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***Official*** Under-19 World Cup- South Africa 2024

Spark

Spark

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honestbharani said:
That is to be expected though.. They hardly ever play in such conditions against such pace. The big question is how many of these boys can learn and adapt and make it through the FC, IPL and senior teams. I hope a lot of them do. :)
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The 2010s U19 sides - the ones with Kohli, then Shaw/Gill, looked really comfortable against all comers, right?

Having said that this is an abnormally strong Australian attack for this level here, usually we rock up with one promising quick, one okay-ish spinner, and a bunch of trundlers. This time we have four genuinely promising looking fast bowlers, at least two of them look like they can already hit international speeds.
 
Spark

Spark

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Haha and just as I say that he tries to pan one over the bowler's head for four, goes about 25m
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Spark said:
The 2010s U19 sides - the ones with Kohli, then Shaw/Gill, looked really comfortable against all comers, right?

Having said that this is an abnormally strong Australian attack for this level here, usually we rock up with one promising quick, one okay-ish spinner, and a bunch of trundlers. This time we have four genuinely promising looking fast bowlers, at least two of them look like they can already hit international speeds.
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I mean the conditions as well. For some reason, we played almost all of our pre KO stage games in pitches with almost 90% less pace and bounce than the ones we have played the KOs at.
 
cnerd123

cnerd123

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honestbharani said:
Well played to our boys as well. They fell short at the final hurdle but this is just the beginning of their journeys and hopefully we see far more success and ICC trophies in their future. :)
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see it's this kind of loser mentality why we don't win finals anymore. stop celebrating failure and congratulating mediocrity.
 
Spark

Spark

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cnerd123 said:
it's cricket. if they can't cop some pressure and/or criticism at this age they'll never win a world cup when they're older too.
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I'd give them some slack tbh. A lot of them simply didn't look technically equipped to handle this standard of fast bowling, which will only change with exposure.
 
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