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Post by newby on Nov 16, 2023 17:03:23 GMT
South Africa added some tension to the game but those first 20 overs were too much of a hurdle for them.
Nice hundred from David Miller.
Dilemma now it's come down to this. I do like India, sans Kohli, but with all the advantages of home I didn't really want them to win. However, I can't face another Australian World Cup win so I'm back to backing India.
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Post by karma on Nov 16, 2023 17:39:13 GMT
Me too.
Everything has gone right for India on their home grounds, you still have to perform well which they have done. I could cope with them winning the final if Kholi is out for a duck.
I wonder if a team has ever gone though a One-Day World Cup without losing a match before?
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Post by davemorton on Nov 16, 2023 17:57:58 GMT
Australia v S Africa - penultimate game the best of the whole competition. I was rooting for the Saffers, but it took a Yorkshireman to win it for Oz. I could watch Maharaj bowl all day, my favourite bowler in the entire world. Why are batsmen allowed to bat all through the 50 overs, when bowlers are allowed only 10?
I would change the regulations to allow one bowler to bowl two shares, in all forms of limited overs cricket.
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Post by newby on Nov 16, 2023 19:06:59 GMT
Or, batsmen only allowed to bat a maximum of 10 overs each to even things up, now that's an idea.
As you say it is totally unfair if you think it through. The good thing is it's unfair to both teams equally.
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Post by hawke on Nov 16, 2023 19:42:57 GMT
Enjoyed listening to today’s match commentary whilst raking up garden leaves. So Kettleborough is also there. New Zealand battled hard yesterday but India at home are currently a level above.
I favour India as they have been so impressive. In a way they have to win it twice. The league and now the play off. I don’t follow international teams that closely so don’t know the negatives alluded to about Kohli.
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Post by karma on Nov 16, 2023 19:55:33 GMT
Kohli is a brilliant cricketer but I cannot warm to his personality hawke.
He's intense, to me to an almost unpleasant degree, full of himself . I think it's possible to admire someone for their skillset and singlemindedness but at the same time wishing them not to succeed. It's probably something lacking in my ungenerous spirit to this individual . Is he like Marmite ?
I must admit that I'm not a great follower of Test cricket nowadays any more than I'm a a fan of International football or the Premier League. Perhaps Kohli's at the apex of the pyramid that turns me off .
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Post by byased on Nov 16, 2023 22:49:54 GMT
I have no great preference for any nation, including our own. I think I would have preferred to be Australian or Scandinavian given the choice, but Yorkshire will do. People often say they don't like American's or French or whatever, but when challenged as to how many they know, the answer is usually none. Does anyone remember the song on spitting image "I have never met a nice South African". I have only met a few, and none were particularly nice, but I am sure there are plenty who are. I recently bought a book, for all of 49p, about cricket in the fifties. All about bad pitches and bowlers who threw. Slightly before my time, but only just. In one chapter it covers a series in South Africa which John Arlott went out to report on. He was appalled by the racial segregation of all types, and the general obsession with background, of which there are many in the country. He was stopped at some sort of checkpoint during the tour, and asked by a fierce looking official what race he was. "Human" was his reply. If only more people thought like that. India deserve to be the winners, as Hawke says, they have already won it by virtue of beating everyone else .But, as a slightly frustrated Aussie, I will support them on the day, but don't really mind. I do concur about Kohli from what I have seen of him.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Nov 17, 2023 12:08:32 GMT
I decided I wanted Australia due to several Yorkshire links with Inglis, Maxwell, Starc and Head. They even have the brother of one of our old boys too.
I respect and admire Kohli as a batter but dislike his arrogance and manner in the field where he comes across as angry and aggressive.
I have an Aussie mate in Melbourne too but the only issue I have with wanting the Aussies is that for all the 4 Yorkie connected players, they still have Smith and Warner who are up there on the same dislike pedestal as Kohli!
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Post by newby on Nov 17, 2023 16:24:47 GMT
At least we will have our bit of England represented on the field during the final. The two Richard's, Kettleborough and Illingworth will be the two on-field umpires. Kettleborough especially very rarely has any decisions overturned. I hope it's not too hot for them.
Of course if Inglis is selected he will make a third.
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Post by tykemania on Nov 17, 2023 18:52:36 GMT
I find myself searching the playing conditions looking for a way by which it is possible for both teams to lose!
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Post by karma on Nov 18, 2023 11:05:55 GMT
The cricketer with the name I like best of all, *Ryan Sidebottom, has been adding his two-peneth to what went wrong with England's Cricket World Cup in India.
He criticised the scheduling of the Hundred as one of the reasons why England failed so drastically - the current team was undercooked. While he does not believe change is needed in personnel, giving Rob Key and Jos Butler his backing to stay on he feels the schedule and where cricket's priorities lie do need addressing.
Really, I wasn't aware of the scheduling problems. And I disagree that the two mentioned keep their jobs.
Maybe Ryan is looking for a job don't know what he's doing now.
* Arnie Sidebottom, now there's a great name and a great multi-sport athlete. Top bloke too
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Post by karma on Nov 18, 2023 14:17:11 GMT
I've been reading that England are to ask(tell?) their players to leave the IPL early so that they can return to prepare properly for next Year's T20 World Cup This presupposes based upon the England player's recent non-performances that they actually get selected for the IPL.
It's not exactly a case of shutting the stable door........
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Post by davemorton on Nov 18, 2023 16:50:09 GMT
So they leave a T20 tournament early to prepare for a T20 tournament?
Duh.
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Post by newby on Nov 18, 2023 19:10:45 GMT
I suppose it depends if they are playing or bench warming at the IPL. Of course it was ridiculous to say the IPL was good practice for a Test series as the England management have claimed before, but for the T20 world cup perhaps that could be a bone fide reason to allow them to stay to the sharp end.
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Post by hawke on Nov 19, 2023 22:20:40 GMT
Well a game too far for the homesters. Strong, gritty performance from the Aussies it seems. Back to their tough professional best. Actually I feel for the Indian team, well beaten on their big day after a terrific tournament.
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