CWC Final - Black Caps v England
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@Virgil and making the final is enough for me.
Been burned too many times when expecting something from my cricket team so quite frankly I don't give a toss if we win, or how well we do.
Going to approach this final with zen like serenity without giving the result any thought time.
The boys have done enough the result won't detract from that -
I hope the poms don't win the cricket and the rugby World Cups this year. How unbearable would that be?
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@Siam They have exceeded my expectations in terms of progressing to the Final but some of the performances, both individually and collectively, have been worse than I anticipated.
I do give a toss how well they do. I expect they will lose. It's a damn fine England team, but I hope they don't get humiliated and play intelligent cricket - unlike last time round. What we all really hope for of course is a performance for the ages - one that sees even Kane crack a small smile as he lifts the trophy.
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@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
Kane is exactly 100 runs shy of equaling Sharma as the tournaments top run scorer.
its like the cricketing Gods are setting him up to score a WC winning 101*...You are officially banned from watching.
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
Kane is exactly 100 runs shy of equaling Sharma as the tournaments top run scorer.
its like the cricketing Gods are setting him up to score a WC winning 101*...You are officially banned from watching.
Mate I’ll be in bed sleeping like a nervous baby!
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@Cyclops said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@Crazy-Horse said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@taniwharugby yes that's the dream. Has it been done before? Aus would be the only ones if so.
The Aussies did it in 99. There wasn't a (cricket) world cup in 91 (it was 92). If you count the 91/92 as a double it doesn't help since Pakistan won that year.
Thinking about this one a little more. Although 99 is the only time anyone has done the double there are a couple of examples of double finalists.
England contested the 91 RWC final and 92 CWC (losing both)
Australia won the 2003 CWC, and lost in the final in the RWC
Australia won the 2015 CWC and competed in the RWC final that year.
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@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
Oh well England will have to do, had hoped for a shot at redemption vs the Aussies.
Meanwhile the Aussie press conference after the loss to England....
There he is! Welcome back, angry man.
Bet you had those ready to go the minute you woke up 😉
Unfortunately (for you) the Aussie press conference probably looked like Finch being perfectly reasonable and forthright
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@NTA said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
Oh well England will have to do, had hoped for a shot at redemption vs the Aussies.
Meanwhile the Aussie press conference after the loss to England....
There he is! Welcome back, angry man.
Bet you had those ready to go the minute you woke up 😉
Unfortunately (for you) the Aussie press conference probably looked like Finch being perfectly reasonable and forthright
Nick you know me too well!
On the bright side least your not subjected to the horrible 3rd/4th play off..
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@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
That's such a punchable head.
Meanwhile in the twitter universe, Australian ex-cricketers are appearing magnanimous and sporting in comparison to some of their English counterparts.
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@Billy-Tell said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
As someone who watches way less cricket than rugby...have we got a realistic chance? Watching the highlights, England looked like they totally destroyed Australia.
Came here to ask the same thing. Was surpised to see how easily England crushed Australia, they looked really good.
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@Kirwan said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@Billy-Tell said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
As someone who watches way less cricket than rugby...have we got a realistic chance? Watching the highlights, England looked like they totally destroyed Australia.
Came here to ask the same thing. Was surpised to see how easily England crushed Australia, they looked really good.
I felt like Aussie were as much to blame for the lopsided result as the English. The English opening bowlers were great, but there was a significant drop off in quality after that and the aussie bats were unable to make hay. India looked super strong before the SF too and look how that turned out
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@ACT-Crusader said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
You are officially banned from watching.
Well we should all be sending @booboo to bed now. We can't risk leaving it too late.
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@Kirwan said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
@Billy-Tell said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
As someone who watches way less cricket than rugby...have we got a realistic chance? Watching the highlights, England looked like they totally destroyed Australia.
Came here to ask the same thing. Was surpised to see how easily England crushed Australia, they looked really good.
Realistically, on current form, England probably win three times out of four.
I don't think we can afford to let them set their own tempo - so my prescription for victory is to win the toss and bat. Then we need our openers - and particularly Gup, Gup, Guppy - to finally come to the party.
If, by chance, Nicholls is injured enough that he can't play, I think we should push Latham up to open and bring Blundell in to keep and bat six. Woakes has Munro's number, so it's mainly wishful thinking and rolling the dice way too far to think both Guppy and Munro will suddenly come good.
Post 280+ and grab a couple of early wickets and let the pressure carry England into oblivion!
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@Donsteppa said in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final:
Right. Annual leave booked for Monday morning. Coffee supplies stocked up for Sunday night. Preparations well underway.
GO THE BLACK CAPS!
PJ's, hot chocolate and melatonin all on the way to @booboo as well. We'll walk this one (well I don't think we will, but looking forward to it).
Do we have any injuries? Ferg seemed fine in the semi and we will need him.
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Leave signed off, now to try and get some zzz's in the bank ahead of a massive Sunday night. Cannot wait.
Really like your call @Chris-B if Nicholls is injured. Have seen F-all about why Southee was fielding the whole time? do we actually know what the deal is?
