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bdzz t1_j6fxl17 wrote

Reply to Denmark wins third consecutive world championsship in handball by Kanstrup-

I’m actually surprised that handball is not more popular in the US. Easy to follow, very similar gameplay pattern to basketball (the passive play rule is the only big difference). And it’s also very physical in a good way. Hopefully the LA Olympics will give a big boost to the game in the US!

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bdzz t1_iw7jbct wrote

Reply to comment by Gaius_Octavius_ in England wins the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. by nerdy_subha

Yes it's one of the real World Cups.

There are 3 main formats of the game and each has its own competition. There are 2 World Cups and a Championship. England now champion of the 2 World Cups, actually the first time in history when one team holds both cups at the same time

If you are curious:

50 overs World Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup

20 overs World Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup

Test Championship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_World_Test_Championship (it's not a World Cup by name because not all countries can compete)

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bdzz t1_iw7deat wrote

Reply to comment by Vladimir_Putting in England wins the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. by nerdy_subha

In limited overs cricket (ODI which are 50 overs and T20 which are 20) they use white balls. This was introduced back in the 80s because they started playing matches into the nights (that was a new thing). White balls are more visible than the traditional red balls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_ball#Colour (regardless of the time though all limited overs cricket are played with white ball now)

In Test cricket they still use red balls. But rarely nowadays there are day/night Test matches too. For those matches they use pink balls. It's basically trying to gap between the two, giving visibility + deteriorating slower than a white ball.

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bdzz t1_iw6sdup wrote

Reply to England wins the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. by nerdy_subha

Oh man that was a great match! Went from "well that's easy for England" to "wait Pakistan doing it?" to "never mind it's coming home". This really feels like a "meta-defying" moment in T20, BatDeep™ is no joke

But Afridi man, so unlucky but that was a good call. He was just limping. When he left the field felt like the soul of the team left too. It was over from that point.

Also Sam Curran!! 4-0-12-3 in the final and he is 24 years old.

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