CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025

[TheParraboy]

Kicks of Wednesday 19th Feb - Pakistan v NZ

2 groups of 4 nations. Top 2 in each group through to the semis

ALL MATCHES START 8pm AEDT

Australia's matches - Group B
Sat 22/2 vs England
Tues 25/2 vs South Africa
Fri 28/2 vs Afghanistan

Group A teams
India
Pakistan
NZ
Bangladesh

SEMI Tuesday 4th March
SEMI Wednesday 5thMarch
FINAL Sunday 9th March

Televised on Prime ($10/mth - can cancel anytime)

Missing in action: Players injured and unavailable for the Champions Trophy

India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack

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[AlwaysGreen]

India the team to beat.
New Zealand, South Africa and England to join them in the semis.

 

[TheParraboy]

Actually think we might have a chance for the semis, we can beat poms and Afghanistan

Think kiwis the dark horse to win it

Cant wait

 

[King-Gutho94]

If we beat and finish above England that's a success for me

 

[Bazal]

I like the CT as entertainment. I basically see it as an exhibition...we win World Cups so those are the important, nervy ones as a fan, this is just some ODI cricket.

8pm start is a little less good with a toddler but we make do.

 

[Twizzle]

If we beat and finish above England that's a success for me

I wonder if a moral victory can be counted as a WC win

 

[_snafu_]

It'll be good experience for our Australia A squad.

 

[JJ]

I like the way we've been playing, India hot favourites, we could be the team to best them, or we could fall out quickly

 

[TheParraboy]

Wouldn't be surprised , particularly in group B
Every nation wins 1 game only, and comes down to NRR

So...Cant afford to lose big in a game
We don't want to do a 2022 t20 WC , missed out on the semis by 0.3 NRR (to the poms of all people) thanks to falling asleep at the wheel to the kiwis in the first game

 

[King-Gutho94]

So Pup has India, Pakistan and New Zealand all making the semi finals when they are all in the same group and only top 2 go through.

Great analysis from an ex Australian captain.

 

[Bazal]

So Pup has India, Pakistan and New Zealand all making the semi finals when they are all in the same group and only top 2 go through.

Great analysis from an ex Australian captain.

To be fair to the increasingly plasticine faced man, I reckon almost every prediction I've seen has made the same f**k up.

It's almost like even the pundits don't care enough about the CT to research their takes lol

 

[bazza]

has the venue for the final been left empty in the case that India make it?

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[TheParraboy]

has the venue for the final been left empty in the case that India make it?

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Final would be in the UAE

I reckon ton of indians would be there

 

[bazza]

Final would be in the UAE

I reckon ton of indians would be there

but if India not in the final it will be in Pakistan somewhere?

 

[JJ]

So Pup has India, Pakistan and New Zealand all making the semi finals when they are all in the same group and only top 2 go through.

Great analysis from an ex Australian captain.

I’m surprised he hasn’t noted Sri Lanka as his dark horse

 

[AlwaysGreen]

but if India not in the final it will be in Pakistan somewhere?

Yep.

 

[Bazal]

Forgot this was on Prime. Feels weird

 

[Bazal]

Also Rizwan is deadset wearing mime makeup

 

[mozza91]

A bunch of Jets flying low past me in the middle of Pakistan probably isn’t a place I’d like to be.

 

[TheParraboy]

Pakistan chose to field

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Saud Shakeel, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (capt & wk), 5 Salman Ali Agha, 6 Tayyab Tahir, 7 Khushdil Shah, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Abrar Ahmed.

New Zealand: 1 Will Young, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Mitchell Santner (capt), 9 Matt Henry, 10 Nathan Smith, 11 Will O'Rourke.