*Official* WTC FINAL Australia vs South Africa 2025

[ripper868]

KP as well "South Africas fielding nothing but magnificent, sure dropped a catch last night..."

jfc...

 

[Coronis]

Whether the pitch is better or not this is now psychological scarring for the Proteas.

Can they get more scarred in ICC tournaments?

 

[Uppercut]

I swear this always happens with the tailenders. Makes no sense. Bowl a couple of short ones but mainly go for the stumps.

I thought they switched Jansen to around the wicket bouncers too soon.

But this kind of thing happens quite often in England, when batting gets easy it can get very, very easy. The big mistake was the Jansen drop last night.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Whether the pitch is better or not this is now psychological scarring for the Proteas.

This is giving me vibes of the Test in SA in 2011 where we bowled SA out for 90 got a big first innings lead then we were skittled for 47 and everyone was thinking we had it in the bag because it was a low scoring game but the pitch flattened out and SA chased 200+ just 2 down

 

[Primrose_D12]

Can they get more scarred in ICC tournaments?

"Man who thought he'd lost all hope loses last additional bit of hope he didn't even know he still had"

 

[Burgey]

Both teams have black arm bands. Is it for the Air India crash? Good gesture if so

 

[ashley bach]

191-9 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[StephenZA]

This is giving me vibes of the Test in SA in 2011 where we bowled SA out for 90 got a big first innings lead then we were skittled for 47 and everyone was thinking we had it in the bag because it was a low scoring game but the pitch flattened out and SA chased 200+ just 2 down

Different batting line-up for SA then... but that is the hope!

 

[SeamUp]

Both teams have black arm bands. Is it for the Air India crash? Good gesture if so

Yeah, there was a minutes silence before play too.

 

[Coronis]

Both teams have black arm bands. Is it for the Air India crash? Good gesture if so

Yeah they had a moment of silence to start the game too.

I thought they switched Jansen to around the wicket bouncers too soon.

But this kind of thing happens quite often in England, when batting gets easy it can get very, very easy. The big mistake was the Jansen drop last night.

Reminded me when that happened of Australia bowling short at England’s tail in 2023.

 

[Molehill]

Both teams have black arm bands. Is it for the Air India crash? Good gesture if so

I assumed so, there was a minute's silence at the start too, but I had it on mute so not sure exactly why.

Back to the cricket, with two lefties, wouldn't it make more sense for Markram to bowl spin at them? I think this has gone on too long now, it will leave scarring whether the pitch has flattened or not.

 

[Burgey]

I find it incongruous that Markram averages 35 in test cricket. That’s a monumental underachievement

 

[Bahseph]

I find it incongruous that Markram averages 35 in test cricket. That’s a monumental underachievement

Makes sense when you watch him play regularly.

 

[StephenZA]

I find it incongruous that Markram averages 35 in test cricket. That’s a monumental underachievement

Duminy levels... been a real problem for SA. And we noted he avg's just 21 away from home.

 

[Burgey]

lol that’s insane from Haze. Taking the piss

 

[TheJediBrah]

I've always thought Hazlewood was a dead ringer for Daniel Hughes batting style-wise. Kind if looks like him too

 

[cnerd123]

This is a flogging now

 

[ripper868]

That was lovely from Hazelwood, gorgeous shot.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Declaration coming soon

 

[Coronis]

Markram got Smith when he looked set for a ton so yeah.. won’t surprise me if he’s the breakthrough