The Cricket World Cup Thread

[Portly]

It's been raining in Colombo but they reckon the match should go ahead on time. Apparently after the rain it gets very hot. Bell tipped to open with Strauss with Prior lower down the order.

 

[IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts]

Haha England.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

[quote author=IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts link=topic=44279.msg1306084#msg1306084 date=1301197099]
Haha England.
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I wish I could laugh but at least they were more competitive than SA were ... and against a far better team ...

 

[Ryan]

Baaahahaha at the South Africans. The biggest vaginas in world sport.

 

[Sunny]

[quote author=IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts link=topic=44279.msg1306084#msg1306084 date=1301197099]
Haha England.
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Hahaha.

 

[doctor_mac]

[quote author=Sunny link=topic=44279.msg1307189#msg1307189 date=1301421112]
[quote author=IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts link=topic=44279.msg1306084#msg1306084 date=1301197099]
Haha England.
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Hahaha.

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Is 'The Ashes' really written in biro on the trophy?

 

[Sunny]

[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=44279.msg1307322#msg1307322 date=1301430010]
Is 'The Ashes' really written in biro on the trophy?
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Yeah. Over the top of some Tip-Ex

 

[doctor_mac]

[quote author=Sunny link=topic=44279.msg1307325#msg1307325 date=1301430082]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=44279.msg1307322#msg1307322 date=1301430010]
Is 'The Ashes' really written in biro on the trophy?
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Yeah. Over the top of some Tip-Ex
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It looks like it is written over half of one of those nose plasters that Robbie Fowler used to wear.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

India off to a great start.... 39-0 from 4 overs.

 

[RMA]

india really fell away tendulkar was poor - 4 dropped catches off him india manage to get to 260-8

pakistan are 105 - off 23.3 overs close match india a few runs short imo

 

[peekay]

India through to the final ;D

Those dropped catches really cost Pakistan. Because of the nature of the game, expect a spot fixing inquiry soon.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Well played India!

Should be a close game in the final, looking forward to seeing Murali v Sachin.

 

[RMA]

Wooohoooo! India through! im off to india then for the final!

 

[dmishra]

[quote author=Kenny4PM link=topic=44279.msg1307938#msg1307938 date=1301506272]
Well played India!

Should be a close game in the final, looking forward to seeing Murali v Sachin.
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Greatest one day batsman ever v. greatest one day bowler ever. Playing their last ever world cup game in the world cup final. What a fucking script!

And Sachin'd be playing in front of his home crowd. Should be amazing.

 

[Squiggles]

It's Sri Lanka's to lose.

They look the business to me.

 

[Atlas]

This WC deserved a Sri Lanka/India final.

A Murli V Sachin final will be good.

 

[Mersey86]

Should be a very good game. I agree that Sri Lanka may be a little better balanced as a side than the Indians, but home-field advantage for India means that its anyone's game.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

I fancy India for this big time.

Matthews has been ruled out of the final.

 

[Portly]

[quote author=Kenny4PM link=topic=44279.msg1308735#msg1308735 date=1301652191]
Matthews has been ruled out of the final.
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And Murali is far from fully-fit.

In spite of all that, the Sri Lankans look to have peaked at the right time, and I wouldn't bet against them.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

I just can't see the Sri Lanka spinners being as effective against the Indians + its about time that SL'S soft middle order got found out.

Should be a fitting final either way though, i hope it turns out to be a cracker.

 

[Squiggles]

[quote author=Portly link=topic=44279.msg1308743#msg1308743 date=1301652838]
[quote author=Kenny4PM link=topic=44279.msg1308735#msg1308735 date=1301652191]
Matthews has been ruled out of the final.
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And Murali is far from fully-fit.

In spite of all that, the Sri Lankans look to have peaked at the right time, and I wouldn't bet against them.
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I wouldn't bat against them either.

 

[Portly]

[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=44279.msg1308850#msg1308850 date=1301668098]
I wouldn't bat against them either.
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Particularly Malinga. The Umpires have now to remove their hats when Malinga is bowling, because the ball comes at the batsmen from in front of the umpire's head! ;D

 

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=Kenny4PM link=topic=44279.msg1308825#msg1308825 date=1301665185]
I just can't see the Sri Lanka spinners being as effective against the Indians + its about time that SL'S soft middle order got found out.

Should be a fitting final either way though, i hope it turns out to be a cracker.
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This. Forecasting against the Sri Lankans is risky, but I've fancied India for this tournament all along, so I'm sticking with them mow.

 

[dmishra]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Best night since Istanbul.

 

[kingjulian]

Dhoni...what style!!!! That 6 to win the world cup! Amazing. I have never seen anything like that. Sanga is a man I really like! Both Sanga and Jaya actually. I felt a bit for both of them. Sanga especially was very graceful in defeat. What he said of the Indian batting line up is very true. 350 seems like a easy target when you look at that lineup.

 

[dmishra]

Captain's innings. What a knock. The guy is a born winner. T20, IPL, No. 1 Test Team and now the World Cup.

People are going fucking crazy here.

 

[Jürgen4PM]

Well done India!

Dhoni was magic today.

 

[Avmenon]

[quote author=dmishra link=topic=44279.msg1309499#msg1309499 date=1301769193]
Captain's innings. What a knock. The guy is a born winner. T20, IPL, No. 1 Test Team and now the World Cup.

People are going fucking crazy here.
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Would have gone even more fucing crazy if they'd lost though ;D

Congrats to India; they were the best team in the whole thing overall.

 

[peekay]

[quote author=dmishra link=topic=44279.msg1309499#msg1309499 date=1301769193]
Captain's innings. What a knock. The guy is a born winner. T20, IPL, No. 1 Test Team and now the World Cup.

People are going fucking crazy here.
[/quote]

I wish I was back home in Chennai now 🙂)

Dhoni's innings is legendary.

 

[monsieurdantes]

The players saying they won it for sachin sums them up, there is no subsitute for respect. Our entire squad owe the same to gerrard, but they are too selfish to do a damn thing for anyone other than themselves