Jables Swan
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Well done NZ. Great tournament. Terrific effort.
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 |OT| The World comes Down Under
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chicko1983
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Awesome effort Aussies. Today is an example of why I thought the Aussies had more room for improvement than the other final three teams. All performed except for finch and they have dominated the second best team.
Thank you Michael Clarke, a great odi career and now a World Cup winning captain. Go and win the ashes in England and then have a great retirement.
My team of the cup:
Dhawan
Guptil
Sanga (wk)
S. Smith (c)
ABDV
B. Taylor or mahmadullah - one of these deserve to be in the World Cup xi.
Maxwell (I love him, I want to boof him) - the best fifth bowler/ batsman of the tourney.
Starc - man of the World Cup
Vettori - best slow bowler, toss up between him and tahir
Boult
Riaz
Plenty of names there you wouldn't have picked before the cup.
Mitchell Starc unbelievable tourney. Average under ten in the World Cup with the most runs and centuries.
It's a young team (youngest final four team by a couple of years) and there are a heap of good young players to come into th steam over the next four years, so the rest of the world have a lot of improving to do to catch us. Go away and get gud world!
Australia world champions in one day cricket - normality finally restored!
Thank you Michael Clarke, a great odi career and now a World Cup winning captain. Go and win the ashes in England and then have a great retirement.
My team of the cup:
Dhawan
Guptil
Sanga (wk)
S. Smith (c)
ABDV
B. Taylor or mahmadullah - one of these deserve to be in the World Cup xi.
Maxwell (I love him, I want to boof him) - the best fifth bowler/ batsman of the tourney.
Starc - man of the World Cup
Vettori - best slow bowler, toss up between him and tahir
Boult
Riaz
Plenty of names there you wouldn't have picked before the cup.
Mitchell Starc unbelievable tourney. Average under ten in the World Cup with the most runs and centuries.
It's a young team (youngest final four team by a couple of years) and there are a heap of good young players to come into th steam over the next four years, so the rest of the world have a lot of improving to do to catch us. Go away and get gud world!
Australia world champions in one day cricket - normality finally restored!
Phat Michael
Banned
Absolute world class domination. NZ had zero chance on a proper adult sized pitch.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I don't know if I would say it was boring. More it was a masterclass performance. Australia where just too good at everything.
Fielding they where sensational.
Bowling they where amazing, everyone played their part, no fucks ups.
Batting, good, and so much depth.
Fielding they where sensational.
Bowling they where amazing, everyone played their part, no fucks ups.
Batting, good, and so much depth.
ranmafan
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Good job Australia, great performance today. Well deserved champions. New Zealand one day it will be their turn, but Australia was the better team today. Great tournament, even if the final wasn't the greatest. I'm going to miss watching lots of cricket. It's been a great time watching it all.
chicko1983
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Yep, the World Cup is about peaking at the right time. Aussies peaked at the right time.
I also think New Zealand played their final last week, mentally were not on the same level as Australia in their batting innings.
reptilescorpio
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Bowling was almost perfect by the Aussies. Really won the match for us.
Smith & Clarke played a smart, mature partnership to get us to victory in the end.
Unhappy with the kiwi bowling aside from Boult (and Vettori since he was obviously injured). Really wasn't much pressure on the Aussies and Southee was terrible.
Smith & Clarke played a smart, mature partnership to get us to victory in the end.
Unhappy with the kiwi bowling aside from Boult (and Vettori since he was obviously injured). Really wasn't much pressure on the Aussies and Southee was terrible.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Thing is I don't even feel like this has been a domineering Australian team. Doesn't inspire awe like the sides that went 3 in a row.
pieatorium
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Great performance by the Aus boys
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I dunno, the team apart from a few guys is pretty young. A fair few of these guys could be playing the next 2 cups.
chicko1983
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It's a youngish team, has the ability to dominate until the next World Cup.
Smith, Starc, Faulkner, maxwell, Warner, hazelwood, cummins, and maybe finch, if he improves, will all be there next cup
I said this earlier in The thread before the game.
Well done Australia.
ODI and 20/20 I think they're set.
Test wise they've got a lot of pieces to replace after this Ashes series (Rogers, Haddin ,Harris and perhaps Clarke), but they've got the bowling, and some decent batters to come (although they'll have to take a flyer on a few of them)
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Well done, Australia. Great stuff.
chicko1983
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Great minds Chicko
Looking back I think they'll rue that decision
Haha, here was my quote
In hindsight it looks a bad move, but I still think for this kiwi team not playing in Australia will, in the long run, be better for them. They made the final, got the country inspired by cricketers and beat Australia, the team that goes on to win, at home.
Hopefully they continue to improve, it will be good for the next chapell hadlee trophy for sure.
