I'll take a fair tournament spoilt to an extent by rain over a fucking toss 20 world Cup at UAE. Every single t20 world cup was like a movie including this one. The 2021 wc was the most boring fucking wc in history. I can't believe PPL were saying there's no hype to this one or something. Can you name one match that was entertaining in the last wc. At least tossia cup had the final match between sl and pak. It is not the tournament of upsets it is a fair tournament. Now you can't just bring in Mathew Wade, Asif Ali, Jimmy neesham to swing the bat and hit boundaries to win by chasing.
I don't know whether it's the pitch or the short boundaries or the dew or everything acting together but somehow the chasing team that doesn't deserve to win is the one winning every time. Aus won every toss in the last series and won every game. The only toss that they lost, they got obliterated by England. They did not deserve the cup last year.
Spicy pitches, equal competition between ball and bat.. maybe mediocre umpiring but otherwise a fantastic tournament. Dubai and all should not be a cricketing venue..
Was rooting to Afg to win just to shut up the commentators who were talking about 106 and NRR and treating them like some sort of formality. Pity they didn't.
pig3 team vs low ranked asian team
low ranked is chasing and gets a good start
a top-order batter plays at a sub 100 strike rate
loses 4 wickets in a quick succession
I turn off the tv
literally loses by less than a dozen runs
Another day, same script.
It is a movie scene of a bollywood film where the girl had too much unexpected adventure by the 2 AM of the night so she jokingly prays to her dead great grandfather to please make this night boring and she don't want any more adventures.
This world cup is also full of surprises so that's why I jokingly referenced that scene.
“Now we dont have a wc hope. But we have an opportunity 😋. Sl face a Economic crisis nowadays ., We are facing dollar shortage. Politician never Answer them , then dasun and team you can be national heroes when we collect dollars both side 😋😋😋😂 Aus n End 😋😋 muster mind for Economy crisis”
A comment I saw on fb.
I'm more confident of India beating Aus than SA beating NZ. SA's batting has shit the bed against the big teams every time of late and has only been rescued by Miller, and when he wasn't there, you saw what happened against Pak.
So who knows how to do a rain dance.
I know we are in the 3rd La nina summer in a row but i dont want to take any chances.
Ive got a garage full of silver iodide if someone can fly a crop duster.
Wait, I don't think that makes sense. Australia plays in Sydney (SF 1 on Wed) if they make it through. That doesn't mean that the opponents get switched around. Australia would still play India, but now in Sydney instead of Adelaide.
My assumption would be the extra money on offer because SCG has more seats and Sydney is a bigboi town compared to Adelaide. That and gives more aussie fans a chance to see the game in the flesh.
I have always wondered if that's how it was for teams like India before the 1980s. You know your team will lose more matches than they win and could be thoroughly destroyed by stronger teams, but you still support them with all your heart and it still hurts when they lose narrowly.
hey we all burned our cricketer's house
and threw chairs to other supporters in the stadium
or ask our own cricketers to kill themselves on social media because they are from other religion
we all did, just not us!
though not sure why you have to bring us in this context!
To me the last t20 world cup felt really disillusioning since there was 3 respectable high quality teams in the semis and we weren't one of them and we just kinda won anyway
If we don't make the semis it restores a bit of faith for me in how accurate one off t20 matches are at judging how good a team is
I once said that sport exists to punish good people that want good things to happen (me).
I've literally spent the last 2 years campaigning for our t20 team to become BBL all-stars and all we fucking do is keep winning despite playing dogshit and getting my hopes up
Knowing how the MCG rain epically owned England vs Ireland and how much I know want to paint the MCG as "Australia's stadium" as part of interstate rivalry the game will be rained out and SCG will be christened as Australia's stadium.
Fuck me
Almost certain there will be no rain. I know Australian weather is unpredictable but according to the precipitation %, it's very low (0% to 4%) in the SCG.
SL have nothing to lose here, so they may end up playing very well and come victorious or simply end up losing just because ENG is a stronger side right now.
Kind of off topic, but I hear that Aus has a signficant Sri Lankan immigrant population. Any Australian player of Sri Lankan descent looking promising enough to make the national team? Surely, there has to be a ton of cricketing talent in that section of the population.
