Australian Cricket Thread - No.3 🏏

[Coona Blues]

130,000 Indians in the crowd displaying an alarming lack of sportsmanship.

How can so many be so quiet?

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.

 

[BlueGum]

One Hayden in the commentary team too many.

 

[Wickzki]

Well done Aussies.

Amazing fielding (40+ runs saved) and very good bowling.

Now we see how cooked this pitch is

Let there be dew

 

[HereComesJuddy]

Keep our heads. 241 is still a long way away but if they play sensible, we hopefully will be World Cup champions in a few hours time

 

[Wickzki]

130,000 Indians in the crowd displaying an alarming lack of sportsmanship.

How can so many be so quiet?

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.

You want them to cheer both teams?

They hate us.

Silence is respect.

 

[Coona Blues]

You want them to cheer both teams?

They hate us.

Silence is respect.

Polite applause is respect.

Silence is contempt.

 

[Coona Blues]

Geez, some posts earlier that India gets their ball from a different box to the oppo.

That thing moving around so much really begs a question…

 

[Wickzki]

It's sad watching Smith these days. He is cooked.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

It's sad watching Smith these days. He is cooked.

Ditto Warner.

Both should have been tapped on the shoulder 18 months ago from all forms of international cricket imo.

 

[Wickzki]

Looks like another Maxwell or bust mstch

 

[Coona Blues]

Looks like another Maxwell or bust mstch

Went to bed 3/46. Up again 3/204. No Maxy.

Love the latest incarnation of the “Little Aussie Battler”. Great work Trav Head and superb support from Marnus.

The mood Travis is in, think I will watch through now.

 

[Wickzki]

Went to bed 3/46. Up again 3/204. No Maxy.

Love the latest incarnation of the “Little Aussie Battler”. Great work Trav Head and superb support from Marnus.

The mood Travis is in, think I will watch through now.

Travis playing the innings of a lifetime. Match of a lifetime. Turned the first inning around with the amazing catch

Marnus been massive holding down his end and playing a test style inning. Not dissimilar to Cummins when Maxy went off. Best ODI innings I can recall him playing.

 

[Coona Blues]

Bugger. Didn’t get to finish on the pitch…

 

[Wickzki]

Told yas it's all or nothing from Maxy

 

[ParapMarkets]

I thought we were cooked when Smith got out. Brilliant batting from Head especially, but Marnis played his role well.

 

[Coona Blues]

Told yas it's all or nothing from Maxy

You lunatic

 

[Wickzki]

You lunatic

Came in and got EVERY run remaining to win. What a knock. legend.

 

[Wickzki]

Kinda fitting.

maxwell bowls to Rohit. Caught by Head.

Head goes out to allow Maxy to finish his work with the bar

 

[ParapMarkets]

Came in and got EVERY run remaining to win. What a knock. legend.

At a strike rate of 200 no less

 

[Revenant1965]

What a win. Pat Cummins can captain.

 

[myblueroan]

Brilliant.
Well done Head.
Great effort by team.

 

[Wickzki]

What a win. Pat Cummins can captain.

Brave decision.

That'll teach the BCCI for dishing up a pitch that both teams could tell was going to favor who batted second (Rohit and Pat both said the same in their post match).

Still a brave decision to veer against the norm and do what we've struggled with this world cup (Afghanistan and South Africa wins weren't the easiest wins batting second in huge must win games).

Think the curators had delusions of grandeur with India batting second and the crowd getting them home under lights.

 

[myblueroan]

I did feel for the crowd. That's a lot of disappointed people.

 

[4flagsin5yrs]

After all the 120k-130k crowd hype.

I saw a number around 92k was the "official" number...

That's odd?

 

[Robbo's my hero]

I don’t think I’ve watched as much cricket as I have during this World Cup. Hopefully the one day format has had a permanent stay of execution as a result of the quality of the tournament.

I was sitting back watching the preamble last night thinking we’ve got no hope but that’s no reason not to have hope. We won the toss and elected to bowl. Strange yet brave. We had the start we wanted thanks to some great bowling backed up by desperate fielding efforts. Head’s catch was a beauty as Rohit looked ominous.

And then Virat and Rahul looked a million dollars and I’m thinking we’ll be chasing at least 300 against the best bowling attack in the world. I couldn’t see where the next wicket was coming from.

I turned to Mrs Robbo and young Robbo and offered a Hail Mary. We need something special here. A run out or a play on to break this partnership. And someone was listening.

To restrict the total to 240 required bowling and fielding of the highest rank. At least India would have to match us unless we panicked. And then we panicked.

At 3/47 I was waiting for the dew to kick in and hoping for a miracle.

What happened from that point was extraordinary. This was as good as you’ll ever see. Head was imperious (more domineering than arrogant) and Labuschagne was a pest. The death stare he copped from Virat made my night. The dew did kick in and the much vaunted attack was rendered impotent. 6 wickets was a comfortable victory but it shouldn’t be viewed as an easy one. The bedrock was hard work against the best team in the world. It’s just that the result makes Australia the best team in the world. It’s funny how sport has a habit of doing that.