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Bertus de Jong
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Bertus de Jong
@BdJcricket
Ed @TK_cricket.
ICC rankings-gaming consultant.
MS Paint power user.
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Joined August 2013
- Just gonna point out the literally all of this tedious Umpire's Call discourse could have been avoided if they'd just done the graphics like this in the first place.
- Scotland beat three full members at this tournament and won't make the World Cup. Those were the last ODIs against full members that they have on the calendar. Like what are we actually doing with International cricket? #CWCQualifier
- As of today, James Anderson is the only active international cricketer to have appeared at the 2003 World Cup.
- Maiden T20I ton for Joe Burns in his first tournament for the Azzurri. Italy have half a foot in the European Finals. #ITAvROM
- One of either Scotland or the Netherlands will qualify for the 2023 World Cup ahead of three full members. Thereafter, neither side will have any scheduled ODIs against full member opposition for the coming four year cycle. None. #CWCQualifier
- Of the ICC's 34 European members, only four have never won a T20I against another European team: Estonia, Slovenia, Turkey and England... #IREvENG #T20WorldCup
- When Maxwell came in Cricinfo had Australia's chance of winning at like 0.2%.
- Giving up on ODI cricket is giving up on International cricket.The Cricketer understands that the ICC plans to stage meetings in November to discuss the future of 50-over cricket, with several members concerned about falling spectator numbers both at the grounds and on television | @GeorgeDobell1 thecricketer.com/Topics/mens-wo…
- I know it's bait, but I can't let it slide. It says 15% you insufferable dolt. That is literally the chance that at any given moment it is fucking Tuesday.Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell - two men who proved the 'win predictor' wrong.
- Fair to say this Netherlands team has won themselves a lot of new fans both at home and abroad over the course of this World Cup, but it's hard to capitalise on such hard-earned popularity if none of your new admirers know when your next match is going to be. #CWC2023
- Genuinely not even close. The gap between full members and Associates is a fraction of what it was five years ago, much less fifteen. The USA had won 3 of their last 6 T20Is against full members before today. An upset, sure, but only a shock if you've not been paying attention.THE BIGGEST UPSET IN T20 WORLD CUP HISTORY?
- There's probably a lot of people watching cricket for the first time today. I imagine one of their first questions will be "why do the commentators all sound like they're delivering a eulogy?"
- Seeing this take a lot. It's incredibly dumb for so very many reasons. The most glaring one of course is the premise that players take no pride in representing the West Indies, but it also betrays a remarkable breadth of ignorance on a remarkable range of subjects. (1/lots)The cricket concept that is the West Indies needs to be abolished and all those island countries - Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua, Guayana, Trinidad etc - should be given associate memberships. They may then play for pride and who knows one or two may actually bounce back on the
