ICC World Cup 2023: Australia (241/4) defeat India (240 all out) by 6 wickets to win the final of ICC World Cup 2023

[Ahmed216]

Best team in the world atm by some distance. I'd like to apologise to every Indian poster who I have annoyed a bit over last couple of days.
I am a fan now

Review not taken but Smith's fault completely.

 

[rhony]

Head is absolutely clueless against Shami

 

[JattMaula]

Impact outside. Shades of former kaptaan walking in 19 without knicking.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Didn't look out tbh

 

[Usman Chadda]

All three wickets have been lucky, India needed that if they wanted to compete.

Australia needs to re-asses and can still easily chase it down.

 

[Rana]

How did the umpire just give that out on the appeal?

 

[Marooned]

That was NOT OUT

Bloody helll

Looked not out in real time too. Poor smith gifted his wicket.

 

[7sins]

Head is playing superb. No chance for India now

You're doing great at jinxing Australia it's working you know

 

[RehanG]

Umpire didnt even think and raised his finger... and Smith who always reviews didnt even bother reviewing it.

 

[Sunzi]

Said it all tournament long and when India scored 240: It was never gonna be possible to beat India in this tournament.

The team is good, sure. Its the support, the environment is too big a challenge to overcome.

 

[kron]

Thanks....thats genuine...well done m8

Not sue if you are being sarcastic or not but ok.
I am being genuine.
Great bowling.
Outstanding.

Still feel india missed a trick by not selecting jaiswal, ishan. They would have done well. Better than sky who is timid.

Can't fault iyer. He did well in semis. Unlucky there but his weakness vs high bounce was known.

 

[NeVerMind]

My first instinct was Smith will review as it did look like pitching just outside...

 

[Aham Brahmasmi]

Whatever we need a hard fought final whoever wins
This should beat the 2019 final as one of the best finals

 

[rhony]

But impact will be Umpire's call if the ump gave it out right? How is that not out?

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Umpire didnt even think and raised his finger... and Smith who always reviews didnt even bother reviewing it.

Conspiracy theory no. 788262

 

[IAJ]

Smith just wanted to get out from the heat lol

 

[shah_1]

Looked not out in real time too. Poor smith gifted his wicket.

That's what pressure does to you

Clouds your thinking

 

[sachin-10dulkar]

Why didn't he take DRS???
Maybe coz he moves his head so much. Travis should have told him to take the DRS

 

[mrtaim3]

It looked outside to me at first glance too. I was surprised he didn’t go for review

 

[castortroy]

How have India got so much swing everytime they have bowled under lights

 

[shortbread]

This seems soo intense

 

[kron]

Do indian fans fear siraj bowling garbage? Cause he seems to let this attack down big time

 

[7sins]

Another maiden Australia going no where. They just need one big partnership

 

[Markhor]

Given how OCD Smith is about his batting, surprised he didn't review that. Pressure does funny things.

 

[Devadwal]

You're doing great at jinxing Australia it's working you know

Nah head is playing beautifully .he is winning the game for Australia

 

[MP2011]

Pitched outside off...decision would have been overturned...well dodgy

Lol, it's not pitched outside off which is no out.

It's impact outside off.

 

[kron]

Quite a strange strategy knowing they chose to bowl keeping in mind of dew so now what's the rush,

I still would like to know what that wink from Marsh was about. Weird.

 

[Jazx]

Shami bowling well, but its a bad move by rohit to bowl him instead of siraj. Shami was brilliant with first change and Siraj has more control with the new ball. Its swinging and siraj would have taken more wickets here than both.

 

[LongHorn]

Hey guys what was the wink from Marsh about? He got out on purpose that ball? Would not surprise me one bit if this match was fixed to favour either side but that seemed strange?

The Aussie players have become too familiar with India, players who help India win may get even better IPL Contracts

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Australia need a 100 partnership here

 

[shortbread]

How have India got so much swing everytime they have bowled under lights

Magic ball as per experts.

Tbh, ball looks pretty straight, poor shot selection

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

All three wickets have been lucky, India needed that if they wanted to compete.

Australia needs to re-asses and can still easily chase it down.

granted the deliveries they got the wickets were'nt flash....but they also bowled some absolute pearlers that were deserving of wickets....possibly you missed those?

 

[rhony]

Given how OCD Smith is about his batting, surprised he didn't review that. Pressure does funny things.

He didn't realize where his off stump was. Head should have urged him. I'm sure Head said it looked out

 

[neonoir]

All 3 wickets have been very lucky first 2 should not have played at them and then the lbw decision

 

[kron]

The Aussie players have become too familiar with India, players who help India win may get even better IPL Contracts

Tbf that seems illogical. Got to perform well to get a ipl contracts. They don't throw money on crap performances. But u found that strange. Why the wink?

 

[Mas-LFC]

Smith had a brain-fade there not reviewing that

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Come on give neutral fans a thriller like me

 

[IAJ]

How have India got so much swing everytime they have bowled under lights

Skilled bowlers who work hard. Nothing comes for free.

