Australia WIN The World Cup... Again - Cricket World Cup Final Reaction

Australia overcame India in the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup. After a bowling effort lead by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood kept India to just 240, the batters lead by Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne were able to steer the Australians to victory.
We react to another Cricket World Cup win for the Aussies, and the final more generally.
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[@garyneal7098]

Why is nobody mentioning that india left the ground before the presentation at the end of the game... Worst sportsmanship i have ever seen... Unbelievable

[@aheat3036]

😂 Typical of the Indiens!… Sore losers!

[@fgcp2964]

Yeah that's sub-English level sportsmanship. Piss weak.

[@TheCricketPodcast]

In fairness to us, we did record this podcast before presentation had happened.

[@Glenn-ei3xp]

I agree. That was totally disgusting. No respect for the Aussie players at all. Shame on india. Believe me it was commented on around the world

[@Reece_Hart]

As an Australian there was a point where the commentary made me laugh so hard. They were making some excuse that the reason India were losing the match was because the team had so many test players in the squad and I was just sitting there thinking "It's not been a problem the rest of the tournament"

[@erichoberg3502]

And Australia basically had a test side 😂

[@mathewclark4824]

Both had their test pace attacks from the last few years playing.

[@brotherben4357]

Ravi shut up the Indian commentator pretty quickly after he started making excuses.

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@erichoberg3502in wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@mathewclark4824in wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@Casey-zp9kv]

As an Australian, I dont know how our teams keep doing it, give us a big stage in a big tournament and we just find a way. It happens too often to be a fluke. That Indian team had no weaknesses until today

[@krishganesan3330]

hold on ...India had plenty of weakness --- India has the MSP rahul - Most Selfish Player in the world! also, kohli to some extent ---when they bat first --these two especially rahul will play only for his stats! as long as these two are there --India will NEVER win! or we need to get a strong manager like MSD?

[@sunilpokhrel8904]

Why Aus does so well in cricket is because of following reasons: 1) Cricket is a minority sport in Aus that means less expectation on players to perform,It makes Aussie players play freely 2) Syrong domestic system to produce world class players 3) Billions of expectation put a hell lot of pressure on India in which India crumbled. 4) Cricket being just another sport in Aus and even if Aus (suppose) lose 0/5 even in their home condition playing a test series,very very less media covers the news,So even Aussies lose 10 consecutive cricket matches,Aussie players know that they will not face criticism like Indian player do as Cricket is religion in Ind 5) Less pressure on Aussie players to perform as hardly 100 audience were present in the stadium 6) I am 100% sure that in yesterday's final,Out of 26m population in Aus,20/22m population were sleeping and hardly 1m people would have glued to their TV sets,So it makes Aussies players feel less pressure and play their game freely

[@maxmaxwell343]

@@sunilpokhrel8904Cricket is not a minority sport in Australia

[@maxmaxwell343]

@@krishganesan3330The two of them batted like they did because of the loss of three quick wickets and with the knowledge that India’s tail is long.

[@mathewclark4824]

​@sunilpokhrel8904 mate, I'm not sure where you've been or where your head is but look at out turn outs for our test series 100k at the MCG for India and England, we love our cricket, it is a religion hear, we just don't carry on like a bunch of Wankers if we win or lose, it's the digger spirit, look at our tough history, winnings in our genes at love, war and sport, it's who we are tough fuckers, we don't give up.

[@macka9999]

All Aussies love Head. 🔥🤙🟢🟡

[@paulcregan4647]

😂

[@Reneesillycar74]

🤣

[@petey960]

Damn straight 😁

[@MyPaddy2011]

Summary. Cummings told the world before the match, there's nothing quite like silencing a home crowd against you. He achieved that superbly. India proved far more intimidated by their own crowd than was Australia. It was particularly noticeable when Kolhi tried to rev them up and got little response. India was beaten by the OZ fielding. Heady's catch to dismiss Rohit was the turning point. Any cricket that happened after that, was simply playing out time left in the game to produce the inevitable result.

