NewburyOne
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So it already looks like it'll be an India v Australia final. Perennial chokers South Africa are at it again and already have their captain and best batsmen back in the hutch.
9/2 7.5ovs
9/2 7.5ovs
It's almost like the ICC don't want any batsmen getting any sort of form. Australia have bowled very well on a pitch that is offering swing. As much as I loathe them, they really have to the fore this tournament after a rocky start.Wicket looks almost unplayable. Hugely disappointing for a WC semi final. The Indian authorities certainly wouldn't have laid this dog out for their own team.
Indeed, but that comment wasn't just based on the first 10 overs, SA have been choking cricket semi finals for years.Maybe a tad early to be writing SA off, isn't the fun of the game not knowing what might happen, who might rise to the challenge, etc?
With the exception of the last WC semi final at Edgbaston when we kicked their asses.Australia in cricket are like the Germans used to be in football.
Bit meh in qualifying but when it comes to the crunch they turn it on!!
even the Germans had the odd blipWith the exception of the last WC semi final at Edgbaston when we kicked their asses.
A paltry 18-2 of the first ten overs of the powerplay for SA, Australia already on their way to the final it seems.
They will be lucky to make 70 on this track.Stick a fork in South Africa, they are done. I have to say the fielding from the Aussies has been top class, they've throttled the life out of the SA top order. It'll take an almighty performance to rescue a decent total from here.
And they won the toss and could have put the Aussies in.SA are loaded with big hitters and free scoring batsmen. To average 1.8 runs per over for 10 overs says more about the dreadful wicket than it does the Saffers choking.
Aussies will be heartened by Millers inns.Never judge a match until both sides have batted. The wicket will be the same for the Aussies.
They need another before another 5 runs are scored. Then it becomes interesting.Put that taxi on hold, Aussies now 7 down! I still think they'll get the remaining 20 runs but the South Africans have put up a real fight.
So close to a caught and bowled. There are plenty of nerves jangling now.They need another before another 5 runs are scored. Then it becomes interesting.
They've done an article on average ages of squads on sky and they found that there's not a lot between any of them!!Just thinking about this Aussie team. Their squad must be of a similar average aged to ours. The difference is that every one of them to a man is a huge competitor who plays for the shirt. I have no doubt that England would have capitulated to this SA onslaught on that pitch. The Aussies have ground it out.
It works out similar when you consider squad members but then again it shows that our lads just were not up for the battle. Paid way too much with central contracts. Jolly boys.They've done an article on average ages of squads on sky and they found that there's not a lot between any of them!!
Aussies are pretty good underdogs I think it will be closer than people think.Good luck to Australia in the final, they're gonna need it
Yes you’re right, the Aussies will giv.e it a good go, a lot depends on the bowling conditions and if it swings, if it does Bumrah will have a field day.Aussies are pretty good underdogs I think it will be closer than people think.