7 needed from the last two overs. Time for a miracle.
@sparky said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
20 more runs may have been enough. Sigh!
Or we didn’t bring on the slower bowlers soon enough.
@ACT-Crusader said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Least the Crusaders won this weekend
Sexist bastard. White ferns crushed SL.
Looking at the scorecard, the suggestion prior to the final to play an extra batsmen (e.g., Chapman) instead of Smith seems to have been a good one.
@Bones said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
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Atleast the Lions have turned things around recently. But I get what you're saying.
@sparky said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
20 more runs may have been enough. Sigh!
Mitchell will be kicking himself for not hitting the accelerator a few overs earlier.
@KiwiMurph said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Glenn Phillips stunning catch. Adds to his highlight reel.
He is wonderful at doing that. What a cricketer.
( conveniently forgets that he sometimes drops sitters too )
Sorry @NTA, the boys tried their best.
I think the 1980s batting in the middle cost us in the end ( cheers @voodoo 
)
Lathams strike rate doesn't belong in modern test cricket let alone ODIs. 40 valuable balls squandered.
Nathan Smith ended up being a complete waste too unfortunately. Massive step down from Henry who would have made a huge difference.
Excellent match from Michael Bracewell though. Superb all round effort.
@Bones said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Philips is becoming almost as valuable as Chris Harris.
Too many big hits and the bowling isn't dibbly dobbly enough.
There is only one Harry.
@MN5 said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Excellent match from Michael Bracewell though. Superb all round effort.
I haven't rated him, but that was some match from him (looking at the scorecard). Wow.
@nzzp said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
@MN5 said in ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Excellent match from Michael Bracewell though. Superb all round effort.
I haven't rated him, but that was some match from him (looking at the scorecard). Wow.
He never quite made it as a test cricketer. But his ODI stats especially are top draw. Averaging nearly 40 with the bat, striking at 115. 32 with the ball. Statistically probably one of the best ODI all-rounders in the world.
T20, pretty consistent too.
No real game plan to the spinners we lost wkts playing across the line far too often, we should have played in the V to those straight deliveries forced their spinners to go off their game plan.
Very smart bowling from the Indian spinners shut us down and gave us few scoring option varied their pace really well.