[@peterpapadimitriou7744]

As an Aussie I call it team mate Bantra and backing each other which always brings out the best - of any individual. The Rest is grit and underdog determination which is part of DNA as a nation!

[@sdqazx]

We(India) must immediately play against South Africa to determine who gets to keep the chokers tag.

[@krishganesan3330]

No Need - India are the CHOKERS SUPREMO!!! when you have a better team & lose to lower ranked team in a crucial match such as finals or semifinals again & again - India is #1! SA did not always have the better team!

[@joelhungerford8388]

Loser takes all haha

[@aheat3036]

India gets the balls so they can suck on them! 😂

[@manoharmeka999]

If there's no quota rule for RSA, then see how badly they could beat India. India can intake 6 of 11 players from west zone, and they cry about racism elsewhere in the world.

[@Supersticio]

It was one game, India could easily have won. Australia love's testing themselves against the best; India. See you in four years.

[@paulsparks4564]

The pressure to win in the final at home had a huge impact. Australia bowled and fielded very well, but there was no counter-attack.

[@celticchris]

As an Australian. After the 1st 10 over I thought we were done we'd be facing a 400 total to chase, Then when India strangled but then they got to 240 it would be close. My fear was that the top order collapse & all out for 150 after Smith stay was so short. We didnt Head played well . Though Marnus needs to get his strike rate up to in to the 60 atleast.

[@billy4eyes512]

Marnus played a support role, switching the strike against the spinners not allowing them to gain any rhythm.

[@celticchris]

@@billy4eyes512 It's more than this he's good but he need to be get his strike rate up, needs to be less cautious. He currently looks like a specialist fielder who doesn't get out, But not a batter. he is supposed to be our 2nd best batter. & I want him to be.

[@brotherben4357]

What did you expect to happen if Marnus picked up his run rate, mate?

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@billy4eyes512in wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@eightyseven3113]

@@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_nowLOSER

[@chaichenuchiha5858]

We know we dominated the tournament brilliantly but Australia knows how to win finals. 💔 We will keep supporting our players no matter what.

[@werewolf1803]

The ODI 50 overs format is dead. Even regular Aussies aren't bothered by the win.

[@stewartdavies929]

⁠@@werewolf1803”Regular Aussies”? What are you talking about? Is a regular Aussie one who doesn’t follow cricket? We always care about 50 over world cups. Way more that what is laughingly referred to as the T20 World Cup every TWO years! What other sport has 3 “world cups” every 4 years?

[@werewolf1803]

@@stewartdavies929 Even soccer is waaay above cricket in Australia. Where are the scenes of jubilation after this ODI World Cup win? Who attends test matches and ODIs in Australia anymore. The stadiums are empty. The younger crowd will inevitably gravitate towards T20.

[@fgcp2964]

Such a shit comment on Cummins's overs. Since taking over the captaincy he has consistently given himself the hardest overs. He doesn't get the new ball hooping around in the power play, he bowls the tough drudgery in the middle overs, banging it in, bowling cutters, before it starts to reverse. Then he comes back to bowl death overs, when he's at the highest risk of getting tonked. He makes captaincy decisions that negatively affect his bowling figures, in the best interests of the team.

[@rosslegg2430]

Sarcasm detection a little slow on Monday...

[@klano8443]

Oh so what

[@user-lo8pl6pb2b]

Australia did lose their first 2 games.....India and South Africa.......beat them when it counts....in the finals. Marnus might of looked boring to some, he done his job to help Australia win

[@garrysalis4312]

It takes me back to my indoor cricket team in the 80s, undefeated till we hit the semi finals, and lost every game, 🇭🇲

[@abhisheksharma-sb3er]

I'm indian and wanted Aussies to win 😅 its just a game not a war 🎉

[@davidgarsed3907]

Australia won get over it. Clearly the better side on the day on a doctored wicket.

[@craigedwards2940]

I disagree about the fielding, as I've said elsewhere you have to give credit to McDonald and Cummins, they played it perfectly. They didn't just beat them with performance, they technically outsmarted them.