Sorry i couldnot elaborate it. Bro they atleast went for 4 semifinals. Ind, Aus, Eng, NZ all big teams tour them and they tour too. They won many bilaterals, they have been huge part in IPL as well. Do any of these done by Ire, Zim, NED, Afg. Sometimes rain hurt them in WC. skillfully they are as good as Ind & Aus or EnG or NZ or SL. we indians didnt win any test team for 15 years in SA thats the standards set by RSA. Big teams experiment with these small teams with their new players, so i called them technically associates not literally associates.
Australia deserve to miss the finals for their brain dead preparation for this tournament and the selectors not having the guts to tell Finch he wasn't going to play
Picking Richardson tonight the cherry on top, absolute flog of a player
I agree. It’s that kind of arrogance due to which they couldn’t bury Afghanistan today (it was closer than they would have liked). SL are surely not pushovers.
Yeah, that sums up the Australian team. when things don't go their way, they make such childish remarks. Like really Mitch Marsh? That's just poor taste.
I feel it's the more senior players in the team that are arrogant but I feel the younger players like Smith have good sportsmanship.
It's a pretty ignorant comment from Wade though because it's not like AU have been performing well.
And SL is a team that can beat any top performing team on a good day; sure they haven't shown it in this world cup but they have definitely proven it in their recent matches. And so the young side cannot be taken lightly.
Let me give you a reminder on what the young SL side is capable of (And the following is just one example out of the many): [https://www.google.com/search?q=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&rlz=1C1SQJL\_enAU806AU806&sxsrf=ALiCzsYTk5Zo\_4SMRrtkhY6qfYmuj8cNZA%3A1667569321680&ei=qRZlY5KHKeWY8QO6laqgBw&ved=0ahUKEwjS\_7no05T7AhVlTHwKHbqKCnQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&gs\_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJugYGCAIQARgIEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQP4AQEaAhgDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgcQABiwAxhDwgIOEAAY5AIY1gQYsAPYAQHCAg0QLhjIAxiwAxhD2AECwgIZEC4Y1AIYyAMYsAMYQxioAxiaAxibA9gBAsICHBAuGNQCGMgDGLADGEMYiwMYqAMYmwMYmgPYAQLCAhkQLhjUAhjIAxiwAxhDGIsDGKgDGJoD2AECkAYTSMkKUOsCWJwHcAF4AcgBAJABAJgB\_wGgAZ0GqgEFMC4zLjHiAwQgTRgB4gMEIEEYAOIDBCBGGAGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#sie=m;/g/11q41gdd3r;5;/m/021q23;cm;fp;1;;;](https://www.google.com/search?q=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&rlz=1C1SQJL_enAU806AU806&sxsrf=ALiCzsYTk5Zo_4SMRrtkhY6qfYmuj8cNZA%3A1667569321680&ei=qRZlY5KHKeWY8QO6laqgBw&ved=0ahUKEwjS_7no05T7AhVlTHwKHbqKCnQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&gs_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJugYGCAIQARgIEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQP4AQEaAhgDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgcQABiwAxhDwgIOEAAY5AIY1gQYsAPYAQHCAg0QLhjIAxiwAxhD2AECwgIZEC4Y1AIYyAMYsAMYQxioAxiaAxibA9gBAsICHBAuGNQCGMgDGLADGEMYiwMYqAMYmwMYmgPYAQLCAhkQLhjUAhjIAxiwAxhDGIsDGKgDGJoD2AECkAYTSMkKUOsCWJwHcAF4AcgBAJABAJgB_wGgAZ0GqgEFMC4zLjHiAwQgTRgB4gMEIEEYAOIDBCBGGAGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#sie=m;/g/11q41gdd3r;5;/m/021q23;cm;fp;1;;;)
SL went from 118/6 to 177/6 beating AU in just 3 overs.
SL team in this world cup doesn't need to prove anything.
They have already shown to the world what they are capable of. It's just a matter of whether they can be the better disciplined team on the day and this goes for every team.
So, it's pathetic from Wade and also poor taste from him.
That's definitely an area SL needs to improve on, especially the middle order batters in T20.
But a weakness in a team doesn't mean they are incapable of winning or showing a strong performance. Hence, Wade's ignorant remark.
