Cricket

[Pumaman]

We suck.

[buloght]

We suck.

Haha, yay for SA (we)! England will bounce back one of these days (I'm not talking about WC, but just in general)

[Pumaman]

Nah, we should probably stick to what we're good at: creating 80's sitcoms that run for no more than 6 episodes, and then getting totally plastered for the rest of the year to celebrate.

[Da_Elf]

my parents were there yesterday and when my mom called me so early to let me know it was over already i was supprised. WI no has zero chance at anything hehe. no way we can beat SA

[Jon]

Well, I had mixed feelings about the Eng Vs SA game. We should have bowled first, batted better and sacked the coach and captain. But you still have to remember that SA were the best one day side in the world about a month ago. So it should've been expected.

[Timosity]

oddly enough, the 4 sides that made it thru are the sides that are ranked 1-4 in the icc world rankings in ODI's

EDIT: a couple of days later (sun 22 April)


WI are Playing ENG right now in the last game of the super8's and WI just lost their 1st wicket at 131 in the 23rd over, where has this form been, I'm sure with the pressure to perform off, they can play a naturally good game.


Brian Lara is retiring so I guess this is his last match, I'm sure I predicted this in this thread way back before the tournament started but I can't be bothered looking back, I really hope he performs well (he has just entered the crease) but I'm going to sleep now as I can only get updates off the net, I would love to see his last innings, good luck Mr Lara, one of the best batsman in history.


AUS smashed NZ in the last match by 215 runs (348 v 133) their biggest loss ever, and it is possible that these 2 teams will play in the final

I have a feeling AUS wont win (even though they have comfortably beaten every team) they are due for a loss and SA are a very unpredictable team to play in a semi final.

The last semi final they played (2 world cups ago) they tied, SA needing 9 runs from the last over Klusner hit 2 fours in the 1st 2 balls of the over needing just 1 run from the remaining 4 balls and eventually still needing 1 from the last ball, there was a run out and the match ended in a tie (one of the most exciting finishes to a game ever), with AUS ahead on the table they made the final and smashed Pakistan

I think SA will remember that match going into the semi, and will desperately want to make AUS pay for that humiliation

[Jon]

Even though England are out of the world cup it's good to see them try really hard in the last game, despite some rubbish bowling at the start, but recovered to skittle the last 5 wickets for only 25 runs. We are in triple figures with only than 15 overs gone, needing to get 301 to win. I think i'm going to faint if we keep scoring at this rate!

[Da_Elf]

well i gotta say it was a really good match that one

[Jon]

Bad news for SA in the semi; with Australia 109-8 after 34 overs; it looks like Smith made the wrong choice by batting first.

Originally I was backing Sri Lanka to win the World cup,

My prediction would go to Sri Lanka.

This was because I thought that they would have the edge over Australia with a quality spinner. But it seems now they are evenly matched, with Hogg in fine form.

[Timosity]

I don't know if Smith made the wrong decision to bat, I think they just batted really badly, Smith and Kallis both throwing their wickets away early, they were terrible shots.

The rest of the guys with the exception of Gibbs and Kemp, just didn't think they could win

for AUS, Gilchrist got out early, then Ponting but the rest of the guys didn't panic, and cruised to the total

Just some interesting stats for AUS in this world cup

The most wickets they have lost in an inns is 6

They have bowled out the opposition in every match except against Bangladesh which was rain effected and reduced to 22 over game

Their lowest score batting first was 322 (5 inns batting first including against SA, NZ, WI)

England were the most competitive opposition




It's going to be an interesting Final, and I guess Sri Lanka's tactics to rest their top bowlers against Australia may work in their favour.

I really think Australia can win but if the Lankan's have a good day, especially their bowlers, they definitely could win.


I'm sure everyone will jump on the Sri Lankan bandwagon as I'm sure everyone likes to support the underdog, and I'm sure everyone outside Australia (and some Australian's) would like to see AUS get beaten

This world cup seems to have been going for so long, glad it's nearly over (well into the footy season already)



It's Definitely the 2 best teams throughout the tournament in the final, which will hopefully produce a thrilling final

[Da_Elf]

hey. dont blame me for the rain, i woke up and woooosh it was raining alot. that pitch is going to be so wet today

[Timosity]

Very frustrating, I've stayed up until 2am and haven't seen a ball bowled yet

It's stopped raining and about to start in 15mins. If it doesn't rain any more it will be a 38 over per side match

not ideal for a World Cup Final, but nothing much can be done about weather

Australia won the toss and will be batting first


EDIT: 281-4 off 38 overs, If Sri Lanka can get the runs it will be an awesome win

Unbelievable innings from Adam Gilchrist 149 from 104 balls (13 fours and 8 sixs) one of the most entertaining inns you will ever see, and to do it in a world cup final, even better



Edit 2: Australia won, Jayasuria and Sangakara for Sri Lanka had great starts but 1 of them had to stay there for them to have any chance

rain interrupted and they lost 2 more overs, which lost them even more momentum and then the game finished in the dark.

not the best way for a game to finish, but Australia were the dominant side all tournament and deserve the cup

Good way for McGrath to retire from one day cricket with an undefeated in tournament world cup win, and Test cricket with a 5-0 Ashes win