Teh WORLD CUP Thread

[LordShiva]

9 more days :dance:

Here's the schedule:

MARCH

Group A, St Kitts (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Australia v Scotland

16 Netherlands v South Africa

18 Australia v Netherlands

20 Scotland v South Africa

22 Netherlands v Scotland

24 Australia v South Africa

Group B, Trinidad (all start 1330 GMT except *)

15 Bermuda v Sri Lanka

17 Bangladesh v India

19 Bermuda v India

21 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

23 India v Sri Lanka

25 Bangladesh v Bermuda (*starts 1430 BST)

GROUP C, St Lucia (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Canada v Kenya

16 England v New Zealand

18 Canada v England

20 Kenya v New Zealand

22 Canada v New Zealand

24 England v Kenya

Group D, Jamaica (all start 1430 GMT)

13 West Indies v Pakistan

15 Ireland v Zimbabwe

17 Ireland v Pakistan

19 West Indies v Zimbabwe

21 Pakistan v Zimbabwe

23 Ireland v West Indies

Super Eight (all start 1430 BST)

If any seeded team does not finish in the top two in their group, the non-seeded team qualifying will take their allotted place in the Super Eight fixture list.

27 D2 v A1, Antigua & Barbuda

28 A2 v B1, Guyana

29 D2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

30 D1 v C2, Guyana

31 A1 v B2, Antigua & Barbuda

APRIL

1 D2 v B1, Guyana

2 B2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

3 D1 v A2, Guyana

4 C2 v B1, Antigua & Barbuda

7 B2 v A2, Guyana

8 A1 v C2, Antigua & Barbuda

9 D1 v C1, Guyana

10 D2 v A2, Grenada

11 C2 v B2, Barbados

12 B1 v C1, Grenada

13 A1 v D1, Barbados

14 A2 v C1, Grenada

15 B2 v D1, Barbados

16 A1 v B1, Grenada

17 A2 v C2, Barbados

18 D1 v B1, Grenada

19 D2 v B2, Barbados

20 A1 v C1, Grenada

21 D2 v C2, Barbados

Semi-finals

24 Super Eight 2nd v 3rd, Jamaica (start 1545 BST)

25 Super Eight 1st v 4th, St Lucia (start 1445 BST)

Final

28 Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, Barbados (start 1445 BST)

[LordShiva]

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[Frozzy]

Cly England will win.

FREDDIE FLINTOFF FTW!

[Maquiladora]

I voted Oz, just because my prediction will be wrong.

[Drake Tungsten]

I'll pick South Africa; they've been playing well. Are any of the matches going to be shown on American TV?

[Asmodean]

The cricket world cup seriously lasts a month and a half?????

And wtf are Canada doing in that competition???

Asmodean

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I'll pick South Africa; they've been playing well. Are any of the matches going to be shown on American TV?

Dish/Echostar has a package for $200, I think. But I have Comcast :(

[Joe Kick Ass]

SA I reckon. And it's nice to see Aus doing their best to screw it up. :b:

[Cort Haus]

I went for the Saffas.

[LordShiva]

How about a World Cup Prediction Game?

[LordShiva]

Predictions will be posted in this thread. You will be making predictions for a collection of matches. They are as follows (for the sake of the prediction game, the tournament will be broken down into 8 Rounds):

Round 1
March 13 - West Indies v Pakistan
March 14 - Canada v Kenya
March 14 - Australia v Scotland
March 15 - Bermuda v Sri Lanka
March 15 - Ireland v Zimbabwe
March 16 - England v New Zealand
March 16 - Netherlands v South Africa

Round 2
March 17 - Bangladesh v India
March 17 - Ireland v Pakistan
March 18 - Canada v England
March 18 - Australia v Netherlands
March 19 - Bermuda v India
March 19 - West Indies v Zimbabwe
March 20 - Kenya v New Zealand
March 20 - Scotland v South Africa