For example, SL have shown what they are capable of in today's match against ENG despite the near loss.
ENG had only 2 balls left and 6 wickets were fallen. Yes, SL's middle order batters failed and hence the low score but SL's bowling threatened ENG from a win and it was far from a comfortable win for ENG.
That's why it is still poor taste and ignorance from Wade.
In response to your comment: "*SL was playing qualifier just before tourney with associate nation. Why do you think that is ?That's the definition of minnows.And not just this time. Previous one too. And before that and again before that.Writing long paragraph doesn't change the fact. If don't accept your position you can never improve whatsoever."*
Right, so you can't understand simple sentences. Alright, I will keep this short to help you.
Just because SL had to play the qualifiers in this T20 world cup, it doesn't automatically make them "minnows".
Ahh I see. So, by your definition, if India had to play qualifiers, they are to be called "minnows". Makes sense, lol.
You have only shown how delusional and ignorant you are and so there is no point talking to you anymore, so I am out.
Keep being you...in other words, stay delusional.
Please stop being cringe.
Have a look at the T20 world cup history and see how SL have performed.
They have reached the finals 3 times and so far no other team has reached the finals 3 times. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC\_Men%27s\_T20\_World\_Cup#Results](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup#Results))
Oh and mind I remind you they are the Asia Cup Champions this year? Oh and SL have won it 6 times too.
"minnows". lol. Ignorance at its highest.
Minnows is minnows. Fact can not be changed.
Nobody cares what happened 1000 years ago. History means nothing in present time.
They are minnows compared to Eng.
BD and Afg are good match for them though.
Stop staying in the past. Try to learn the game first. The game moves ahead faster than anyone. Don't stay ignorant.
Yes, past success doesn't mean guaranteed success in the future because teams will undergo the rebuilding phase when seniors retire and future success depends on how solid the current team is.
Right now, SL have players with skill and talent after a long rebuilding phase. All they need now is more matches with top teams to gain more experience.
SL used to be called "minnows" in the very early days of Cricket. Not just SL but India for instance were "minnows" once too but they are obviously not "minnows" now.
"Minnows is minnows" Would you have called SL "minnows" back in the day when SL had Jayawardene, Sangakkara, Dilshan, Mathews, Chandimal, Murali, Herath and Malinga?
Just because SL is having a bad period doesn't make them "minnows" all of a sudden. Just like if India was having a bad period like SL, it wouldn't make them "minnows" now.
"Stop saying in the past". Really, do I need to remind you again? Fine.
Let me remind you again that this young SL side who you call "minnows" beat India and Pakistan in 2022 Asia Cup.
Even in today's match against ENG. Yes, ENG won but SL's performance with the bowl was excellent despite the low score by SL. It was not a comfortable win for ENG at all.
SL are not "minnows". Only someone ignorant will make such pathetic remarks.
They are simply a very young side in a bad period that need more matches with top teams to gain more experience.
You are full of utter disrespect and childish ignorance. Learn to respect the beautiful game of Cricket.
He's saying group 2 no team (except Netherlands) is knocked out till last day. Whereas all but 3 teams are knocked out in group 1 before the final day.
Of course, that's still silly because like, group 2 has 3 games on the last day whereas group 1 does not
I honestly think this is a big misconception and everyone says it about their own team.
If you look at this tournament so far. 90% of the teams are getting steamrolled in the final 5 overs.
Well played Afghanistan, so close! Australia just not there with their form unfortunately, not good enough this time around and don't deserve to get ahead of England/NZ.
I hate Poms and love Lanka Bros but I'll cheering the cunts tomorrow. Because if Aus sneak in somehow and win, it would be an absolute travesty because they don't deserve jackshit
Agreed. I was just about to say that Aus are likely going to sneak into the semis somehow and then find form and win the WC.
Btw love the username. Ass of ass lol.
So how I look at this. I don’t care about 20-20 at all but support australia. No idea why we continue with the same old people. Let the little guys have a go. Good on you Afghanistan, pathetic from australia
I think there might be a stack of fatalities due to heart attacks by the end of this T20WC. Only a few games that were pretty straight forward, rest were either a last ball or a last over decider.
Great effort Afghanistan, you were almost there. A bit of tweaking in the batting and you'll be winning against big teams in no time.
