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[NareshK]

Just now, maniac said:

Agreed but beating England is a tough ask....just like missing out against Bangladesh you've got to say was bad luck after the position they were in.

 

Thats why I am scared for tomorrows match....should have closed the deal against Srilanka...beating SA in a must win game is a big ask. 

Yeah, but they would have lost against NZ(if no rain) which BD beat. In the case of no rain in any game, there would have been a NRR scenario between Aus, BD and NZ. So its fair in the end.

[Adi_91]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

Agreed but beating England is a tough ask....just like missing out against Bangladesh you've got to say was bad luck after the position they were in.

 

Thats why I am scared for tomorrows match....should have closed the deal against Srilanka...beating SA in a must win game is a big ask. 

Your predictions seem be coming true, but you are on the fence for tomorrow's game? 

[maniac]

2 minutes ago, Adi_91 said:

Your predictions seem be coming true, but you are on the fence for tomorrow's game? 

First rule of prediction -You can't predict when you have an emotional investment which I do for an Indian game  

[NareshK]

1 minute ago, Adi_91 said:

Your predictions seem be coming true, but you are on the fence for tomorrow's game? 

His predictions are shots in the dark. Of course, if you make 1000 random predictions, 1 or 2 are bound to come true. 

[Adi_91]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

First rule of prediction -You can't predict when you have an emotional investment which I do for an Indian game  

[Rightarmfast]

We should thank Aussies. They made it easy for India. Now we wont be as embarassed tomorrow when SA beat us.

[PBN]

Against NZ, Aus were 3 down but we're assuming that they would have lost.  Similarly today, Eng were 3 down yet still won. Rain has played its part in the tournament for sure whether you want to believe it or not.  Weather changes and the playing conditions also change. Nothing to take away from Banglasdesh as they came out on top in the end by defeating NZ but the Aussies were done in by the rain

[rkt.india]

11 hours ago, Scar said:

Ahead of Desh was enough for them to go through semis. Anyways, Who am I to complain as if we win tomorrow, it's a stroll in a park to final.

 

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Not really If they had to lost NZ.

[rkt.india]

9 hours ago, PBN said:

Against NZ, Aus were 3 down but we're assuming that they would have lost.  Similarly today, Eng were 3 down yet still won. Rain has played its part in the tournament for sure whether you want to believe it or not.  Weather changes and the playing conditions also change. Nothing to take away from Banglasdesh as they came out on top in the end by defeating NZ but the Aussies were done in by the rain

But England had to chase just around 5.75 an over. AUS were chasing close to 7 an over and with 3 down AUS didn't have reliable Batsmen and have a long tail. AUS had Maxwell and head. While England had Stokes, butler, Moeen, Plunkett better than AUS.

[Rasgulla]

10 hours ago, NareshK said:

His predictions are shots in the dark. Of course, if you make 1000 random predictions, 1 or 2 are bound to come true. 

just like watch the space...adding people after they are already a big deal. 

[Scar]

Not really If they had to lost NZ.

loss against NZ and win against Bangladesh would have brought them 2 points same as desh, it would have been a battle of NRR then.

 

And in this scenario, we are assuming that Aus would have failed to chase down NZ total, If previous matches are anything to go by, Aus would have won after the initial burst from strike bowlers, as conditions offer nothing for bowlers after first ten bowlers.

 

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[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, Scar said:

loss against NZ and win against Bangladesh would have brought them 2 points same as desh, it would have been a battle of NRR then.

 

And in this scenario, we are assuming that Aus would have failed to chase down NZ total, If previous matches are anything to go by, Aus would have won after the initial burst from strike bowlers, as conditions offer nothing for bowlers after first ten bowlers.

 

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But AUS didn't have reliable Batsman and in previous games by England and BD, they didn't have to chase a big total. But AUS had to chase close to 7 an over with three down early. Smith was the only reliable batsman left.

[Scar]

But AUS didn't have reliable Batsman and in previous games by England and BD, they didn't have to chase a big total. But AUS had to chase close to 7 an over with three down early. Smith was the only reliable batsman left.

 

Do you think shakib and dullah were reliable batsman from desh? Check shakib's record in ICC tournies, and dullah was in worst form of his life but they still chased it down.

 

Smith is a master chaser and knows how to handle pressure, just needed a cameo from maxwell or head to bring down the RR at that point. I don't think chasing that total was as Herculean a task as people make out it to be.

 

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[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, Scar said:

 

Do you think shakib and dullah were reliable batsman from desh? Check shakib's record in ICC tournies, and dullah was in worst form of his life but they still chased it down.

 

Smith is a master chaser and knows how to handle pressure, just needed a cameo from maxwell or head to bring down the RR at that point. I don't think chasing that total was as Herculean a task as people make out it to be.

 

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They didn't have to chase 7 RPO.

[Scar]

They didn't have to chase 7 RPO.

They weren't Australian side either.

Aus>>>> BD

 

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[Chalks]

They should have picked Chris Lynn ahead of Henriques (who is a bit of a nothing cricketer).