[@chrishalious8194]

English podcast is like English mentality biased the saying the better team lost on what Theory have you based that, Australia won with 42 balls to spare Australia D.N.A is always unbeatable in finals and always one should overlook how the play prior getting to a FINAL

[@krishganesan3330]

when you have Selfish rahul --better team is the opposing team! think better team is Aussies --smart thinking by Aussies NOT taking rahul's wicket till the game was out of hand! Nobody is talking about it!!!

[@krishganesan3330]

Nobody is talking about the Great Strategy by Aussies -- easily Highest IQ among all teams!! They did NOT take the wicket of king legend rahul (MSP = Most Selfish Player in the world) till Aussies knew that game was in the bag😄....good thinking bringing back-up bowlers so Selfish rahul does NOT get out !! BRILLIANT!!!

[@mikewilcox5284]

Why did Australia win this game? Intelligence and audacity. They analysed every conceivable aspect and element of what was needed to win, devised the resulting plan, and had the guts to execute it, no matter what. They've done it six times now.

[@george2009town]

and Travis Head….

[@perthgirl1012]

​@@george2009townwho has the most audacity and guts of all.

[@george2009town]

@@perthgirl1012 he is special

[@tonyhyde2644]

that makes the odi, tests aND t20 crowns in 12 months 😁

[@pm110978]

Pretty good hey 😂

[@macman1469]

Australia were the better team when it mattered . Doesn't matter who was the better team the day or week before .

[@timblizzard4226]

Nothing tastes sweeter than pommie tears, especially when we have whinging about an Aussie victory over India. I can see how much it hurt to just give Australia it’s well deserved flowers. Greatest ODI World Cup victory in the history of the tournament and what do we have here? “Who likes rooting for Australia anyway?” “Marnus was boring” “no one watched”. That’s a losing mentality chaps. Its why you pommies underperform in general. It’s called being a hater. Begrudgingly, eventually, through gritted teeth, we get some credit. But it took half the podcast.

[@boomerx188]

test championship-ashes and world champions 50 overs cricket in 6 MONTHS- give credit where credit due

[@Charmis452]

I think the Vice-Captain Travis Head did a marvelous job of keeping the run rate steady at above 5 and played brilliantly with Labuschagne at the other end. The Aussies dominated the locals mightily and the result was already known by the 25th over, that the World Champion's Cup 2023 will fall into the hands of Aussies. The bowlers and fielders had restricted the target to 240 and the batsmen played the Indians off. Travis Head was specially invited for this World Cup Final Match by the selection board although, the Captain hinted him that he may not be included in the final match due to his physical injuries and that there's no point in wasting time there. The Vice-Captain Head was influencial too, so he remained and rest is history. The elder brother stopping the younger one and the World appreciates Harry for his immaculate performance. India of course, lacked that discipline and professionalism.

[@eightyseven3113]

What are you talking about? Travis Head is not the vice captain. He was never going to be dropped and what is the brother rubbish?

[@jimmythesound7536]

"No Run" - Story of Englands World Cup 😅. Just a cheeky jab lads, great pod!

[@paulrichardson5892]

the formula is simple we do it all the time , cricket rugby league. force equals pressure applied. india never were put under pressure the whole series. mentally the were already soaking up the glory . but its not over until the big lady sings.

[@MyPaddy2011]

To say India are a better cricket side, is like saying the Springbox are a better side than the All Blacks just because they beat them in the final of the WC. All along, it's been admitted that the rules of rugby were overlooked in order to award the WC to South Africa. I cannot fathom why it's so difficult for a lot of people to come to grips with the idea that Australia could win a cricket match. History tells us all, they win most serious cricket matches they contest. Get real people. It's time to admire and congratulate Australia instead of this unending wallowing in envy and excuses, because Australia is just going to continue winning.

[@bellator6557]

I guess the headlines in the English papers will be Aussies cheated again haha

[@fasterout777]

Living "rent free" in the English minds is a bloody beautiful place

[@rossmenzies1484]

Wasn't England supposed to be in this Final? What happened to them?

[@TheCricketPodcast]

They were spectacularly shit.

