Finsbury Girl
Trevor Allan (34)
The way it ended certainly wasn't ideal. Hard luck kiwis, at least the real world cup awaits!
Boy I hope we flog the poms in the ashes now.
Boy I hope we flog the poms in the ashes now.
The way it ended certainly wasn't ideal. Hard luck kiwis, at least the real world cup awaits!
Boy I hope we flog the poms in the ashes now.
Its mental that one kind of run is worth more than another. It's just not cricket, as they say.Ironic that they gave the man of the series award to Kane, the guy who held his team together by working the ball into gaps and not trying to hit boundaries.
Yeah Simon Taufel reckons it was a mistake by the umpires.
#Justice4Kane
Its mental that one kind of run is worth more than another. It's just not cricket, as they say.
I don't want this to sound like sour grapes but I'd have thought wickets lost would be a more appropriate tie-breaker than boundaries struck.
I've spoken to a fair few people today, none of whom supported one team or other in the final, who all thought the concocted formula was quite bizarre. Why not play until a conclusion - 5 overs each or something - what are the odds of being tied then?
Just checking in: still feeling salty that the Kiwis were robbed. .
Was the countback on the most number of 4s in the game or the tournament?
There are just so many fairer ways to decide, it's like they drew the winner out of a hat.
Who had the most wickets in hand, who won when they met during the round robin, who finished with the most points in the round robin, another super over etc etc. They may as well have said we'll give it to the team with the tallest wicket keeper!!! Amazing.
I can more understand in t20 cricket the boundary rule where teams are playing defensively to stop boundaries. In ODI cricket it’s still a legitimate tactic to encourage the drive early on and concede boundaries in the hope of getting an edge or leaving your mid on or off up and encouraging a batsman to take on the spinner.I agree completely that "most boundaries" was a pretty nonsensical way to resolve the tied super over.
Having a second super over if the first one is tied seems like a much better option particularly when we're talking about the World Cup Final. That said, in the 11 super overs there have been in international T20 cricket before this, there's never been a tie. This was the first ODI super over. Most boundaries in the match has been the standard way of deciding the winner in T20 super overs though. That has happened 5 times.
I can more understand in t20 cricket the boundary rule where teams are playing defensively to stop boundaries. In ODI cricket it’s still a legitimate tactic to encourage the drive early on and concede boundaries in the hope of getting an edge or leaving your mid on or off up and encouraging a batsman to take on the spinner.