It may not have the big names that previous Aussie teams had, but it is such a well balanced team. No real weak batting links at the moment, all can hit big, sensational bowling options for all 50 overs, and dat fielding. Couple that with being a young side and having Cummins and Marsh on the bench - future looks good!
chicko1983
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They need maxwell to step up now and become a middle order test batsman that he should.
Mitch marsh hopefully will continue to improve and Faulkner is another to possibly come into the test team.
The bowling is set and you can build a top order around Warner and smith. I hope burns hits his potential, but yeah, they will have to take some risks on young players and keep them in the team. Can probably carry the younger batsmen by playing more allrounders, which we have in marsh, maxwell, and Faulkner.
Agree with this. I hope all countries get stronger and all tours are tough for all teams.
Imagine a strong Aust, NZ, SA, WI, SL, Ind, Pak, Eng. No easy tours or matches across a test series to a T20 and ODI match.
Would be awesome
chicko1983
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That would be an awesome dream. We are a long way away for that happening though.
Srilanka, England, windies and South Africa will have to regenerate massively to stay competitive by the next World Cup.
I think India, New Zealand and Australia have shown enough good young players to remain strong for the next four years.
Shame ind, aus and eng never play those other teams anymore
You reckon Wade for test keeper? Who'd be the other opener, Burns?
chicko1983
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Well spoken baz, a very good captain and speaker.
Faulkner, geez, forget he almost was dropped from the squad due to injury.
Mitchell Starc Man of the World Cup - I did predict he would be the leading wicket taker but even I did not expect this tournament form, unbelievable, well done.
Faulkner, geez, forget he almost was dropped from the squad due to injury.
Mitchell Starc Man of the World Cup - I did predict he would be the leading wicket taker but even I did not expect this tournament form, unbelievable, well done.
Jables Swan
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We'll done Starc.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
What do you think Sachin said
"Thank fuck I wasn't playing"
"Thank fuck I wasn't playing"
Rodgers is not that great anyway, Haddin is a solid keeper but it's not like trying to replace Adam Gilchrist. Harris will be a loss but Australia have options in bowling and if Clarke is only going to play tests then I doubt he's looking to retire after the ashes unless his injuries get further out of hand.
I don't see the big issue here. Got a very solid core team that just needs a few holes filled, goes for most of the teams.
PhantomZone
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Well this is the worst day ever, the only joy I had was Clarke being bowled out by a peach of a delivery in his final game (in addition to McCullum being bowled out in the NZ innings).
Even then he made 74 from 72 balls sooo....
SniperHunter
Banned
Great win by the Aussies. Nice send off for Clarke
Stereogatari
Banned
Alcohol Hu Akbar!
I imagine they're going to warney's to romp some fat lines.
chicko1983
Member
Nah, I'd look for a wicket keeper first, batsman second. In our test team the keeping skills need to be top notch. I'm not sure who is the stand out in first class cricket at the moment as I don't watch too much domestic first class these days.
Burns would bat at five in my test team until rogers retires. Then him and Warner open. After Clarke, Watson, Johnson, Haddin and Harris go, Id like something like:
Warner, burns, smith, a top order batsman, maxwell, Mitch marsh, Faulkner, Lyon, plus a wicket keeper then two strike bowlers from hazlewood, Starc, Pattinson, cummins, sandu etc.
That assumes that maxwell and Mitch marsh keep their rate of batting improvement to become world class, which I believe they can.
chicko1983
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Oh no, this won't go down well - Haddin pouring beer over the trophy
sharath_kumar
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Congrats Australia !!! You guys were way above the rest. In the end, it all comes down to handling the pressure and NZ buckled as do other teams facing the Aussies. The match was lost in the first 5 overs.
for the WC there was no members area, they had no rights to entry or a seat.
if they wanted to go they signed into ticketek like everyone else and brought a ticket to whatever seat they could get in whatever area of the ground the seats were available.
reptilescorpio
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McCullum is pure class, fucking fantastic speech as always. Impossible not to love the dude.
My grandparents are over from NZ at the moment and they told me how popular the world cup has been over there, really reignited interest in the sport and they say it seemed even more popular than the rugby world cup which is great to hear. A well stocked challenger over the way will only lead to a better Australian team (and a more entertaining competition!).
My grandparents are over from NZ at the moment and they told me how popular the world cup has been over there, really reignited interest in the sport and they say it seemed even more popular than the rugby world cup which is great to hear. A well stocked challenger over the way will only lead to a better Australian team (and a more entertaining competition!).
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Good to see him going out on top.
H.Protagonist
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Happy for Australia (though sad Clarke didn't finish it off), but I feel disappointed somehow. It was very classy cricket, and NZ had an amazing tournament, of that there's no doubt. I'm just deflated that it wasn't more of a fight. Feels like an off ending, somehow.
SniperHunter
Banned
The fuck?
Good to see him going out on top.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Good to see him going out on top.
He's at that age, it's all downhill from here anyway.
Rip Steve Smith, captain of the NZ netball team.
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