Round 3
March 21 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
March 21 - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
March 22 - Netherlands v Scotland
March 22 - Canada v New Zealand
March 23 - India v Sri Lanka
March 23 - Ireland v West Indies
March 24 - Australia v South Africa
March 24 - England v Kenya
March 25 - Bangladesh v Bermuda

Round 4
March 27 - D2 v A1
March 28 - A2 v B1
March 29 - D2 v C1
March 30 - D1 v C2
March 31 - A1 v B2
April 1 - D2 v B1
April 2 - B2 v C1
April 3 - D1 v A2
April 4 - C2 v B1

Round 5
April 7 - B2 v A2
April 8 - A1 v C2
April 9 - D1 v C1
April 10 - D2 v A2
April 11 - C2 v B2
April 12 - B1 v C1
April 13 - A1 v D1

Round 6
April 14 - A2 v C1
April 15 - B2 v D1
April 16 - A1 v B1
April 17 - A2 v C2
April 18 - D1 v B1
April 19 - D2 v B2
April 20 - A1 v C1
April 21 - D2 v C2

Round 7
April 24 - Super Eight 2nd v 3rd
April 25 - Super Eight 1st v 4th

Round 8
April 28 - Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

[LordShiva]

All predictions for each round must be in by 11:59pm GMT the night before first game of the particular round,

Here is what you will predict:
1. Game Winner. (each game)
<s>2. Man of the Match. (each game)</s>
3. Tournament Winner (must be in before the First Game starts).
4. Player of the Tournament (must be in before the First Game starts).

[LordShiva]

Rules:

• All predictions must be sent by 11:59pm GMT before the day of the first game in each round.
• Each entrant may only place 1 prediction per game. Predictions can be changed though until the cutoff time.
• There will be 3 points for picking the Winner <s>& 1 extra point if you can predict the Man of the Match.</s>
• In the event of a wash-out, the match will be played on a reserve day. Prediction will carry over to the reserve day. If there is still no result, all player will be given 1 point for that match (same as if it's a tie).
• There will be a bonus of 5 points to any entrant who nominates the Player of the Tournament. This nomination must be in before the first match is played.
• There is also an extra 5 points for the prediction of the Winning Team. Again this nomination must be in before the first match is played.
• Finally to state the obvious ... The person with the most points at the end of the world cup is the winner

[LordShiva]

We can change the rules (e.g. points per prediction, etc.) if necessary.

[Maquiladora]

Im not predicting MoM for every game. Just have the game winner.

[LordShiva]

OK. Rules updated.

[Ninot]

I voted Other. Go Italy! I think they can repeat.

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I'll pick South Africa; they've been playing well. Are any of the matches going to be shown on American TV?

The same SA that experienced the farcical rain rule in 92, collapsed against who-dat Roger Harper in 96, the Allan Donald runout in 99 and the Duckworth-LOLewis fiasco in 2003...

I predict the Saffers will BOTTLE it again.

[flipside]

I'll go Australia to win it and Ricky Ponting as man of the tournament.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Frozzy

I predict the Saffers will BOTTLE it again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/3/14103/html/scorecard.stm

South Africa Innings
63 for 7 (18.0 overs)

Looks like it.

[LordShiva]

Ireland :b: :b:

[Joe Kick Ass]

Originally posted by Frozzy


I predict the Saffers will BOTTLE it again.

To be fair, another repeat performance from the Saffers, and it'd be a successful tournament, IMO. :b:

I didn't think they'd be able to surpass the giddy heights of '99, but 2003 was just too good...:)

[LordShiva]

GO IRELAND!

South Africa Innings
192 all out (50.0 overs)
Ireland Innings
107 for 4 (32.0 overs)

[Cort Haus]

So Ireland were eventually dismissed for 157 to lose by 35 runs. Nice frightener, though.

