*Official* WTC FINAL Australia vs South Africa 2025

[King Kane]

Ngidi knocking over Cummins, he is on fire.

 

[GotSpin]

Yuck batting

 

[Primrose_D12]

This is dreadful.

It is, but since I'm a neutral, it's also hilarious.

 

[cnerd123]

Cummins was trying to go full Sunrisers Hyderabad there.

SA could be batting tonight at this rate

 

[Nintendo]

@Nintendo I think I forgot to reply to you earlier re; Aus being bad in the third innings - I was going to agree with you, but maybe I was right. The Delhi collapse was the third innings too.

Ehh. Depends where AUS ends up here. If they get 120-140 after SA made 138 I don't think it's any different to the recent examples I discussed where they scored about the same as the opposition's 2nd/4th innings with a slight decline as the game wore on.

 

[slowfinger]

only another 40-50 runs needed but mind the weather looks brilliant tomorrow in London.

 

[Gremlin]

Cummins was trying to go full Sunrisers Hyderabad there.

SA could be batting tonight at this rate

26 overs left in the day for Carey, Starc and the tail to enjoy.

 

[slowfinger]

would you guys say this is a great cricket wicket or will this pitch be under fire for the low scores here?

 

[GotSpin]

would you guys say this is a great cricket wicket or will this pitch be under fire for the low scores here?

I don’t think there’s an issue with the wicket

 

[Silver Silva]

Lungi Ngidi has 58 test wickets @23.22 in the career , has there been a more disrespected seamer with this kind of record ..
20 tests is a lot of matches for someone to average that low, he can't be as bad as he is made out to be !

 

[honestbharani]

would you guys say this is a great cricket wicket or will this pitch be under fire for the low scores here?

I think its a pretty poor pitch for such a big game and it kinda has always been for each of the WTC finals.

 

[Heboric]

Ngidi in a nutshell one innings tripe the next unplayable

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

How many wickets is going to fall on day 2?

4
5
6
7
8
9
10 + …& it’s not even close

I was right

 

[slowfinger]

I think its a pretty poor pitch for such a big game and it kinda has always been for each of the WTC finals.

what sort of pitch should have been prepared? I can't see much green on it but it is moving

 

[GotSpin]

I think its a pretty poor pitch for such a big game and it kinda has always been for each of the WTC finals.

Nah that’s rubbish

Yeah there’s been a little bit of movement but not only are these two fragile batting sides at the best of times, they’ve just come from months of bullshit t20 cricket

 

[Uppercut]

The pitch looks fine to me. It's been overcast and there's a massive gap between the quality of the bowling and batting lineups.

 

[ripper868]

WTC should be 3 innings each, change my mind.

 

[trundler]

I think its a pretty poor pitch for such a big game and it kinda has always been for each of the WTC finals.

It's better to have a deck where the ball comes nicely on to bat after pitching when the clouds look biblical but tbf you can't really predict what the weather is going to do in England

 

[honestbharani]

what sort of pitch should have been prepared? I can't see much green on it but it is moving

You would expect the groundsman to know what to do but I think, in defence of groundsmen around the world, the players' technique and patience have become worse all over the world so when a pitch is even slightly favored towards the bowlers, it becomes almost a non-contest and the batsmen have very little hope.

For me, given how overhead dictates stuff, I would go with as flat a pitch as possible. I am not sure if that is all that doable in England in June anyways. So basically just dont play it in England.

 

[reyrey]

Lungi Ngidi has 58 test wickets @23.22 in the career , has there been a more disrespected seamer with this kind of record ..
20 tests is a lot of matches for someone to average that low, he can't be as bad as he is made out to be !

Ngidi in a nutshell one innings tripe the next unplayable

This type of performance is nothing new from Ngidi. He averages 32 in his 1st bowling innings and 15 in second.