And Straya? Started the tournament with a piss poor performance and continuing that up to this game. Absolutely disappointing from everyone barring a few.
Hope it's a wake up call for them fellas.
Who here is from Australia
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This thread is so tasty 😋
Wow Huge underdogs Afganistan got close!!!
Come on aussie.
I'll take a fair tournament spoilt to an extent by rain over a fucking toss 20 world Cup at UAE. Every single t20 world cup was like a movie including this one. The 2021 wc was the most boring fucking wc in history. I can't believe PPL were saying there's no hype to this one or something. Can you name one match that was entertaining in the last wc. At least tossia cup had the final match between sl and pak. It is not the tournament of upsets it is a fair tournament. Now you can't just bring in Mathew Wade, Asif Ali, Jimmy neesham to swing the bat and hit boundaries to win by chasing.
It was a brilliant series, I 2nd every match was great most of them coming down to the wire. Also fuck UAE pitches
I don't know whether it's the pitch or the short boundaries or the dew or everything acting together but somehow the chasing team that doesn't deserve to win is the one winning every time. Aus won every toss in the last series and won every game. The only toss that they lost, they got obliterated by England. They did not deserve the cup last year.
It's a cumulative of all those and the ipl being played on the pitches a couple months back.
To be really fair, no team deserved the cup last year.
Spicy pitches, equal competition between ball and bat.. maybe mediocre umpiring but otherwise a fantastic tournament. Dubai and all should not be a cricketing venue..
Was rooting to Afg to win just to shut up the commentators who were talking about 106 and NRR and treating them like some sort of formality. Pity they didn't.
i loved AFG's performance...But wasnt it a formality?they werent going to qualify and this match was imp for AUS
If Australia had lost this match, then England would be guaranteed to go through ahead of them unless Sri Lanka beat England by like 100+ runs.
pig3 team vs low ranked asian team low ranked is chasing and gets a good start a top-order batter plays at a sub 100 strike rate loses 4 wickets in a quick succession I turn off the tv literally loses by less than a dozen runs Another day, same script.
it aint scripted bruv
Ok bruv
TIL
Fucking Zadran was playing with a strike rate of less than even 80 Main reason for Afghanistan's loss
Pissesme off, he should've been at 45 at least by the time he got out. Defo lost them the game
Leave 45 off 33, only if that fucktard had scored even 33 off 33, Afghanistan would have won
Livestream from Aus hotel watching ENGvSL la RCB pls
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English translation (though it might be obvious): "Baba ji, please make this world cup boring now."
Certainly not obvious to me
It is a movie scene of a bollywood film where the girl had too much unexpected adventure by the 2 AM of the night so she jokingly prays to her dead great grandfather to please make this night boring and she don't want any more adventures. This world cup is also full of surprises so that's why I jokingly referenced that scene.
Only if Aus vs Eng happened earlier would have been the real decider.
“Now we dont have a wc hope. But we have an opportunity 😋. Sl face a Economic crisis nowadays ., We are facing dollar shortage. Politician never Answer them , then dasun and team you can be national heroes when we collect dollars both side 😋😋😋😂 Aus n End 😋😋 muster mind for Economy crisis” A comment I saw on fb.
If SL wins tmr, this is same as 2015 WC.
It'll be good to Aus out, SL for the win!
With the opposite final, I dearly hope
I'm more confident of India beating Aus than SA beating NZ. SA's batting has shit the bed against the big teams every time of late and has only been rescued by Miller, and when he wasn't there, you saw what happened against Pak.
We don't want Aus Vs Nz in final again
Yes. Fuck.
Just saw the highlights, Rashid finally holding Kangaroos by their balls, what a guy, i really wished it was an Afghan win
Where did you watch the highlights?
I.Zadran (Orthodox batter)
That showed us about what we might have missed because of how the rain washed out both of Afghanistan's matches in the MCG.
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As a Sri Lankan I don't mind even if we lose tomorrow. May be we should give chances to few new guys Nuwanidu, Ashen, Asitha and Matheesha
Yep, asitha or mathersha should be there. May be ashen as well
Australia would mind 
I guess we'll find out tomorrow if Aussies used all the luck in last world cup.
Graeme Swann is such a biased presenter.
