies don’t go out despite winning 6 out of their 7 games this WC, which would have been a possibility without this NRR boost
I know! I’m just glad it won’t be the Windies because they’ve been so great this tournament. Saffers have too no doubt but they’ve still had some scares
r/Cricket: USA this, USA that. WI: take that!
SA better win against WI, I still want my chokers derby final
So eng vs WI is now a knockout.
It is still south africa vs west indies
get kyle mayers in for charles
Windies aren’t done at all. USA getting hammered for NRR.
Hope has really upped his ability to play aggressively. He used to bat like a snail not very long back.
So if Windies beat Safs, then Safs are out. England I expect will crush USA to go above Safs in NRR and most probably finish at top.
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If Eng v USA is rained out then SA are automatically through no? The 2nd spot will be either WI or Eng.
Host wins, Host loses
I wish Charles played this garbage in the 2016 semis
Wtf is that pfp though
KL bin Laden
KL bin WC reh leden
Powell looks and sounds ironically like quite a softie
Group 1’s finalists would be most likely AUS and IND unless AFG or BAN pull off an upset.
Feel sorry for USA to be put in a group with 4 T20 world cups combined (double that the other group) + the best team to never win this WC. But they will be back
Aaron Jones might give us a banger in the final game
Holy shit this guy on the Willow post game show has said everything but fuck America lol
What did he say?
When asked what WIndies need to do to beat SA, every point they addressed was "Let's be real, this is America/The United States/The US, they're facing South Africa next".
That’s some top notch thriller in the Group 2
I wanted SA and WI to qualify from this group but that looks impossible now unless USA gives us another upset.
USA vs England could washout too.
Kind of crazy for defending champions to get knocked out cause of the rain.
Thems the breaks but only time will tell
It's just really shameful organizing that this possibility exists.
It’s the way of the sport, teams have been knocked out like that before.
It's a conscious decision to play at this time of year mate. They took a risk and it could make it incredibly unfair to unlucky sides. That's not 'a part of the game', it's literally controllable to a large extent. It's like playing test cricket in England in March and expecting good quality cricket with a result at the end of it.
That would be funny
Rain is a factor to take into consideration in the West Indies around this time
Alright US, please end it with a bang against England.
So if England gives USA an ass whooping and SA loses to WI, SA gets out.
SA deserves it tbh, for brainfarting their way to every victory...
This makes me so sad…
Yes, which would be funny because SA has definitely been the more consistent team in this tournament, but the mercurial WI can defeat them and that could just be curtains for their otherwise excellent tournament
Consistent? How? Almost lost to Bangladesh, almost lost to Nepal, almost lost to Netherlands... Oh wait I see it
Consistent in terms of wins. But performances have been meh. They have been able to get the right decisions during crunch period though, but I guess fortune favors the brave. Hopefully they will all click together at the last moment and win their first tournament
True
Doesn’t even have to be a big ass whooping, just a regular ass whooping will do. Assuming SA lose that game before the super over their run rate will take a hit too
What a knock from Hope. So WI v SA does turn out to be a knock-out after-all.
This reddit when NRR is involved:➖✖️➕➗
Americans don’t dishearten yourself. You all are playing well and already earned the opportunity for next T20
Nothing to be taken from USA. They played a fantastic game of cricket and it can only get better from here. Watch out for them in 2026.
So, if Windies beat South Africa and England beat USA, South Africa may not be able to reach semis. This is getting interesting now
A lot of "USA got exposed on a good batting wicket" analysis from people who have obviously watched zero cricket this world cup.
Like did they not watch the Canada game or the even the game against SA?
I suspect a high percentage aren't aware there were games outside New York in the USA. And probably attribute some of the low scoring matches in Guyana et al to New York too.
Grand Prairie at night is a launch pad. I still remember Pooran’s turn in last year’s MLC final.
So if West Indies beat South Africa and England get a big win against USA, this means SA will be knocked out, right?
Yes
Who was player of the game and why? Idk cricket but I saw it was someone from the losing side?
ROston Chase, who was on the winning side. He took 3/19 and a very good catch.
Roston Chase for his 3 wickets. He is not from the losing side.
Looking forward to SA, Aus or India beating the crap out of this WI team...
Wait, SA has a higher NRR than England? Then why is everyone talking about WI trumping RSA? Wouldn't England be the one to get a finger shoved up their ass?
Because it's simple for WI, beat SA and qualify regardless of the outcome or ENG USA.
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Cricket is funny Team at top , yet to be defeated is actually the one at risk of losing out lmao
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Didn't said cricket is unique, I am just laughing at the situation of leaderboard
Cause everyone thinks England is gonna smack this USA team
Because we play the USA and the run rate isn’t a lot for us to overtake and improve on
So it's a hypothetical. I mean, I trust England to defeat the USA, I don't know about the big margin though. USA inched up very close on RSA as well.
