WTC Final Australia v India Only Test June 7-11 1800hrs @ the Oval

[BGman]

''June is not the only month we should play the final," Rohit said. "It can be played any time of the year and anywhere in the world, not just in England, it can be played anywhere in the world."

Rohit has a point. Unfair on the other Test playing nations to never host a final .

 

[deanc]

5 wickets in the match for Garry.

Hindsight is 20/20 and all that, but it makes India’s decision to play Umesh Yadav ahead of Ashwin look rather silly

Nathan Lyon now only 13 wickets shy of becoming just the 8th player to join the exclusive 500 club, a truly remarkable achievement for a former curators assistant who bowls unremarkable off-spin...

 

[JackOutback]

Quality win that was perfect for getting me in the mood for the Ashes.

There's still plenty of cracks in Australia's armour, which means this could be a highly competitive series.

 

[big_e]

''June is not the only month we should play the final," Rohit said. "It can be played any time of the year and anywhere in the world, not just in England, it can be played anywhere in the world."

Rohit has a point if you remove the sour grapes angle. Play them outside of England too with each Test playing nation hosting the final consecutively.

England's probably the place most likely to get good crowds for neutral matches.

Actually think locking it in like that makes a lot of sense. It becomes a regular part of the schedule, every second year, first week of June, you know the WTC final will be in England.

 

[passmark]

''June is not the only month we should play the final," Rohit said. "It can be played any time of the year and anywhere in the world, not just in England, it can be played anywhere in the world."

Rohit has a point if you remove the sour grapes angle. Play them outside of England too with each Test playing nation hosting the final consecutively.

Just play the ******* thing in England.

* these mopes.

 

[RookiePick]

I'm in a total state of confusion.

Got to work this morning and I'm the only person rocking a Travis Head tribute moustache.

What is wrong with people?

 

[JackOutback]

I'm in a total state of confusion.

Got to work this morning and I'm the only person rocking a Travis Head tribute moustache.

What is wrong with people?

I'm rocking one but it's in a place no one can see.

 

[caveman72]

I was just about to say that Siraj is putting a price ion his wicket and then he plays a stupid reverse sweep.

Oh FFS STFu Hayden, ruining the moment here.

That was terrible had to turn off flog of monumental proportions

 

[BGman]

You cant tell me that when our cricket warriors lifted the mace at the victory ceremony that all Aussie cricket lovers did not have a thumping heart and maybe even a tear in the eye.

 

[caveman72]

I'm in a total state of confusion.

Got to work this morning and I'm the only person rocking a Travis Head tribute moustache.

What is wrong with people?

Poor form just like the ladies who don't get on board for Movember.

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Happy King’s birthday celebrations everyone!

 

[11kgm]

My god India are salty excuses and more excuses

1. DRS cheated to give us the win
2. The pitch was too green (they chose to bowl first)
3. The final was after the IPL so they didn't get to play red ball cricket
4. The final wasn't at home so they couldn't rig the pitch

Love the salt from them

 

[frankrizzo]

''June is not the only month we should play the final," Rohit said. "It can be played any time of the year and anywhere in the world, not just in England, it can be played anywhere in the world."

Rohit has a point. Play them outside of England too with each Test playing nation hosting the final consecutively.

Boards like india are the reason things like this have to be pushed into whatever tiny window can be found by icc, if india had been willing to put aside a month or even few weeks of their own home schedule each time for test championship they would likely get it but they would never hand over control of their own home schedule like that to icc and anybody who thinks india would be happy hosting maybe australia vs new zealand in middle of march is delusional.

 

[SSwans2011]

How about our record under our captain?

Ashes series win that was so dominant that it was the death knell for the English captain and coach

First away series win in almost a decade where he stood up and largely bowled us to victory on a road in the decider (along with another whipping boy in Starc)

Drawn series against Sri Lanka where we were demolished last time around

5-0 dominance on home soil last year

World Test Champions

A personal bowling average of 22.2 since taking on the role despite having to bowl on pitches that gave pace bowlers almost nothing in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

3rd ranked bowler in the world

And all his detractors have to point to as far as Tests go is one series - which was ultimately lost by our batters - in the hardest place to tour in the world while his mum was dying. What a bunch of losers.

Will go down as one of the GOAT fast bowlers. Absolute champion.

 

[My_Username]

England's probably the place most likely to get good crowds for neutral matches.

Actually think locking it in like that makes a lot of sense. It becomes a regular part of the schedule, every second year, first week of June, you know the WTC final will be in England.

Not sure about the first bit, but the second is true.

Having one cycle be 2.5 years and the next be little over a year would be bad.

That said, other options for hosting would be good, if only to ensure a neutral venue. If England qualifies, then it should be moved.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

People are making a big deal about the margin.

Worth pointing out that there was really only one partnership difference between the 2 teams.

Take out the Smith/Head first innings 285 and there really wasn't much in it as apart from that, it was 4 relatively low scoring innings.

Now don't get me wrong, it was some excellent batting and meant the result was deserved, but a little luck and a couple of wickets could easily have swung the match.

Taking the 2 best scores out of a teams innings will usually make it look less impressive.

 

[SSwans2011]

Taking the 2 best scores out of a teams innings will usually make it look less impressive.

Yeah, if you take out Siddle and Lyon's knocks in the second innings of Cape Town 2011, we only scored 21

 

[Moonwatcher]

If say Head/Smith make 150 between them and Australia hold their catches / don't bowl no balls then the result and margin remain roughly the same.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Yeah, if you take out Siddle and Lyon's knocks in the second innings of Cape Town 2011, we only scored 21

If you take Scotty Boland’s spells out, we didn’t actually bowl them out. Poor showing really…..

 

[Santana]

We could have bowled much better in this match

 

[My_Username]

Taking the 2 best scores out of a teams innings will usually make it look less impressive.

Yes, but it's also not often that one partnership is both mre than 50% of that innings and similar in size to the other 3 completed innings.

As I said "it was some excellent batting and meant the result was deserved" so I'm not tryign to take anything away, just pointing out that if it wasn't for that one partnership we'd be discussing this very differently.

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Not sure about the first bit, but the second is true.

Having one cycle be 2.5 years and the next be little over a year would be bad.

That said, other options for hosting would be good, if only to ensure a neutral venue. If England qualifies, then it should be moved.

Agreed should be in England every cycle unless England qualify, then should be anywhere else not in the subcontinent

 

[Moonwatcher]

What grounds does Australia struggle to beat England in Test matches?

 

[Jim Prideaux]

Yes, but it's also not often that one partnership is both mre than 50% of that innings and similar in size to the other 3 completed innings.

As I said "it was some excellent batting and meant the result was deserved" so I'm not tryign to take anything away, just pointing out that if it wasn't for that one partnership we'd be discussing this very differently.

Actually, I would imaging a 200+ run partnership would be a significant portion of the runs in most evenly matched tests.

Take Rahane out of the match, what’s Indias score card look like. Take Kohli and Rahane out of the second innings, how do they look?

Take Tex Walker out if Adelaide’s team on the weekend, and it’s about a par win for the crows.

It’s a dumb comment that gets used on this board all the time.

 

[Jim Prideaux]

What grounds does Australia struggle to beat England in Test matches?

Really depends on the pitches the roll out.

With traditional pitches, Edgbaston is the obvious one.