The FINAL, Australia v New Zealand (THE BATTLE OF THE MITCHELLS) at the Ring of Fire, Dubai-- 11/14 Sunday (N)

[Aritro]

Yeah right.

Whoaa, it's like you can see into the future

 

[Victor Ian]

So this sucks. I'll probably have to turn the tv off if I want Australia to win

That's nice to wake up to. I'd like to say it was tactical, but truth was I was too tired and went to sleep. TV went off when NZ were 30 odd for nothing after a few overs.

 

[honestbharani]

hb likes bringing up IPL related stories in every thread of the tourney

lol.. given it directly preceded this tournament, I think it played its part.

 

[honestbharani]

Not sure how much the drama affects things here though.

It perhaps fired up Warner, like Finch said at the end there. But, more to the point, it pleased me coz I felt he was very badly treated by a franchise he carried for most of its existence. That is all.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done Australia.

NZ

 

[honestbharani]

Who wins the World Cup now?

Reckon the Black caps pull of the win in the final whoever it's against. Best bowling and fielding line up in the tournament and decent batting is good enough to win it

www.cricketweb.net

Called it, tbh.


Also, if anyone were to offer Australia the choice of opponents for KO games, they would have picked Pakistan and New Zealand.


Dada's task is now clear. Ensure the schedule of the next WC happens in such a way that Aus meet NZ in the semis and India avoids NZ.

EDIT: Was also wonderful to see Watson choke up in the post match discussion. It says something when it means so much to even a past player.

Congrats Australia and to all Aussie fans here.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Very happy for Warner. Guy is what he is but he's a team man to the core also and one of the names of the modern game. The anti-bogan abuse he's received over the years on this forum automatically makes me root for him too.

 

[honestbharani]

Special mention to Arun Finch for an ATG performance as a captain - winning 6 of the 7 tosses.

 

[loterry1994]

Special mention to Arun Finch for an ATG performance as a captain - winning 6 of the 7 tosses.

Finch has a shocking toss record as well. He nearly
Done a Darren Sammy in 2016 World Cup where he won all the tosses and bowled first.

 

[sunilz]

2023 ODI WC will also be played in Oct-Nov. Good luck defending scores in those months.

 

[SteveNZ]

Guptill as slow as a wet week, Sodhi totally choked, Softline didn’t do much, Phillips with another strange block, miss, or slog innings, Milne stuffed up royally with his first over to give Marsh huge momentum.

Only Kane and Boult really stood up. If Hazlewood hadn’t dropped Kane the game would have been a walkover.

Santner should've bowled that over. Milne comes on 145km, exactly as Marsh wants to start, one on his hip, and he's away

And yeah. If Haze takes that one at fine leg, we lose in the 14th over

 

[Bahnz]

I remember Mitch Marsh taking a liking to milne’s Faster than the average longhop-brand back in 2016. And yes, Southee did indeed finally get caught in the powerplay and ended up getting spanked. For the first time in the tournament, NZ really missing Lockie last night.

shame, but we all knew this was coming, well done Straya. I’m sure we’ll get you back in the meaningless bilateral T20 series scheduled for next Feb!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Maxwell ?

 

[The Great One]

Special mention to Arun Finch for an ATG performance as a captain - winning 6 of the 7 tosses.

Finch’s major contribution to the win was winning most of the tosses and his captaincy. His batting apart from one game was ordinary. Starc did very little as well. They are the 2 players who should be under the most pressure to retain their spots.

 

[Gob]

Think it's time for TPC to hang his boots in this format and focus entirely on tests and 50 world cup stuff. Green hits the ball a mile and adds to bowling too

Plus Philippe and Short

 

[Prince EWS]

I remember Mitch Marsh taking a liking to milne’s Faster than the average longhop-brand back in 2016. And yes, Southee did indeed finally get caught in the powerplay and ended up getting spanked. For the first time in the tournament, NZ really missing Lockie last night.

shame, but we all knew this was coming, well done Straya. I’m sure we’ll get you back in the meaningless bilateral T20 series scheduled for next Feb!

Revenge series!

 

[trundler]

Think it's time for TPC to hang his boots in this format and focus entirely on tests and 50 world cup stuff. Green hits the ball a mile and adds to bowling too

Plus Philippe and Short

Starc should just retire tbh

 

[Gob]

Starc should just retire tbh

Starc could go the opposite tbh. White ball is his stronger suit and he was decent up to today. Even here he was a tad unlucky and I'm not talking about the drop. His red ball form is the real worry especially if Jhye starts pushing it more

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nice that they won but it's still not real cricket

Starc should just retire tbh

I feel bad saying it but he's struggling even in white ball now. He can't start in the Ashes.

 

[SteveNZ]

I remember Mitch Marsh taking a liking to milne’s Faster than the average longhop-brand back in 2016. And yes, Southee did indeed finally get caught in the powerplay and ended up getting spanked. For the first time in the tournament, NZ really missing Lockie last night.

shame, but we all knew this was coming, well done Straya. I’m sure we’ll get you back in the meaningless bilateral T20 series scheduled for next Feb!

Honestly, I didn't know it was coming. I honestly thought we'd be able to tie down Warner, that Santner would be much more effective to their RHers, that Southee might be able to do a job, Milne too. I honestly thought 172 was going to be enough, or at least if it wasn't it'd be a tight run thing. But yeah, real disappointed