I'm going for a one sided final.

Aussies to walk it.
Playing all their games at home will come back to haunt New Zealand tomorrow

Who's player of tournament?

Starc or Boult?

Starc for me. His economy rate is fantastic and has been bowling on flat Aussie tracks having played one game less.

Agree Kash.

Still want New Zealand to win.

Only logged in now - I see Vinz has been banned. Shame, he was a decent poster. Too many on here love to give it the old big talk and then not like it when its given back. Cricket is a game, treat it like one. Amazing how much affiliation many Indians and Pakistanis have for "their" country on here yet most likely were probably not even born there or have visited at best half a dozen times.

I expect Australia to walk the final this morning and I must say I was very impressed and gutted in equal measure by their demolition job on India. New Zealand will need to win the toss and really hope McCullum and the top order turn up on a big MCG pitch with the Aussies backed by a vociferous crowd. Still in with a chance though and it would be a massive victory for Cricket if they do win.

comment by Kav H (U19426)
posted 58 minutes ago
Amazing how much affiliation many Indians and Pakistanis have for "their" country on here yet most likely were probably not even born there or have visited at best half a dozen times.


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What has that got to with the final? They can support who they want, each to their own. It's been ridiculous the last few hours, it's a final for goodness sake. Let's enjoy it.

Top scorer : Smith
Most Wickets: Hazlewood

Fack. Went from Maxwell to McCullum, to Starc to Johnson as PP. Bottled it and went back to B.Mac ... Quack quack.

Game over. Great first over from Aus

sensible stuff from NZ. Consolidate and cue fireworks later...although India did this as well

ahem, ignore the last one...

KP sounds quite intelligent in commentary.

Elliot follows on from his Semi final heroics with a well constructed 50* (51) Well done under pressure too.. Great to see the cricket fans up and awake for the final. Let's hope the wums don't appear anytime soon

Only logged in now - I see Vinz has been banned. Shame, he was a decent poster. Too many on here love to give it the old big talk and then not like it when its given back. Cricket is a game, treat it like one. Amazing how much affiliation many Indians and Pakistanis have for "their" country on here yet most likely were probably not even born there or have visited at best half a dozen times.
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Apart from his racist comments and talking mostly other than cricket, he was a great poster. Not!

Giles Clarke and Wally Edwards saying exactly what Srinivasan said. Word for word. Like they have a choice

Well seeing as most of the comments on the thread relate to those two teams I'd say it has quite a bit to do with it. Australia will easily chase this I feel.

Kav, as an OP you should be non biased. You are supporting someone who was being clearly racist yesterday, so are condoning such behaviour. Are you and him both supporting the same team? All the non cricket stuff should be deleted. Lefty and Afridi14 both culprits

Proves my point on india and Pakistan fans being fickle and tasteless.

Back to the game???

Anti climax final this.

Top bowling from boult

This is the best ODI bowling lineup ever. Better than Aussie Invincibles and Pakistani had in 90's.They can be devastating with old and new ball.Mitchell Starc has given the Aussie side new dimension.If people ask , why better than Aussie invincible in 2000's is because Mcgrath was not so effective with the old ball, have seen him smashed to all parts of ground on a lot of occasion in the final 10 overs where as Mitchell Starc is Akram reborn .Regarding Pakistan attack boasting 2 W's , Akhter and Saqlain, they were not that consistent in big games like WC 2003 against India.

Most anti climax final after WC 99.The shadows did the trick for Australia.

Srinivaan has been convicted or what, his presence reflects lesser ethical standards at the top of ICC

It was always going to be the case. NZ have been playing on small grounds. Very different in austraila

Going to be over inside 30 overs, difficult for newzealanders pick themselves from here

0.5 McCullum b Starc 1, WC over.Starc Man of the tournament, Would be great to see Fastbowler winning this coveted after so much talk about dearth of quality quicks.

comment by Afridi14 -" I've been found out"... (U2805)
posted 2 hours, 16 minutes
Great to see the cricket fans up and awake for the final. Let's hope the wums don't appear anytime soon
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He is talking about me

Warner ain't hanging about