Boult needs to bowl at Smith.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
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ffs
feck. Would have been a regulation catch for second slip
FFS! So much for Bmac aggressive captaincy there.
Steven Smith is the unlikeliest looking addition to the "players you want out as an opposition fan" list.
NZ's window of opportunity is closing very very fast
In that case Misbah would've been eliminated from the game 25 years ago.
From captain in the first game against England to being water boy in the final. Feel a bit sorry for Bailey.
The only reason I'm happy we didn't make the final is it would've been horrible to get destroyed by Aus.
Haddin copped some flak on social media for his send off to Guptill.
Why did he give Guptil a send off?
I should be happy AUS will win barring a miracle. However, what leaves a sour taste in my mouth is the fact that this final has been an anti climax. You wait four years for a World Cup final and it's a fizzer. Give me a great contest that's a poor spectacle over this.
After the Asian cup final and how tense that was I think its for the best.
A nice stress free final
I remember many many matches vividly since 1992 onwards when I was 7. I have friends who do too. Few years later, around 1995 onwards, I used to maintain stats and records of my favourite players and important events in a diary as there was neither internet and hence no Cricinfo
No idea why. Guptill isn't a prick, doesn't sledge in fact the whole New Zealand side doesn't sledge pretty much. Maybe he's jealous of who Guptill's wife is - Laura mcGoldrick is a fine looking lady.
I enjoyed that more than than this.
He's Australian, it's all they do.
I was shitting bricks all through that game.
Game on.
Warner that was unnecessary.
Could of been a century there.
Could of been a century there.
Well, that and actually being good at cricket. But yeah, the sledging is ugly, wish they didn't feel the need to do that.
Glimmer of hope? Still tough though for NZ.
Warnie said he'd let bowlers bowl as many overs as they like if he could change something about the one day game. I do think something needs to change. Too batsmen centric.
Exactly my thoughts. Haddin should keep that rubbish out of the game.
Warner should have made an effort to cross there.
Well if they get Smith, it could be on.
...and Clarke, and Watson, and Maxwell.
...and Clarke, and Watson, and Maxwell.
All they do is send players off?
We still have Faulkner the Finisher.
Easy step is to get rid of the batting power play.
The bail is glued on.
As well as the ball change.. Reverse swing needs to be in play.. Great reverse swing bowling is an asset in the death overs..
These wickets need to be looked at
Yeah, and there's always Johnson to smack a few at the end...
Two new balls as well. Or maybe make that optional for the fielding captain to use it when he wants.
Yeah that too. It shouldn't be this easy for batsmen to get 200, or teams to get 400.
That and ensure bats are no bigger than a set weight. Five maybe six out of the ring too.
Is anything exciting going to happen? Such a poor final so far.
Come on Danny boy, give us a hattrick to spice up the activities.
Who would we give man of the match to and indeed player of the tournament? Start player of the tournament for me.
Same got to give it to Starc, He averaged under 10 and was our best player.
I agree.
I'm not sure what coverage you all have in England/India etc, but they showed a graphic 10 mins ago which showed the steep increase in WC strike-rates and the amount if centuries in WC's since 1992.
In 1992 the strike-rate was 67 or something and there were 8 centuries throughout the whole tournament. In this WC the s/r is 88ish and there have been 38 centuries so far.
I'm only 28, but call me old fashioned - I loved the days of one day cricket when 240 was an insane score and 210/220 was considered a very defendable total.