Semi Finals/Final - Australia, Sri Lanka, England and Pakistan

[Jarquis]

148 to win then. A few more than it was looking like it was going to be at the half way stage.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Great last over from Broad, it must be said. Kudos to Colly for standing by his man.

 

[Jayzamann]

147 makes this interesting. See where the Poms are at after 6 overs.

 

[King Pietersen]

To get from 8/3 upto 147/6 is a fine effort. Going to be a close chase this one. Really hoping we get off to a good start.

 

[superkingdave]

Nice 'petulance' from Broad at the end there, anyone would think he's perfect and didn't drop a catch in this very innings.

keeps on reinforcing why he's one of the least liked players around

 

[grecian]

Oz massive faves for me, may even put money on it to cushion the blow....

 

[Nate]

England certainly favourites, but I'm just stoked we made triple figures tbh.

 

[pasag]

v.happy with that after our start, even if we lose.

 

[Jayzamann]

If Aus pull this out their ass again, the only downside would be the glossing over of how dire Clarke has been.

Although the same could be said for Mussey's international career 12 months ago. Look where he's at now. I'd gladly cop that on the chin if Clarke really lights **** up for the next World t20 next weekend.

 

[AlanJLegend]

Good work from Aussies to get 147 after our catastropic start.

At this point you'd have to think England have somewhat of an advantage, but with Australia's bowling firepower and the notion of 'anything can happen in t20', this could go either way.

Lets go crims!!!

 

[Jono]

Rafa vs. Roger > England vs. Australia

 

[Jono]

Nice 'petulance' from Broad at the end there, anyone would think he's perfect and didn't drop a catch in this very innings.

keeps on reinforcing why he's one of the least liked players around

Was exactly what Chappelli was talking about.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Betfair has Eng as slight favs.

Eng 1.92
Oz 2.08

 

[ret]

Aus finish at 147 after being 8-3. The 140 odd total gives Aus something to bowl at, Eng would be happy to chasing less than 150

The big Q is can Eng win its first world cup final? It has been in 3 ODIs finals before.

 

[Jono]

Betfair has Eng as slight favs.

Eng 1.92
Oz 2.08

Aust were 1.78 after 18 overs. Expected a much bigger last 2 overs for Aust obviously did the punters.

 

[grecian]

Nice 'petulance' from Broad at the end there, anyone would think he's perfect and didn't drop a catch in this very innings.

keeps on reinforcing why he's one of the least liked players around

Oh good edit, I was just going to reply "Does anyone wonder that, he behaves like Violet-Elizabeth Bott on the field".

 

[Nate]

Tait to re-live his 05 Ashes? And Johnson his 09? Nannes to find his Dutch best? Smith to resemble Warne in more than just appearance? Let's find outttttttt

 

[wpdavid]

To get from 8/3 upto 147/6 is a fine effort. Going to be a close chase this one. Really hoping we get off to a good start.

Thing is, they've been doing this all tournament, so it's no suprise to see them build a score. England will have to take the view that they'd have settled for this at the start of the innings.

It'll be tough though. The pessimist in me thinks that our openers' luck is due to run out, Colly's completely out of sorts so we're relying on KP & Morgan, which is cutting things a bit fine against the best attack we've faced so far.

 

[Jarquis]

Betfair has Eng as slight favs.

Eng 1.92
Oz 2.08

Bet365 has both at 10/11

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bet365 has both at 10/11

Oz drifting. Out to 2.16 now; Eng 1.86.