[LordShiva]

They were at 139/4 at one point :(

[LordShiva]

Bangladesh just pwnd New Zealand :lol:

[LordShiva]

I'm going to go ahead an make my tournament predictions:

Winners: India :D
Man of the Tournament: Sachin Tendulkar - He's recently come into good form, and it's his last World Cup so he deserves it :love:

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Bangladesh just pwnd New Zealand :lol:

Bangladesh beat Australia in a 20-20 match in 2005 prior to getting a beating in the one-dayers. Maybe we shouldn't read too much into these warm-ups.

[Cort Haus]

Why hasn't aneeshm voted yet?

[Joe Kick Ass]

So judging from these warmups then, Ireland and Bangladesh seem to be the teams to beat...:scared:


Originally posted by Cort Haus
Bangladesh beat Australia in a 20-20 match in 2005 prior to getting a beating in the one-dayers. Maybe we shouldn't read too much into these warm-ups.
That was actually a full ODI.

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass
That was actually a full ODI.

And it was during the NatWest challenge.

[Maquiladora]

Winners: Australia
Man of the Tournament: Ricky Ponting

Round 1
March 13 - West Indies v Pakistan
March 14 - Canada v Kenya
March 14 - Australia v Scotland
March 15 - Bermuda v Sri Lanka
March 15 - Ireland v Zimbabwe
March 16 - England v New Zealand
March 16 - Netherlands v South Africa

[LordShiva]

I don't think anyone else is playing :(

[Cort Haus]

I went off predictions leagues during the football world cup, when I found myself cheering on my prediction, rather than the outcome I actually wanted.

[LordShiva]

:hmmm: Then predict the outcome you actually want :idea:

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
:hmmm: Then predict the outcome you actually want :idea:

Unfortunately I'm too competitive to be unrealistic.

[LordShiva]

The ICC's already made its predictions :naughty:

http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/events/worldcup/schedule.html

[Joe Kick Ass]

West Indies to bat.

[LordShiva]

Decent comeback from a very poor start.

The prediction game isn't happening, BTW.

[Cort Haus]

The Windies don't have enough runs imo.

[LordShiva]

Pakistan 41/3.

[Cort Haus]

Correction. The Windies might have enough runs. :o

[LordShiva]

They finally broke a dangerous-looking partnership.

100/4

[Cort Haus]

Six down now. Windies have surely won this.

[Joe Kick Ass]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Correction. The Windies might have enough runs. :o

To be fair, I thought they were short too...

Serves Pakistan right for winning the toss and fielding though. :q:

[LordShiva]

Bravo on fire :b:

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass

Serves Pakistan right for winning the toss and fielding though. :q:

Yep, that totally backfired.

Sadly I can't see any matches. ESPN has apparently diverted all funds towards redneck activities, such as bowling and arm wrestling.

[Drake Tungsten]

A goddamn poker tournamnet was on ESPN2 this afternoon instead of the World Cup. ESPN is a joke... :q:

[LordShiva]

Doesn't look like we're getting an upset in the Australia game :(

[Cort Haus]

No surprise, there.

[LordShiva]

In other news, Canada was pwnd by Kenya.

[Joe Kick Ass]

So now it's NZ - England on Friday, then a whole other week until the next seeded match...

:bored:

[ravagon]

I don't know ... some of the unrated matchups could be rather interesting.

While I'd like to see NZ win it the Windies come in a very very close second ...

[b etor]

Round 1
March 13 - West Indies v Pakistan
March 14 - Canada v Kenya
March 14 - Australia v Scotland
March 15 - Bermuda v Sri Lanka
March 15 - Ireland v Zimbabwe
March 16 - England v New Zealand
March 16 - Netherlands v South Africa

Round 2
March 17 - Bangladesh v India
March 17 - Ireland v Pakistan
March 18 - Canada v England
March 18 - Australia v Netherlands
March 19 - Bermuda v India
March 19 - West Indies v Zimbabwe
March 20 - Kenya v New Zealand
March 20 - Scotland v South Africa

