Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:40 pmHas there been any batsman in this World Cup that has got the better of Starc?
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:40 pmRe: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:15 pmThis will be Australia's 6th final in their last 8 attempts. The kings of the compo's.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:17 pmdan08 wrote:Has there been any batsman in this World Cup that has got the better of Starc?
Sangakkara played him pretty well.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:23 pmA comprehensive victory for Aus really. Ind had a few close calls with 3 'umpires calls' going against them on lbw's in the first 20-30 overs of Aus innings and I guess Ind really needed everything to go their way to win. Yadav bowled poorly at times, and then the bowling to MJ wasn't very smart at the end, even if he did get lucky with a couple of edges.
Aus had real batting strength all the way down the order with Faulkner, Haddin and MJ at 7,8 and 9. When Ind got into trouble we knew we only had Jadeja at 7 and then it was Ashwin (good test bat but pretty useless in ODIs) and Shami who would probably be batting at 11 for Aus. Also, MJ, Starc and Hazlewood all bowled really well - and we let Maxwell bowl without attacking him, they also let Watson bowl with no pressure either. I know that we had lost wickets, but you still had to know that the only way to chase down 329 was to score runs against the Aus 4th and 5th bowler combination - once we didn't do that it just left us with far too much to do.
Some of the batting approach was poor - Kohli didn't show enough intent up front, Raina just played a poor shot ... and then Dhoni and Jadeja were blocking balls and trying to work singles when we needed 12-15 runs an over.
India can be very proud of their overall performance during the WC, but today just showed that Aus are still a far superior team to us in their home conditions. I'm not sure if Dhoni will retire - he may fancy another crack at the champions trophy and may carry on now that he doesn't have the burden of tests.
Aus had real batting strength all the way down the order with Faulkner, Haddin and MJ at 7,8 and 9. When Ind got into trouble we knew we only had Jadeja at 7 and then it was Ashwin (good test bat but pretty useless in ODIs) and Shami who would probably be batting at 11 for Aus. Also, MJ, Starc and Hazlewood all bowled really well - and we let Maxwell bowl without attacking him, they also let Watson bowl with no pressure either. I know that we had lost wickets, but you still had to know that the only way to chase down 329 was to score runs against the Aus 4th and 5th bowler combination - once we didn't do that it just left us with far too much to do.
Some of the batting approach was poor - Kohli didn't show enough intent up front, Raina just played a poor shot ... and then Dhoni and Jadeja were blocking balls and trying to work singles when we needed 12-15 runs an over.
India can be very proud of their overall performance during the WC, but today just showed that Aus are still a far superior team to us in their home conditions. I'm not sure if Dhoni will retire - he may fancy another crack at the champions trophy and may carry on now that he doesn't have the burden of tests.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:27 pmSeems Dhoni has already said he will not retire after the match
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:22 pmGarlicJam wrote:NZ played their final the other night.
I agree. I reckon we'll smash them
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:25 pmfrom_the_stands wrote:GarlicJam wrote:NZ played their final the other night.
I agree. I reckon we'll smash them
Recent history suggests otherwise
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:53 pmAlviro Patterson wrote:from_the_stands wrote:GarlicJam wrote:NZ played their final the other night.
I agree. I reckon we'll smash them
Recent history suggests otherwise
Historically, we've made 6 WC finals and won four of them. This will be NZ's first, which will be in our backyard We nearly took them down the other week, and we don't have any Poms in our bowling attack, therefore I reckon we will take them down on Sunday.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:00 pmI see Mark Nicholas was at the presentation. Nice to see an Englishman make it so far into an ICC tournament.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:01 pmfrom_the_stands wrote:I see Mark Nicholas was at the presentation. Nice to see an Englishman make it so far into an ICC tournament.
You can adopt him, if you like.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:20 pmGingerfinch wrote:from_the_stands wrote:I see Mark Nicholas was at the presentation. Nice to see an Englishman make it so far into an ICC tournament.
You can adopt him, if you like.
It looks as though KP has been adopted in these parts, having been resigned by the Stars and also by Fox Sports.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:48 pmIt's been a numptifying day on cricinfo's face book page. Haven't seen so many numpties out at once since Tony Abbott swept to power.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:48 pmfrom_the_stands wrote:Alviro Patterson wrote:from_the_stands wrote:GarlicJam wrote:NZ played their final the other night.
I agree. I reckon we'll smash them
Recent history suggests otherwise
Historically, we've made 6 WC finals and won four of them. This will be NZ's first, which will be in our backyard We nearly took them down the other week, and we don't have any Poms in our bowling attack, therefore I reckon we will take them down on Sunday.
Mitchell Starc's heroics spared Australia humiliation in the pool stage game, New Zealand were a far better team than the result suggested.
New Zealand are currently unbeaten in the tournament and have a psychological edge over the Australians. Those "You're worse than England" chants ringing fresh in the memory, Mitchell Johnson scarred by being smashed all over Auckland by Brendon McCullum and couldn't even break his arm.
New Zealand have simply nothing to lose, it's their tournament to win.
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:22 pmdan08 wrote:Has there been any batsman in this World Cup that has got the better of Starc?
Starcs probably happy that he doesn't have to bowl to Smith, he seems to be on a different level to most batsmen at present. It just seems so easy for him at present
Re: World Cup S/F 2, Australia vs India, March 26
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:33 pmyuppie wrote:dan08 wrote:Has there been any batsman in this World Cup that has got the better of Starc?
Starcs probably happy that he doesn't have to bowl to Smith, he seems to be on a different level to most batsmen at present. It just seems so easy for him at present
yeah , he just seems to have so much time to play his shots , watching him and finch bat together was such a contrast today