Australia v India, WTC Final, The Oval, 7-11 June, 2023

Yeah, a month away but still something to talk about with the dirth of real cricket in May.

India has moved to the top of the ICC rankings.

This is important because if the WTC Final is drawn, the Bannies will take the crown.

They should have a Champagne Super-Over or a bowl-out…

Mitch and Gcs in a bowl out v India's 10 and 11

beamer wrote:They should have a Champagne Super-Over or a bowl-out…

hit the sign!

skully wrote:India has moved to the top of the ICC rankings.

This is important because if the WTC Final is drawn, the Bannies will take the crown.

they were jumping over us due to the result from the SL-NZ series? or did they dodgy the table standings accordingly?

"Under International Cricket Council rules, series played in the past three months are calculated into overall rankings points with matches in the previous 12 months given 50 per cent more weighting.

It means Australia lose their rankings points from the dominant 2019-20 home summer against New Zealand and Pakistan, while the 4-0 Ashes series win against England in 2021-22 is no longer worth as many points."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/india-no-1-top-icc-test-team-rankings-jump-australia-world-test-championship-final-the-oval/2023-05-02

Will the “winner” in case of a draw not be the team top of the WTC qualifying standings, as opposed to the ongoing rankings?

I would have thought so, beams but that article has me wondering.

I stand corrected. This article says the following:

"ICC is making every possible effort to make the Test format interesting. The global governing body added a reserve day for the WTC final and it helped New Zealand to win the Championship in the previous cycle. However, even after an added sixth day, the WTC final ends in a draw, then the two teams will be announced joint-winners."

Guess it makes sense that one side isn’t effectively playing for a draw from the start.

I still vote for the bowl-out. Or maybe the T20 finals day mascot race obstacle course.

Meanwhile Mrs GCS has doubled down on Mitch Johnson saying his media career is going downhill.

Mitch's comments on Gcs were actually quite mild and stated the obvious.

What a world!

so sick of Mr and Mrs GCS

Hard to argue, Nath. They have become very tedious.

Fortunately I hear nothing about them other than what is posted here. They don’t make the ABC news, and I don’t have contact with Fox or the local trash outlets. I wouldn’t recognise CW to look at, and when I think about it, am only aware of her lurid past and current shenanigans through you folk.

lardbucket wrote:Fortunately I hear nothing about them other than what is posted here. They don’t make the ABC news, and I don’t have contact with Fox or the local trash outlets. I wouldn’t recognise CW to look at, and when I think about it, am only aware of her lurid past and current shenanigans through you folk.

I cancelled Foxtel this,week.

I’ll miss the golf but little else.

Four weeks away now. Are they all ove there?

Only 3 days away now.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/josh-hazlewood-injury-update-wtc-final-australia-squad-change-michael-neser/2023-06-04

Haze ruled out, Neser in. time to put a line through Haze.

If a draw means both india and oz are joint winners of the wtc, wheres the incentive to win the match? It sounds like
the antithesis to bazball.

That said i expect oz to win, as india are still without bumrah and pant. oz have been playing well enough without hazel and boland is an excellent sub, and now
green gives them a 5th bowler.

Haze has been carrying excess for yonks… stick to white ball

ScoBo in for Purple.

Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

This on Aus Ch 7 not Foxy.

skully wrote:This on Aus Ch 7 not Foxy.

bloody commercials.

After the dearth of cricket it is great to have real cricket back. Looks like a greentop beckons. Cummins tends to wins most tosses so the Indians could be facing the music first.

Why did you have to go and write that?