Luckily for Australia, they decided to stop being England and calmed down and are now two shots from winning the World Cup.
Travis Head has done a magnificent job here. Labuschagne has done a good job backing him up. Both just blocking and taking the occasional single now, grinding the score finely down.
(I think with 10 needed from 48 balls with 7 wickets in hand, we can probably say Australia will win.)
Baffling why Smith didn’t review that non-LBW and stay in. Why would you walk off in a world cup final without even checking such a wide ball? Utter idiocy. Australia are losing themselves this match through brain worms.
Having got themselves a nice easy(ish) target to aim at, Australia have gone full England and given up a cheap wicket with aimless wafting. Just slow down! Build a total in the power play! You don’t need to try and win it in 20 overs! Have some common sense!
Australia, like New Zealand, seem to have no idea what to do with India’s opening batsmen. If they don’t figure it out quickly, they’re going to be left having to chase a big total and then it becomes a lot more tricky to win.
One day they will sing, for that Australian century:
Khwaja mere Khwaja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YbAaRFk70o
How Green is My Valley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lppePOuSZtE
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