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

[Dan]

Daniel Cherny ‏@DanielCherny 22m22 minutes ago
So will the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy be put up for grabs to go along with that minor World Cup trophy? #AUSvIND

in a historic moment in cricket history, the two most prestigious trophys in world cricket will be unified this sunday night

If Howard Finkel doesn't do the countdown I'll be disappointed. Also get JR in on commentary:

"BAH GAWD KING, HE'S HIT THAT INTO NEXT WEEK!"
"No nerves here at all for Faulkner. He's STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!"
"IT'S THE BIG SHOW! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY KING, THE BIG SHOW IS HERE!"

 

[Pratters]

pratters not rating rahane is the weirdest ****ing thing.

Rahane has promise but has to hone out weaknesses.

 

[smash84]

Well played both teams.

Aus definitely far better team in these conditions

 

[Primrose_D12]

Probably sitting next to a full bag with a dollar sign on it.

I'm actually walking home whilst shivering because I didn't dress appropriately for 4:30 am weather. Oh well it's only 6km.

 

[viriya]

Yeah, keep living in the imaginary world where Indian batting of Raina, Rahane, Rohit is so good.

Rahane is a ****e ODI batsman. Drop him and give Ashwin the resposibility and bring in a specialist bowler.

 

[Shri]

Primrose's soul mate.

 

[ajdude]

alright, almost kinda tempted to find tickets on gumtree

 

[OverratedSanity]

You were not serious about the Pujara comment, were you?

And Raina, who's delivered several crucial knocks in this campaign, and Rohit who won us the game in the semi are also crap, apparently. So weird.

 

[duffer]

If Oz hadn't made the final, they were going to broadcast 2 RL matches instead

Has cricket really fallen that far? In High School and Uni there was nothing bigger.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane has promise but has to hone out weaknesses.

No one believes he's the finished article.

 

[Justo]

TPC pushed his ODI batting average over 40 today (getting out might have pushed it below though). Crazy to think that it was around 25 during the Zimbabwe tour. TPC for life.

 

[Spikey]

alright, almost kinda tempted to find tickets on gumtree

you can have my tickets. i cant make it down there

 

[Spark]

Has cricket really fallen that far? In High School and Uni there was nothing bigger.

nah, c9 are just ****s.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Howard Finkel doesn't do the countdown I'll be disappointed. Also get JR in on commentary:

"BAH GAWD KING, HE'S HIT THAT INTO NEXT WEEK!"
"No nerves here at all for Faulkner. He's STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!"
"IT'S THE BIG SHOW! GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY KING, THE BIG SHOW IS HERE!"

After Kohli's **** shot to get out.

WHY YOU SON OF A BITCH KOHLI? TELL ME WHY!!!!!!!

 

[Kirkut]

Primrose's soul mate.

Haha! That chap must be a business analyst in an NYC firm.

 

[Spikey]

you can have my tickets. i cant make it down there

aaahhahaha just joking i dont have any tickets, ya freak bitch

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I'm actually walking home whilst shivering because I didn't dress appropriately for 4:30 am weather. Oh well it's only 6km.

At least you've convinced many of us (me included) that you're a true cricket fan.

Now just find some way to see the final!

 

[honestbharani]

Congrats to the Aussie team and all the Aussie supporters here at CW... Too good in these conditions for our boys.. AS someone said very early in the thread, it is just that our bowling is the kind the Aussies seem to be at ease against, the most... And our batting is woeful beyond the top 7. Aussies with their multiskill players are basically 15 Vs 11 for us... All the best to them for the finals. The two best teams have emerged to the finale That means a really good tournament, all said and done.


I was not here for the NZ game either so congrats to the black caps n all their supporters here at CW too.. Some of the best members of this forum are NZs and they deserve the good team they have right now for all their commitment and support... Hope it is a great final.


I would love to say I called it early in the thread that we will get smacked, and mainly with respect to our bowling. Our boys totally bottled the chase today once Dhawan was out to a reckless shot. Kohli seems to be batting with the weight of the world on his shoulders and one has to wonder if it was the right thing to ask him to alter his natural game based on his "role" in the batting line up. That kinda never works out when you are chasing targets. You gotta play it by the ear a lot more during run chases, IMO... Hard luck for the Indian boys but given our side and the form leading upto the WC, it was amazing that they played as well as they did and IMO, they emerge as the 3rd best side in this WC. I dunno about other Indian fans but I would have taken it at the start given how shaky we were going into the WC.

All the best, NZ and Australia.. HOpe for a cracking final.

 

[Kirkut]

Has cricket really fallen that far? In High School and Uni there was nothing bigger.

Cricket runs on Srini mama's cash.

 

[MyLord]

oh well, with India out of it I can finally ignore the pajama cricket and turn my full attention to what true connoisseurs of cricket crave...















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