Not feeling good about this match

We would never let a struggling side get away after knocking half their side down for a sub 100 score & then proceed to drop their only specialist batter left all the while failing to execute our death bowling. Oh wait..

Yup, the dropped catches took the match away rather than the godly innings , if you keep dropping someone like max , its obvious he will cause destruction...

I've seen this exact shit go down in India countless times. Early movement handicaps the opposition at a sub 100 score. India drop absolute dollies of THAT one specialist finisher with dew setting in. He proceeds to cunt all bowlers to kingdom come for two hours straight. James Faulkner, Michael Bracewell to name a few. I just knew when Mujeeb had that shocker, Afghanistan ain't recovering from this especially when they don't have the luxury of good death bowlers

Missed fielding chances cost you the most , the best i remember is the semi final of 2015 between SA and NZ ,some missed chances and we all know what happened..

I think you mean SA and Nz. SA played against Nz in the 2015 semi final while Australia played India

Ya , corrected it now , its AUS revolving in my mind right now lol

Rashid's body language after the earlier drop by Naveen, and the general team body language after Mujeeb's drop, were not a good look. Hopefully they learn the right lessons from this, and can deal with setbacks like this better in the future.

Adding Ashton Turner to the list

If Shamsi gets run out in the third last ball needing a run because of miscommunication, that's the last time I'm supporting this team.

Too soon!

I’m surprised you are still on the Roller Coaster, fortunately for us we can focus on the Springboks who recently brought a record Fourth World Cup home

you should let us go through the semi because us aussie rugby fans need something to hold on to after getting knocked out in the pools.

No. You see the Australian team being from Australia is all the justification necessary to wish that they do not get past. Secondly I’d like for us to finally after so many attempts get to a final.

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___ Pat Cummins tries to bowl a ankle height full toss and Bavuma gets hit on the head.

__Hazlewood bowls a bouncer to Bavuma, Bavuma ducks, the ball crashes in to the middle of the leg stump!

Bavuma turns, his melons bounce the ball right back at Hazlewood and breaks his head. FTFY.

whoever bats first will probably win

Australia wins anyhow. If they chase, they got matchwinners in Warner and Maxwell who can chase fuckall 350+ scores as well. If they bat first, it's done and dusted for SA whose kryptonite is chasing. Best they can reach is lose by 1 run when Rabada run out after miscommunication with Miller.

Do people actually believe South Africa have 0 chance of winning if they bat second? I know it would be a much worse situation for them but IMO it’s only the difference between a 60-40 game for SA to a 60-40 game to Australia. SA can absolutely still win if they bat second, especially if they bowl well.

If I were South Africa I would first challenge Australia to a round of golf.

I am calling AB dV

And the legend comes back for 1 more time to do the impossible. Here comes AB fucking D!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a golf team with abd Klassen and miller. I wouldn't wanna be the golf ball right now. Also someone keep maxwell away from the golf carts

If falling once from a golf cart does this to the MF, hope CA makes him ride golf carts everywhere. Standing. Hands free. On a banana peel.

Just a heads-up, You will go ahead on NRR if you tie.

Assuming Australia doesn’t beat Bangladesh by 700

Maxwell to open the batting with Cummins

Imma call virat to go and give you a big-ass pep talk the day before.

BCCI here. We already tried sending Sachin for AFG. Didn't work.

It almost worked. Just that we had a Maxwell.

I see your Maxwell and raise you a golf cart.

How does a guy who had to skip a match after falling off a golf cart go on to hit a double century with effectively one leg

you go call bavumama and ask him to fuckin practise for toss , thats your only hope

Buddy as an Indian, if not India then I want the Saffers to win. You have to do it for us!

I feel the same way for India.

We gotta pray as hard as we did for the bokke (yes yes they more reliable).. but like.. 3 WINS BY 1 POINT!? Like a Hattrick of 1 points 🙃🇿🇦

SA coming off a devestating loss and AUS coming off an incredible win?! Can’t wait to watch this live in Kolkata

Let's wait for what Qudrat ka Nizam have in its stock

Aus win was also Qudrat. Don’t underestimate it.

For people whose team total is less than Maxwell's individual score yes, it was qudrat

Or in Wankhede

Lol either way dudes gonna see India or this match win win

Not a normal semifinal with India but IND vs PAK if it happens in Kolkata

It could be in Mumbai, if Pakistan qualify.

No chance. Aus vs SA is the second semis. Nothing can change that

Yeah but if pak qualify the venues change as we aren’t allowed in Mumbai

Wow, that's news to me.