[@shreyakumarigupta12]

I think aus. is population of 2.56 cr. india is of 145 cr. still they won that is like their team was 50 time better than India. In india people watch just cricket. hardly they have intrest in any other game. i am somewhere happy.

[@nitlover8319]

Expected result as its always difficult against Australia in knockout matches. We have won just 3 matches against Australia in knockouts and guess what all of those games had same man of the match - Yuvraj Singh 😢

[@donjohns4878]

Has anyone done a health check on Piers Morgan? And the charming Lords members?

[@irismetcalfe]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ryanfox7166]

Hahahahaha "No one likes seeing Australia win world cups." Your salty tears somehow make victory taste even sweeter. :)

[@paulholubecki6386]

Chin up fellas.. At least you still have bazz ball to cuddle up to 😂😂

[@tutor1989]

Australia winning 2 50 over ODI world cups and 1 t20 WC and the WTC ; while England are taking moral victories and revolutionizing white ball cricket

[@johnmurrihy5365]

Fantastic boys Love your work Can't believe how Sharma allowed to let that toss Only thing that went against India

[@jennylinden3226]

I got the impression it was an effort for you all to be excited about Aussies win. Watched the wisdon podcast on the game whole different vibe

[@ankitsingh4612]

Indians lost at home even after doctoring the pitch. Its embarassing.

[@aheat3036]

Crooked country!… That’s where most of the scam calls originate from!

[@mohankrishna9904]

It's that doctoring backfired instead of preparing sporting wicket. If they would've have done that I think India could have won.

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@mohankrishna9904icc makes wickets not india and pitch helped Australia

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@ACRejiin wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

​@@mohankrishna9904in wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@user-ru4hu7ey4x]

Surely Head makes the team of the tournament ?

[@Baskerville22]

There you go...

[@mathewclark4824]

We used your doctored wicket against you, maybe you'll learn.

[@HenriHattar]

It is an inantity of a blog that fails to mention that this was the ONLY time India had been ALL BOLWED OUT! Do they know that England went home early?

[@johnmurrihy5365]

Moral victory 🎉

[@paulrichardson5892]

when you boil it down india lost because of rahul 1 boundary in 110 balls is fatal. . dropping the anchor.

[@LalithaGHATGI]

India was never in the match once they were put into bat & barring the Captain no.one tried to accerate & KL Rahul was the culpit scoring 66 of 110 balls is not the way you set the total.i remember Saurav Ganguly in the 2019 World Cup saying that its a new game. & New Zealand.won the match.

[@paulrichardson5892]

its polite to say india didnt chole but 1 boundary in 107 is a choke. simple.

[@stewartdavies929]

27:23 were you not entertained?

[@boomerx188]

Jack got all his predictions wrong'un-listen to the previous podcast)))

[@TheCricketPodcast]

Won't be the first time, won't be the last.

[@seventhuser904]

Indian team has stopped taking risks which it took in 2007 and 2011. They play too safe.

[@cmadelaide56]

80 off the first 10 overs, high risk attacking bowling trying to break the partnership - what counts as not taking risks? You’re scrambling to come up with excuses, and that is a terrible one.

[@klano8443]

India is one the most industrial ised countries in the world they are second to America for i.t and your a superpower. Australia have a cricket trophy.

[@ray.shoesmith]

India is a third world garbage dump, where people defecate in the streets. The only IT industry India has is scam centres pretending to be Microsoft help desks. Per capita, Australia has GDP of $65,099 US, India has a GDP of $2,410 US. Bangladeshis are better off than Indians, hell even Palestinians in Gaza were richer than Indians in 2023. Indians are famous around the world for not only inventing absolute rubbish and fervently passing it off as fact, they also end up believing their own fiction. Listen to any Indian and their 2023 CWC side is far superior and better skilled than Ponting's Australia and Lloyds West Indies teams. I mean, they actually, genuinely, honestly believe it just because they want it to be true, even though it's total horseshit. There are maybe 2 Indian players maximum who might be good enough to get selected in the current Australian team, let alone Ponting's 2005 side. There must be some part of an Indians brain that never fully develops properly or something, because their ability for self delusion is as unlimited as it is embarrassing to watch.