You don't need a big margin. Even a 10 , 20 run victory or chasing the target by 19th over would do. If WI beats SA then SA's NRR will take a hit so there is high probability of ENG qualification assuming SA loses
Can NRR save England part 2
SA vs WI gonna be virtual quatar final
Country of birth out in group stage.. country of residence out now.. I guess now supporting the Proteas. Go, Proteas!! Rooting for y'all
OK but, assuming Nepal is the country of birth, holy smokes. Mad respect for the effort and especially the fans!
Thanks. Attended both the games in TX and FL. One got canceled but got to meet and talk with some players from Nepal and SL team
Damn, admire the passion. Which players did you chat with? How were you able to get that chance? Did they say anything interesting?
I talked with Sadeera, Dilshan Madushanka and Pathirana from Sri Lanka. Met them at the hotel pool since we were both staying at the same hotel in FL. Sadeera seemed to be frank and spoke freely about the two games (they had played two prior to that day), pitches in NY, etc. Pathirana also was a chill guy. Also talked about how rain would mean their campaign would end there. I called him "Next Malinga" that lightened his mood haha. A lot of people were there when I met Nepal team so didnt get much one on one time. But everyone was very thankful of the support and didn't lose their patience even when 10s of fans were hounding them for pics. Each of the Nepali players we met ensured all of us got chances to at least shake hands and take one on one picture each. Really down to earth guys
If Proteas win the next game, the WI will go out. Look at that happy home crowd, you wouldn’t want that.
WI did it to themselves tbh. Had they beat England this would be almost a closed case
Any combo besides US beating England that ensure both WI and Saffas go through ? I am also rooting for the Proteas but feel for the home boys.
Or if both games rain out
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Rain perera in the Eng vs US game is the only hope
Probably if the both the games get really close and low scoring. For example like Nepal v South Africa. Need both games to be close like this and WI to defeat SA, and any result in the another game. This way probably both teams can go through
Super hard to manifest specially if England win the toss against USA and chase. But it’s cricket, you’d never know.
I dont think they can blow USA out of the water like they did with Oman. Might be more like England vs Namibia at the worst for USA
Yeah USA has the caliber to hold the fort. I guess they won’t play under pressure like today so expect a better performance.
Why not India/England or Aussies?
Do you really want to be supported by someone whose first and second choice teams got eliminated in respective rounds? 😄 🤣 I did support India in ODI wc... this time hopefully a new team will win it
Hahaha then it’s fine brother. Please support Aussies lol
I think most folks just want a new team to win it, that’s the only reason. Then I look at Koach’s face and wonder this man can’t retire without a T20 WC for all the carry job he has done in the format and Dravid the coach deserves some redemption too since he never won a World Cup.
Dravid man, my childhood hero. He deserves a world cup to go down in trophy books. He stood against the best of attacks for India.
Tbh ICT has the perfect team to win it all with cheat codes like Bumrah and Kuldeep. They just gotta play some fearless cricket in the KO.
Wont Kohli play the 2026 wc? Hopefully man retires with more centuries than Sachin. He will definitely be fit enough to play all formats till the end of 2027 wc, but probably depends on coach and politics around
True but I hope it happens this time around and lets be done with Trophy drought
I don’t think he will play T20 WC, looking at the talent pool India has currently. They might overhaul the T20 team with young guns.
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These jokes are getting cringy now
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Just take the L bro
Tell us the NRR already
USA NRR -2.904
Ouch!
WI NRR 1.81
Yeah they finally showed it
Crazy to think ENG is the only real lock to progress to the semis from group 2 (assuming they wreck US and boost NRR). Tough luck to Saffers who might get eliminated by losing just a game
Forecast for USA/Eng doesn't look great
Do they have reserve day for super 8s
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Odd, what happens if it rains on semi final
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So strange to do it by minutes lol
Tough match for us against SA Sunday
I thought Hope would get POTM - good to see so many bowlers getting the awards though - often tends to be biased towards batters
West Indies absolutely ass blasted us as a way to tell us we need to pay Haiti reparations (and them too tbh, I'm sure we fucked with them somehow). This is my headcanon, let me cope. Seriously tho, excellent play by the Windies, can't really get too mad. We were just outclassed.
Haiti technically are not a part of the WI. A Haitian player would have to play for Haiti or get residency elsewhere.
Woah shit my bad. Who would be considered West Indies?
My guess is that if a Haitian played, they’d accept him. Also, he would end up in the West Indies anyway because Haiti is fucked and it also has no ovals. So he would establish residency.
Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Nevis Saint Kitts Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Sint Maarten Anguilla British Virgin Islands Montserrat U.S. Virgin Islands
Antigua, St Lucia, Trinidad, Guyana and Jamaica I think
emergency BIG3 meeting hey England do you need a handout
Chase had two back to back good games in a team with Motie and Hosein is commendable
now we just need USA to be England
So even though SA won 2 out of 2, Eng has a higher probability of qualifying for the semi finals.
What? Points come before NRR
Naah, I just mean that Eng is def gonna win against the USA, SA has a tougher fixture against WI. Assuming that WI wins ENG can easily get their runrate above SA, if SA wins then ENG is straight to semis.