Round 3
March 21 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
March 21 - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
March 22 - Netherlands v Scotland
March 22 - Canada v New Zealand
March 23 - India v Sri Lanka
March 23 - Ireland v West Indies
March 24 - Australia v South Africa
March 24 - England v Kenya
March 25 - Bangladesh v Bermuda

Round 4
March 27 - A1
March 28 - A2
March 29 - D2
March 30 - C2
March 31 - B2
April 1 - B1
April 2 - C1
April 3 - D1
April 4 - C2

Round 5
April 7 - A2
April 8 - A1
April 9 - D1
April 10 - A2
April 11 - C2
April 12 - C1
April 13 - D1

Round 6
April 14 - A2
April 15 - D1
April 16 - A1
April 17 - A2
April 18 - B1
April 19 - B2
April 20 - C1
April 21 - D2

Round 7
April 24 - Super Eight 3rd
April 25 - Super Eight 1st

Round 8
April 28 - Winner SF2

:dance:

[LordShiva]

Ireland: 184 for 8 (45.2 overs)

I hope Bray makes his hundred before he runs out of partners (he's on 92).

[LordShiva]

He did it with a cracking four! :dance:

100 off 129 :b:

[Cort Haus]

Yeah, good knock from Bray. :b:

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by b etor


15 year old US American girl interested in cricket? Wow, will wonders never cease. How come, b etor?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


15 year old US American girl interested in cricket? Wow, will wonders never cease. How come, b etor?

QFT :b:

Though:

Originally posted by b etor
March 17 - Ireland v Pakistan
March 19 - Bermuda v India
March 23 - Ireland v West Indies


makes me suspicious :cute:

[Cort Haus]

Ah yes - I hadn't looked that closely.

[ravagon]

Irish tie with Zimbabwe ... :eek:
Bloody hell.

It sounds as though the Irish have their own version of the barmy army.
I hope I'll get to see some of the replays from that one.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by ravagon
It sounds as though the Irish have their own version of the barmy army.


Even more embarrassing in the fancy dress department, too.

Some say Lords is a stuffy ground but I love it. Why? Well, apart from being my local cricket stadium, NO fancy dress is allowed. Very sensible imo.

[Drake Tungsten]

ESPN is showing figure skating at the moment. What a ****ing joke... :q:

[LordShiva]

WORLD CUP, GROUP D, JAMAICA:
Ireland 221-9 v Zimbabwe 221 all out - match tied

Ireland's first World Cup appearance ended with a pulsating tied encounter against Zimbabwe in Jamaica.

Zimbabwe looked to be in command in pursuit of 222 with only 15 needed from 36 balls and four wickets intact.

But three wickets fell for one run and nine were still needed from the final over. Requiring a single to win off the last ball, Ed Rainsford was stumped.

Jeremy Bray helped Ireland to a challenging total, carrying his bat with 115, his second ODI century.


:eek: Ireland :b: :b: :b:

All they need to do now is upset Pakistan or WI and they're through :dance:

[b etor]

Originally posted by LordShiva

Though:

makes me suspicious :cute:

how is that suspicious??

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by b etor

March 17 - Ireland v Pakistan
March 19 - Bermuda v India
March 23 - Ireland v West Indies

how is that suspicious??

They are suspicious because they are wildly improbable predictions. The Gulf between the top Cricketing nations like India and Pakistan, and minnows like Bermuda is massive. OK, so Ireland got a tie against Zimbabwe, who have 'Test' nation status, but Zimbabwe are in turmoil as a cricketing nation, as they are as a nation in general, and are not really good enough for top tier level.

Whatever - it's great to see you taking an interest in cricket. :b:

[LordShiva]

:hmmm: Not-so-hot start from England.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
:hmmm: Not-so-hot start from England.

Normal service resumed. England are crap and the victories recently were a run of flukes. They're even playing a guy with a broken finger - wtf?

[LordShiva]

Pietersen is semi-pwning, though.