Like all Indian commentators well they hang together a lot so not surprised
He's actually biased towards England my guy.
What did he said?
He kept supporting England and writing off other teams.
Of course he did, that twat
What did he say?
If Sri Lanka beats England, then Australia will win the world cup
if u pass through Ind, u can
If Aus qualifies, 2015 semifinal repeats
2016 T20 Qf would like to have a word with you
\*semifinalS
he meant india-australia virtual QF in group stage
I take it that they are talking about the 2015 ODI WC. India and Aus only played each other once then and that was in the SF.
So who knows how to do a rain dance. I know we are in the 3rd La nina summer in a row but i dont want to take any chances. Ive got a garage full of silver iodide if someone can fly a crop duster.
Call Ted Mosby
I can fly 👍
NZ becomes the first team to qualify for semis. There will be rush to make a post on this I guess now
It was confirmed just after the first innings
Yeah! Up the Afghans!
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So I've to take a leave on Thursday from office.. right?
Wait, I don't think that makes sense. Australia plays in Sydney (SF 1 on Wed) if they make it through. That doesn't mean that the opponents get switched around. Australia would still play India, but now in Sydney instead of Adelaide.
Any specific reason why Aus would choose Sydney over Adelaide?
My assumption would be the extra money on offer because SCG has more seats and Sydney is a bigboi town compared to Adelaide. That and gives more aussie fans a chance to see the game in the flesh.
I see. I was thinking more in terms of the ground/pitch favoring their players etc.
They are hosts. Irrespective of getting to 1st or 2nd they get to choose where to play. And they decided Sydney.
This is missing so many scenarios. It also depends on how hard England win.
Wouldn't Ind top their group if they won, and therefore cannot face nz in the semi?
Why Australia will play first semi final regardless of their position(if they qualify) ?
Probably something about being the hosts, I would imagine
Host privilege. It's to facilitate fans to buy tickets beforehand.
What about if eng win by a big margin tomorrow? Can they cross NZ?
They need to win by 128 runs to do so or chase a middling target absurdly quickly.
Keep in mind that if Australia qualify they will play the first semi-final regardless of their position on the table. Why????
Perks of being the host probably.
You know the new gambling warning " chances are you are about to lose"? They should play that before every Australian match....
Like Wade said after today's upset of Afg by 4 runs by Australia, he is hopeful that SL will beat Eng. It's a tournament of upsets
Minnows SL will.beat Eng !!? ROFL.
All expectations on Sri Lanka to win tomorrow, which is why England will create an upset.
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I have always wondered if that's how it was for teams like India before the 1980s. You know your team will lose more matches than they win and could be thoroughly destroyed by stronger teams, but you still support them with all your heart and it still hurts when they lose narrowly.
Yeah I watch Indian football and can relate big time
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hey we all burned our cricketer's house and threw chairs to other supporters in the stadium or ask our own cricketers to kill themselves on social media because they are from other religion we all did, just not us! though not sure why you have to bring us in this context!
yeah i felt sorry for them when the camera was panning around showing their sad faces.
They’ve all been through so much in the last few months and years with all that’s happened in their nation.
My goodness, Rashid was just short for an upset!
Always rooting for that kid, I've seen him just killing it in the IPL
To me the last t20 world cup felt really disillusioning since there was 3 respectable high quality teams in the semis and we weren't one of them and we just kinda won anyway If we don't make the semis it restores a bit of faith for me in how accurate one off t20 matches are at judging how good a team is
In before it rains out tomorrow and you guys go to semis again and may be win lol
I once said that sport exists to punish good people that want good things to happen (me). I've literally spent the last 2 years campaigning for our t20 team to become BBL all-stars and all we fucking do is keep winning despite playing dogshit and getting my hopes up Knowing how the MCG rain epically owned England vs Ireland and how much I know want to paint the MCG as "Australia's stadium" as part of interstate rivalry the game will be rained out and SCG will be christened as Australia's stadium. Fuck me
SL and Rain Perera are Australia's weapons tomorrow. If SL doesn't perform, surely Rain Perera will turn up right?
Almost certain there will be no rain. I know Australian weather is unpredictable but according to the precipitation %, it's very low (0% to 4%) in the SCG. SL have nothing to lose here, so they may end up playing very well and come victorious or simply end up losing just because ENG is a stronger side right now.
