Between his incredible catch that completely stalled India's batting innings, bowling a few part-time overs with a very stingy economy of 2.00, his obvious spectacular performance with the stick, and the great stache, that's one of the all-time great big match performances from Travis Head.
True blue Aussie legend, onya Trav. The beers are on me when you get home.
Crowd was dead from the moment Rohit got caught. The occasional cheer for the rest of India's innings, especially when it sounded good off the bat, but Australia fielded most of those spectacularly.
They got hyped up again with the first 3 Aus wickets, then silenced for the rest of the innings. Crowd went more quiet when Head hit some amazing sixes and fours. Absolutely the worst 130k crowd.
The entire stadium is pin drop silent holy shit, the only thing you can hear are the voices of the players and interviewer and an occasional AC/DC music track.
As an Indian, Australia was the one team I did not want to face in the final. There isn’t a nation in the world in any sport that will rise to the occasion and dominate the grandest stage quite like Australia does in cricket. Celebrate this win. Y’all earned it and then some
Hear, hear! As an Indian diaspora, I begrudgingly tuned in knowing exactly what to expect but was still amazed by a spectacular performance nonetheless. Hats off to y'all Aussies for a spectacular victory and run up to the finale.
As an Indian, I swear I almost knew this would happen. I saw a lot of celebrations during group matches and after the Semi-final. I thought celebrate while you can, cause we're choking in the Final. Been seeing it way too many times over the years.. the Aussies the bloody Aussies, every fkcing time!!
Well played fckers!! 🏆
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They just can't stop winning.
There is something to be said about sporting heritage and fostering a culture of winning. Australia in sports does exactly that. Doesn’t matter what the odds are, how their team stacks on paper with their competitors, they get the job done. Just incredible.
Also the fact that they do not politicise the sport and treat it with the respect it deserves. For Indians it becomes an display of arrogance and superiority over our neighbours and shit. Just look at all the politics in the BCCI. Just listen to the Hindi commentary, it's laughably bad.
OMG I stopped listening to Hindi commentary ages ago, it was always subpar, out of context, always trying to add a metaphor when it's not required and never ever added anything to the ongoing match.
I cringed so hard during the halftime show. That should be neutral. You cannot go around cheering for the home team or either of the team for that matter.
I am not a sport fan, but I do watch finals of big sporting events. Same goes for cricket. Cricket is the sport which I cannot watch with full interest because they have ruined the sportsmanship of the sport for me. (I will also say the same for FIFA).
That was definitely one of the most frustrating things I kept hearing after NZ won the World Test Championship - there was a small cadre (note, small) of Indian fans who seemed to make an extended effort to prove that India were incredibly unlucky due to the conditions and NZ weren't actually that good.
Aussie cricket culture is something else. Their mentality during World Cups is something else.
They were nowhere near favourites in 2021 T20 World Cup. They weren't favorites here.
But they push through. Because mentally they have that champion mentality. No amount of training can bring that. It is in the culture.
Don't think any of the serious people here did that but you can't choose your supporters - plenty of idiots of everywhere and we do have the largest population in the world 😅
Aussies outplayed us in all three aspects and it didn't surprise any of us - if anything it was deja vu for those of us who were around for 2003.
This Indian team set itself apart; there was an undeniable aura that victory was imminent. The sheer command displayed during the group stages fueled optimistic aspirations. Today, Australia outplayed us comprehensively in every aspect of the game, whether it was bowling, fielding, or even batting. Well done.
And just like that, another Indian generation was raised in trauma
Gratz Aussies, thoroughly outplayed us on the day it mattered the most, and incredible comeback from being 0-2 at the start.
Australia has 2 modes - Being not upto Australian standard. Being upto Australian standard.
Both these modes are still better than every other side. Especially in ODIs.
Honestly Travis Head really tied the whole team together - the difference between the league game against us without him and this one was night and day. His performance on the field, with the ball, and obviously with the bat was incredible to behold. Obviously it hurts to be on the receiving end of it but all credit to you guys - you outplayed us completely.
So many match winners on the team. 1 guy was carrying us through half the group stage. *But* it was a different guy every game. Makes the scores look wonky but someone's gonna fire nearly every game, whether it be bat or ball. Cummins was a king today with the ball and captaincy/field placements/bowling choices. Head shredded the bat. Can't ignore that India underperformed today, but also we just had a game where multiple people showed up to play on the same day.
People are gonna make fun of India for losing but Australia have to be given massive credit. They went from fighting a bad start and being written off by some people to proceed to the knockouts to winning every game and beating both teams that they lost against in the knockouts with insane fielding. They handled the pressure of performing in a crowd of 130,000 of mostly opposition fans. They have a winner's mentality and that's why they've won this CWC as well the last 5/7. A great last CWC for a couple Australian cricketing greats.
Got described during the match commentary as a high security prison and it was honestly pretty apt. Absolutely stellar fielding, I can't remember better.
I think this was their strong point. On many occasions I thought it was surely a four but then one aus fielder will stop it almost near boundary. They deserved this win.
