Ah graceful as always, Hansie would be proud of you boys !!!OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:18 pm Got my Protea jersey on today, only one at work. Was the laughing stock. Anyways drove back home and lost track of the cricket. Just happy at least they put in some fight.
Congrats to the sand paper cheaters. Kants.
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Hope India win the WC. They have been unbeaten and deserves it.
Was hoping for a new champion - maybe us, or maybe you.OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:52 am Hope India win the WC. They have been unbeaten and deserves it.
But it's not to be, so backing our Anzac brothers to chalk up win number six.
Oi oi oi!
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Isn't England the current champion?Gumboot wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:12 amWas hoping for a new champion - maybe us, or maybe you.OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:52 am Hope India win the WC. They have been unbeaten and deserves it.
But it's not to be, so backing our Anzac brothers to chalk up win number six.
Oi oi oi!
"new" as in a country that hasn't won it before.OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:11 pmIsn't England the current champion?Gumboot wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:12 amWas hoping for a new champion - maybe us, or maybe you.OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:52 am Hope India win the WC. They have been unbeaten and deserves it.
But it's not to be, so backing our Anzac brothers to chalk up win number six.
Oi oi oi!
Lol.sefton wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:50 am It will be a travesty if Australia cheat their way to this trophy and given the superiority of India and Australian crickets history that would be the only way they could win.
The envy is strong in this one.......
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Hard to watch
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
Well this is going quite swimmingly......
Good Australian bowling and fielding have restricted India to 240 all out.
Would be lovely to see Davey Warner get a quickfire 150 to take Australia to an unprecedented 6 Cricket World Cup.
Go you good things.......
Good Australian bowling and fielding have restricted India to 240 all out.
Would be lovely to see Davey Warner get a quickfire 150 to take Australia to an unprecedented 6 Cricket World Cup.
Go you good things.......
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OomStruisbaai
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Epic fail. His wicket is on youDeepsouth wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:50 pm Well this is going quite swimmingly......
Good Australian bowling and fielding have restricted India to 240 all out.
Would be lovely to see Davey Warner get a quickfire 150 to take Australia to an unprecedented 6 Cricket World Cup.
Go you good things.......
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I thought this final would be decided by Australia's batting effort.
India's bowling attack is just too good for anything but a faultless batting display.
India's bowling attack is just too good for anything but a faultless batting display.
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Watching the crowd is a spectator sport in of itself
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
Oh well mate. Sure Davey Warner will get over it as he is drinking nectar from Australia's 6th Cricket World Cup boet.....OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:06 pmEpic fail. His wicket is on youDeepsouth wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:50 pm Well this is going quite swimmingly......
Good Australian bowling and fielding have restricted India to 240 all out.
Would be lovely to see Davey Warner get a quickfire 150 to take Australia to an unprecedented 6 Cricket World Cup.
Go you good things.......
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Ja congrats. India is done and dusted. Great to win WCs. Have India ever won it?Deepsouth wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:01 pmOh well mate. Sure Davey Warner will get over it as he is drinking nectar from Australia's 6th Cricket World Cup boet.....OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:06 pmEpic fail. His wicket is on youDeepsouth wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 12:50 pm Well this is going quite swimmingly......
Good Australian bowling and fielding have restricted India to 240 all out.
Would be lovely to see Davey Warner get a quickfire 150 to take Australia to an unprecedented 6 Cricket World Cup.
Go you good things.......
Choke of big porpotions
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Fantastic performance from Travis Head, the catch was brilliant and now he's walking it in with the bat 
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Australia winning a world cup - predictably brilliant.
India choked though - felt like the pressure got to them. Changing the bowling in a final is peak panic.
And is it me - or is this Aussie team a lot more likeable than usual?
India choked though - felt like the pressure got to them. Changing the bowling in a final is peak panic.
And is it me - or is this Aussie team a lot more likeable than usual?
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Hard to say anything but that this is exceptionally funny
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
Yeah, my first thought as well.Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:58 pm Hard to say anything but that this is exceptionally funny
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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The Indian team would do well to steeri clear of social media for the foreseeable future. Possibly for the rest of their lives.
Yes I thought that might elicit a chuckle. Still 9 Rugby and Cricket World Cups is nothing to sneeze at...
Also still the only nation to win both cups in the same year.
Genuinely happy for our Anzac cuzzies. Beating a red-hot India on their own turf is no mean feat.Deepsouth wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:27 amYes I thought that might elicit a chuckle. Still 9 Rugby and Cricket World Cups is nothing to sneeze at...
Also still the only nation to win both cups in the same year.
Cheers mate. Good of you......Gumboot wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:13 amGenuinely happy for our Anzac cuzzies. Beating a red-hot India on their own turf is no mean feat.Deepsouth wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:27 amYes I thought that might elicit a chuckle. Still 9 Rugby and Cricket World Cups is nothing to sneeze at...
Also still the only nation to win both cups in the same year.
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Bit of a surpriseMonk wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:17 am Glad to see Deepsouth has recovered from the HIA he suffered during the Rugby World Cup.
https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/11/20/b ... complaint/
The ICC has unveiled a shock change in format for the World Cup final following Australia’s upset victory over India, ruling the decider will now be ‘best of three’.
Closer analysis of the tournament’s playing conditions at the request of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed a previously unknown clause determining that, in the event of India losing the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, two more matches would be scheduled for Mumbai and Kolkata to ensure their conquerors were truly worthy of the prize.
It means Australia’s impressive six-wicket win in Ahmedabad will now only secure them a 1-0 lead in the series, with their World Cup trophy and player medals taken off them by ICC officials overnight as they celebrated what they thought was their sixth tournament win.
“Rules are rules, and all teams must abide by what is set in the official playing conditions,” ICC chairman Greg Barclay said in a statement on Monday morning.
“Had umpires and match officials properly adhered to the rules as set out in the official tournament document, last night’s presentation ceremony would not have gone ahead.
“Under the rules, a tournament host losing the final – in this case, India – would have the right to try again in two further follow-up finals, with the trophy to be awarded to the victors of the best-of-three series.
“This rule will remain in place for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia; however, due to there being three teams sharing hosting rights all with a chance of participating in the tournament, the laws state the right of a three-match finals series will be awarded to the host of the previous World Cup, which in this case would be India as well.”
The two matches will replace a five-match T20I series between Australia and India which was set to begin in four days’ time, with that series set to be rescheduled, according to a Cricket Australia spokesperson, to ‘whenever the BCCI tell us it’ll be’.
Ground staff in Mumbai and Kolkata have reportedly already begun preparing pitches for the two follow-up finals, with reports from the Wankhede Stadium that the wicket has been doused in kerosene and set on fire in accordance with the requirement for the second match to be played on, in the exact wording from the official ICC document, a ‘raging Bunsen’.
It is believed Australian captain Pat Cummins and Game 1 player of the match Travis Head are in doubt for Game 2 of the series on Wednesday evening due to crippling hangovers, while David Warner is battling a bruised thumb sustained from an errantly popped champagne cork.
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At least that arsehole Modi didn't get his photo op with a victorious India team.