[Cort Haus]

:eek: Here we go. El famous collapso. :(

[LordShiva]

Unlike England, NZ doesn't seem to have waited until the middle order to start their collapse :)

[Cort Haus]

Amazing. I actually missed the first two wickets as I was watching the Saffas scoring trillions of runs against the Cloggies.

[Drake Tungsten]

Looks like NZ has it. Does this mean Bangladesh is better than England?

[LordShiva]

BTW, for those hoping to watch from work, TVU Player (http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/index.htm) has a channel ("Isaitamil.net Cricket") with the games on it.

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Amazing. I actually missed the first two wickets as I was watching the Saffas scoring trillions of runs against the Cloggies.

Gibbs got 6 6s in an over :eek: Doesnt Johnnie Walker have to give around $1m to charity now?

[LordShiva]

:eek:

South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs rewrote the World Cup record books in St Kitts yesterday as he became the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over in the competition's history.

Gibbs savaged Dutch leg-spinner Daan van Bunge to also set a new record for runs in a six-ball over in international cricket and for one-day cricket world wide.

The charity Habitat For Humanity will benefit to the tune of $1million from Gibbs' feat as one of the World Cup sponsors have agreed to make a donation in recognition of his achievement.

Van Bunge, a former MCC Young Cricketer who played a handful of one-day games for Middlesex in 2004, was first dispatched over long-on, then long-off twice, then square-leg and once more each over long-on and long-off.

Gibbs struck his blows in the 30th over of a South Africa innings reduced after rain to 40 per side. He was eventually caught for 72 as South Africa surged to 353 for three.

His feat came on a small ground, Warner Park, whose boundaries are just long enough to conform to one-day international standards.

It is only the third time in senior cricket that six sixes have been struck in an over. West Indies legend Gary Sobers was the first to do it, for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in a County Championship match at Swansea in 1968. Malcolm Nash was the suffering bowler.

Ravi Shastri, the former India and Glamorgan all-rounder, emulated Sobers at Bombay in 1984-85 when he took 36 from an over bowled by slow left-armer Tilak Raj.

The most runs previously scored from boundaries in an over in one-day cricket was 34 by Viv Richards batting for Somerset in a John Player League game at Taunton in 1977. Slow left-armer David Graveney, now England's chairman of selectors but then playing for Gloucestershire, was the suffering bowler as Richards took five sixes and a four from his over.

The previous bests in one-day internationals came from Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya, who hit four sixes in the same over twice, and Gibbs' compatriot, Shaun Pollock.

353 in 40 overs :eek:

The weather had mercy on the Netherlands.

[LordShiva]

WTF are India and Pakistan doing? :confused:

India 134/4 (39 overs) vs. Bangladesh

Pakistan 68/5 (20 overs) vs. Ireland

[LordShiva]

Right on cue, Yuvraj opens the floodgates :dance:

And Pakistan fall to 73/6 :naughty:

[Cort Haus]

Bangladesh! Ireland!

WTF Indeed.

[Cort Haus]

Why isn't teh Imran on this thread? :doitnow!:

[LordShiva]

STOP DROPPING CATCHES, YOU DUMB ****S! :mad:

[LordShiva]

India :q: :q: :mad: :angry: :q: :rant:

Ireland :b: :b: :b: :dance: :Party: :b: :band:

[Cort Haus]

Am I the only one getting bored by the non-stop camera shots of the 'marvellous Irish support'? They're mostly Americans with an Irish great-grandfather, anyway. :rolleyes:

[Cort Haus]

So - well done Ireland. Amazing game.

[LordShiva]

QFT.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Why isn't teh Imran on this thread? :doitnow!:

Cause teh Imran doesn't care about cricket ;). All he knows is that Pakistan once won the World Cup. Oh, and Imran Khan. That's about it, though, really (maybe a few other names, but nothing that much).

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Am I the only one getting bored by the non-stop camera shots of the 'marvellous Irish support'? They're mostly Americans with an Irish great-grandfather, anyway. :rolleyes:

Yes, and I also am bored of the non-stop camera shots of the 'marvellous English team'. They're mostly Antipodeans with a British great-grandfather.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Dauphin
'marvellous English team'. They're mostly Antipodeans with a British great-grandfather.

