ICC Champions Trophy 2025
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@Chris-B said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Loser of this match plays SA which coincidentally sounds better than winning and playing Australia
Disappointing to lose, but I'm not disappointed to get SA rather than Oz.
SA look pretty tough, but if things go well for Oz their batting line-up can chase down anything. Maybe not vs the Indian spinners on their home pitch though!
Anyway, we can have a David semifinal and let the Goliath's slug it out - don't want to have to kill two Goliaths no matter how good our slingshot is!
Oz are always our bogey team
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Some of our boys will be a little disappointed with their dismissals by pushing at the ball in the way they did.
But not a bad result in my eyes going into the semis. I definitely didn’t want to play this Aussie side. They are full of confidence and their batting has hitters for all types of bowling.
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@ACT-Crusader said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
But not a bad result in my eyes going into the semis. I definitely didn’t want to play this Aussie side. They are full of confidence and their batting has hitters for all types of bowling.
and we seem to have a mental block playing them. We don't usually play to our potential.
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Yep I am fine to lose that one, especially as we got the bonus of Kane spending some time in the middle regardless of the loss. Most (all?) of our batsmen have runs under their belt in recent times now. SA will be a different kettle of fish to the tri-series, but smacking them in that certainly won't hurt our confidence going into this one.
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Viv agrees that the CT is a bit of a shambles
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@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Viv agrees that the CT is a bit of a shambles
Off topic but crikey it would be amazing seeing prime Viv Richards playing today’s game with today’s bats.
Have seen a few clips on FB lately and he was the absolute gun of all guns. What a unit he was at the crease.
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@MN5 said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Viv agrees that the CT is a bit of a shambles
Off topic but crikey it would be amazing seeing prime Viv Richards playing today’s game with today’s bats.
Have seen a few clips on FB lately and he was the absolute gun of all guns. What a unit he was at the crease.
He was a huge hotter back in the day. With a modern bat there aren't too many grounds that could contain him
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@Bones said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
He was a huge hotter back in the day.
Straying into mn5 and Gayle territory there.
Hitter. Fat fungers
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@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@Bones said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
He was a huge hotter back in the day.
Straying into mn5 and Gayle territory there.
Hitter. Fat fungers
Yeah it’s scary to think what he’d do today.
Never wore a helmet either !
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Head dropped on first legitimate ball of the match and now making India pay..one of the last guys I would want to give a second chance too
31/1 after 5
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I would normally support Aus over India, but it's fair to say we'd prefer India in the final if we make it that far, they're a team we've had the wood over lately.
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@No-Quarter said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
I would normally support Aus over India, but it's fair to say we'd prefer India in the final if we make it that far, they're a team we've had the wood over lately.
They are at "home" though
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The final now will be played in the Pakistani capital of Dubai
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@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
The final now will be played in the Pakistani capital of Dubai
The flight from Lahore to Dubai is just under 4 hours. Not only that, the Indians have gotten very used to the same pitch and ground. I hope whoever wins our SF smashes them, anything else is farcical and an Indian win will be close to meaningless to me
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@gt12 said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
It’s ridiculous to have scheduled it in Pakistan anyway.
Totally agree. If the host country isn't secure and safe enough for all participant countries to attend, why have it there? Just ill conceived from the jump
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@canefan said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@gt12 said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
It’s ridiculous to have scheduled it in Pakistan anyway.
Totally agree. If the host country isn't secure and safe enough for all participant countries to attend, why have it there? Just ill conceived from the jump
Nah, I don’t mind it.
Pakistan Cricket and fans make a significant contribution to the game so they get a go. There are real geo-political issues between the nations and so this is the price paid of balancing those issues and modern day sports.
