[kuranda_bagman]

Originally Posted by Frankie

IMO the Aussies put a good effort in but were beaten fair and square.

Good assesment Frankie - Shame we didn't have a couple of decent fast bowlers who understand the concept of line and length though !

[bazzap]

Fuck them Indian bastards!!! Bunch of tossers !!! I hate the cunts!!!













Lucky us Aussies are good sports and always take a loss graciously.

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by kuranda_bagman

Shame we didn't have a couple of decent fast bowlers who understand the concept of line and length though !

I would have dropped Tait and kept the leggie Smith in as he could have caused more problems. But Ponting won the toss, opted to bat first and reckoned around 250 runs was a good score. So it went according to his game plan. Only, India managed to get them. On paper it looks like India won easily but watching the game it was pretty tight and Yuvraj was the player who won it for India. The batting/bowling conditions were also more suited to the home team.

Ponting answered his critics with a good ton which may buy him some more time and keep the media off his back.

Moving on its South Africa v. New Zealand today. SA to win that one. Made even easier for SA as NZ are currently 5 for 1 B. McCullum being the man out.

[KeeNeow]

Oh fuck that means no abbo posts for a few months until Bazzap gets his jacuzzi taken over by Foz and Reg

[Frankie]

Just when it looks like the Kiwis have had their chups the Yarpies go and choke on them. Good win for the Kiwis. Hope they named du Plessis Man of the Match for running out de Villiers as that helped turn the game.

Its the big one tomorrow England v. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka have to be favourites as England are highly inconsistent. Think it will be either be a tight game or England will be hammered. Whoever wins almost has a bye into the final as they will play the Kiwis in the semi.

Looking like an India v. Sri Lanka final.

[bigphill67]

Originally Posted by Frankie

Sri Lanka have to be favourites as England are highly inconsistent. Think it will be either be a tight game or England will be hammered.
Looking like an India v. Sri Lanka final.

on the ball as usual frankie i only saw about half the match thought our bowlers played some decent stuff but didn't really trouble the wicket and with only 230 to chase the sri lankans had the luxury of choosing which balls to play there shots to some extent and just kept picking off singles. still we got a bit further than i first thought after our loses early in the tournement should be a good finish with india - pakistan to play and probably sri lanka to win it

[Frankie]

Well England flattered to deceive in reaching the quarter finals and were hammered by Sri Lanka. England batted first and struggled to hit the ball off the square. If Morgan hadnt got 4 lives when batting the Sri Lankan's would have had even less runs to chase. The only consolation is that a 10 wicket defeat would have still been the outcome.

At least Dilshan and Tharanga had to break sweat when knocking the runs off but that was down to the weather conditions rather than anything England bowled at them.

A crushing defeat for England by a far superior team, so there can be no complaints at the result.

[monsterman]

England return to their long term form.

[Frankie]

So its India v. Sri Lanka in the final on saturday. At least the Kiwis made a better attempt against Sri Lanka in the semi than England did in the quarter final.

Then Pakistan imploded in the other semi. Tendulkhar scored an embarrassing top score of 85 and was dropped 4 times. Pakis were back to their inconsistent best and got beat as a result.

Why cant any of the teams take advantage of the optional batting power play? In this world cup when taken it usually starts a batting collapse and less runs are scored. There was a classic in the India v. Pakistan game. Afridi could have opted to take take the power play, but he did'nt and was then caught in the deep. As his game is built on big hitting why didnt he just call for the power play and reduce his chances of being caught in the deep? Fuckwit.

The final should be a good game and even though I originally tipped India to win I would much prefer Sri Lanka to as I have preferred their style of play. So that's both horses backed in a two horse race.

[Frankie]

So, India won it. They even fielded quite well. Thought Sri Lanka's score of 274 was competitive. Then when they had India 31 for 2 with Sehwag and Tendulkar both out it looked like India might struggle. But they weathered the storm and with Dhoni due a score he weighed in with 91 not out.

Good game to watch as it ebbed and flowed a bit until Dhoni took charge with the bat.