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Champions Trophy 2025
- Thread starter scotch
- Start date
Duckett is available after a groin scan
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
1st match in the morning. 9:00 start.
DieselBert
Winger
Working from home today 
This should be a good contest
This should be a good contest
Not much interest in this i see
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Old school ODI by the look of the 1st 10 overs.
250-275 might be a good score on this.
250-275 might be a good score on this.
Still infuriated by matches being shifted to UAE
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Aye mate, but what can you do? You've just got to make the best of it haven't you?
Paks doing alright. Shackled the Kiwis to around 5 and over and taking regular wickets.
Young batting well on 50*. New Zealand 86-3 19ovs
Oh I know.
just flicked this on now, will be interesting to see how big a score they need on these pitches
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
Yeah, it's not exactly a road. Definitely some pace and bounce if you can bend your back and their spinners have bowled nice and straight. 250 might be par.
- Listening to Southee there on Comms just goes to prove how thoroughly nice chaps they all are.
- Good partnership between Latham and Young. Platform is set for a score close to 300. 150-3 31ovs
-Paks desperate for a wicket. That Fahkar injury might be pivotal.
-291-4 2.5ovs left. Too much for Pakistan this me thinks. Especially with Fakhar's injury.
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PallionLad
Full Back
Hopefully the rest of cricketing world are now realising that bcci treatment of its neighbour is not well.....cricket. They are behaving inappropriately. I'm a big believer of Karma. What goes around....
Rufus T Firefly
Central Defender
It's the only time I can think when a tournament has started without knowing where the final will be held. When they host the 2029 Champions Trophy, I wonder how many barriers the BCCI will put in place for Pakistan?
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
I think the PCB has insisted on reciprocal arrangements so they don't have to travel to India.
No winners in this situation. Especially not cricket.
- Kiwis have got this in the bag haven't they? 1 boundary in the power play isn't going to win you many matches.
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Rufus T Firefly
Central Defender
Yeah. Pakistan batting going nowhere here.
Nasser Butt-Head
Midfield
That's the thing with these. If they're not scoring boundaries, they're not scoring runs. No urgency with rotating the strike.
What are they doing?
DieselBert
Winger
Some catch that. Amazing agility
Worra catch
FatDrummer
Winger
What a catch!!!
Rufus T Firefly
Central Defender
Cracking catch but a wicket was always likely after batting so long with the brakes on.