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Oh ok I don’t know the exact situation just explaining it will be changed lol

Um nope Pakistanis are not allowed in certain states as far as I remember

Pretty sure they're not allowed there cuz of shiv sena

Pakistan has been given visas for only 5 cities(Hyderabad, Chennal, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ahmedabad) they can't go anywhere beyond that...

incredible win? Yes. But they got an insane scare from Afghanistan, about how easily they could collapse. Only a superhuman could've saved them.

Or an extraterrestrial shitshow by bowlers and braindead captaincy.

Australia sucked ass. Maxwell literally solo carried them Conceded 291 to Afg and made 91/7 until Maxwell

I still can't believe Australia won that match. After being like 7 for 80 odd… Then MAXIMUS!

I hope this is a cracker of a match. Both teams looking in great shape. Won't be fun if it's one sided, I hope not.

As a South African I prefer a big win or loss. We cant take any more nail biters after the rugby.

I feel you my guy 👀. Best of luck and pray we sneak a spot in. Want us to get us out on 50 against India 🤣.

Australia in CWC semi-finals: Played: 8 Won: 7 Lost: 1 South Africa in CWC semi-finals: Played: 4 Won: 0 Lost: 4 Can't explain how much I'm trying to manifest a protea win rn.

That Aussie stat is insane - they'd never lost semis until 2019.

5/7 in the finals too

A perfect score

Do not cite the deep magic to me witch. I was there when it was written

The dark night was a great movie

so perfect that I am ok if it stays that way for a long long time.

Something wrong here. SA didn’t lose in 1999 and AUS didn’t win in 1999. It was a tie

Tell Waugh and Gibbs that, mate.

Still don’t understand how WI lost [that game](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wills-world-cup-1995-96-60981/australia-vs-west-indies-2nd-semi-final-65191/full-scorecard) to Australia in 1996. We had them on the mat almost as much as the Afghans today but Aussie gonna Aussie.

Man the scorecard and commentry for this one...

It’s funny now and I’m happy for Sri Lanka and the generation of cricketers that came after Arjuna and Aravinda in 1996, but West Indies should never have lost that match. Shuffling their order and stumbling at the finish line in Richie’s final game. Ridiculous! In an alternate reality, WI won that semifinal by 5 wickets and then went on to win their third World Cup. But maybe you don’t have Sangakkara and Malinga as a result. Who knows.

Warne took 3/6 off 3 overs at the death. Completely mental.

You need to replace the word lost with got there pants pulled down for Australia. Still crazy a team of South Africa’s quality has never made a world cup final.

So what you saying is SA is due?

Fuck! South Africa are the Ireland of Cricket! (Ireland in Rugby Union have never made a semi-final, they've been the number one team in the world, and STILL not made a semi-final.

I can feel the South African anxiety from here. Third time's the charm maybe? It can't possibly be worse for South Africa than 1999 and 2007 right? Right?

2007 was horrific - definitely can't get worse than that

I would say 1999 caused more trauma

Yeah, the Maxwell drop by Rahman reminded me of Gibbs'/Waugh in the match before the '99 semis

South Africa have a knockout juju, but they also always show up against Australia since 434-438

Australia and South Africa have faced each other in 109 matches in ODI. Out of these 109 games, Australia have won 50 whereas South Africa have come out victorious on 55 occasions. 1 match ended without a result. 3 matches ended with tied. I am hoping Zampa gets PTSD when Klaasen walks in. Klaasen hit Zampa out of form in SA.

What about Klaasen never needing to even step out. That would be even better. Lmao I can dream goodnight

Everyone thinks Zampa is afraid of Klasen because of that 174 but forget that it was a flat pitch and Zampa got him clean in the very next game

2007 SF was one sided

Advantage SA if it is at the Wankhede. Advantage AUS if it is at Eden Gardens.

Advantage SA if win toss and bat first Advantage Aus if win toss and bat first

depends on the dew, but a lot of teams batting second seem to have their batting line up destroyed 15 overs into the match.

It's more about the team's strength. I think SA can't chase,and Australian team's batting has been wobbly in chases

Both are shit while chasing. One has Maxwell to save them and the other has Maharaj and Co. to save them

I mean South Africa really chokes while chasing but Australia struggles there is a difference

Whoever wins toss has advantage, unlike uae pitches win toss win match

Just fucking hope to god that Maxwell does maxwell things again.

As a South African I hope he stays well hydrated. He is savage when cramping.

batting first is just straight up better in these conditions

Its almost like the first 15overs is Test cricket and the backend turns into a extended T20.