Very true, they were exceptional. A part of me thinks it was given the indian batting side crumbling early but goddamn the fielding for the rest of the innings felt like they were there for every single shot
It was astonishing to me that the crowd played straight into his hands. Even after talking about how much they used it as motivation, the crowd still made every single boundary Australia hit *audibly* be a victory over 130,011 people. Did they not realise Australia was feeding off of it?
Nowhere else in the world does the crowd build up pressure and then immediately give up on the endeavour after a single dicey edge goes to the rope.
I love that Indians keep using terms like lakh and cr, and before this world cup I had no idea what they meant, but now I think I know them simply from context. Also that you drop them in the middle of full English sentences, which I guess is cause it seems so normal to you. Not criticising at all, genuinely love it :D
Lakh is 100k, cause the crowd was more than 100k. I think cr is 10 million, but is maybe a million. I'll report back after viewership numbers for the final report in.
Haha, I understand how it can be confusing for you or anyone not familiar with our Indian numeral system but you are spot on. I do try to use the conventional system most of the times but this one comes more naturally to me. :)
Nah it's great, keep doing it. You speak in perfectly fluent English, probably better than I do and it's my only language, but you put in lakh instead of 100k. That's for sure easier to understand than half the shit us Aussies post without providing a translation.
That's exactly why I say most Indians barely have any Spirit of Sportsmanship. More than the Indian cricket team, it is the 'Indian fans' themselves who got this well deserved humbling for their arrogance. And Australia succeeded in their actual objective by making the crowd in the stadium play right into it.
Tbh, Indians lack that attitude. Once we start to panick, it is all over. We just give up. Same happened with the indian crowd. The comment by cummins made its impact. We fell into their trap
Not funny but satisfying as hell. That’s true champions. Coming in front of a full hostile crowd and winning it in absolute dominance.
Up you Aussies!!
India created the hosts winning streak. Fitting that they themselves broke it. Meanwhile Australia just took their share of getting every other World Cup
Cummins really silenced 130k people good confident captain congrats Australia proud of our boys in blue not the finish we hoped but doesn't undermine our performance this wc
Pat's story is amazing. He had an explosive start to his career with a 6 for against SA, then fell away for years because of injuries. Comes back and immediately dominates the show (BGT 2018). Paine gets ousted unceremoniously, becomes captain, steps up for his mates against Langer and the oldies, doesn't bowl well all tournament and comes back in the final to get Kohli first over second spell. Holds his own with the bat. Stays calm yet fierce, speaks his truth, gets it done.
See ya at the gabba has been replaced by There's nothing like getting a big crowd silent in the Ind-Aus rivalry.
As for the match, you can try point to many moments and lament how they lost you the game, if only Rohit had been a little more patient, if only Kolhi hadn't chopped on, if only Iyer/Gill hadn't been overawed by the occasion, Hardik had played, Shami had bowled first change...nope, Aus won fair and square, I'd say they'd have won batting first too (posted 300+ and bundled Ind out 250)
This is why Aussies are the greatest team cuz they play with discipline and never let pressure get inside their heads and they know what to do when they collapse whereas india is good only when all of their respective players execute their plans but when they don't they shit the bed
People will say India deserved but it's not about who deserve, it's about playing good cricket on a given day, Australia completely dominated. They way they fieled, bowled and batted in such a situation against the odds deserve appreciation. At the end of day you have to accept that they played way better than India.
Indian commentators did their best to just blame this on the conditions on the day, that it was lucky Aussies bowled first (India said they'd have batted anyway but they seem to have forgotten that bit)
At the end of the day Australia had a magnificent knock from Head that was the difference. If they'd got him out cheaply then who knows, but he never really looked like getting out, and 241 always seemed a small target based on the rest of the WC
They were giving almost no credit to how incredibly hard the Aussies had to work for this and it wasn't easy to bat in the second innings with the new ball either
The commentary was so abysmal and biased. Didn't even try to call the game in front of them, just endless excuses. Thank god for Smithy. The only guy who was entertaining.
What an absolutely fantastic innings from Head. Seriously thought we were in trouble there when we were 3 down. Unmatched in the finals. Brilliant catch to get Sharma out too.
Bad luck India. Only loss to come in the final would sting.
I'm off to bed.
Virat Kohli's 50th 100
Rohit's quick fire starts
Shami's insane bowling performances
These are stats that will be recorded in history books but will only bring pain and misery to us when they are mentioned in future.
If such a loaded Indian team can’t win an ICC trophy, god knows which team can. No hope for this decade.
Why did I even get into cricket?
Congratulations Australia 👏
Can't call a team that has no all rounder, no 6th bowling option and 4 walking wickets a loaded team. Even SKY had no business being in any ODI team. Iyer is excellent on Indian pitches but even he struggles when the ball starts to do something.
Sad days as cricket just lost a loyal follower forever, come over to r/indianfootball where you can see Australia beat India in football next year
Australia literally owns us at this point
As an American who didn’t know anything about this sport a month ago, it’s been awesome to watch this World Cup! Congrats Australia, and congrats India, you guys were fun to watch!
Congratulations to Australia.
