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

[loterry1994]

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

Honestly I wanted to sleep earlier it’s nearly 4am here lol

 

[Gob]

Team for the final

Warner
Head
Marsh
Green
Carey
Inglis
Stoinis
Cummins
Starc
Zampa
Hazlewood

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Between Aussie bowling in the first 15 overs and Miller-Klassen partnership this match had some extremely mediocre cricket.

 

[Shri]

SA players shaking hands atm

 

[loterry1994]

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.

lol you come up with some post defending Bavuma now you say de kock costed them make up your mind

 

[Molehill]

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

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He's part of the Aus team. Was sat next to Hazlewood for most of the second innings.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Congratulations Australia, wish you well for the final.

 

[Sunil1z]

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

Well then Daily Mail and Fox Cricket will start crying.

 

[Nintendo]

Travis head looks like he should be shanking people for darts outside the woolongong train station, not getting MOTM in a world cup semi.

 

[loterry1994]

U can’t count how many times the keeper and bowlers runs have helped Australia win tight games the last few years

 

[Shri]

batting first was a choke at toss as were all the drops

aus only had to deal with spin. sa had to battle movement from pacers and spin

 

[BazBall21]

Always felt throughout that chase that SA were 30 runs short but had it not been for some poor captaincy and catching, the outcome could have been different.

 

[Spark]

I will say this: getting to the final already is well above what I thought this team could achieve this WC. Credit to Cummins and co for cobbling a campaign together given how ramshackle it looked at the start. India are the far better team on paper but finals can be funny things.

 

[Daemon]

Forgot head’s double strike with the ball - clear motm

 

[TimAngas]

Fair enough that Head was man of the match, but the player who exceeded their form-line by the biggest amount was clearly Starc. Absolutely ruthless bowling after spraying it all tournament and set the tone. Australia also couldn't have won without him.

 

[loterry1994]

I will say this: getting to the final already is well above what I thought this team could achieve this WC. Credit to Cummins and co for cobbling a campaign together given how ramshackle it looked at the start. India are the far better team on paper but finals can be funny things.

That top 3 change pretty much changed Australia’s hopes and many people didn’t like Marsh at 3 over smith. Zampa and Cummins have been bowling better as well

 

[Burgey]

U can’t count how many times the keeper and bowlers runs have helped Australia win tight games the last few years

The great sides and nations get it done. They just know how to win.

Losing a semi final like in 2019 is a ****ing disgrace for australia at a world cup, whereas for other countries just getting there is an achievement. that’s the difference. It’s why we will waltz our way to the title on Sunday. It’ll be so easy the players will perform the second half of the game using interpretive dance for shits and giggles as they smash a hapless home side who will be like deers in the headlights.

 

[Andy19]

Told you guys South africa would lose Australia are the Goats in world cups.

 

[Nintendo]

lol you come up with some post defending Bavuma now you say de kock costed them make up your mind

My brother in christ. You need to stop seeing the world in black and white, lol. De kock had a bad game. Quote me the post where I said bavuma's captaincy was good throughout the game, or when I said he's been fantastic this WC or this semi.

 

[Darwin Award]

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

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For a second I thought that was Wayne Rooney

Not the face of a devastated player though... I remember AB De Villiers crying before he even shook the first Kiwi players hand right after Grant Elliott hit that six to beat them in the semi's in 2015.