ICC Champions Trophy 2025
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Kane’s turn to pull off a stunner 223/7
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India with a credible recovery but NZ should be in the box seat here, tail to clean up
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Great final over from Henry India reach 249/9 after 50
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Good catches continue but feel Rachin threw his wicket away 17/1
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Phillips hits a glorious six then gets out next ball, looking shaky 151/5
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89 from 72 needed 4 wickets remaining
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Kane finally goes, NZ in deep poo, 81 from 54 required
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Quick wickets fall and 1 wicket remains
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Looks impossible now
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Out for 205 we play SA next
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Pitch isn’t easy but NZ hanging in there at 144/4 after 35.
Loser of this match plays SA which coincidentally sounds better than winning and playing Australia@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Loser of this match plays SA which coincidentally sounds better than winning and playing Australia
Disappointing to lose, but I'm not disappointed to get SA rather than Oz.
SA look pretty tough, but if things go well for Oz their batting line-up can chase down anything. Maybe not vs the Indian spinners on their home pitch though!
Anyway, we can have a David semifinal and let the Goliath's slug it out - don't want to have to kill two Goliaths no matter how good our slingshot is!
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@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Loser of this match plays SA which coincidentally sounds better than winning and playing Australia
Disappointing to lose, but I'm not disappointed to get SA rather than Oz.
SA look pretty tough, but if things go well for Oz their batting line-up can chase down anything. Maybe not vs the Indian spinners on their home pitch though!
Anyway, we can have a David semifinal and let the Goliath's slug it out - don't want to have to kill two Goliaths no matter how good our slingshot is!
@Chris-B said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@bayimports said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Loser of this match plays SA which coincidentally sounds better than winning and playing Australia
Disappointing to lose, but I'm not disappointed to get SA rather than Oz.
SA look pretty tough, but if things go well for Oz their batting line-up can chase down anything. Maybe not vs the Indian spinners on their home pitch though!
Anyway, we can have a David semifinal and let the Goliath's slug it out - don't want to have to kill two Goliaths no matter how good our slingshot is!
Oz are always our bogey team
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Some of our boys will be a little disappointed with their dismissals by pushing at the ball in the way they did.
But not a bad result in my eyes going into the semis. I definitely didn’t want to play this Aussie side. They are full of confidence and their batting has hitters for all types of bowling.
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Some of our boys will be a little disappointed with their dismissals by pushing at the ball in the way they did.
But not a bad result in my eyes going into the semis. I definitely didn’t want to play this Aussie side. They are full of confidence and their batting has hitters for all types of bowling.
@ACT-Crusader said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
But not a bad result in my eyes going into the semis. I definitely didn’t want to play this Aussie side. They are full of confidence and their batting has hitters for all types of bowling.
and we seem to have a mental block playing them. We don't usually play to our potential.
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Yep I am fine to lose that one, especially as we got the bonus of Kane spending some time in the middle regardless of the loss. Most (all?) of our batsmen have runs under their belt in recent times now. SA will be a different kettle of fish to the tri-series, but smacking them in that certainly won't hurt our confidence going into this one.