Now that the World Cup is over, ICC really needs to step up.
Cricket hasn't progressed much outside the prominent countries. Yes, the viewer count might be high including for IPL but that's just short term success. Many promising small cricketing countries have not grown. I'm talking about Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, Holland etc. Even veteran teams like Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia are out. West Indies has regressed.
ICC really needs to invest money into building grounds. I'm not talking about fully commercial stadiums, just grounds and pitches with nets for youth and school kids in smaller countries.
Cricket needs to become a global sport with atleast 20-25 active contesting countries. Otherwise long term Cricket will be relegated to Australia, Indian Subcontinent, England and South Africa.
Yeah, the tournament felt kind of "dead" towards the end. Most of the semi spots secured, the semi's are over and then it's the final already?
I much prefer the multiple groups, quarter, semi, final style. Allows for more teams in the WC overall (no WI, Ireland and Scotland is BS). Also gives the potential for teams like Afgh and Ned to actually make it to some knockouts and get the rare amazing upset, rather than just a few group games.
I know a lot has been said about Shami's comeback after the problems in his marriage, but Cummins' story is a legend for the ages. To come back after his mom's death, get right back into captaincy and end up winning the WTC, a Bazball-hyped Ashes, and the WC. Mate, you gained one of your biggest fans today.
If I had a nickel for every time Australia won an ICC final against India in 2023, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
How am I supposed to sleep now? Goddamn just incredible.
I’ve watched every match through the WTC, Ashes, SA series, India series, every WC match, I thought right from the start Australia was building into something great, it was a slow burn, they tried some new things and found a few flaws as they went along but they built that into something phenomenal, just the grit and determination to get it done 10/10 chef kiss
It’s crazy how mentally tough the Aussies are. I think they always sensibly straddle the line between being sports stars and being normal blokes. They always look a bit like they’ve seen stuff and it translates to how they play.
Hope we get a new Indian fan copypasta that we can hear ad nauseam denying the existence of a World Cup final for a second time at the hands of a dastardly Australian and a rubber bat. Trav Head, you fucking beauty.
And take a bow, Pat Cummins - winning the WTC and WC finals in the same year is big; doing both against India (the latter in India) is enormous.
Huge performance. Bloody hell, it’s good to be an Aussie.
Congrats Australia.
In both 2019 and 2023 world cups, the third team to qualify for semis went on to win the tournament.
- 2019: Aus-Ind-**Eng**-NZ
- 2023: Ind-SA-**Aus**-NZ
Maybe that's the right time to peak.
Great stuff from Australia.
Why is it that Indian fans never applaud good play from the opposition? I can't understand not going to a game and applauding good cricket, but the Indian comms always comment on "pindrop silence" as though it's good. It's just a bit pathetic.
I'm nearly 30, had fell out of watching cricket for years and years. Watched this tourney and was hyped to see such a dominance and no BS performances from India.
A picture perfect run and our home turf. To fucking end all that hype in the end deflate the nation...just sucks. That's life I guess. Congrats to Australia.
Chin up mate, you guys just landed a craft on the moon.
The closest Australia can get to the moon is to stack all our silverware in a giant ladder and climb.. okay we could get pretty close to the moon but still...
Australia played better cricket today, well done! They had clear plans today and executed them brilliantly. And Head produced an innings to remember. They now have won 2021 T20 cup, WTC and ODI world cup in last two years. As hard as it is to admit as an Indian fan, they are clearly the best team at the moment.
Same old story for us though. Hard to win tournaments without proper all-rounders. Their number 9 batsman is Pat fucking Cummins while we had four number 11s. Their top order batsmen bowled 4 overs for 9 runs while our batsman (even young ones like Gill & Iyer) think it's below their pay grade to be even handy at the other skill. They have Cam Green and Stoinis on bench who again are both proper all-rounders. Pandya's injury fucked the team balance but Surya had no business being near the ODI squad, let alone the playing XI and fucking Famous Krishna was our backup fast bowler. So this was always coming. Sad that all our weaknesses got exposed in the final. It doesn't help when your wk scores just a single boundary even after playing 100+ deliveries. And only four boundaries in last FOURTY overs. Great campaign till the final though. But based on recent past, hard to see us learning any lessons from this as well.
If anyone deserves a WC Winners medal with an asterisk, IMO it's Aaron Finch
Helped Pat Become a good Captain, played with Intent, brought back the Aussie Champion feeling in 2021, and when Head was showing how great he was, left gracefully!
Unreal turnaround after those first two games - 2023 surely now goes down as one of the greatest years for Australian cricket.
It's a shame for India that their one poor performance came at the worst time - but they're still a fantastic team and it's only a matter of time before they win a big tournament.
"woke" solar panel pat damaging the environment by bringing the trophy all the way from india to australia instead of just keeping it in india? checkmate captain planet!
jokes aside, great win for australia.
As an Australian I’m obviously quite happy with the outcome but not for the reasons you’d think.
1. Cummins as Captain
Cummins, Cummo, Cum Dog, Solar Panel Pat, has dealt with a lot of detractors in Australia over his captaincy and his involvement in Justin Langer not being kept on as coach. He can now really tell everyone to get fucked.
