***Official***Semi-Final #2- South Africa vs Australia - November 16th - Eden Gardens, Kolkata (D/N)

[Darwin Award]

Recap history:

2015 World Cup: Smith scored a half century in the Quarters,Semi's & Finals

2019: Smith once again scored a half century in the semi's against England

2023? They'll need him to do it once again if they're to get through this.

 

[stephen]

At 133/3, Cricinfo gave SA a 2% chance

Was under 1% when maxi came out to bat against Afghanistan

 

[morgieb]

How the hell does Shamsi look like he does when he runs like that for a wicket

 

[Himannv]

Shamsi is such an annoying looking prat.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

touch of imran tahir with that celebration

 

[Burgey]

Shamsi is such an annoying looking prat.

touch of imran tahir with that celebration

The timeline delivering here

 

[Molehill]

Why are they giving easy singles to long on/off? Get them up, see if pressure tells.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

touch of imran tahir with that celebration

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Head tried to smash his first ball from Maharaj. We can see how that went

Head got a very good ball others not so much.

Ofcourse you don't need to slog everyball but stonewalling is also dumb. Just play proper cricketing shot not reverse sweep or stupid slogs.

 

[King Kane]

Still Australia's game to lose with only about 60 runs left to get.

SA need another wicket soon or this is all over.

 

[Teja.]

Was under 1% when maxi came out to bat against Afghanistan

It’s a trash system tbh. Real odds still had Australia with a decent outside chance iirc.

 

[TimAngas]

Took his time but the Smith computer seems to have installed the right firmware.

 

[Burgey]

Fmd that’s such a risky shot but so well executed. Prefer he didn’t play it

 

[Spark]

Head got a very good ball others not so much.

Ofcourse you don't need to slog everyball but stonewalling is also dumb. Just play proper cricketing shot not reverse sweep or stupid slogs.

Right but like I don't see what the complaint with the approach was then. Until the reverse sweep that was exactly what Smith and Labuschagne were doing.

 

[The Brian Hardie Stance]

All looking easy again now.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Inglis looking really assured so far.

 

[Spark]

Fmd that’s such a risky shot but so well executed. Prefer he didn’t play it

Straight bat tbf. Shot you can play on such a slow pitch

 

[stephen]

It’s a trash system tbh. Real odds still had Australia with a decent outside chance iirc.

Tbf I didn't see Australia having a snowballs chance in hell when maxi came in.

 

[morgieb]

Ofcourse you don't need to slog everyball but stonewalling is also dumb. Just play proper cricketing shot not reverse sweep or stupid slogs.

I don't think they were stonewalling all that much though, Marnus at least was getting runs off the few bad balls. Maybe they could've taken a few more singles but until Marnus played a bad shot he was looking like being the anchor at the end.

 

[Spark]

It’s a trash system tbh. Real odds still had Australia with a decent outside chance iirc.

Haha I would not trust any system that had Aus a decent outside chance given the sort of innings it actually required to win the game.