Which 'marvellous English team' is this? They're rubbish, and everyone knows it.

[Maquiladora]

Andrew Flintoff has been sacked as England vice-captain and was also banned for the must-win game against Canada for breaching team discipline.

He was reprimanded amid reports he fell off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water in the early hours of Saturday, after England had lost.

:lol:

[LordShiva]

http://www.ndtv.com/sports/cricket/showstory.asp?id=32989

:eek: :eek: :(

[Cort Haus]

:(

[b etor]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


They are suspicious because they are wildly improbable predictions. The Gulf between the top Cricketing nations like India and Pakistan, and minnows like Bermuda is massive. OK, so Ireland got a tie against Zimbabwe, who have 'Test' nation status, but Zimbabwe are in turmoil as a cricketing nation, as they are as a nation in general, and are not really good enough for top tier level.

Whatever - it's great to see you taking an interest in cricket. :b:

oh. :cute:

[Cort Haus]

Yeah, good prediction, b etor. You were probably the only one in the world that knew Ireland would beat Pakistan. :unworthy:

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by b etor


oh. :cute:

:lol: :b:

In other news, it's good to see that chump Sehwag finally getting some runs.

[LordShiva]

Now THAT'S more like it, guys :b:

[Cort Haus]

Reports now saying that Bob Woolmer was murdered!

But how can this be - didn't the infallible Imran Khan already say this could not be possible?

[Joe Kick Ass]

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/286794.html

Holy ****...

[LordShiva]

:eek:

[Asher]

What a pathetic sport with pathetic fans. :q:

Murdering hooligans....

[Cort Haus]

Asher's forensix skillz are teh l337 for him to already know so much about the murderer(s). :b:

[LordShiva]

As is his commitment to teh cricket, for following this thread so assiduously :b:

[Cort Haus]

Oh dear, India. :(

[LordShiva]

Drop the lot of them :mad: :mad:

[MrWhereItsAt]

I go to login to Cricinfo to check on the progress of Sri Lanka vs India after seeing India still with 2 wickets on CNN, and by the time I get there they're out of the WC!? What the hell?!

[LordShiva]

Unless Bangladesh lose tomorrow :expect:

[b etor]

No way! Bangladesh is soooo gunna win.

[LordShiva]

Well, I'm an Ireland fan now, so I suppose it's better that way.

Then, Ireland can beat Bangladesh, England, and try and sneak one other win, and then hope for a game or two to be rained out, and they make teh semis :dance:

[Cort Haus]

Ireland can beat Kenya, you mean. I'm not so sure that England will make the last eight. :scared:

[Cort Haus]

Aus 10-1!

[Cort Haus]

... but before long they're back to 5 per over and normal service is resumed.

[LordShiva]

England 23/2 vs. Ireland.

What's going on here? :cool:

[MrWhereItsAt]

This is all great. And NZ continues to fly under the radar, out of the spotlight, continuing to rack up wins... :D

GO Ireland!

[Joe Kick Ass]

England putting the minnows to the sword again then...

This is pathetic. :q:

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
England 23/2 vs. Ireland.

What's going on here? :cool:

Joyce is match-fixing, the traiterous Oirisher.

Vaughan is just ... Vaughan. The middle order should do better than the openers.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
This is all great. And NZ continues to fly under the radar, out of the spotlight, continuing to rack up wins... :D


NZ are not under the radar at all. Clear 2nd favourites for the semis, by a long way.

[Drake Tungsten]

Dammit, Ireland... :(

[Cort Haus]

Bugger. Two fùcking runs. Fair play to Bopara and Nixon - heroes the pair of them. Vaughan and Flintoff are useless twunts who should be ashamed of their pathetic ineptitude with the bat.

Cracking game though - just what the tournament needed. (Too late to save it, unfortunately).