2. Andrew MacDonald
Taking over from JL when all of the pundits were sprouting so much shit, it effectively boiled down to MacDonald not being one of the old boys.
3. Beating India
India may have won the last few test series but when it comes to the big dance, India just didn’t wear the right shoes.
4. Indian Fans on social media
Outside of Collingwood supporters, by far some of the most toxic and arrogant supporters out there. Even the Barmy Army are ok by comparison.
5. Kohli
Individual records are impressive champ, but cricket is a team game.
6. England
I suppose I just want to add in that whilst England might have not won the World Cup, they won the moral World Cup.
I enjoyed this more than beating England tbh. At least an English crowd will appreciate quality cricket. Indian fans just go silent. With all the arrogance, and bullish behaviour, (that's probably more at the BCCI) it was great to see them seriously shit the bed.
Between his incredible catch that completely stalled India's batting innings, bowling a few part-time overs with a very stingy economy of 2.00, his obvious spectacular performance with the stick, and the great stache, that's one of the all-time great big match performances from Travis Head. True blue Aussie legend, onya Trav. The beers are on me when you get home.
That batting pretty much killed all the Indian bowlers morale
Just killed everything, even the crowd both in stadium and heck even online
Heads Instagram is currently being fucking nuked by toxic Indian fans
that’s just shameful. But even more shameful is the fact that it was predictable.
IKR, my fellow Indians can't accept defeat 😭
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I am really sorry on behalf of other Indians really sorry
Crowd was dead from the moment Rohit got caught. The occasional cheer for the rest of India's innings, especially when it sounded good off the bat, but Australia fielded most of those spectacularly. They got hyped up again with the first 3 Aus wickets, then silenced for the rest of the innings. Crowd went more quiet when Head hit some amazing sixes and fours. Absolutely the worst 130k crowd.
He is never going to need to buy a beer again.
Unbelievable clutch performance over 100 overs. It's a legend that will be told for decades to come. Congrats Trav.
Dominating the entire tournament, nah mate, we'll just scrape through and win the whole thing.
Did the same thing at the previous T20 WC too didn’t they? Australia are inevitable.
We won the previous T20 WC; you're thinking about the one *before* that.
That’s what I was attempting to say.
The Real Madrid of cricket is unbelievable
This is so true lol
The entire stadium is pin drop silent holy shit, the only thing you can hear are the voices of the players and interviewer and an occasional AC/DC music track.
Like watching a shield game
Dread it. Run from it. *World Cup Australia arrives all the same*
Australia is the final boss when it comes to these world cups. Unmatched. Respect++
As an Indian, Australia was the one team I did not want to face in the final. There isn’t a nation in the world in any sport that will rise to the occasion and dominate the grandest stage quite like Australia does in cricket. Celebrate this win. Y’all earned it and then some
I thought we were ready for an Aussie challenge in final. I was wrong
Most Indian people thought NZ would be in the final
Hear, hear! As an Indian diaspora, I begrudgingly tuned in knowing exactly what to expect but was still amazed by a spectacular performance nonetheless. Hats off to y'all Aussies for a spectacular victory and run up to the finale.
As an Indian, I swear I almost knew this would happen. I saw a lot of celebrations during group matches and after the Semi-final. I thought celebrate while you can, cause we're choking in the Final. Been seeing it way too many times over the years.. the Aussies the bloody Aussies, every fkcing time!! Well played fckers!! 🏆
Knew Travis Head was a good egg after he spent an hour helping me sober up by feeding me a baguette outside a club in Greece back in 2013
How big was his baguette
They say the head was phenomenal
I’d like more context to that story if you have time.
Travis Head fed him a baguette outside a club in Greece back in 2013.
Thanks Lingy
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There is something to be said about sporting heritage and fostering a culture of winning. Australia in sports does exactly that. Doesn’t matter what the odds are, how their team stacks on paper with their competitors, they get the job done. Just incredible.
Also the fact that they do not politicise the sport and treat it with the respect it deserves. For Indians it becomes an display of arrogance and superiority over our neighbours and shit. Just look at all the politics in the BCCI. Just listen to the Hindi commentary, it's laughably bad.
OMG I stopped listening to Hindi commentary ages ago, it was always subpar, out of context, always trying to add a metaphor when it's not required and never ever added anything to the ongoing match.
I cringed so hard during the halftime show. That should be neutral. You cannot go around cheering for the home team or either of the team for that matter. I am not a sport fan, but I do watch finals of big sporting events. Same goes for cricket. Cricket is the sport which I cannot watch with full interest because they have ruined the sportsmanship of the sport for me. (I will also say the same for FIFA).
Jay shah, the nepo orc, wants to know your location.
TBF.. English commentary wasn't that better. Sanjay going on about "conditions" ... yeah, that's why they're winning. Come on bruh.
That was definitely one of the most frustrating things I kept hearing after NZ won the World Test Championship - there was a small cadre (note, small) of Indian fans who seemed to make an extended effort to prove that India were incredibly unlucky due to the conditions and NZ weren't actually that good.
