Final - New Zealand v Australia (29th March)

[Ryan19]

I wonder where this Australian bowling lineup ranks in history.

Starc in this form might just be the best ever and MJ/Haze are pretty ****ing irresistible. Their other options are decent as well.

It's almost unfair when this WC has revolved around accelerating in the last 15 and Starc/MJ won't let you do that at all.

They would need a good spinner to be ranked very high. This is a good bowling line up for this World Cup in Australia. It's not a good bowling line up for the sub continent.

 

[jonbrooks]

Yeah find his wicket tally then look a bit further up the list pal...

Like I said, at least he bowled the ball.

 

[viriya]

I was expecting more then 183 ffs. Nz were 150-3 at 35 overs after being three down for bugger all.

Yea more depressing considering they were set for a decent score after going through the hard yards.

 

[Cabinet96]

Modern one day cricket batting is all about keeping wickets in hand and exploding at the end. Australia do so well because they have world class wicket taking threat up top and are the best death bowling side in the world. NZ weren't even that badly placed after 35 all things considered.

 

[morgieb]

Excellent bowling performance from us. Will take a huge effort from New Zealand to win this game, though given how the last game went....perhaps there's a twist in this currently predictable tale?

 

[Flem274*]

bottle this up and unleash for the rest of 2015. the last part of the final and two big test series against big three pricks. unleash the hate.

we're not a very hateful team tbf.

 

[jonbrooks]

Well to be fair, most pundits especially a lot of Australians predicted exactly this sort of thing happening.

Too good for us today so far, although NZ were right back in it at 3/150, just a crazy collapse.

The latest from oddschecker;

Australia $1.07
New Zealand $8.76

TAB had Oz at $1.04

 

[YorksLanka]

Like I said, at least he bowled the ball.

Yeah and like I said look further up the list...which of the two got banned again?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Get Balwinder Sandhu to clean up Warner in the first over to a leave.

 

[Spark]

You have to ask which deliveries got batsmen out and which ones the batsmen got out themselves. Let's see:

BMac - bowler got him out
Guptill - 50/50, the bowl did turn and bounce a bit
Williamson - bowler got him out
Taylor - got himself out playing at a wide one. But then again it was the power play and you're supposed to go for it
Anderson - bowler got him out
Ronchi - got himself out
Vettori - bowler got him out
Elliot - 50/50 it was a slower ball that deceived him
Henry - clueless, can't say he got himself out as he was a walking wicket
Southee - fielder got him out

So overall the bowlers got their man versus the batsman playing poor shots. I stand by what I wrote.

jesus christ

 

[eroticfishcake]

They would need a good spinner to be ranked very high. This is a good bowling line up for this World Cup in Australia. It's not a good bowling line up for the sub continent.

Maxwell defended 2 runs in the last over in UAE

 

[jonbrooks]

As I expected NZ didn't really have a poor game to date. It's disappointing that we're having it now. Still I always new Oz in Australia is incredibly difficult at the best of times. With the WC at stake Oz were super brilliant.

 

[Flem274*]

baz will be in his element in the field. that's our only hope. he doesn't have to worry about defense.

 

[Spark]

They would need a good spinner to be ranked very high. This is a good bowling line up for this World Cup in Australia. It's not a good bowling line up for the sub continent.

yes but

1. who cares
2. who cares
3. who cares

 

[Burgey]

#NZtotalnotsobig

 

[OverratedSanity]

Maxwell defended 2 runs in the last over in UAE

That was lolPakistanloses

 

[morgieb]

Yeah the latent awfulness was there but he was pretty good, but then I remember thinking Slater was good back in 2005.

Interestingly I don't think Slater's been too bad this World Cup, yet Warne is probably even worse than usual.

I still say the problem is Brad McNamara.

 

[Cabinet96]

Please can NZ not let Davey Warner and Arun Finch get all the runs. Won't mind if TPC guides them to victory amid a collapse.

 

[jonbrooks]

jesus christ

Yes, my son ...

 

[Teja.]

Starc's performance has been the greatest ever LO tourney performance by a bowler I've seen. It's one thing to be consistently great across a WC, another thing altogether to be invincible. How is the opposition expected to cope when a bowler averages about 3 wickets a match and concedes 3 an over?