Moral Victories

[TheJediBrah]

India were lucky to make the final IMO. They weren't the second-best team of the tournament. Being gifted a semi-final against Kenya was just taking the ****

 

[Molehill]

India were lucky to make the final IMO. They weren't the second-best team of the tournament. Being gifted a semi-final against Kenya was just taking the ****

Well exactly, that whole tournament was a farce. The only thing it got right was the best team winning it, but everything which led up to that was ridiculous.

 

[CricAddict]

The covid affected India-England test series which stopped at 2-1 with India leading and dominating. Later, a one-off test with different personnel gets attached to it and series ends 2-2.

It is 2-1 India and a test series win in England for me.

 

[GIMH]

The covid affected India-England test series which stopped at 2-1 with India leading and dominating. Later, a one-off test with different personnel gets attached to it and series ends 2-2.

It is 2-1 India and a test series win in England for me.

I’d have more sympathy for this if india hadn’t abandoned ship - that’s what led to the fifth cancellation after all

 

[Molehill]

The covid affected India-England test series which stopped at 2-1 with India leading and dominating. Later, a one-off test with different personnel gets attached to it and series ends 2-2.

It is 2-1 India and a test series win in England for me.

In which case, England should've left India after winning the First Test there and claimed a series victory.

You can't just head back home when you're winning....(although Aussies might want to consider it if they ever want to win in England again).

 

[Burgey]

You can't just head back home when you're winning....(although Aussies might want to consider it if they ever want to win in England again).

Fortunately for you, it's not something England has to consider when touring here.

 

[Burgey]

made our bowlers look much worse than they actually were.

Your bowlers couldn't have been any worse that day tbh. Zaheer Khan gobbing off at Gilchrist and Hayden early on then going for 67 off seven overs was quite an effort on his part.

 

[Molehill]

Fortunately for you, it's not something England has to consider when touring here.

True, when we get ahead, we generally win the series.

 

[TheJediBrah]

True, when we get ahead, we generally win the series.

Guess we'll never know

 

[GIMH]

Was reading the 2019 WC final thread earlier and found this...

Wow what a finish, craziest World Cup final ever and I doubt that will ever be surpassed

Number of boundaries seems such a weird metric to decide a winner on. Surely wickets lost would make more sense? Well those are the rules I guess

Cheers for your good sense TJB

 

[TheJediBrah]

I assume I've contradicted that many times since but I'll take that as the compliment I'm sure it was intended as

 

[ashley bach]

Was reading the 2019 WC final thread earlier..

Not too much into digging old threads up but must say I checked this one out about a year ago. As much as it still stings a bit even thinking about it,
the reality is that we're very unlikely to witness a world cup final as good again.
Would love nothing more than a Blackcaps/England final later this year with revenge to take place, but unfortunately find that hard to see atm.

 

[Daemon]

WI in Aus 2024
Actual Score: 1-1
Moral Score: 1-0 to WI (Australia started the series at a handicap of -1)

Pak in Aus 2023/4
Actual Score 3-0
Moral Score: 2-1 (2nd test to Pakistan assuming they could catch)

 

[ankitj]

Moral score in the ongoing England India series is 5-0 in England's favour.

 

[Chin Music]

Moral score in the ongoing England India series is 5-0 in England's favour.

With England ensuring that they have bowled more than 90 overs in the day (1st day 2nd test), absolutely!

 

[Ali TT]

Bazball is rescuing the integrity of cricket, so England are default moral victors in every test they play, even before a ball is bowled. The rest is just to give 22 men a bit of fresh air and vitamin D.

 

[Adders]

We deserve a 5 - 0 moral victory just for the gambhiring.

 

[Daemon]

2024/25 BGT

Actual score: 3-1 Australia
Moral score: 2-2

Bumrah was injured. With him Sydney would have gone India’s way.

3rd Test should have gone to Australia but it’s net off by India being robbed of a draw at the MCG by the magnus effect.

 

[subshakerz]

2016 Pakistan tour of Australia
Actual Score: 3-0 Australia
Moral Score: 2-1 Australia (Pakistan made 450 chasing 489 in the first test which is insane and they deserved the victory. Due to butterfly effect the series could really have gone 3-0 to Pakistan, we'll never know)

Plenty of rain affected ones but those are very obvious and don't need much discussion

No that chase felt like a fluke.

Moral victory
Australia lost 1-0 to Pakistan in 1994 after dominating them the entire series, losing by 1 wicket in the freak first test and Pakistan have to be bailed out by Malik to draw the next two tests. Probably the most one sided loss ever.
Moral score 2-0 Australia

 

[Coronis]

SA vs Aus WTC.

Either way the match goes the loser could claim a moral victory.