ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

[animal magic]

west indies have lost their first wicket

[lfc4ever]

And this thread dies a death for the next 2 hours!

[Neil Young]

OK, Man U are 3-0 up, what's happening in the cricket?

Animal? ANIMAL?

[captainfog]

Is Bopara playing? He's my bestest cricketer

No you silly so and so, England aren't playing today

[SouthAfricaRed]

West Indies 120/4 after 20 overs. No More Power Plays

Chanderpaul, Gayle and Lara gone

[lfc4ever]

wow, quick check during the break and WI are in **** street, rr of 8.3 an over needed.

[livvy145]

South Africa 356-4 (50 ovs) bt West Indies 289-9 (50 ovs) by 67 runs

[Shaggy]

Valiant effort from the Windies, but too little too late.

[captainfog]

that has to be Windies out, i was hoping they would do us a favour and beat SA. Realistically it is now between us an SA for the 4th spot. We don't stand a chance.

[ARIMAN]

Isnt that SA almost through?

There run rate will be excellent, plus they could still beat NZ?


England will beat the Tigers and probably WI, but even if they finish off the SA, their runrate will be much worse?

[captainfog]

Isnt that SA almost through?

There run rate will be excellent, plus they could still beat NZ?


England will beat the Tigers and probably WI, but even if they finish off the SA, their runrate will be much worse?

before the game today i thought our runrate was actually better than theirs?

[Neil Young]

I admire your tenacity, captain.

[captainfog]

I admire your tenacity, captain.

more like bursts of blind optimism amid black clouds of despair

[SouthAfricaRed]

before the game today i thought our runrate was actually better than theirs?

Pts at present

New Zealand 4 4 0 0 0 8 +1.728 830/159.4 694/200.0
Australia 4 4 0 0 0 8 +1.510 1053/161.1 864/172.0
Sri Lanka 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.549 1057/196.0 747/194.2
South Africa 5 3 2 0 0 6 -0.199 1211/229.5 1285/235.0
England 4 1 3 0 0 2 -0.062 955/200.0 911/188.2
West Indies 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.212 1065/238.1 1349/237.2
Bangladesh 4 1 3 0 0 2 -1.775 641/168.0 778/139.1
Ireland 4 0 4 0 0 0 -1.385 700/183.0 884/169.4

So if South Africa dont Beat NZ and England beat WI and Bangladesh, then a win For England over SA will see them through.

If South Africa beat NZ then 3 wins for England should still see them through as their Run Rate's better than SA

[SouthAfricaRed]

What a strange cricket game today - West Indies vs South Africa.

I dont think South Africa played well and did nothing which convinced me that they can pose a serious threat in the remaining part of the competition.

All I know is that if I were an Official looking for evidence of Match fixing, This Game would be one I'd definately investigate closely.

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat.

After 10 Overs SA 36-1 and West Indies looking very good

After that, one catastrophics decision by Lara after another handing the Win to SA.

Bowling Bradshaw at the death (He's known to be bad at doing it) Then taking the 3rd Power Play in overs (44-49) with Bradshaw bowling Why not take it after Kallis was dismissed in Over 35? or at least when your Best Bowler Collymore has more than one over remaining.

It could all just be the pressure telling on Lara, but for a man of his experience I find his captaincy today very