Semi Finals are set

I had originally predicted an Australia/South Africa final and so I will stand by that. The South Africa/New Zealand game should be a run-fest (although I thought South Africa/Sri Lanka would be too and that didn't turn out that way), especially due to the short boundaries at Auckland. I am excited to see Boult/Southee vs Steyn/Abbott/Morkel.

Once again Kiwis have home advantage.

Is that a good thing IF they have to play Final in Oz ?  :-\

The kiwis have played every game so far in the comforts of their home, should they advance to de Finals it'll be at the big glorious MCG
Lemme see dem flex dere

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at the moment, i'd have saf ahead by an errant nose hair and oz ahead by a nipple ring.
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pluck that errant nose hair and prepare your Nipple !  ::LOL::

Okay DownUnda , kiwis Final 

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Okay DownUnda , kiwis Final 

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Downie will not be watching.... India vs Kiwi in the final!  ::LOL::

Kohli has terrible ODI stats vs Oz in Oz ....

From Rev :

18.80 Virat Kohli's batting average in ODIs against Australia in Australia.

He has scored 94 runs from six innings with a highest of 31.

Outside Australia, Kohli averages 75.14 against them and has scored three hundreds and two fifties in nine innings.

I understand that they need to have a rain day built into the schedule but is anyone else disappointed that the second semi-final wasn't played today?

One impressive stats I read today regarding India, is that they have lost a total of just 3 games across the last five ICC tournaments. They have won 28.

Another interesting stat, Suresh Raina (112.14) is one of only two Indian batsman with a strike rate over 100. By comparison, Australia have 7 batsman with a strike rate of 100+, with Maxwell leading the way at 183.53.

I would say it's 50-50 between India and Australia. Let's see if we can get a match going on tomorrow.

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Okay DownUnda , kiwis Final  [/quote]

Oz need to not be over confident nor complacent in this semi-final.........

Other than that it's a gimme for me despite talk about IND not being the same as in TRI-series

Go AUS !!!.......