[@DavidPola1961]

The Harris Park pitch is a bit smelly

[@krishganesan3330]

also let me tell you the dirty secret in Indian cricket -- players from Mumbai & Delhi will always be given preference --- BIAS against south & east ...this is the reason for Ashwin getting disrespected & shabbily treated through his entire career! Remember Ashwin was the reason for India reaching WC Test finals --he was dropped for shardul? are you kidding me? shardul cannot play for Netherlands!

[@werewolf1803]

The South and East are football's domain yaar. 50-overs ODI snoozefest will soon be overtaken by football in India.

[@Nicholas.610]

Doctored pitches equal cowardice.

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

in wtc final half squad was injured it was b team what happened to Australia in gaba and bgt test. what happened to Australia in first match they can't even score 200 in first match in slow pitch. Stop making excuses and learn cricket understand dew helps batting see rohits face when he lost toss and they chose bowling he was so sad. Netherland and nz scored most runs because of dew but that pitch was already better but this was slow and was giving help to bowlers and became very easy in night just see score board of first match can't even score 200 against india

[@eightyseven3113]

LOSER

[@krishganesan3330]

as long as MOST SELFISH batsman in the world - king legend rahul is in Indian team --India will NEVER win a white ball world cup tournament! Even in IPL he destorys his own team for his stats! Even kohli was very SELFISH today ---if he is GOAT in ODI, he cannot score against part time bowlers head, marsh & maxi??? Gimme a break! Not one commentator in India wants to discuss SELFISH way rahul & kohli play.....

[@jogreeen]

🤣😂😅 Aus 1st, pom 7th. and we won the Ashes!

[@klano8443]

No you didn't you would have lost 3/2 if it hadn't rained , what's worse is Australia were up 2 nil

[@jaikumarjadhav6575]

Better team won. Indian Teams lack big match temperament and mindset.

[@raxitkaria]

Aus still lost moral ashes and paper world cup

[@AmmadWaj]

Delighted as a Kashmiri to see India lose in front of fascists like the US athletes winning in front of Hitler. India had a great team but weren’t challenged prior not the final and I always believe that real champions come through difficult times. They were precariously placed in the group stage game vs Aus and even vs Pak, their bowling was getting the tap before Babar and the middle order’s usual collapse. Never thought I’d root for an Aus win but the BCCI’s political coziness with the Modi regime plus the extremely skewed world cricket scene monopolizing and monetizing the game to the exclusion of cricket growth means that I’m feeling a sense of schadenfreude. Not the best thing to feel but will settle for it today!

[@seventhuser904]

Lmao. The world knows who the actual fascists are. Indians are happy. It's you who are insufferable and intolerant of others. Moron!

[@Ajay-d]

Same here mate. Ecstatic they lost last night.

[@werewolf1803]

Agreed. Same here. Glad to see the petty faux emperor give the trophy to Australia in a stadium name after him. So satisfying. Jai Hind 🇮🇳

[@deepswy2869]

I wouldn’t blame KL who scored most. He has potential to make up with 200 strike rate later on but was running out of partners at wrong time and got out before he could accelerate ..it didn’t work out today

[@seventhuser904]

He Played 40+ dot balls against Australia in a WC final!!! You cant get away with playing 40 dot balls and expect Team to score 300.

[@Bhavik630]

Oh man bringing in political stuff into sport is such a let down.. well played australia and Pat Cummins. Done with the podcast...

[@werewolf1803]

Politics is what makes sports interesting.

[@Bhavik630]

Politics divide.. sports unite.. making political comments on a sports podcast is totally unwarranted..

[@rosslegg2430]

@@Bhavik630 which political points were you not happy with?

[@peterinoz4502]

Not hard to see who Max had his easy earned money on, you guys look like you at a funeral, never mind, England are a chance in four years time

[@Bhavik630]

Cricket without India will go back to what it was.. a global minority sport just a summer sport for England and Australia.. So stop being so cynical ..