The Cricket Thread

[English Freak 456]

I'll put this view out there - England and Australia are the two worst teams in the entire tournament.

I'd say Sri Lanka and Australia are the worst teams in the tournament... England have a decent bowling attack..but overall, we are a poor ODI side.

[Strike 6,969]

I'd say Sri Lanka and Australia are the worst teams in the tournament... England have a decent bowling attack..but overall, we are a poor ODI side.

Sri Lanka are fighting hard with a small total though. 1 more wicket and they are into the tail.

[Strike 6,969]

I'll put this view out there - England and Australia are the two worst teams in the entire tournament.

England - I doubt it. They have a good(ish) batting. Good spinner. Good pace attack - Anderson, Finn. Definitely not one of the worst team out there.

Australia though

[Strike 6,969]

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - Best match so far

4 runs needed 1 wicket left. Southee somehow negotiates Malinga's 10th over. Nerve-wrecking stuff!

edit: NZ scamper home after Dilshan slides one down the leg side. I reiterate, Low-scoring thrillers >>>> run-fests

[Ankit 3,176]

Malinga with his new way of getting wickets! It was funny to watch Batsmen being bamboozled by it!

[Mufassir08 2,400]

A nice reminder why i dont watch pakistan cricket very often.Until and unless we get rid of tried and tested failures like farhat,malik and kamran we wont be wining an ICC event anytime soon.Players like farhat and malik are the cancer of pakistan cricket.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

A nice reminder why i dont watch pakistan cricket very often.Until and unless we get rid of tried and tested failures like farhat,malik and kamran we wont be wining an ICC event anytime soon.Players like farhat and malik are the cancer of pakistan cricket.

Well this has annoyed me!!

Now if India win tomorrow, Saturday's game will be a dead rubber. I really wanted Pakistan to win so the India v. Pakistan would be as intense as always but now it's just going to be some half-arsed effort by India if they beat the West Indies tomorrow.

Not saying I want the Windies to win tomorrow, but it would certainly allow me to witness a better match on Saturday.. If they did

[Strike 6,969]

Well this has annoyed me!!

Now if India win tomorrow, Saturday's game will be a dead rubber. I really wanted Pakistan to win so the India v. Pakistan would be as intense as always but now it's just going to be some half-arsed effort by India if they beat the West Indies tomorrow.

Not saying I want the Windies to win tomorrow, but it would certainly allow me to witness a better match on Saturday.. If they did

exactly my thoughts but I think we have to blame this on Pakistan. They had a great team. but once you get to #4, #5 in the batting, there's no one really who can take the game away from opponents. It continues to baffle me that Shoaib Mallik and Imran Farhat are still in the XI

[Reddish-Blue 2,226]

I was expecting Pakistan to chase down 235...particularly against a South Africa side without Steyn & Morkel.

[Strike 6,969]

I was expecting Pakistan to chase down 235...particularly against a South Africa side without Steyn & Morkel.

yeah. says a lot about the Pakistan batting. stuttered to 170 in both matches

[Strike 6,969]

Sir Jadeja on fire

[Ankit 3,176]

5-for for Sir Jadeja. From 102 for 1 to 184 for 9. Now, thats a collapse!!

[Ankit 3,176]

And letting a team from being 184 for 9 to 233 for 9 is classic death bowling.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Oh Ishant Sharma....

[Strike 6,969]

The Sharmas bringing prestige back to their names. Ishant (except one over at the death) and Rohit have done well

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I stupidly put a bet down that DK would be India's highest run scorer. Curse you Shikhar!

[English Freak 456]

India have got to be favourites for this trophy...good balance between batting and bowling.

Only South Africa (when Steyn and Kallis are fit) & maybe England (on their best form) can challenge India in ODI's at the moment..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Amazing. Two UDR decisions have gone India's way, amazing!

This is typical India though. Good start, wobble in the middle then it's either back to good or crash and burn. Let's hope crash & burn doesn't happen!!