ICC ODI World Cup Oct-Nov 2023

[King-Gutho94]

Proteas write fresh chapter in history of heartbreak | cricket.com.au

South Africa's inglorious history in the knockout stages of ICC events continued in Kolkata, again…

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CA Media digging the knife in.

Dragging out every knockout game Saffas have lost in ODI World Cups, Champions Trophy, T20 World Cups haha.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Proteas write fresh chapter in history of heartbreak | cricket.com.au

South Africa's inglorious history in the knockout stages of ICC events continued in Kolkata, again…

www.cricket.com.au

CA Media digging the knife in.

Dragging out every knockout game Saffas have lost in ODI World Cups, Champions Trophy, T20 World Cups haha.

A great read

 

[mozza91]

We’ve made the poor bastards chorg more than Riley Reid. And I f**king love it!

 

[TheParraboy]

@TheParraboy are you going to start a new thread for the WC Final.

Yes I will soon

Lets enjoy the Proteas board their flight home a bit longer..

 

[simmo1]

We are a punchers chance against India but realistically need nearly everything to go right. We have won 8 in a row, but every win has come from individual brilliance rather than a complete team performance. It won't work against India.

It will be the funniest thing ever if they do manage to pull it off though.

 

[yobbo84]

Given how dangerous Starc and Haze were, and how poor we are against spin... you just know what the pitch will be come the final.

 

[King-Gutho94]

A great read

How many times did De Villiers get run out in a crucial match haha.

I reckon there was 2 games there Faf sent him down the river basically,

The 2011 Quarter Final @JJ surely would remember that one. The Kiwis gave Faf a verbal barrage after that and they crumbled around him.

 

[TheParraboy]

Have we over achieved?

Most deep down or otherwise wouldn't have had us making the final. Considering how we been playing prior the Cup and also the first couple of games into the Cup,

We put it all together we could give India a huge shake, we have beaten them regularly in white ball bi-series in recent years in their backyard, but the WC India are on another planet

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Have we over achieved?

Most deep down or otherwise wouldn't have had us making the final. Considering how we been playing prior the Cup and also the first couple of games into the Cup,

We put it all together we could give India a huge shake, we have beaten them regularly in white ball bi-series in recent years in their backyard, but the WC India are on another planet

I think we've played as you'd expect but a few teams were very poor helping us along.

England were diabolical.
Pakistan not much better.
Those 2 would have been our main challengers for a semi final spot but they were no where to be seen. The kiwis lost 4 in a row which put them in 4th and a meeting with India.

Then the Seth Efricens did what they do best.

 

[undertaker]

6 times ffs!!

You must've really had the shits!

He did it in the Ashes. He will do it in this semi.

Fangs the Nostradamus!

Made hard work of that chase by the look of things
Nice to finally see a game with bowlers dominating though.

Yep, good to see this sub-250 scoring pitches. A breath of fresh air over the regular 350+ whackathons, aided by short boundaries.

A much more even contest between bat and ball last night, with something on offer for the bowlers.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Have we over achieved?

Most deep down or otherwise wouldn't have had us making the final. Considering how we been playing prior the Cup and also the first couple of games into the Cup,

We put it all together we could give India a huge shake, we have beaten them regularly in white ball bi-series in recent years in their backyard, but the WC India are on another planet

Minimum benchmark is always the semi final. I think now reaching the final is definitely a pass mark without actually dominating. A lot of the games we have won have had some pretty poor periods of play in them.

My first ODI WC I saw was 1999 when I was 5 years old.

I basically only ever seen WCs consist of Australia winning majority of them 4 out of 6 World Cups.

So it's nice to see we still have that Aura in this tournament when playing poorly we can still get to the final.

We probably blew it in 2019 as well really. We were top seed in for the final group game but lost Khawaja and Marsh to injuries and lost to South Africa who were already out.

That meant we had to play England not NZ in the semi final and the whole finals structure would have been different.

 

[undertaker]

Waka Waka to South Africa.

Another 4 years of torture for them to endure and another generation of players to lose a WC Semi Final.

King Kong on there back just got bigger.

Had Starc/Hazlewood been allowed to bowl out their remaining overs when they were on song, the Aussies had every chance to annihilate the Proteas for a sub-150 total like we did during the 2007 World Cup semi-final.

Although the conditions favoured the bowlers in Kolkata, some bad cricket made the game look much closer than it really was.

 

[Twizzle]

there wont be 1 blade of grass on the pitch for the finals

 

[JamesRustle]

We will win on Sunday, despite our shit decision making, poor coaching, lacklustre captaining and a team full of dipshits.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Another great reason beating the saffas is this turncoat is now basically one of them.

Missed the cut making the commentary team for this WC. We had to put up with pommie instead.

 

[Mr Angry]

I would suggest India would have preferred anyone else.

They know we can beat them.

India are deserved favourites, they have a great side.

Looking forward to it

 

[Fangs]

Steve Smith needs his head examined.

We already know how Maxwell plays but Smith does not have a smooth brain. He should have been there at the death.

Needs to be much better on Sunday.

 

[yobbo84]

Well pretty much every batsman has had their day so far this world cup except Smith... time for an epic 100 in the final.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

You must've really had the shits!


Fangs the Nostradamus!

Yep, good to see this sub-250 scoring pitches. A breath of fresh air over the regular 350+ whackathons, aided by short boundaries.

A much more even contest between bat and ball last night, with something on offer for the bowlers.

The only downside of that pitch situation is you know what it’s all leading to. India got a road against NZ then a bowler friendly pitch got thrown up for the other semi just so the Indian brains trust could see how their opponents would deal with it. All just intel gathering so India get the perfect pitch for the final.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Cummins' decision to bring Zampa on late was perplexing, instead of bowling Hazlewood out. We're not gonna have that kind of margin for error against India. He lacks a feel for the game.

I think a lot rides on Smith and Labuschagne as to whether or not they can anchor our innings. Without one of those two (or both) batting for the majority of it, I struggle to see us getting up. Our bowling I'm confident in, they've been there before, know what's required, and can deliver on it.