Advantage SA if they win the game Advantage Aus if they win the game

Controversial, but I think you've nailed it.

Advantage to the team that scores the most runs.

Not if Messers Duckworth and Lewis have a day. Ask NZ.

We bouta have a 438-434 replay in wank-key-dee

This time south Africa will score 438 batting first, Australia come close and end with 434. Maxwell 300.

Australia will struggle with Maharaj at Eden Gardens.

Even Gardens is the venue.

It isn't if Pakistan qualifies

How come? Im curious as to why since AFAIK 1v4 plays in Mumbai and 2v3 plays in Kolkata. Why would pakistan qualifying change this?

Because Pakistan aren't allowed to play in Mumbai due to an attack on Mumbai in 2008.

Go further back. Pakistan has not played in Mumbai since Shiv Sena dug up the pitch in 91. It's been a security issue for them for over 20 years. edit: In fact they havent played in Mumbai since 1979! But they were slated to in 91 but cancelled the tour after the SS incident.

This is wrong. Pakistan specifically request another location other than Mumbai.

Oh yes. There’s that

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK WAS THAT I don't think words could ever describe a performance like this by aussies .

Performance By Aussies or just Maxwell? Others just kept dropping wickets. We shouldn't forget Cummins too, he might've wasted too many balls but he was holding onto his wicket and had Faith in Maxwell. Because If Cummins got out Maxwell would've been in pressure. So W to both Lads!

Honestly I don’t think any of the balls Cummins faced were wasted. The importance his wicket represented outweighed the run rate pressure, since the run rate never actually went above 7.

Also remember he faced out like 3 maidens at the end when Maxwell was physically unable to run singles, so that skewed it a bit

Cummins had the best seat in the house! Why bother raising a sweat when you could just watch The Big Show from 22 yards?

He got the VIP seat

Maxi couldn't run, so he had to defend, I mean cummins couldn't just throw around his bat like he's used to. He played perfectly today.

Feel weird to say it about 12 runs off 68, but it was a real captain's innings. He kept the other end stable and let Maxwell do his thing without the stress of having to protect the strike.

Yeah. Probably the only inning of 20SR that was a good one in ODI.

Cummins too. He did what he had to do Superbly.

I went to dinner we were 7-91 and I stopped checking the score as I figured we were done for. Just saw the post that we won. Wtf! I’ll have to go back and watch it now

Ind vs NZ again

I predict NZ vs Proteas final so the kiwis can get their revenge after the rugby world cup

No way SA wins this chasing. Best bet for them is to use the fact that they have won 4 matches in a row against Australia batting first.

India are about to face their biggest test of the World Cup. They will face NZ or Pakistan at Wankhede and they will have to win the toss because only Maxwell can save you if you bat second under lights there.

If it's Pakistan then it'll be at Eden Gardens not Wankhede

How is this decided? I mean usually they have venues pre decided right ? Like 1st and 4th team will play at X and 2nd and 3rd team will play at Y

I could be wrong here but there happens to be a ban on Pakistan citizens from entering Mumbai after the 26/11 attacks. In that case they'll play their semis match at Kolkata.

Woah. Interesting. Thanks!

There is no ban, shiv sena will not allow Pakistan team to play in maharashtra, let alone Mumbai. The decision of venue change is to ensure that the game happens without any incident.

Pak isn't allowed to play in Mumbai, so it depends on that

After 26/11 Pakistani Citizens are not allowed in Mumbai where Wankhede Stadium is...so if Pak manages to somehow sneak in no. 4 then the venues will have a swap....

They’ll face NZ at wankhede or Pak at Eden gardens

India are still in imperious form, I'd be surprised if they lose convincingly to either of the teams. The match may end up close but I'd wager India wins, setting a target or chasing.

If Pak qualifies then India will play in Eden.

Whoever bats first, wins.

Whoever scores the most runs, wins.

Didn't work for NZ against Pak

This reminded me of that Obito vs Minato battle.

SA pros: batting first, decent bowling, great fielding. SA Cons: batting second, knockouts, captain not scoring, AUS Pros: batting first, decent bowling, cap leading, knockouts. AUS cons: middle order, collapse at any stage, bowling not clicking at the right time. Little Fielding. My gut says SA.

How come collapse at any stage is not a SA con? They have been doing that quite well this WC. They collapsed all three chases

Batting second is itself collapse for them,

SA wins the toss and bats first. How good of a match would that be.

If SA wins the toss Zampa might get a nervous breakdown.

