ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

[DeeGame]

91 all out (30.0 overs)

a tough score on a wicket clearly bowler friendly - aussies might struggle

[TheStig]

a tough score on a wicket clearly bowler friendly - aussies might struggle

And 9 come off the over.

[SouthAfricaRed]

Even worse, the World Cup is still going.

For someone that's Bored by the World Cup, you sure post a lot on this thread

Its's ok, you can come out of the closet and admit that you Love Cricket

[DeeGame]

And 9 come off the over.

wait till the spinners bowl

[SouthAfricaRed]

Forgive my pseudo swearing, but OF COURSE THEY EFFING ARE!!!!!

We are not a test nation. It's to the team's immense credit that they even got to this level. I don't think anybody would be laughing if San Marino hauled themselves in to the football World Cup only to get hammered by pros.

I just think the english need something laugh at to take their mind off another poor showing by their boys.

So you can get bent.

Well done to the Irish - There's no shame in being Thumped by Australia. No side has come close to them yet

Ireland will be one of the few sides that exceeded what they set out to do in this World Cup

[captainfog]

For someone that's Bored by the World Cup, you sure post a lot on this thread

Its's ok, you can come out of the closet and admit that you Love Cricket

waits for Neil

[TheStig]

Well done to the Irish - There's no shame in being Thumped by Australia. No side has come close to them yet

Ireland will be one of the few sides that exceeded what they set out to do in this World Cup

Aye. Great stuff from them, I don't think anyone really expected them to win in the super 8s, but it doesn't matter as the fact they made it their is a great credit to them.

[lfc4ever]

waits for Neil

Surprisingly in this thread, it won't be long.

[TheStig]

Looks like Disco is into cricket too:

40th over: South Africa 138-4 (Prince 36 Boucher 7) This is the kind of extraordinary thing that I actually find quite frightening: "Frustrated at the paucity of Sky's display of r.p.o. and projected run totals (based on current and last-five-over r.p.o), I've concocted an Excel program to grab this information once a minute from the internet, run it through some formulae and put it up on a laptop near my TV." Sorry, I';m going to cut in at this point and repeat what we just read, in bold, "concocted an Excel program to grab this information once a minute from the internet, run it through some formulae and put it up on a laptop near my TV Not sure why this seemed useful, could be inspiration from the good Belgian beer I'm drinking." Terrifying, Chris Harland, terrifying. Possibly a stag suggestion for Andy Bradshaw though. Anyway, Bond is back on. They manage only one off his over.

From the Guardian OBO.

[disco]

[Jayesh87]

New Zeland beat South Africa which means South Africa are only 2 points ahead of England with one game to play. While England have two games to play so England in theory could beat SA and lose to West Indies and still go through (depending on the net run rate which they is currently higher than South Africas) Should be one heck of a game on Tuesday

[marcus50bucks]

New Zeland beat South Africa which means South Africa are only 2 points ahead of England with one game to play. While England have two games to play so England in theory could beat SA and lose to West Indies and still go through (depending on the net run rate which they is currently higher than South Africas) Should be one heck of a game on Tuesday

It's not gonna happen but if England beat South Africa and we (West Indies) beat both Bangladesh and England, we will all finish on the same number of points, therefore west indies still have a chance to go through to the semi's depending on the run rate.

[SouthAfricaRed]

New Zeland beat South Africa which means South Africa are only 2 points ahead of England with one game to play. While England have two games to play so England in theory could beat SA and lose to West Indies and still go through (depending on the net run rate which they is currently higher than South Africas) Should be one heck of a game on Tuesday

Kevin Pietersen the man Rejected by South Africa will be the one responsible for eliminating South Africa from the World Cup.

It's his Destiny

[Mumsafan]

Kevin Pietersen the man Rejected by South Africa will be the one responsible for eliminating South Africa from the World Cup.

It's his Destiny

Yet they all want him to go back. Stuff em

[disco]

It's not gonna happen but if England beat South Africa and we (West Indies) beat both Bangladesh and England, we will all finish on the same number of points, therefore west indies still have a chance to go through to the semi's depending on the run rate.

You'd need to thrash both teams

Expect a cracker on Tuesday

S Rajesh

April 14, 2007



Graeme Smith will have plenty of time to mull over things if South Africa lose to England on Tuesday © AFP

While New Zealand assured themselves of a place in the semi-finals with the win in Grenada - a result which also ensures Sri Lanka are in the semis, regardless of the results in their last two games - the defeat has put South Africa's semi-final prospects in serious jeopardy. With just one match to go, the South Africans are on six points, only two in front of England, who also have an extra match in hand. The two teams clash on Tuesday, in a must-win game for both. Not only is the result critical to those two teams, it will also impact a couple of other sides in the tournament.

Scenario 1: England beat South Africa

England will then be level with South Africa on six points, and will have an excellent opportunity to seal their semi-final spot with a win against West Indies. South Africa will finish their Super Eight campaign on six points, and will sweat on the results of the other games to keep them in the hunt: for them to go through, West Indies will have to beat England, which will then leave three teams - South Africa, England, and West Indies or Bangladesh - on six points. Net run rates will then come into play, which is again bad news for South Africa - they are currently languishing at -0.21, and a defeat against England won't help their cause much. Graeme Smith might just regret the fact that he bowled five overs for 56 against West Indies, allowing them to come within 67 runs of their 356.

England going past South Africa will also suit West Indies and Bangladesh perfectly. Brian Lara and Habibul Bashar have been talking about their World Cups being over already, but they just might have rushed it a bit. If England's victory margin against South Africa is a narrow one, and if West Indies thrash Bangladesh and England (it might look unlikely at the moment, but nothing's beyond a team which has Chris Gayle and Lara in their batting line-up), their NRR might just sneak up beyond that of England and South Africa. Ditto for Bangladesh, if they beat Ireland and West Indies.

Scenario 2: South Africa beat England

Realistically, that's South Africa's only chance of making it to the last four. A South African win will also shut out England, West Indies and Bangladesh, making two of the last four matches - West Indies versus Bangladesh and West Indies versus England - completely redundant. Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa will then be the four semi-finalists, with the rest of the matches only deciding the positions within the top four.