2nd Semi Final - Australia v India (26th March)

[OverratedSanity]

you can't sustain an onslaught over 19 overs with only two halfway competent players left in the shed. better to keep rotating the strike and have a shorter but intense go at this.

150 after 30 approx is perfect. unfortunately it's not the magical 150/2. they're on target doing what they're doing, they just can't get out.

Yeah agree.

 

[Contra]

I dunno... feel a wicket now is pretty much game over. Better to take 5 more overs tbh. Jadeja is dead meat against this attack.

Game is over anyways dude. India just don't have the wickets in hand.

 

[viriya]

Probably need a ATG knock here.

Dhoni's chance of immortality here

Yeah if India win his/Rahane's innings would be up there with the GOAT ODI innings.

Difficult to go higher than Wankhede 2011 I would think.

If Dhoni tons up and pulls this off here on his own it will almost certainly be the greatest innings of all-time.

He's an ODI immortal regardless. The best finisher of all-time undoubtedly.

 

[Spark]

FFS why are people still arguing against viriya? Let it go guys it's annoying.

please

 

[Primrose_D12]

Australia clearly rigging the match by paying off umpires to not give extras against them. Ima burn some effigies.

Would take about a dozen no ball sixes for India to be in this at this point...

 

[Contra]

you can't sustain an onslaught over 19 overs with only two halfway competent players left in the shed. better to keep rotating the strike and have a shorter but intense go at this.

150 after 30 approx is perfect. unfortunately it's not the magical 150/2. they're on target doing what they're doing, they just can't get out.

Yeah but Australia's weaker bowlers are getting away with easy overs. Its tougher to score 10-11 an over against Starc and co.

 

[halba]

you can't sustain an onslaught over 19 overs with only two halfway competent players left in the shed. better to keep rotating the strike and have a shorter but intense go at this.

150 after 30 approx is perfect. unfortunately it's not the magical 150/2. they're on target doing what they're doing, they just can't get out.

does any one know if its been done before?

 

[Flem274*]

india will probably need a bunny cameo too. the equation is pretty much the same as the third 2007 chappell hadlee where fulton quickfire 50, macka ton and baz big not out still wasn't quite enough to rescue 40/4.

it needed a mark gillespie french cut extravaganza.

so yeah if india win this you guys are going to need a lie down.

 

[Shady Slim]

tell me what the reason was of dhoni digging out the first wide yorker ffs that was a wide wide yorker

 

[Daemon]

it's just hit me that if we lose we're out of the wc

 

[Spark]

reckon mitch knows they're about to go for it, hence these wide yorkers.

 

[Swingpanzee]

oh damn that would have sealed it

 

[Furball]

India are ****ed != impossible. They were ****ed for sure. It's not a knee jerk post. Dhoni is not a god - he's basically never done it from 20 overs on without help (ignoring the times he came in at #3 early in his career).

Ignored.

 

[Spark]

Yeah but Australia's weaker bowlers are getting away with easy overs. Its tougher to score 10-11 an over against Starc and co.

plus, australia's weaker bowlers don't need to bowl that many more overs (any?)

 

[Flem274*]

Yeah but Australia's weaker bowlers are getting away with easy overs. Its tougher to score 10-11 an over against Starc and co.

it's even tougher to score 10-11 an over against starc and co if ashwin and jadeja are batting

the best tactic for a big chase is wickets in hand after 30 overs and well...

 

[Hurricane]

I blame Flem if India lose for advocating that they keep just ticking it over at this stage.

 

[Contra]

it's even tougher to score 10-11 an over against starc and co if ashwin and jadeja are batting

the best tactic for a big chase is wickets in hand after 30 overs and well...

DUDE, they are already at 10 and over, its game over already unless India have a Australia like PP without losing a wicket.

 

[Flem274*]

I blame Flem if India lose for advocating that they keep just ticking it over at this stage.

just a few more overs is all they need to do.

 

[Daemon]

I blame Flem if India lose for advocating that they keep just ticking it over at this stage.

Their not even doing that though, that watson over went for just 2

 

[viriya]

India should aim for 12/over in the last 10 with 6 in hand.. which means they just need to focus on run-a-ball for now.