Final: Australia vs New Zealand

[Inbox24]

Worried about Grant Elliot to be honest, which is why we need to chase if we want to win.

 

[Ahad]

I don't care whoever wins this one because both teams are very good. Australia,for sure is favorite for the final but in ICC events, favorites are crushed.

Lets see. All the best to NZ and AUS..

 

[Sartaj]

I don't care whoever wins this one because both teams are very good. Australia,for sure is favorite for the final but in ICC events, favorites are crushed.

Lets see. All the best to NZ and AUS..

Are you sure this depleted NZ team looks strong enough?

bcvstheworld added 1 Minutes and 26 Seconds later...

Its all a question of whether or not Shane Bond,a familiar thorn in Aussies' flesh can raise his game to do it again.

 

[Chetan0304]

New Zealand FTW :banana2


Hoping for a great finish this should be a thriller not a one sided game.



Vettori :hpraise

 

[Sartaj]

I wonder why they're discarding Scotty Styris who has been a key player for them in this format of the game.
I've heard that Daniel Vettori's a part of the team selection panel and it is very unlike him to make such silly errors.

 

[Amitpal_003]

Don't really care who will win tbh, but I'm hoping for a great game. Australia have looked good all the tournament and NZ have managed to upset South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

 

[Sartaj]

Well,they didn't actually beat SA.

 

[Hooper]

God, I wish we could win a toss too mate. I think we've won maybe 2 of our last 15-20 tosses. It's been ridiculous and they were important tosses too - the fricken Ashes. Grrrr...

Edit: OK, I looked it up, it's 4 of the last 19 tosses have been won by Australia. Keep in mind we've won 2 of the last 3 so there was a run of 2 out of 16 in there.

Just looking at that data, it's funny (and kinda gay) how important the toss is in Tests in particular. England won 4 of the 5 in the Ashes, Australia won all 6 of 6 in the home and away Tests against SA last summer and last year in India they won 3 of the 4 against us and in India the toss is damn important. Has ANYONE ever bowled first in India? (OK I looked that up too, and 18 times in history in the 219 Tests on Indian soil has the team winning the toss bowled first - not as bad as I thought... BTW in the history of Test cricket the captains bat first about 74% of the time)

Good stats!

Very interesting as well.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

what I think is vital for NZ is getting the second wicket. No one has been able to get australia 2 down cheaply. watsons fallen for nought twice and both times paine and ponting have knuckled down to add 80.

I think they might even want to consider holding Bond back for the first 3 or 4 overs, see if one of the openers hangs himself and then bring bond in hunting the wickets.

 

[nz0003]

PUMPED!!

Fire up boyyyyssss!!

 

[TumTum]

Just had a look at some stats in Cricinfo.

Whenever Australia loses an ODI, Ponting averages 30.
Whenever Australia wins an ODI, Ponting averages 50.
This is the same in Tests, loss=40 win=60.

Ponting has 6 ODI centuries against NZ, most against any country.
Bond averages 13.88 with the ball against Aus in ODI, with 3 fivers.

Should be a good match :laugh

 

[irottev]

Thanks for posting those. Very interesting. Even though it's a final i'm not going to stay up all night, I would if I could though. I'll get up and watch the second innings though.

 

[nz0003]

Thanks for posting those. Very interesting. Even though it's a final i'm not going to stay up all night, I would if I could though. I'll get up and watch the second innings though.

I'm skipping school for it, better be worth the time I'll have to make up for it.

 

[Howsie]

I don't have any classes at all tommorow so I'm sweet to watch the whole game, hopefully we chase tonight as I would really hate for us to set a sub par target.

 

[nz0003]

I don't have any classes at all tommorow so I'm sweet to watch the whole game, hopefully we chase tonight as I would really hate for us to set a sub par target.

Sweet as. I'm prepared for the night/morning. Just got to find something to do for the next hour and a half.