Nick Cummins

Uh, and yeah, you're right.

Like India is still far and away ahead, but apart from India, it's all, um, it's all looking pretty even to me.

Uh, and, and like, uh, that, you know, that, that's a really good thing.

That's a, that's a really good thing to, when you're just watching cricket, that's close and you're seeing other countries, uh,

compete and defeat uh those who previously have been far too good far too resourced for them so like in that sense i think it's a really good thing uh and you're right about the netherlands i thought they fought hard i think their i think their plan in the second innings appeared to be let's keep wickets in hand like kind of old school i think i think max and his opening partner i'm sorry i don't have it in front of me um they were the ones who struck at about 100 110

they got through the power play relatively unscathed in terms of wickets, but it just left them behind the rate, probably with too much to do against Chakravarti, etc.

But they did come home pretty strong as well.

I mean, Hardik went for 18 off his last over.

You were still looking at the equation with a couple of overs to go.

It was going to take something remarkable, but nevertheless, the equation was there.

It wasn't a case of the game just being over in the first couple games.

And, yeah, a couple of strikes here and there, a couple of umpire decisions.

It's a much closer game.

As it turned out, India still had too much.

They controlled it.

But I think your broader points bang on.

Well, I know India is the god of cricket and probably controls everyone and everything from here on in.

But there is a spiritual force above that called Mother Cricket.

And when you put shit like that out there, Mother Cricket bites you on the ass.

Has a very strange kink for it, actually.