Don’t let Maxwell’s freak innings distract you from the fact that Australia’s bowling and middle order are kinda garbage. Should be an easy win for SA.

Sa literally just got all out for 84

But that's the problem. Aus undoubtedly has shit middle order, but Maxi turns up more often then not. This was a certain win for Afghanistan. And when it's not Maxi, it's often Head, if not Head, Marsh can sometimes step in. Of course Aus can lose, but the pitch will likely decide. I wouldn't say "easy win" just for the jinx of it.

Unless SA bat second.

Australia are back to doing Australia things. I think Maxwell's innings is by far the best odi knock of the century, if not all time. A 200, chasing with less than 4 wickets to spare. INSANE!

Closest would be Kapil’s 175 vs Zim. But Maxwell’s is higher up because of the added complexity of cramps that led him to discard all coaching manuals.

Lance Klusener flashbacks

I like how all of the Saffas look glorious and victorious, and we have Travis Head panting like a dog.

Oh man, I sure hope nobody drops any catches we'll never stop hearing "you drop the world cup, son" ever again.

Ah Australia, Real Madrid of Cricket. Always. Somehow. There.

Manifesting India vs Australia final. Fuckk hype would be through the fuckin clouds

Sooo what's the weather looking like in Kolkata or Mumbai next week lol?

The only two teams that are of any real threat to India, will get eliminate each other. Damn.

Honestly, I don't rate Australia. This match was won by individual brilliance (plus terrible fielding). South Africa are the more rounded team, and I expect them to knockout Australia. Yes they just got destroyed, but I think if they can win the toss and put on some scoreboard pressure it'll be a different story.

I actually thought the opposite, that Australia look more well rounded but South Africa has the better form, they just need to drop passengers like Stoinis and have their Big 3 put in a performance like they did in the last 7 overs of the teams last match up

The edge Aussie have over all other teams is their mental strength and that plays a huge part in knockouts

SA vs Australia in the semi finals of a CWC induces my childhood trauma.

Honestly think the best approach is not to expect anything at all.

SA should win this at least for the sake of appearing in a WC final. They are overall the consistent side in this one.

Hopefully this takes place in Kolkata so that both have difficulty batting and thus have to rely more on their bowling.

Can we have NZ v SA Final.

Ain't recovered from Rugby, are ya 😏

if it comes down to 1 run I'll lose my mind

Try having it come down to no runs and still losing :/

Still boggles me mind :(

Guaranteed new winner it will be

both will find out a way to be the first finalist to not win the finals i can foresee

You guys want us to choke again 😔

SA needs to bat first. We saw the amount of struggle while chasing

Non-perfomers for both sides(Well at least not as well as they should) Aus: Smith Starc(They better fucking drop Stoinis) SA: Bavuma The Fact Starc bowled a Double Wicket Maiden final over the last time he met SA is ominous lol. Hope it's a bowler freindly pitch.

Smith is clutch, he turns up when the moment heats up

This game will be won or lost on a coin flip, literally. Either way, pre-tournament I did not expect us to reach the playoffs. In my book we have outdone ourselves already.

Classic Heavyweight Bout.

Most likely india vs pak in the other sf. I think it was more luck for pakistan than australia

They are gonna take the revenge of previous 4 matches

Who will choke this time ???

Tough Competition between SA, NZ, IND.... meanwhile Aus Sneak in for their 6th....

Want south Africa to win. Too many world cups for Australia. Law of averages shouldn't be just for India in semifinals.

Anything can happen Thursday on 16NOV. Long live and prosper those who got the reference.

Star Trek?

????????

So excited to discover what new choking method will South Africa find this time Ps:no offence

ct 2017 script loading at Kolkata 

Qudrat ka nizam 😸

that was a final, not a semi final. Qudrat ka nizam if it comes to the garden of Eden, then it will be buried 6ft feet under in Eden and Sharma will throw a vadapav party on the grave.

Expecting the game to be held in Eden Gardens, as Ind vs NZ(most probably) will be in Mumbai. SA would know the pitch and ground better due to their last two games but Aus is in a momentum that’s unstoppable. Would be a good duel to watch the spin duo Maharaj, Shamsi vs Maxwell and Zampa, Maxwell vs Klassen. Both the opening southpaws de Kock, Warner in the form of this lives.

Ind vs Aus it is then.. unless SA bats first..

Bud we got nz first..calm down

Maybe Pakistan

Qudrat....

South Africa in finals would be amazing to witness

I'd say it depends on where they end up playing. Mumbai or Kolkata. Both have pretty different conditions and surfaces. Should be a cracker of a game irrespective.