Cricket

[Tassie Dave]

it's not the despair that gets me, it's the hope...

At least they showed some fight. I knew England would lift for the game.

Take Adam Zampa out of the game and England would have won.

Hopefully India thrashes the Proteas tonight. Have I said I hate the South Africans 

[Tassie Dave]

That's what you call victory from the jaws of defeat.  At 7/91 chasing 292 we were dead and buried.

Maxwell is a legend. 201 not out. No Aussie has ever got 200 in an ODI before.

Bring on the finals 

[bimble]

all the more extraordinary considering the amount of cramping and pain he was in, just swishing the bat and sending the ball all over the place!    and I was getting big Stokes/Leach Headingley 2019 vibes considering Cummins made 12 of their 202 partnership!

[Tassie Dave]

Cummins did his job by getting the strike to Maxwell.

It reminded me of when Glen McGrath had a 120+ run partnership with Adam Gilchrist and only scored 1 run. Give the strike to the guy who can smash the ball.

In any other situation Maxwell would have retired hurt. Also it is only a week ago that Maxwell fell off a golf cart and sustained bruising and concussion. I wouldn't be surprised if he is rested for the Bangladesh game.

We do get Mitch marsh back for the finals. He is flying back to India after his grandfather's funeral. We will need his hitting power and bowling against the Indians and/or the Proteas. Hopefully beating both on the way to winning the cup 

It is hard to see the Indians losing the cup, but anything is possible. As we've seen.

[bimble]

Oooo, that game ended up a lot closer than I thought it would after the end of the first innings!

[Tassie Dave]

Oooo, that game ended up a lot closer than I thought it would after the end of the first innings!

At least it ended with the right result 

Australia into the final and South Africa to continue their search for their first ever cricket World Cup another year.

It is hard to see India not winning, but Australia has shown often at these events that they can never be written off.  It is why, over both Men's and Women's cricket, we have made 28 World Cup finals (out of a possible 43) and won 20 (so far) of them. South Africa has never made a Men's world cup final (They have made 1 Women's final and lost)

Go Aussies  on Sunday night/Monday Morning.

The Aussie media have been having a bit of a laugh at former England captain Nasser Hussain's excuse to explain England's poor World Cup performances. Apparently, it is because of their gruelling Ashes campaign. Poor England, no other country has any idea how hard it is to play a gruelling Ashes series.   

They had the added hardship of playing at Home, on familiar grounds, in front of a friendly crowd on pitches prepared for their style of play. Imagine if they had to travel to the other side of the world to play on foreign pitches, in front of a hostile crowd, on pitches not suited to their style of play. Then having to fly home for a short rest before flying across another ocean to play a series of matches in a country that actively hates them (South African). All before this World Cup.

Australia did all that and still made the Final. Needless to say Nasser Hussain is being ridiculed in Aussie media and social media. As he should 

[Tassie Dave]

It would be fair to say I'm ecstatic with the result  , especially after my first post in this thread, was pointing out that we were at the bottom of the table after 2 games.



It proves the adage that "it's not how you start that matters. It's how you finish"

9 straight wins, including the most important one 

[bimble]

it was quite exciting until Head and Labuschagne just took it away from India.  Some great batting in trying conditions and a well deserved century for Head.  Three Ashes, T20 World Champs, Test Champions, ODI World Champs, this is a pretty good team.

Cummins said the plan was to quiet the crowd and they certainly managed that.

[Tassie Dave]

Cummins said the plan was to quiet the crowd and they certainly managed that.

It was amazing how quiet 130,000 people can be 

It was a good game to watch and not only because the Aussies won. Both sides had their chances to win the game.

[Tassie Dave]

Indians fans are flooding social media and accusing the Aussies (and especially Mitch Marsh) of disrespecting the Trophy   

They are lucky it's not an actual cup. Otherwise it would be full of beer. 

It's their cup, they can do with it whatever they want 




The win makes Nasser Hussain's excuses for the England performance more amusing.

England, apparently, performed badly because of the gruelling Ashes series 

The Aussies have been on tour for most of the last 5 months. They come back with the ICC World Test Championship Trophy, The Ashes retained (just) and the ODI World Cup Trophy.