[b etor]

/me is obviously really good at predicting who will win. :lol:

[LordShiva]

What a game.

[reds4ever]

LATEST NEWS!!!

Pakistan are withdrawing from test cricket and taking up BobSlaying......

[Imran Siddiqui]

Wow, Doddler didn't make the same joke like a week ago or anything :cute:

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Wow, Doddler didn't make the same joke like a week ago or anything :cute:

Sorry, I had a quick look but couldn't find anything. Whats my punishment for this heinous crime?;)

[Dauphin]

The South Aaaahfrica - Bangladesh game is getting interesting. :)

[Cort Haus]

'Deshis :unworthy:

[LordShiva]

:eek:

[Dauphin]

England lost, normal service resumes.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Nice work Bangladesh. Good bowling. :b:

NZ has managed a decent innings against Ireland, but a bit disappointing considering our relative positions in any international rankings. Here comes Bond to remove some Irish batsmen though..

The England game.... there's really nothing worth mentioning there.

[LordShiva]

I want NZ to win the WC, but I want Ireland to win this game :nod:

[Joe Kick Ass]

What kind of f*cking idiot waits until the 45th over to take the final powerplay?

[b etor]

me :(

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by b etor
me :(

What do you mean?

[LordShiva]

Bangladesh is so weird.

[b etor]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


What do you mean?

it was me you saw wait until the 45th :frownnod:

[Cort Haus]

Teh evil Australians are putting plucky little Oirishers to the sword (50-6). No surprise really - another 10 wicket victory, presumably.

[LordShiva]

:mad: :(

[Cort Haus]

Pjetterssen gone. That's England out of the WC then. :cheerio:

[Joe Kick Ass]

There goes Freddie.

119-6

35.1 overs

[Joe Kick Ass]

121-7

[Joe Kick Ass]

121-8

[Cort Haus]

(c) englandbattingcollapse.com

[Dauphin]

Glad to see my £5 against England was as safe as houses.

[Joe Kick Ass]

They're currently running through a sequence of deliveries on Sky with the caption 'Bowler Friendly?'

I'm not sure if they're referring to the pitch or the England batsmen.

[LordShiva]

11th over: SA 100-1
"Stumping, Monty! Stumping, Monty!" barks the insane Badger, as Smith cuts Panesar effortlessly for four before smacking him high over his head for a one-bounce four. "You and me, Mont!" shouts Badger. Mahmood then produces a sublime moment on the point boundary by jogging across to Kallis's gentle cut and booting it accidentally over the rope for four, in the manner of a clown entertaining children.

:lol:

[Cort Haus]

England's plan at the WC was obviously to come home as soon as possible to start preparing for the test series against the Windies, who had a similar plan.

[LordShiva]

Wow, NZ just got whalloped.

SA-Aus should be fun, though.

[Cort Haus]

Australia are teh b0ringxors. There's no point watching the game when they play. :q:

[Joe Kick Ass]

What would be really screwed would be if SA manage to beat Aus in the semi, and then continuing with their inconsistent theme at the WC, lose to some gash outfit like NZ in the final...

that really would be the final nail for this tournament.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass
What would be really screwed would be if SA manage to beat Aus in the semi, and then continuing with their inconsistent theme at the WC, lose to some gash outfit like NZ in the final...

That is teh preferred outcome :nod:

[LordShiva]

:eek: What a game, England!

[Cort Haus]

'Badger' Nixon is quite a character.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass
What would be really screwed would be if SA manage to beat Aus in the semi, and then continuing with their inconsistent theme at the WC, lose to some gash outfit like NZ in the final...

that really would be the final nail for this tournament.

GASH?! So we lose one game badly to Oz and we're gash (er, whatever that means)?! SA would probably struggle to beat England the way they've played this whole tournament. They'll be trounced in the semi. SL vs NZ II should be a good match though - provided at least some of Bond and Oram and Styris are playing for NZ.