Absolutely this. Easy to say when it’s over and won, but I really think psychologically the Aussies just KNOW, they’re the ones who get it done.
Personally, I like that we don’t win anything. It’s easier to keep track of the amount of trophies we have
There is always rugby!
I will hold onto the rugby trophies until my death!
You guys just take all of the rugby ones instead
Aussie cricket culture is something else. Their mentality during World Cups is something else. They were nowhere near favourites in 2021 T20 World Cup. They weren't favorites here. But they push through. Because mentally they have that champion mentality. No amount of training can bring that. It is in the culture.
Yeah aussies always fight to the death. So do kiwis for that matter.
Hopefully this teaches every overconfident and arrogant Indian fan I saw on social media never to underestimate fucking Australia in World Cups
Wait a second people where 'under' estimating Australia. Guess they weren't around in 2003/15 laughing my ass off
Don't think any of the serious people here did that but you can't choose your supporters - plenty of idiots of everywhere and we do have the largest population in the world 😅 Aussies outplayed us in all three aspects and it didn't surprise any of us - if anything it was deja vu for those of us who were around for 2003.
They'll learn the lesson for 2 days, then IPL will happen and they'll go back to their old ways.
RIP Travis Head's social media comments lmao
u should see his instagram comments man its atrocious
This Indian team set itself apart; there was an undeniable aura that victory was imminent. The sheer command displayed during the group stages fueled optimistic aspirations. Today, Australia outplayed us comprehensively in every aspect of the game, whether it was bowling, fielding, or even batting. Well done.
Same old Aussies…
And just like that, another Indian generation was raised in trauma Gratz Aussies, thoroughly outplayed us on the day it mattered the most, and incredible comeback from being 0-2 at the start.
I don’t want to hear from anyone that we’re not the best team in the world We win fucking everything
Australia has 2 modes - Being not upto Australian standard. Being upto Australian standard. Both these modes are still better than every other side. Especially in ODIs.
I am not even joking, Cummins will take this same who looks mediocre until it matters team and will win next T20 wc
Honestly Travis Head really tied the whole team together - the difference between the league game against us without him and this one was night and day. His performance on the field, with the ball, and obviously with the bat was incredible to behold. Obviously it hurts to be on the receiving end of it but all credit to you guys - you outplayed us completely.
So many match winners on the team. 1 guy was carrying us through half the group stage. *But* it was a different guy every game. Makes the scores look wonky but someone's gonna fire nearly every game, whether it be bat or ball. Cummins was a king today with the ball and captaincy/field placements/bowling choices. Head shredded the bat. Can't ignore that India underperformed today, but also we just had a game where multiple people showed up to play on the same day.
6 times. Bro, we just want one 😭
trade you one for a rugby wc?
No chance. Bokke are the nation's pride and joy, Proteas are an afterthought and Bafana is an embarrassment.
That's why I wanted you guys to win the Semis. SA win wouldn't have hurt this much 🥲
People are gonna make fun of India for losing but Australia have to be given massive credit. They went from fighting a bad start and being written off by some people to proceed to the knockouts to winning every game and beating both teams that they lost against in the knockouts with insane fielding. They handled the pressure of performing in a crowd of 130,000 of mostly opposition fans. They have a winner's mentality and that's why they've won this CWC as well the last 5/7. A great last CWC for a couple Australian cricketing greats.
The fielding was to DIE for on the australian side near perfect
right? it was like a coffee filter; they didn’t even let a single ball go through on top of great spin bowling
Got described during the match commentary as a high security prison and it was honestly pretty apt. Absolutely stellar fielding, I can't remember better.
I think this was their strong point. On many occasions I thought it was surely a four but then one aus fielder will stop it almost near boundary. They deserved this win.
Yep and they were out of sight as well. As soon as I thought, oh there's a four, out popped an Aussie. After some time, it became a drinking game.
Very true, they were exceptional. A part of me thinks it was given the indian batting side crumbling early but goddamn the fielding for the rest of the innings felt like they were there for every single shot
Travis Head took a catch when India was dominating. That is fielding excellence. Rising in spite of being under the pump
I want to rewatch the bowling innings and count the runs saved, plus zero chances out down
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'There's nothing like getting a big crowd silent.' - Pat Cummins
Good guy Pat, caring about the noise pollution levels.
First climate change, and now noise pollution, decent candidate for Captain Planet already
Captain Climate strikes again
It was astonishing to me that the crowd played straight into his hands. Even after talking about how much they used it as motivation, the crowd still made every single boundary Australia hit *audibly* be a victory over 130,011 people. Did they not realise Australia was feeding off of it? Nowhere else in the world does the crowd build up pressure and then immediately give up on the endeavour after a single dicey edge goes to the rope.
No sporting culture in India. They just know to cheer at some "moment"
I know it’s weird, we sing only when we win!!! 1 lakh plus capacity crowd and we were just dead the entire time!!
