Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass
What would be really screwed would be if SA manage to beat Aus in the semi, and then continuing with their inconsistent theme at the WC, lose to some gash outfit like NZ in the final...
that really would be the final nail for this tournament.
What would be really screwed would be if SA manage to beat Aus in the semi, and then continuing with their inconsistent theme at the WC, lose to some gash outfit like NZ in the final...
that really would be the final nail for this tournament.
I should remind all that immediately prior to the WC NZ beat Aus 3 times in a row to whitewash an annual NZ-Oz tournament (the Hadlee-Chappell trophy). Three games of cricket in a row is not a fluke. And what's more, NZ has not slumped since then - the team has beaten all in this tournament bar Sri Lanka and Australia, and that's better than any other team except Sri Lanka. The punishing loss to Oz recently looks like a hiccup, not the result of a consistent drop in performance.
This tournament isn't over yet. Regardless of whether NZ make it or not, the worst thing for cricket would be Oz taking it out for a third straight time.
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