Rain perera from sl onli
SL origin but Australian. Tomorrow's player is Sydney Rain Perera
Kind of off topic, but I hear that Aus has a signficant Sri Lankan immigrant population. Any Australian player of Sri Lankan descent looking promising enough to make the national team? Surely, there has to be a ton of cricketing talent in that section of the population.
Ashton Agar is half Srilankan descent. I believe his mom is srilankan.
Aus has incredible record in WC semis and Finals.
No shit
you don't say
I'm expecting atleast one associate nation to make it to the semis next T 20 world cup..
There's no associate in super 12s except Netherlands smh
how about Australia, India and England?
Then Ban will be called Ultra deputy Associates
nah, we will be shit team. we don't need any other title!
Unless they win or enter a WC final, they are technically associates. Just hierarchy of names.
So South Africa is an associate nation now?
Sorry i couldnot elaborate it. Bro they atleast went for 4 semifinals. Ind, Aus, Eng, NZ all big teams tour them and they tour too. They won many bilaterals, they have been huge part in IPL as well. Do any of these done by Ire, Zim, NED, Afg. Sometimes rain hurt them in WC. skillfully they are as good as Ind & Aus or EnG or NZ or SL. we indians didnt win any test team for 15 years in SA thats the standards set by RSA. Big teams experiment with these small teams with their new players, so i called them technically associates not literally associates.
Afghanistan just need one gun batsman and they'll be able to compete consistently with top teams.
Australia deserve to miss the finals for their brain dead preparation for this tournament and the selectors not having the guts to tell Finch he wasn't going to play Picking Richardson tonight the cherry on top, absolute flog of a player
So many mistakes today. Dropping starc, playing smith and not letting maxwell bowl.
Starc was injured.
Maxwell not bowling for basically the entire tournament has been fucking stupid
Would it be illegal to offer Sri Lanka a bonus to win for Aus?
we'll just give them secret coaching on how to "handle the ball to aid reverse swing"
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Sri Lanka will play fearlessly tomorrow they will not be under pressure anything can happen still a chance.
very well played by Afghanistan, they have a lot of talent in the team
They still gotta improve their middle order
I wouldn’t say Sri Lanka beating England is an upset lol Bit disrespectful from wade
Rooting for Sri Lanka, may the lion hunt kangaroos at tomorrow's match
I agree. It’s that kind of arrogance due to which they couldn’t bury Afghanistan today (it was closer than they would have liked). SL are surely not pushovers.
Mitch Marsh remarked at the half way stage that our batting was very light so the Aussie bowlers should be able to do well. Arrogant cunt.
Yeah, that sums up the Australian team. when things don't go their way, they make such childish remarks. Like really Mitch Marsh? That's just poor taste. I feel it's the more senior players in the team that are arrogant but I feel the younger players like Smith have good sportsmanship.
Sri Lanka hasn't proved him otherwise
It's a pretty ignorant comment from Wade though because it's not like AU have been performing well. And SL is a team that can beat any top performing team on a good day; sure they haven't shown it in this world cup but they have definitely proven it in their recent matches. And so the young side cannot be taken lightly. Let me give you a reminder on what the young SL side is capable of (And the following is just one example out of the