Men's ODI World Cup 2023

[Grantysghost]

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SA and Maxwell doing what he does in the big games.
Let's hope he pulls one out of his arse again in the final. Indian attack a slight upgrade though.
He bowled well.

[lemmon]

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Really good win. Did Hazlewood get injured?

I don't think so.

Was a bit weird - Maxwell and Head bowled late into the innings and then Cummins went back to Zampa in the final 10 for a few overs that would've been allocated to Hazelwood. Miller was doing well to retain strike and I think Cummins was hoping to coax a big shot and miscue out of him.

[Axe Man]

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I don't think so.

Was a bit weird - Maxwell and Head bowled late into the innings and then Cummins went back to Zampa in the final 10 for a few overs that would've been allocated to Hazelwood. Miller was doing well to retain strike and I think Cummins was hoping to coax a big shot and miscue out of him.

Yeah agreed, Zampa shouldn't have returned whilst Miller was still there, Cummins, Starc and Hazelwood had the overs left to finish off between them. Fortunately those 2 Zampa overs weren't as expensive as they threatened to be. To be fair it's the only criticism I could have of Cummins' captaincy in this game, everything else he did worked pretty much perfectly.

Annoyed that we dragged that out so long and with the rain delay. The game could have been over much sooner and I could have gotten to bed earlier!

[jeemak]

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India have been excellent all tournament and would be deserving winners, but at the same time **** them and their Board of Control. It would be really nice to ruin their party.

A lot needs to go right for us to get across the line, but if firing on all cylinders I think we can do it. Just need to balance the "play my own way" mentality with sensible and strategic/ tactical in-game play as required. A bit of discipline might go a long way.

[lemmon]

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Bowling first is an interesting decision. Reckon we're not sure about how it'll play

[whythelongface]

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Bowling first is an interesting decision. Reckon we're not sure about how it'll play

Very interesting. Now at 3-83 the decision appears to be wise at this stage.

[Bornadog]

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Great contest so far. Get Kohli out and it will be interesting

[Eastdog]

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It looked like India were gaining confidence. Those 2 wickets huge.

[lemmon]

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Impressive batting from this pair. Rohit bought them some time to be a bit more circumspect and they know that Yadav and Jadeja don't want to be in the middle before the 35th over. They're still on track for 300 unless Australia can break up this partnership.

[Bornadog]

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Impressive batting from this pair. Rohit bought them some time to be a bit more circumspect and they know that Yadav and Jadeja don't want to be in the middle before the 35th over. They're still on track for 300 unless Australia can break up this partnership.

We have certainly brought down the run rate. If we can keep them below 300 we could have a chance

[Eastdog]

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Impressive batting from this pair. Rohit bought them some time to be a bit more circumspect and they know that Yadav and Jadeja don't want to be in the middle before the 35th over. They're still on track for 300 unless Australia can break up this partnership.

You feel another wicket for us more confidence.

[GVGjr]

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Great to see us use Head and Marsh to help put the breaks on their scoring. This should help build up the pressure on them and a wicket now could insert some doubts in them.

[lemmon]

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Great to see us use Head and Marsh to help put the breaks on their scoring. This should help build up the pressure on them and a wicket now could insert some doubts in them.

It's been good captaincy. Cummins has basically got through the fifth bowler without any scoreboard pain. India will need to score the bulk of their runs against our big four.

[GVGjr]

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It's been good captaincy. Cummins has basically got through the fifth bowler without any scoreboard pain. India will need to score the bulk of their runs against our big four.

I would have liked to have seen another over from each of them to give us some room in case they get a hold of one of the other bowlers but so far so good especially with Kohli's wicket.

[Bornadog]

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Run rate now below 5. Breaks are really on after 80 from the first 10 overs.