Final - New Zealand v Australia (29th March)

[Spark]

clarke tayloring hard with that cut slash

to be fair he scored a hundred with it a few months back

 

[Zinzan]

clarke tayloring hard with that cut slash

Yup it was Taylorish.

 

[Spark]

2011 was a better world cup than this one.

Barring NZL v SA, don't think there has been a memorable game this wc.

very tempted to lemon this post too

 

[OverratedSanity]

Barring NZL v SA, don't think there has been a memorable game this wc.

That's pretty wrong.

 

[Zinzan]

this isnt really the criticism of nicholas that comes to mind tbh

His pink nail-polish perhaps?

 

[OverratedSanity]

very tempted to lemon this post too

2011 was miles better though. Those England games

 

[Spark]

bmac surely you know not to push mid-on back to clarke in a small chase

 

[Spark]

2011 was miles better though. Those England games

true but "no memorable games apart from nz/sa" is patently absurd

 

[Swingpanzee]

just not been NZ's day, ah well

 

[viriya]

1996 WC > All

 

[James]

For me, I continue to think Cricket World Cups just go for too long and pretty much twice as long as they should. The general fan just loses interest when their team only plays once every week or once a fortnight as what happened with Australia after the Bangladesh wash-out.

I'd like to see 2 games every single day and in the process challenging teams into using their whole 15-man squad through-out the tournament because you have so many games.

Return to a 1992 type format IMO with an NRL style Finals series which should be possible with the next edition being only 10 teams.

 

[Athlai]

If the highlight of a WC is how England played, I think you may be romanticisng the quality of cricket.

 

[Cabinet96]

Clarke has faced more than twice as many balls as Smith in this partnership.

 

[Pothas]

2011 was miles better though. Those England games

Played a valuable part in 2011 and this one have England.

This is just crap now, want to go back to bed but can't quite do it yet.

 

[jonbrooks]

Bravo Lara for trying to inject some excitement in the game.

 

[Zinzan]

just not been NZ's day, ah well

Nah I think it's more than just "not NZ's day" from what we've seen so far. We've just been unskilled on the day.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If the highlight of a WC is how England played, I think you may be romanticisng the quality of cricket.

Nah you just dont remember the matches then. England played a combination of awful and amazing cricket and produced thrillers in virtually every group match they played.

The Eng v India tie, The KOB match vs Ireland, Eng vs SA which was one of the most hilarious low scoring matches ever and Eng vs West Indies were all in-****ing-credible.

 

[Spark]

Clarke has faced more than twice as many balls as Smith in this partnership.

there is no better tribute to clarke's odi career than a slow, professional fifty in a small-ish chase

 

[Swingpanzee]

Henry is a boss, should definitely be picked for England tour will destroy them

 

[Spark]

never forget when bagapath went home halfway through the england/sa match