***Official***THE FINAL- India vs Australia - November 19th - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (D/N)

[The_CricketUmpire]

Looks like Cummins made the right call - won the toss and sent India in. Batting looking easy. The deck looks Iike its settled down. Enough dew for the ball to come onto the bat

 

[Spikey]

It's so funny that he plays these glorious slog sweeps while doing everything else he does

 

[TheJediBrah]

Travis Head. Wow. It's a more important innings than Gilchrist in 07 and Ponting in 03.

Chasing bias. Innings always look better when chasing

 

[subshakerz]

Cummins got his wish of silencing the crowd. You can't get worse than this.

 

[Dissector]

Amazing hundred by Head, definitely one of the great World Cup innings, reminiscent of Aravinda's innings in 1996 in a similar chase. The pressure in that stadium when Australia was three down was massive and he just absorbed it and kept scoring runs at a decent clip.

 

[ripper868]

What an out of control 6 that was, so unnecessary

 

[Spikey]

Marnus man of the match imo

 

[Spark]

Fair play to Marnus. I’ve criticised his one day abilities but he’s playing a blinder here

Yeah, shown a ton of cricket nous. Realised priority one was actually to slow down the game, like a football team killing the crowd by holding possession for a while

 

[cnerd123]

How many overs till Aus chase this down:

OS - 29 overs
Burgey - 36 (aka the number of years since he was last able to get it up)
kraken - 38
cnerd123 - 39 overs
silentstriker - 41
Window & GoodAreasShane - 42
Redbacks 43
stephen 44
morgieb - 47
Gnske - 48
ashley bach - 49

thierry henry and GIMH - Aus won't chase this

 

[Darwin Award]

Head you legend.... and the second 50 came off just 37 balls.


At what point now does this 100,000 strong crowd suddenly become 90,000... and then 80,000

 

[thierry henry]

How many overs till Aus chase this down:

OS - 29 overs
Burgey - 36 (aka the number of years since he was last able to get it up)
kraken - 38
cnerd123 - 39 overs
silentstriker - 41
Window & GoodAreasShane - 42
Redbacks 43
stephen 44
morgieb - 47
Gnske - 48
ashley bach - 49

thierry henry and GIMH - Aus won't chase this

I’m hanging in there

 

[BazBall21]

Chasing bias. Innings always look better when chasing

Without those innings in 03 and 07, I think an Australian win is still very likely. I can't say the same today

 

[Niall]

How many are even in the squad? I can imagine both teams would be wildly different. I mean who the **** wants to play a 5 game T20 series after a 2 month World Cup + final

Aus squad, tbf the likes of Head will want to play, another good knock in this series and a juicy IPL contract awaits.

Wade as captain is very odd!

Australia T20 squad for tour of India

• Matthew Wade (Hobart Hurricanes / Clarence Cricket Club) (c)
• Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers / Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club)
• Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers / Parramatta District Cricket Club)
• Tim David (Hobart Hurricanes / Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club)
• Nathan Ellis (Hobart Hurricanes / Lindisfarne Cricket Club)
• Travis Head (Adelaide Strikers / Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club)
• Josh Inglis (Perth Scorchers / Joondalup Cricket Club)
• Spencer Johnson (Brisbane Heat / West Torrens Cricket Club)
• Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars / Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club)
• Tanveer Sangha (Sydney Thunder / Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club)
• Matt Short (Adelaide Strikers / Northcote Cricket Club)
• Steve Smith (NSW / Sutherland Cricket Club)
• Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars / Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club)
• David Warner (Sydney Thunder / Randwick Petersham Cricket Club)
• Adam Zampa (Melbourne Renegades / Sutherland Cricket Club)

Australia T20 squad 2023: Aussies name 15-man team for tour of India | Sporting News Australia

Matthew Wade will once again captain Australia after he was named in the 15-man T20 squad for their tour of India which will start following the conclusion of the ICC World Cup.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, shown a ton of cricket nous. Realised priority one was actually to slow down the game, like a football team killing the crowd by holding possession for a while

Yeah I guess if India racked up 300 he’s not the guy you want out there. But you pick your team knowing your attack is always a good bet to keep the numbers down.

 

[Shri]

ban odis

 

[Nintendo]

Aus squad, tbf the likes of Head will want to play, another good knock in this series and a juicy IPL contract awaits.

Wade as captain is very odd!

Australia T20 squad for tour of India

• Matthew Wade (Hobart Hurricanes / Clarence Cricket Club) (c)
• Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers / Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club)
• Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers / Parramatta District Cricket Club)
• Tim David (Hobart Hurricanes / Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club)
• Nathan Ellis (Hobart Hurricanes / Lindisfarne Cricket Club)
• Travis Head (Adelaide Strikers / Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club)
• Josh Inglis (Perth Scorchers / Joondalup Cricket Club)
• Spencer Johnson (Brisbane Heat / West Torrens Cricket Club)
• Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars / Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club)
• Tanveer Sangha (Sydney Thunder / Campbelltown Camden District Cricket Club)
• Matt Short (Adelaide Strikers / Northcote Cricket Club)
• Steve Smith (NSW / Sutherland Cricket Club)
• Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars / Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club)
• David Warner (Sydney Thunder / Randwick Petersham Cricket Club)
• Adam Zampa (Melbourne Renegades / Sutherland Cricket Club)

Australia T20 squad 2023: Aussies name 15-man team for tour of India | Sporting News Australia

Matthew Wade will once again captain Australia after he was named in the 15-man T20 squad for their tour of India which will start following the conclusion of the ICC World Cup.

www.sportingnews.com

Benching green, who's only played two games this world cup and barely bowled is a really weird call.

 

[Owzat]

ICC didn't let the local curator pick the pitch they wanted

maybe they should make the toss in international matches more than bat or bowl, have alternate and different pitches prepared and the toss winner can choose bat/bowl or pitch 1/2, and the toss loser gets to choose from the other

 

[thierry henry]

Look it’s been a horrible WC Final for us all but let’s not forget that SKY failed, which is nice

 

[social]

I mean I‘d be very surprised if even half the players here show up in that series

All the bowlers are going home & think it might be only Smith & Warner staying

 

[Darwin Award]

Amazing hundred by Head, definitely one of the great World Cup innings, reminiscent of Aravinda's innings in 1996 in a similar chase. The pressure in that stadium when Australia was three down was massive and he just absorbed it and kept scoring runs at a decent clip.

That innings by De Silva was absolutely liquid....

Effortless all the way.Great innings.Was in total control