There's a WC warm-up match, India v England, today which has rather
slipped under the radar. It's being shown omn Sky. It was due to start
at 9:30 our time, but has been delayed, presumably by rain. India have
won the toss and will bet. The BBC website shows India as having 15
players and England 13 so - though I imagine only 11 will bat - it looks
like it may be no more than glorified practice.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 9:50:27 AM UTC+1, John Hall wrote:
> There's a WC warm-up match, India v England, today which has rather
> slipped under the radar. It's being shown omn Sky. It was due to start
> at 9:30 our time, but has been delayed, presumably by rain. India have
> won the toss and will bet. The BBC website shows India as having 15
> players and England 13 so - though I imagine only 11 will bat - it looks
> like it may be no more than glorified practice.

I bet the indians are saying 'brought yor weather with you' but
as theyve lost 2.5 hours already, probably end up more like a t20
if they ever get going. I didnt realise they were starting off in assam.
it does rain a lot there, which makes me worried about the WC match
on monday vs the bangles.

mike

On 30/09/2023 09:50, John Hall wrote:
> There's a WC warm-up match, India v England, today which has rather
> slipped under the radar. It's being shown omn Sky. It was due to start
> at 9:30 our time, but has been delayed, presumably by rain. India have
> won the toss and will bet. The BBC website shows India as having 15
> players and England 13 so - though I imagine only 11 will bat - it looks
> like it may be no more than glorified practice.
Is it a Freudian slip to say the Indians will bet?

On 30/09/2023 11:13, mike wrote:
> On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 9:50:27 AM UTC+1, John Hall wrote:
>> There's a WC warm-up match, India v England, today which has rather
>> slipped under the radar. It's being shown omn Sky. It was due to start
>> at 9:30 our time, but has been delayed, presumably by rain. India have
>> won the toss and will bet. The BBC website shows India as having 15
>> players and England 13 so - though I imagine only 11 will bat - it looks
>> like it may be no more than glorified practice.
>
> I bet the indians are saying 'brought yor weather with you' but
> as theyve lost 2.5 hours already, probably end up more like a t20
> if they ever get going. I didnt realise they were starting off in assam.
> it does rain a lot there, which makes me worried about the WC match
> on monday vs the bangles.

That match is another "warm-up". The first WC match is Eng v NZ at
Ahmedabad on Thursday.

--
David North

In message <a46546e3-15af-432f-82f5-5c9273fbf86an@googlegroups.com>,
mike <dmike204@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 9:50:270 >> There's a WC warm-up match, India v England, today which has rather
>> slipped under the radar. It's being shown omn Sky. It was due to start
>> at 9:30 our time, but has been delayed, presumably by rain. India have
>> won the toss and will bet. The BBC website shows India as having 15
>> players and England 13 so - though I imagine only 11 will bat - it looks
>> like it may be no more than glorified practice.

I needn'tr have bothered posting!
>
>I bet the indians are saying 'brought yor weather with you' but
>as theyve lost 2.5 hours already, probably end up more like a t20
>if they ever get going. I didnt realise they were starting off in assam.
>it does rain a lot there, which makes me worried about the WC match
>on monday vs the bangles.
>
>mike
>

I wonder whether this isn't a bit soon after the supposed end of the
monsoon to be playing, and if it would have been better to schedule the
tournament to start and finish a couple of weeks later.

England are scheduled to have another warm-up, which I thought was
against Pakistan, on Monday. Hopefully it will have better luck with the
weather.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"