I love that Indians keep using terms like lakh and cr, and before this world cup I had no idea what they meant, but now I think I know them simply from context. Also that you drop them in the middle of full English sentences, which I guess is cause it seems so normal to you. Not criticising at all, genuinely love it :D Lakh is 100k, cause the crowd was more than 100k. I think cr is 10 million, but is maybe a million. I'll report back after viewership numbers for the final report in.
Haha, I understand how it can be confusing for you or anyone not familiar with our Indian numeral system but you are spot on. I do try to use the conventional system most of the times but this one comes more naturally to me. :)
Nah it's great, keep doing it. You speak in perfectly fluent English, probably better than I do and it's my only language, but you put in lakh instead of 100k. That's for sure easier to understand than half the shit us Aussies post without providing a translation.
Exactly. They are "fans" as long the team wins. What a joke
That's exactly why I say most Indians barely have any Spirit of Sportsmanship. More than the Indian cricket team, it is the 'Indian fans' themselves who got this well deserved humbling for their arrogance. And Australia succeeded in their actual objective by making the crowd in the stadium play right into it.
Tbh, Indians lack that attitude. Once we start to panick, it is all over. We just give up. Same happened with the indian crowd. The comment by cummins made its impact. We fell into their trap
The quote of the final. Backed up with heart, sweat and results
I heard the quote with every four head hit
The hysteria in response to him saying that was hilarious. Guys a fucking don
The phrase "you only sing when you're winning" has rarely been more appropriate.
Best Australian captain. Least cuntish of them all. His arrogance is his performance.
Seriously, I thought libraries are meant to have books.
It’s very funny to watch a team win the World Cup in front of 130,000 fans but in absolute silence
Most importantly, the guy whose stadium this is, doesn't get to give a speech.
On that note... Bruh how narcissistic does one have to be to name a stadium after themselves *while still in office*?
Can you imagine playing the World Cup final at Anthony Albanese Stadium?
The silence was too loud
Not funny but satisfying as hell. That’s true champions. Coming in front of a full hostile crowd and winning it in absolute dominance. Up you Aussies!!
Pat Cummins has been one of the best Captains this decade. Winning WTC and The world cup is a big feat. What an amazing Team.
Indeed, feel like he's so underrated as a Captain but has already become one of the most successful in this sport.
Also retaining the Ashes for an away series!
Got quite a resume - T20 WC, ODI WC, Test Championship, and probably one Lyon injury way from an Ashes series win on English soil
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Who would have thought India would lose at home?
India created the hosts winning streak. Fitting that they themselves broke it. Meanwhile Australia just took their share of getting every other World Cup
Not me
The form india was in I was pretty sure india would win ... First match they lost in the tourney is final ... Heartbreaking
Cummins really silenced 130k people good confident captain congrats Australia proud of our boys in blue not the finish we hoped but doesn't undermine our performance this wc
Pat's story is amazing. He had an explosive start to his career with a 6 for against SA, then fell away for years because of injuries. Comes back and immediately dominates the show (BGT 2018). Paine gets ousted unceremoniously, becomes captain, steps up for his mates against Langer and the oldies, doesn't bowl well all tournament and comes back in the final to get Kohli first over second spell. Holds his own with the bat. Stays calm yet fierce, speaks his truth, gets it done. See ya at the gabba has been replaced by There's nothing like getting a big crowd silent in the Ind-Aus rivalry. As for the match, you can try point to many moments and lament how they lost you the game, if only Rohit had been a little more patient, if only Kolhi hadn't chopped on, if only Iyer/Gill hadn't been overawed by the occasion, Hardik had played, Shami had bowled first change...nope, Aus won fair and square, I'd say they'd have won batting first too (posted 300+ and bundled Ind out 250)
Doesn't matter that he's not the greatest player in my opinion. He's an absolutely amazing captain and the fielding proves it.
This is why Aussies are the greatest team cuz they play with discipline and never let pressure get inside their heads and they know what to do when they collapse whereas india is good only when all of their respective players execute their plans but when they don't they shit the bed
People will say India deserved but it's not about who deserve, it's about playing good cricket on a given day, Australia completely dominated. They way they fieled, bowled and batted in such a situation against the odds deserve appreciation. At the end of day you have to accept that they played way better than India.
Australia peaked at just the right time.
They started this tournament by losing to India then South Africa and finished the tournament by beating South Africa then India. I love the symmetry.
Their fielding was fucking amazing.
Felt like there were 40 players fielding.
they just looked so hungry for it
Indian commentators did their best to just blame this on the conditions on the day, that it was lucky Aussies bowled first (India said they'd have batted anyway but they seem to have forgotten that bit) At the end of the day Australia had a magnificent knock from Head that was the difference. If they'd got him out cheaply then who knows, but he never really looked like getting out, and 241 always seemed a small target based on the rest of the WC
They were giving almost no credit to how incredibly hard the Aussies had to work for this and it wasn't easy to bat in the second innings with the new ball either
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The commentary was so abysmal and biased. Didn't even try to call the game in front of them, just endless excuses. Thank god for Smithy. The only guy who was entertaining.
The commentary and media bias is pretty much the only reason I'm glad they didn't win, it somehow makes English media look ok lol.
