Best CWC side that could not win the World Cup

[DriveClub]

Right after the tournament ended, Dilshan flew back to home for the alimony case against his ex-wife (who was now Tharanga's wife). I'm always impressed that Dilshan never tried to run this guy out or something every once in a while.

Classic wonder how many other players married their teammates partners

 

[DriveClub]

Dilshan's a funny guy, he's playing around the traps in Melbourne subbies

mate of mine played against him last year and Dilshan switch-hit his first ball for 6 onto the pavilion roof (short boundary but still)

He also just rocks up to bat in T20s and drives home when he's done, doesn't field a lot of the time. And when he does field only bothers stopping balls that go straight to him

Lol funny considering dilshan was a pretty good fielder when he was playing

 

[Himannv]

Classic wonder how many other players married their teammates partners

This is some tale as well. Apparently Tharanga's home was damaged in the tsunami so Dilshan offered to let him stay at his house, which is how Tharanga met his wife and they started a long and sordid affair. After Dilshan caught them at it, he divorced his wife and Tharanga married her instead.

And despite all this, they somehow opened the batting together and built tons of match-winning partnerships without Dilshan losing his head and killing this guy. In fairness to Dilshan, he seemed much happier with his new wife and she genuinely seems to care for him and cried when he retired. All's well that ends well I guess.

 

[subshakerz]

You really think a side which hasn’t won anything of note in the short formats is a better team than the 1983 West Indies outfit? That team is the Brazil 82 of cricket.

I thought we are talking about form and skill in that particular tournament.

 

[subshakerz]

It's definitely not 2023 India lol

1983 WI or 1999 South Africa

99 SA didn't have a power hitter batting lineup like India, Klusener aside.

 

[ashley bach]

Windies in 83 were overwhelming favs to win and to this day it remains the biggest upset in a final.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

England should have won in 92.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

WI '83 by miles. In fact there's a decent argument they would have matched up against a rest of the world side at that time they were so well covered (except for spin, which they didn't really need at that time.)

I guess a ROW XI 1983 would be something like

Turner/Srikkanth
Gooch
Chappell
Gower
Zaheer Abbas
Imran
Kapil
Hadlee
Shastri
Marsh
Lillee

Still pretty stacked. Bats so deep and crazy bowling attack.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

99 SA didn't have a power hitter batting lineup like India, Klusener aside.

It was a different game with different rulrs and conditions. Still Gibbs was very aggressive as were Pollock and Boucher. Jonty maintained a good run rate by speed between wickets

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

99 SA didn't have a power hitter batting lineup like India, Klusener aside.

Or good spinners

 

[honestbharani]

I think talent wise the 83 Windies side was the best that could not win the WC, but I do not see how an objective fact that India looked far more unbeatable in 2023 than the Windies did in 83 is being questioned here.

 

[Burgey]

Or good spinners

It was in England though. So not as important I guess

 

[Sunil1z]

It was in England though. So not as important I guess

When Warne you SF and F

 

[Burgey]

lol yeah fair point that

 

[Gob]

This is some tale as well. Apparently Tharanga's home was damaged in the tsunami so Dilshan offered to let him stay at his house, which is how Tharanga met his wife and they started a long and sordid affair. After Dilshan caught them at it, he divorced his wife and Tharanga married her instead.

And despite all this, they somehow opened the batting together and built tons of match-winning partnerships without Dilshan losing his head and killing this guy. In fairness to Dilshan, he seemed much happier with his new wife and she genuinely seems to care for him and cried when he retired. All's well that ends well I guess.

Thats some quality content for poison ivy 6

 

[Sunil1z]

Was just thinking about this exercise. You can correct me afterwards.
I am awarding WC to best Team of Tournament rather than one who won in the finals .

1975 Australia
1979. WI
1983 WI
1987 PAK
1992 NZ
1996 SL
1999 SA
2003 AUS
2007 AUS
2011 IND
2015. AUS ( Because final was played here otherwise NZ)
2019. ENG
2023. IND

So final WC tally
AUS. 4
WI 2
IND 2
SA SL ENG PAK NZ 1

So AUS has actually won SA and NZ share of WC .
IND were unlucky in 2023 but lucky in 1983

 

[Spark]

I think Aus were a level above NZ in 2015 tbh. None of the games in Australia were at all close whereas the Aus vs NZ game was a very close run thing (let alone the semi-final)

 

[subshakerz]

I think talent wise the 83 Windies side was the best that could not win the WC, but I do not see how an objective fact that India looked far more unbeatable in 2023 than the Windies did in 83 is being questioned here.

Didn't WI lose to India earlier in that tournament?

India were just looking levels ahead of others in 2023. Flattening teams, all players in form, etc.

 

[Athlai]

I think Aus were a level above NZ in 2015 tbh. None of the games in Australia were at all close whereas the Aus vs NZ game was a very close run thing (let alone the semi-final)

It's annoying that we will never get a WC final in NZ. We may have been marginally the better side in NZ conditions but were clearly not as good as Australia over there.

 

[Flem274*]

Starc was the difference. Death bowling was king in that tournament, because it was so hard to defend wickets in hand. The two best attacks made the final and the best death bowler on the planet, plus some random quality from Faulkner, was decisive.