Fairbairn Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 OK this is where I don't understand cricket. South Africa batted first and were 281-5 after 43 overs. New Zealand won on 299-6 after 42.5 overs. According to the BBC website New Zealand won it with a six on the penultimate ball. So that means that after 42.4 overs they were on 293-6 so surely that is also a winning score to beat 281-5? I'd have thought anything 282+ would mean they had won? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 All comes down to the 'duckworth-lewis' method of working out the batting target for the second team when the overs are reduced. Basic logic is that with only 43 overs and 10 wickets you can afford to me more aggressive than if you had to bat the full 50. Think thats right anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 All comes down to the 'duckworth-lewis' method of working out the batting target for the second team when the overs are reduced. Basic logic is that with only 43 overs and 10 wickets you can afford to me more aggressive than if you had to bat the full 50. Think thats right anyway Makes sense, cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BremnerLorimerGray Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Balls of steel from Grant Elliott. Superb match and delighted the Blackcaps are in the final. Beating the Aussies at the MCG on Sunday would be supremely satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Just watched the highlights - some game ! 2 top sides and going to the wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govanhill Jacobite Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Same as myself Fringo, Just watched it there, what a game and thougth SA had it in the bag, but that missed catch and 2 run outs cost them. Said at the start would be a Australia v New Zealand final and want hte Aussies to secure the £10 bet I have with my local curry owner LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Same as myself Fringo, Just watched it there, what a game and thougth SA had it in the bag, but that missed catch and 2 run outs cost them. Said at the start would be a Australia v New Zealand final and want hte Aussies to secure the £10 bet I have with my local curry owner LOL Good shout and I didn't realise how good NZ are these days. I don't watch much cricket but imagined it would be Oz v SA or India. Only really seen brief headlines or highlights throughout, but it looks like it's been a cracking tournament with record-breaking innings and individual scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Said at the start would be a Australia v New Zealand final and want hte Aussies to secure the £10 bet I have with my local curry owner LOL reckon you will lose your bet - I think India will give the Aussies a doing tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Aussies to come up a bit short here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Think India have the batting to get 328 but the Aussies have the best bowling attack of all the teams so it will be an Aus v NZ final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Think India have the batting to get 328 but the Aussies have the best bowling attack of all the teams so it will be an Aus v NZ final. Not looking like it at the moment. 152 needed from 84 balls. And another wicket as I type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Strange things happening at SCG, with Dhoni run out, when he could have got back if he had dived for it, and not really been going for the runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Going to Trent Bridge for the second day of the Ashes test. Cant wait to see Starc and Johnson run in and bowl to Trott :wink2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govanhill Jacobite Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Might be going for a curry at the weekend now lol, should be a cracking final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Jim Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Huge anti-climax of a final. NZ just didn't turned up. Can't help feeling that playing all their previous games in NZ wasn't good preparation for playing the final in Melbourne. On the other hand they may not have made the final if they had played a couple of games away from home. Enjoyed the tournament but it's been too long and there hasn't been enough close games. Unbelievable that the ICC are cutting it to 10 teams in 2019 yet it's still going to be 6 weeks long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 final was a non event, south africa would have given the aussies a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) A real anti climax to a great tournament that. Nice tribute to Phillip Hughes though. Edited March 30, 2015 by Toepoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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