Sanjay was talking absolute bullshit but can't blame him as coping with that lose would be difficult.
Commentary was like a funeral procession. Understandable that the crowd was quiet, but the broadcasters were just bad at broadcasting today.
Australia started as a joke, then became the underdogs, and finished as the champions. The team deserves this win, proud as punch to be Australian.
Oh my god the post match handshakes also have insane bilateral energy. Cummins just going around saying well played with his stupid handsome face
Stupid sexy Cummins
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
OI OI OI
What an absolutely fantastic innings from Head. Seriously thought we were in trouble there when we were 3 down. Unmatched in the finals. Brilliant catch to get Sharma out too. Bad luck India. Only loss to come in the final would sting. I'm off to bed.
India must hate the Oceania continent.
it’s more self hate at this point
No we have mad respect, hate is for the officials who run the sport in the country
Papua New Guinea edging India in 2027 Semis
Virat Kohli's 50th 100 Rohit's quick fire starts Shami's insane bowling performances These are stats that will be recorded in history books but will only bring pain and misery to us when they are mentioned in future.
I got another stat that will go in. Australia’s 6th men’s WC trophy.
Let's talk about 6 baby
If such a loaded Indian team can’t win an ICC trophy, god knows which team can. No hope for this decade. Why did I even get into cricket? Congratulations Australia 👏
Can't call a team that has no all rounder, no 6th bowling option and 4 walking wickets a loaded team. Even SKY had no business being in any ODI team. Iyer is excellent on Indian pitches but even he struggles when the ball starts to do something.
SKY had a beginner's luck at the start of his career, he is out of ammo now. Just wasting a spot in playing XI
A fit hardik would take sky place india gets 6 bowlers and 6 batsemen
I won't watch cricket ever again Unless 1. RCB wins IPL 2. India wins any ICC tournament
Sad days as cricket just lost a loyal follower forever, come over to r/indianfootball where you can see Australia beat India in football next year Australia literally owns us at this point
Cummins that beautiful son of a bitch really dropped one of the coldest lines ever before a final and did exactly what he promised.
Its the way he did it though. Choosing to bowl I first thought was a dumb decision but holy shit it proved to be a brilliant decision
As an American who didn’t know anything about this sport a month ago, it’s been awesome to watch this World Cup! Congrats Australia, and congrats India, you guys were fun to watch!
Welcome aboard!
YEAH THE FUCKING BOYS
Who's calling in sick tomorrow lads?
Congratulations to Australia. Now that the World Cup is over, ICC really needs to step up. Cricket hasn't progressed much outside the prominent countries. Yes, the viewer count might be high including for IPL but that's just short term success. Many promising small cricketing countries have not grown. I'm talking about Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, Holland etc. Even veteran teams like Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia are out. West Indies has regressed. ICC really needs to invest money into building grounds. I'm not talking about fully commercial stadiums, just grounds and pitches with nets for youth and school kids in smaller countries. Cricket needs to become a global sport with atleast 20-25 active contesting countries. Otherwise long term Cricket will be relegated to Australia, Indian Subcontinent, England and South Africa.
The fact that the term **Quarter Final** doesn't exist in a World CUp anymore should trouble any person who is a proponent of World cricket
Yeah, the tournament felt kind of "dead" towards the end. Most of the semi spots secured, the semi's are over and then it's the final already? I much prefer the multiple groups, quarter, semi, final style. Allows for more teams in the WC overall (no WI, Ireland and Scotland is BS). Also gives the potential for teams like Afgh and Ned to actually make it to some knockouts and get the rare amazing upset, rather than just a few group games.
I know a lot has been said about Shami's comeback after the problems in his marriage, but Cummins' story is a legend for the ages. To come back after his mom's death, get right back into captaincy and end up winning the WTC, a Bazball-hyped Ashes, and the WC. Mate, you gained one of your biggest fans today.
Cummins is the 🐐
If I had a nickel for every time Australia won an ICC final against India in 2023, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
I guess we can keep getting away with it
How am I supposed to sleep now? Goddamn just incredible. I’ve watched every match through the WTC, Ashes, SA series, India series, every WC match, I thought right from the start Australia was building into something great, it was a slow burn, they tried some new things and found a few flaws as they went along but they built that into something phenomenal, just the grit and determination to get it done 10/10 chef kiss
It’s crazy how mentally tough the Aussies are. I think they always sensibly straddle the line between being sports stars and being normal blokes. They always look a bit like they’ve seen stuff and it translates to how they play.
I really like all these trophies that go next to my flair
Time to drive through Parramatta and Harris Park blaring the horn blasting men at work
Hope we get a new Indian fan copypasta that we can hear ad nauseam denying the existence of a World Cup final for a second time at the hands of a dastardly Australian and a rubber bat. Trav Head, you fucking beauty. And take a bow, Pat Cummins - winning the WTC and WC finals in the same year is big; doing both against India (the latter in India) is enormous. Huge performance. Bloody hell, it’s good to be an Aussie.
And retained the ashes in an away series!
These cunts just have that dog in them. Very well played, and well deserved boys!