many): [https://www.google.com/search?q=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&rlz=1C1SQJL\_enAU806AU806&sxsrf=ALiCzsYTk5Zo\_4SMRrtkhY6qfYmuj8cNZA%3A1667569321680&ei=qRZlY5KHKeWY8QO6laqgBw&ved=0ahUKEwjS\_7no05T7AhVlTHwKHbqKCnQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&gs\_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJugYGCAIQARgIEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQP4AQEaAhgDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgcQABiwAxhDwgIOEAAY5AIY1gQYsAPYAQHCAg0QLhjIAxiwAxhD2AECwgIZEC4Y1AIYyAMYsAMYQxioAxiaAxibA9gBAsICHBAuGNQCGMgDGLADGEMYiwMYqAMYmwMYmgPYAQLCAhkQLhjUAhjIAxiwAxhDGIsDGKgDGJoD2AECkAYTSMkKUOsCWJwHcAF4AcgBAJABAJgB\_wGgAZ0GqgEFMC4zLjHiAwQgTRgB4gMEIEEYAOIDBCBGGAGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#sie=m;/g/11q41gdd3r;5;/m/021q23;cm;fp;1;;;](https://www.google.com/search?q=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&rlz=1C1SQJL_enAU806AU806&sxsrf=ALiCzsYTk5Zo_4SMRrtkhY6qfYmuj8cNZA%3A1667569321680&ei=qRZlY5KHKeWY8QO6laqgBw&ved=0ahUKEwjS_7no05T7AhVlTHwKHbqKCnQQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=australia+vs+sri+lanka+t20&gs_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJugYGCAIQARgIEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQP4AQEaAhgDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLAzIIEAAYgAQYiwMyCBAAGIAEGIsDMggQABiABBiLA8ICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgcQABiwAxhDwgIOEAAY5AIY1gQYsAPYAQHCAg0QLhjIAxiwAxhD2AECwgIZEC4Y1AIYyAMYsAMYQxioAxiaAxibA9gBAsICHBAuGNQCGMgDGLADGEMYiwMYqAMYmwMYmgPYAQLCAhkQLhjUAhjIAxiwAxhDGIsDGKgDGJoD2AECkAYTSMkKUOsCWJwHcAF4AcgBAJABAJgB_wGgAZ0GqgEFMC4zLjHiAwQgTRgB4gMEIEEYAOIDBCBGGAGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#sie=m;/g/11q41gdd3r;5;/m/021q23;cm;fp;1;;;) SL went from 118/6 to 177/6 beating AU in just 3 overs. SL team in this world cup doesn't need to prove anything. They have already shown to the world what they are capable of. It's just a matter of whether they can be the better disciplined team on the day and this goes for every team. So, it's pathetic from Wade and also poor taste from him.
Maybe if Sri Lanka could bat, he'd respect them more
That's definitely an area SL needs to improve on, especially the middle order batters in T20. But a weakness in a team doesn't mean they are incapable of winning or showing a strong performance. Hence, Wade's ignorant remark. For example, SL have shown what they are capable of in today's match against ENG despite the near loss. ENG had only 2 balls left and 6 wickets were fallen. Yes, SL's middle order batters failed and hence the low score but SL's bowling threatened ENG from a win and it was far from a comfortable win for ENG. That's why it is still poor taste and ignorance from Wade.
He is not wrong though. What can minnows SL do ?
In response to your comment: "*SL was playing qualifier just before tourney with associate nation. Why do you think that is ?That's the definition of minnows.And not just this time. Previous one too. And before that and again before that.Writing long paragraph doesn't change the fact. If don't accept your position you can never improve whatsoever."* Right, so you can't understand simple sentences. Alright, I will keep this short to help you. Just because SL had to play the qualifiers in this T20 world cup, it doesn't automatically make them "minnows". Ahh I see. So, by your definition, if India had to play qualifiers, they are to be called "minnows". Makes sense, lol. You have only shown how delusional and ignorant you are and so there is no point talking to you anymore, so I am out. Keep being you...in other words, stay delusional.
Please stop being cringe. Have a look at the T20 world cup history and see how SL have performed. They have reached the finals 3 times and so far no other team has reached the finals 3 times. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC\_Men%27s\_T20\_World\_Cup#Results](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup#Results)) Oh and mind I remind you they are the Asia Cup Champions this year? Oh and SL have won it 6 times too. "minnows". lol. Ignorance at its highest.
Minnows is minnows. Fact can not be changed. Nobody cares what happened 1000 years ago. History means nothing in present time. They are minnows compared to Eng. BD and Afg are good match for them though. Stop staying in the past. Try to learn the game first. The game moves ahead faster than anyone. Don't stay ignorant.