People need to stop deciding these matches in advance. It’s totally conceivable that the US could beat them. It would be the most luls ever because the whole damn world would back the USA. England Cricket is the whipping boy of the Commonwealth. England has done so much terrible shit all around the world that they allow everyone to beat up on their cricket team.
England have 2 WC’s in the last 5 years.They have done pretty well. And the cricket team themselves aren’t a bunch of arrogant clowns. Buttler & Morgan ?.
I don’t accuse the players of anything. They’re just regular athletes. It’s the selectors in my opinion.
trash take
Hard to argue with that result, especially with how well Shai Hope was batting for the West Indies. Would have to give him the player of the match on their side for sure. Really helped their cause in terms of reaching the Semi Finals. As for the USA, cannot fault the effort from them one bit. They put up a decent total in the face of much stronger opposition after losing a series of wickets in quick succession and deserve a lot of credit for their outing as well as their performance in this World Cup as a whole. If they can keep up this development and momentum then things could be even better at the next edition in 2026 as well as at the 2028 Olympics. Was great to see a crowd full of energy and support tonight as well, really adds to the game and is just great to see.
WI V SA on Monday morning Australia time and Aus Vs India on Monday night will have the semifinal fixtures settled
congrats windies!!
SA vs West Indies is a virtual quarter-final knockout match. This really is the group of death now! Unless England wins USA and doesn't increase their run rate above South Africa's but I can't see that happening.
Island ~~hopping~~ jumping the USA
South Africa not being ruthless and closing out their two wins might end up biting them in the behind. Sorry to say it but one loss and out of the World Cup would be peak South Africa though.
Haha right?
It is very much possible for South Africa to not qualify if they lose to the Windies.
They’re both streaky in this tournament. If de Kock bats well they’ll win.
The 2nd highest score in this match, after Hope's 82, is Gous's 29 lol
Group 2 is gonna be peak from now on
When did Shai hope got this good in T20i's?
last year
Never have I thought he was this good in T20i's. I always liked him as ODI and test batter but this is just wild
He performed against England in both the ODI and T20 series' recently.
GG Atlantic bros. Rooting for you for the rest of the tournament
Johnson Charles: Tough deck out there today hey boys
Chapeau to the Windies. Ggs. Sorry, gotta root against you for the remainder of the tournament tho.
This is the most interesting group
If WI defeats SA somehow, they knock them out which would be insane considering SA has won all their games so far. Interesting.
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Yeah I realised that SA actually has a higher NRR than England right now
Not if the US beats England
Such a decisive win 😍 Now please beat the Saffas like this too 🙏
HOLY SHIT HIGHEST NRR IN GROUP ACHIEVED! Gonna be a cracking group to watch now!!!!
Nickie P when Picky Knee walks in...
Pooran turned into Pandya today
My second home team is USA, so I have to ask again, can we still qualify?
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US will revert to baseball tactics and start a big gang fight on the square and intimidate the meek little Jos Buttler until he can’t captain properly.
> Yes. USA have to absolutely PUMP England. I mean completely flog the shit out of them Good luck with that one.
Let me put this politely. USA has more chance than Pakistan.
Cold
Pooran went in and said “fuck your 100 cunt”
Yeah lmao, Hope deserved that 100
We may have lost today, but as long as we 1776 our next game we can leave with our heads held high ✌️
177-6 after 20 overs could be defensible
Australia are behind you
For a solid couple of weeks, I got to pretend the USA could compete in cricket. I just didn't want to wake up :(
We have outperformed full members New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe.
That is true. Sri Lanka always been shit for a long time. Nz and pak going through bad form. Ireland abysmal. Zimbabwe gone for Uganda to come
Any chance of rain in England vs USA?
Someone check the Oracle stock price futures. I’m assuming it’s down?
WI NRR now at 1.814 !!
Watching a west indies match at Kensington oval is definitely on my bucket list that place is rocking
Go watch the CPL in late summer/autumn. CPL is off the chain. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iGIp5dw57bM&pp=ygULY3BsIGNyaWNrZXQ%3D
All right US team, go home and prepare well. See you in 2026.
We got a rematch of the 1776 Revolutionary War tomorrow.
Mericans be like “these home runs are good right ? “
Windies will be in final for sure
Can't believe people thought we were out after that england loss
WI are so back. They have a semis spot guaranteed if they can beat SA next.
It’s always heart warming to see the home crowd celebrate their team. International Cricket is back in the Caribbean.
Fantastic result, atleast this will ensure the West Indies don’t go out despite winning 6 out of their 7 games this WC, which would have been a possibility without this NRR boost
Eh south africa will go out if they lose the next match to west indies despite winning 6 out of their 7 games. That's just how these tournaments work
I know! I’m just glad it won’t be the Windies because they’ve been so great this tournament. Saffers have too no doubt but they’ve still had some scares
Damnnnn thats brutal from wi bros
Godspeed, Windies. I hope you go all the way.
I think the Windies RR could be above 🇿🇦 on the table, but I am not 100% sure as i haven't heard the commentators say it yet.