Just came on to here having watched that same Kimber video and feeling a tad more hopeful (although no doubt it'll make the next loss worse) but if West Indies have a couple tosses go their way and South Africa and Australia have a couple tosses go against them who knows. Although suspect that first defeat could prove fatal. Scramble a below par 110, stretch the game to the last 4 overs and getting through on NRR is a real possibility. It looks unlikely here - Australia will know what they need going into the final game and the pitches don't seem the sort of pitches where you would want to be trying to force big wins to salvage NRR.
Agreed with most of what Kimber said although I do wonder with that England game (I haven't really complained too much about lack of singles as it is effectively asking players who have been the players they have been due to their boundary-orientated approach to suddenly change) I thought they could try and be more patient after the first few wickets. They won both T20 World Cups struggling for large periods with the bat in each final but doing enough to extend the innings and giving themselves a chance. The attacking approach may be borne out of fear of England's batting?
Although I guess in both finals it was Samuels who played a key hand and he is no longer there which brings in the argument of having someone like Chase there, and DJ Bravo dismissal you could see what he was trying to do - he got width, tried to make the most of it but hit it low to the fielder. A yard either side and maybe he plays a knock like he did in that final v Sri Lanka to stabilise the side.
Agreed with most of what Kimber said although I do wonder with that England game (I haven't really complained too much about lack of singles as it is effectively asking players who have been the players they have been due to their boundary-orientated approach to suddenly change) I thought they could try and be more patient after the first few wickets. They won both T20 World Cups struggling for large periods with the bat in each final but doing enough to extend the innings and giving themselves a chance. The attacking approach may be borne out of fear of England's batting?
Although I guess in both finals it was Samuels who played a key hand and he is no longer there which brings in the argument of having someone like Chase there, and DJ Bravo dismissal you could see what he was trying to do - he got width, tried to make the most of it but hit it low to the fielder. A yard either side and maybe he plays a knock like he did in that final v Sri Lanka to stabilise the side.