 

[RehanG]

Conspiracy theory no. 788262

Where is conspiracy theory in this? is fact, umpire should not be bottled under crowd pressure and Smith knowing he's the key man should’ve taken the review.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

sab Phixxeed hai bhai....sab kooch zindagi mein

 

[Sycamore]

Smith was sooo under pressure. He always reviews. That was not out to the naked eye also. Aussies all out there with their eyes closed lol

 

[7sins]

If there no dew ain't no way this weak middle order surviving jadeja and kuldeep

 

[YousafTheBeast]

My first instinct was Smith will review as it did look like pitching just outside...

Doesn’t need to pitch in line

 

[rhony]

4 wickets is what I thought India needs by 15 overs to win this game. Need one more

 

[Buffet]

How have India got so much swing everytime they have bowled under lights

Skills, they have done it for many years now. Not surprised to see them moving the ball so much.

 

[Marooned]

All 3 wickets have been very lucky first 2 should not have played at them and then the lbw decision

Gifted wickets all 3. Exactly the things you don't do in a final

 

[Buffet]

It's not a huge total. Aus needs one partnership here.

 

[rhony]

Bumrah's last over i guess

 

[ChTab]

KL definitely playing for Aus

 

[MP2011]

Really really poor from Rahul

 

[Devadwal]

Head and ever lucky lubuschnage winning it .
Four free run from Rahul everything goes Australian way

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Bumrah and shami bhai need to bowl 7 overs spell here, destroy these aussies

 

[Mas-LFC]

Ind needed aus 3 down minimum by 60runs. They done that.

Aus need to play slow and carefully now. Just like India did in the middle overs but I doubt aus will go ultra slow without any risky attempts.


Match is on.

 

[Buffet]

Poor keeping here. Gifting runs.

 

[Asad T]

eee KL having a tough time behind the stumps

 

[ex-q-zit]

The Aussie players have become too familiar with India, players who help India win may get even better IPL Contracts

Maybe IPL had not started in 2015, 2016 (with a west indies team full of IPL players), 2019, 2022 (Again ENG defeating by 10 wickets with team full of IPL players). When India is in a winning position suddenly its IPL.

 

[rhony]

Rahul bottling it behind the stumps. He probably gave away 15 runs so far

 

[Kianig89]

At innings break mood was Aus are ahead but seeing how ball is moving no way Aus are winning this they might fold under 200, opportunity missed by Cummins.

Watching with 300 people here

 

[OldWarHorse]

Ridiculous that. Australia gave us nothing and here we are

 

[Mainul]

This match is fishy, I told you. Smith didn't review. I said at very early, India is winning. Damn confirmed.

 

[MP2011]

Rahul has been absolutely pathetic in whatever he is doing today

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

The Aussie players have become too familiar with India, players who help India win may get even better IPL Contracts

So then IPL shold be full of SL , BD and neth players??!!!!

 

[soso_killer]

India are favourites here. The spinners should run through the middle order. Seamers have done their job by getting three vital breakthroughs

 

[Marooned]

Ridiculous that. Australia gave us nothing and here we are

Well they gifted you 3 wickets.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Come on shami bhai get a wicket here plz

 

[MP2011]

Well they gifted you 3 wickets.

And we didn't gift them any wickets?

 

[kron]

Rahul has been absolutely pathetic in whatever he is doing today

That's why kishan and especially injured pant is missed here.

 

[Devadwal]

Game over as boundary are free flowing now

 

[Aham Brahmasmi]

Great batting balance and composure form both of them.
If they stand for another 10 overs they will win the game

 

[Marooned]

At innings break mood was Aus are ahead but seeing how ball is moving no way Aus are winning this they might fold under 200, opportunity missed by Cummins.

Watching with 300 people here

The sad thing is Australia just needed to see through initial 10-15 overs and lose as few wickets as possible.

Instead they went hard and rash when the ball was doing a lot.

 

[MP2011]

This match is fishy, I told you. Smith didn't review. I said at very early, India is winning. Damn confirmed.

Everything in life is fishy. Why bother with cricket then?

 

[Sunzi]

At innings break mood was Aus are ahead but seeing how ball is moving no way Aus are winning this they might fold under 200, opportunity missed by Cummins.

Watching with 300 people here

At 240 - I felt the game was India's to lose.

The Australian innings is playing out exactly as I expected.

Before fanboys cite "jinx", I've held this view all tournament long.

 

[Markhor]

Time for some old-school Test style batting for a bit for AUS.

If dew is coming then no point throwing your hands at everything. Just absorb the pressure and get a partnership going.

 

[Marooned]

And we didn't gift them any wickets?

No.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Nahi yaar shami bhai kya kar rahe ho?

 

[Buffet]

8 golden runs here.

 

[MP2011]

No.

Ok. Then watch Indian innings and then come back.

PS: It'd be a torture to see it again though

 

[rhony]

Crucial over for aussies. Head was clueless earlier

 

[Markhor]

Too full, got greedy. Consecutive boundaries now.

 

[kron]

So close to a wicket lol. Shami is good. Shameless Rahul. Poor keeping.