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

[Darwin Award]

Starc goes for absolute glory... that could've been disastrous.

Not needed FFS!!

 

[Nintendo]

Just so everyone knows, you can **** all over Bavuma's captaincy or batting or what have you all you like but if you start bringing his race into it with quota talk, instant light offensive. Not the time or the place and it's just beyond crass.

I don't have a stance on the quote stuff either way, but feel like if you where going to choose a player to be the figurehead of why it's bad, you would choose a player, who you know, is actually a benefactor of the system, and not SA's best bat across ODI and tests lol.

 

[Burgey]

Do you give starc MOTM here or head? Both have had really good games. I'm leaning head but it's a really hard call.

It’s Miller time!

But Starc back to something like himself is huge for Aus

 

[eroticfishcake]

India vs Australia it is. At the Narendra Modi stadium, in front of Narendra Modi and 130000 others

 

[Spark]

Man what a year Cummins has had with the bat

 

[Shri]

if you start bringing his race into it with quota talk, instant light offensive

wtf ban the *****

 

[stephen]

Hazzah!

Time to lose to India.

 

[Spark]

wtf ban the ****s

Two people have already copped a week for it

 

[GIMH]

Well played Oz.

An absolute classic semi.

 

[TimAngas]

Well glad we got through. The mess we made of this basically confirms we are no chance of surviving Jadeja and Kuldeep at Ahmedabad though, let alone god-mode Shami. The spin-playing hysteria we are in hasn't diminished since the Nagpur test earlier this year. Only hope is to blow out the top order like we did today... just as Rohit and Kohli are simultaneously hitting long awaited late-career peaks.

Goodbye QdK. A most formidable opponent lost to international cricket too soon.

 

[morgieb]

Well that was much tougher than I expected, especially at 0/60. Great effort from the Saffer spinners and Miller. Australia really didn't bat well after Head got out, though I guess the lower-order deserves credit for not losing their head late.

I can't say I'm terribly optimistic about our chances against India, but hey only the performance on the day matters.

 

[ripper868]

Old calm head Cummo.

Now, which pitch is the final not being played on?

 

[King Kane]

A few games too many for Jansen in this tournament, he has gone from looking like a world beater to looking beaten.

Australia through to another WC final, hopefully India smash them to get some revenge for the 2003 WC final.

 

[Burgey]

There it is. The greatest cricketing and sporting nation on earth into an inevitable final with an inevitable 6th title coming home on Sunday.

Our tail has been superb at grinding out tough runs this year across the formats.

 

[loterry1994]

Well that was much tougher than I expected, especially at 0/60. Great effort from the Saffer spinners and Miller. Australia really didn't bat well after Head got out, though I guess the lower-order deserves credit for not losing their head late.

I can't say I'm terribly optimistic about our chances against India, but hey only the performance on the day matters.

It’s a new game now anything can happen lots of players in form for both sides

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Farewell QDK.

 

[Shri]

wait is andy flower part of aus/sa support staff?

 

[loterry1994]

Bavumas captaincy didn’t lose this. South Africa’s top order weren’t brave enough up front. The bowlers made a good effort out of it after the poor start. Defending like 210 is always a tough ask in any pitch

 

[slowfinger]

can we have more pitches like this ??? surely this was more entertaining to waatch than a blood-fest of fast bowlers getting panned around the park for 100 overs

 

[Nintendo]

Just realized this is de kock's last game for SA in ODI's. Terrible way to go, lol. Cost his team a semi final.