I should remind all that immediately prior to the WC NZ beat Aus 3 times in a row to whitewash an annual NZ-Oz tournament (the Hadlee-Chappell trophy). Three games of cricket in a row is not a fluke. And what's more, NZ has not slumped since then - the team has beaten all in this tournament bar Sri Lanka and Australia, and that's better than any other team except Sri Lanka. The punishing loss to Oz recently looks like a hiccup, not the result of a consistent drop in performance.

This tournament isn't over yet. Regardless of whether NZ make it or not, the worst thing for cricket would be Oz taking it out for a third straight time.

[Frozzy]

GASH?! So we lose one game badly to Oz and we're gash (er, whatever that means)?! SA would probably struggle to beat England the way they've played this whole tournament.

Except they didn't.

[Cort Haus]

No-one could seriously say that NZ are crap at the moment.

[Joe Kick Ass]

Aus
SA


















NZ

[Joe Kick Ass]

Edging a couple of high run chases against half an Aussie team has got to the kiwis' heads...

[MrWhereItsAt]

Gotta disagree with your positioning. Oz may well be that far above everyone else, but SA right up there? It was only at their win against England did they manage the top 4. When did they last trounce top teams anywhere near as much or as often as Oz has?

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
No-one could seriously say that NZ are crap at the moment.

I beg to differ..............

:cute:

[Joe Kick Ass]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Gotta disagree with your positioning. Oz may well be that far above everyone else, but SA right up there?

They're ranked number 1 in the world ffs.

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass


They're ranked number 1 in the world ffs.

The ranking systems is flawed IMO - Australia (as much as it hurts to say this) is the best team in the world at the moment - not SA (again IMO)

[Joe Kick Ass]

Originally posted by Nugog
The ranking systems is flawed IMO - Australia (as much as it hurts to say this) is the best team in the world at the moment - not SA (again IMO)

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that, but I don't think any other team would be challenging to break into the top 2. SA's performances over the past couple of years put them up there with Aus, IMO.

I don't think the system is necessarily flawed either. Aus lost top spot by losing two consecutive one day series, plus the last they played against SA...it's not voodoo or anything...

[Nugog]

Sri Lanka perhaps?

[Joe Kick Ass]

Well they're certainly looking good now. :b:

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass
Well they're certainly looking good now. :b:

:lol:

Where as NZ can be the worlds best at inconsistancy!

:b:

[LordShiva]

Goooo SA!!!

[Joe Kick Ass]

SA 55-5

:o

[LordShiva]

149 all out.

wtf SA???

[MrWhereItsAt]

Yeesh. What appalling matches from NZ and SA. At least I can feel confident NZ has been shining in all but the Oz and Sri Lanka matches, only falling at the tail end of the WC, whereas SA has hardly been in decent shape for this entire tournament, scraping into the semis. And the ranking system is definitely deceptive. Due to that match inconsistency, NZ is probably where they should be, but SA should in no way be 2nd to Oz by only a few points - they have really done nothing to deserve that, and scraping into the semis in bottom position with major upsets early in the tournament is in no way where a number 2 ranked team should be.

Regardless, we have an Oz vs Sri Lanka final. You gotta hope its a contest at least, and I am REALLY hoping SL win. Now there's a team (aside from Oz) that's been performing this WC. An Oz steamroll three times in a row is just getting silly. If only this were pro wrestling where you could boo long enough to have the organisers rethink an opponent winning so easily so often for so long.

[Joe Kick Ass]

You get ranking points for winning matches. Everybody's where they deserve to be.

And NZ haven't been shining at all. Three major wins - England (:lol: ), West Indies (:q: ) and SA.

The first two do nothing to mark out you out from the pack. Everybody beat those two duds.

[Cort Haus]

The two best teams are in the final. I just hope the 2nd best team wins.

[Joe Kick Ass]

:b:

[LordShiva]

:zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
The two best teams are in the final. I just hope the 2nd best team wins.

Good calls, both of them. :(