81 All Out - A Cricket Podcast

Extraordinary Australia silence India: World Cup final review

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We review the World Cup final where Travis Head and Pat Cummins inspired a triumph for the ages.

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Talking points: 

  • Australia's remarkable achievement - and this triumph in comparison to their previous World Cup wins
  • Rohit Sharma's approach at the start of the innings
  • Virat Kohli and the ability to strike at six an over on any pitch
  • The slowdown in the middle overs against fine Australian bowling
  • Cummins, Hazlewood and their brilliant variations
  • Shami opening the bowling instead of Siraj
  • Bumrah's beauty to dismiss Steve Smith
  • Travis Head's unforgettable assault

    • Participants:

    Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

    Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

    Ashoka (@ABVan)

    Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo

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    Related:

    • Great final caps Australia's greatest year - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview
    • Watch out for Shami when he's running in like a horse - Bharat Arun - ESPNcricinfo
    • Advance Australia, inevitably - Osman Samiuddin - ESPNcricinfo
    • Krishnamachari Srikkanth's analysis of the final - YouTube
    • Buy War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee - Amazon
    • War Minus the Shooting - Revisiting the 1996 World Cup through a classic book - 81allout podcast
    • Buy Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward - Amazon



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