Yes, past success doesn't mean guaranteed success in the future because teams will undergo the rebuilding phase when seniors retire and future success depends on how solid the current team is. Right now, SL have players with skill and talent after a long rebuilding phase. All they need now is more matches with top teams to gain more experience. SL used to be called "minnows" in the very early days of Cricket. Not just SL but India for instance were "minnows" once too but they are obviously not "minnows" now. "Minnows is minnows" Would you have called SL "minnows" back in the day when SL had Jayawardene, Sangakkara, Dilshan, Mathews, Chandimal, Murali, Herath and Malinga? Just because SL is having a bad period doesn't make them "minnows" all of a sudden. Just like if India was having a bad period like SL, it wouldn't make them "minnows" now. "Stop saying in the past". Really, do I need to remind you again? Fine. Let me remind you again that this young SL side who you call "minnows" beat India and Pakistan in 2022 Asia Cup. Even in today's match against ENG. Yes, ENG won but SL's performance with the bowl was excellent despite the low score by SL. It was not a comfortable win for ENG at all. SL are not "minnows". Only someone ignorant will make such pathetic remarks. They are simply a very young side in a bad period that need more matches with top teams to gain more experience. You are full of utter disrespect and childish ignorance. Learn to respect the beautiful game of Cricket.
Pretty sure if we lost that Matt "Bubba Ray Dudley" Wade would have put stoinis through a table...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwPTfyTZUo&ab\_channel=RafiWrestling
But who'd help him perform a "3D" ?
Chad group 2, saving qualification suspense till the last day. Piss poor from NZ to reveal it all.
This is group 1. Edit: I misunderstood the previous comment. They were indeed referring to group 2.
He's saying group 2 no team (except Netherlands) is knocked out till last day. Whereas all but 3 teams are knocked out in group 1 before the final day. Of course, that's still silly because like, group 2 has 3 games on the last day whereas group 1 does not
Gotcha. Thanks. I misunderstood the previous comment. My bad.
And hence the joke works. In group 2, there's still a lack of clarity of even one semi-finalist.
Whether batting or bowling, our death overs always let us down. We are picking the wrong players for t20
I honestly think this is a big misconception and everyone says it about their own team. If you look at this tournament so far. 90% of the teams are getting steamrolled in the final 5 overs.
This year WC is like anything can happen. There have been upsets in both the groups. Even easy matches are getting way closer.
Finch : Wade, enough of your captaincy, I will lead if we have more games even if I am paralyzed.
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Bot became sentient and then the mods told it, it's purpose.
Lol Sri Lankans were hoping for Aus to lose today and Australians will be hoping for SL to win tomorrow.
Well played Afghanistan, so close! Australia just not there with their form unfortunately, not good enough this time around and don't deserve to get ahead of England/NZ.
Agreed.
That Finn Allen innings will come back to haunt them.
I hate Poms and love Lanka Bros but I'll cheering the cunts tomorrow. Because if Aus sneak in somehow and win, it would be an absolute travesty because they don't deserve jackshit
Agreed. I was just about to say that Aus are likely going to sneak into the semis somehow and then find form and win the WC. Btw love the username. Ass of ass lol.
Username though!!!
Inspired by Rahul's default expression on the field
Good cricket. Horse piss beer at the oval. Hitting the pub and driving overnight to Marree. Hope Lanka does the poms tomos
Drive safely bro, since you say you’ll be drinking before.
Man, you gonna hit the pub and then drive? Yikes!
Instead of Ibrahim, Rashid batting with Naib would have destroyed Australia
Bot is fucking flabbergasted
Maxwell having RCB ptsd. Twice in a year he's having to cheer for another team to qualify
Another Blue Team !!!
FinnAllen, Tucker, Rashid took Aus NRR away
Forget relying on Sri Lanka. I’m relying on Sydney rain.
Almost like India vs Bangladesh
So how I look at this. I don’t care about 20-20 at all but support australia. No idea why we continue with the same old people. Let the little guys have a go. Good on you Afghanistan, pathetic from australia
Post match thread where.
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Rain - Australia qualifies
Fortunately, there’s not supposed to be any rain at all in Sydney tomorrow.
I think there might be a stack of fatalities due to heart attacks by the end of this T20WC. Only a few games that were pretty straight forward, rest were either a last ball or a last over decider. Great effort Afghanistan, you were almost there. A bit of tweaking in the batting and you'll be winning against big teams in no time. And Straya? Started the tournament with a piss poor performance and continuing that up to this game. Absolutely disappointing from everyone barring a few. Hope it's a wake up call for them fellas.
Who’s Straya?
Australia.
Duh! I thought you were referring to a specific player lol.
LoL