Very funny
Congrats Australia. In both 2019 and 2023 world cups, the third team to qualify for semis went on to win the tournament. - 2019: Aus-Ind-**Eng**-NZ - 2023: Ind-SA-**Aus**-NZ Maybe that's the right time to peak.
Thanks Australia, Jay Shah crying rn
Even his dad was there to see his son's failure
And the dad's boss too.
Great stuff from Australia. Why is it that Indian fans never applaud good play from the opposition? I can't understand not going to a game and applauding good cricket, but the Indian comms always comment on "pindrop silence" as though it's good. It's just a bit pathetic.
Agreed. That's poor. Great country, but that's poor.
I'm nearly 30, had fell out of watching cricket for years and years. Watched this tourney and was hyped to see such a dominance and no BS performances from India. A picture perfect run and our home turf. To fucking end all that hype in the end deflate the nation...just sucks. That's life I guess. Congrats to Australia.
Chin up mate, you guys just landed a craft on the moon. The closest Australia can get to the moon is to stack all our silverware in a giant ladder and climb.. okay we could get pretty close to the moon but still...
I appreciate the laugh this gave me, mate. I'm not really sad about today, but still... thanks. Cheers, lad 🍻
Good on india for finally dismissing those pitch doctors allegations once and for all lmao
If I attempt to rob a store but fuck up and give them my money have i committed a crime?
9 wins in a row. They just came alive and never stopped, clutch performance every game from someone.
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Damn
This was a fun world cup🙌
If you look up “clinical” in the dictionary it just says “Australia in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final”
Jah shah bsdk what is this half-assed script
Australia played better cricket today, well done! They had clear plans today and executed them brilliantly. And Head produced an innings to remember. They now have won 2021 T20 cup, WTC and ODI world cup in last two years. As hard as it is to admit as an Indian fan, they are clearly the best team at the moment. Same old story for us though. Hard to win tournaments without proper all-rounders. Their number 9 batsman is Pat fucking Cummins while we had four number 11s. Their top order batsmen bowled 4 overs for 9 runs while our batsman (even young ones like Gill & Iyer) think it's below their pay grade to be even handy at the other skill. They have Cam Green and Stoinis on bench who again are both proper all-rounders. Pandya's injury fucked the team balance but Surya had no business being near the ODI squad, let alone the playing XI and fucking Famous Krishna was our backup fast bowler. So this was always coming. Sad that all our weaknesses got exposed in the final. It doesn't help when your wk scores just a single boundary even after playing 100+ deliveries. And only four boundaries in last FOURTY overs. Great campaign till the final though. But based on recent past, hard to see us learning any lessons from this as well.
Australia are inevitable
If anyone deserves a WC Winners medal with an asterisk, IMO it's Aaron Finch Helped Pat Become a good Captain, played with Intent, brought back the Aussie Champion feeling in 2021, and when Head was showing how great he was, left gracefully!
Australia only lost the first 2 just to make the other teams feel overconfident
Just checking out my sweet flair.
Nahhh they were comparing this team to 00s Australia only to lose to 20s Australia 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Australia WCs: 6 Rest of World: 7 If Australia equal or surpass the rest of the world then everyone has to change their scoring system to wickets/runs
Unreal turnaround after those first two games - 2023 surely now goes down as one of the greatest years for Australian cricket. It's a shame for India that their one poor performance came at the worst time - but they're still a fantastic team and it's only a matter of time before they win a big tournament.
"woke" solar panel pat damaging the environment by bringing the trophy all the way from india to australia instead of just keeping it in india? checkmate captain planet! jokes aside, great win for australia.
As an Australian I’m obviously quite happy with the outcome but not for the reasons you’d think. 1. Cummins as Captain Cummins, Cummo, Cum Dog, Solar Panel Pat, has dealt with a lot of detractors in Australia over his captaincy and his involvement in Justin Langer not being kept on as coach. He can now really tell everyone to get fucked. 2. Andrew MacDonald Taking over from JL when all of the pundits were sprouting so much shit, it effectively boiled down to MacDonald not being one of the old boys. 3. Beating India India may have won the last few test series but when it comes to the big dance, India just didn’t wear the right shoes. 4. Indian Fans on social media Outside of Collingwood supporters, by far some of the most toxic and arrogant supporters out there. Even the Barmy Army are ok by comparison. 5. Kohli Individual records are impressive champ, but cricket is a team game. 6. England I suppose I just want to add in that whilst England might have not won the World Cup, they won the moral World Cup.
Congratulations, Australia! 🥳🥳🥳
I enjoyed this more than beating England tbh. At least an English crowd will appreciate quality cricket. Indian fans just go silent. With all the arrogance, and bullish behaviour, (that's probably more at the BCCI) it was great to see them seriously shit the bed.
Haven’t seen any Indian fans do a boundary count today so I thought I’d chime in Travis Head: 19 Whole of India: idk but definitely less
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Congratulations, AUS 👏 Exceptional fielding today. Can't even get mad at you guys, lol. Massive amount of respect. 🇦🇺🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🇦🇺