The Cricket World Cup Thread

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 02 Feb 2011 14:23

Too much cricket related news on all news channels these days.
Sick and tired of watching re-runs of all the world cups now which total more than than the reruns of FRIENDS and SEINFELD.
The last thing I want to see is 2007 redoux after all this hype.

AjayKK · Post by **AjayKK** » 02 Feb 2011 14:42

I hope and pray Team India wins WC 2011 for SRT and he also bats and swings his arm over and gets India to victory by reliving some Hero Cup moments.

Else, the Periayrites will have a field day by looking at onions everywhere in SRT's career.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 02 Feb 2011 17:32

The world cup format is set up so that all the test playing teams get to the quarter finals (in the past one loss for to a minnow could knock you out however this time a minnow needs to beat two test playing nations to have any chance of progressing). After that it's just a case of which team can pull together 3 consecutive wins to take the trophy.

Keep everyone injury free and India have a great chance. Moreover we get to play it all at home -our quarter final is guaranteed to be at Amdavad, semis, if we make it through, at Mohali then final at Mumbai.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket ... 88670.html

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 04 Feb 2011 14:15

Aussies have begun their psy ops and the main Aussie plant Chappell is at the fore front:

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/slide-sho ... 110204.htm

So, why does he need to dig this up after being silent for 4 years, right before the WC? Trying to rake up issues when there are none...

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 04 Feb 2011 17:28

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 425182.cms

"Squad members may not display the branding, marks or insignia of any third party (apart from an approved kit manufacturer, team Sponsor or team logo) while on the field of play,"

nice! even gawd kaant etchkape.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 05 Feb 2011 00:49

Forget the cricberish spouter , even the ICC is Wajib ul Qatl if that happens during the WC held in India

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 05 Feb 2011 21:15

Marten saab, didn't get the comment above

In other news, the match fixing trio got handed their sentences

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/cont ... 99614.html

Me thinks effective 5 years of actual ban is too lenient. Butt should have gone out for life at the minimum.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 05 Feb 2011 22:24

That's because the Motera pitch is not secular

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 05 Feb 2011 22:50

I liked this flash based WC schedule. You can instantaneously view matches by Date, Team, Stadium or city.

http://www.cricruns.com/

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 05 Feb 2011 23:16

http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx? ... rendingnow

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 07 Feb 2011 10:46

The Nursery of Indian cricket

Nice photo gallery of cricket being played Mumbai ishtyle

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 07 Feb 2011 12:37

Are jou ready peoples?

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 07 Feb 2011 13:13

ODE TO CRICKET!!

To all you cricket fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEVER TRUST A CRICKETER

Come all ye fair young maidens and harken unto me,

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

Randier than a sailor who's been six months at sea,

Never let a cricketer's hand an inch above your knee

First let's take the paceman, pure speed from first to last!

My darlings do be careful; his balls are hard and fast.

Then there's the medium pacer, his balls swing either way;

He's really most persistent and can keep it up all day!

And watch for the off-spinner, girls, another awkward chap.

If you leave him half an opening, he will slip one through the gap!

Then there's the wily 'slowy', pure cunning is his strength;

He'll tempt you, then he'll trap you with his very subtle length.

So ladies, do be careful, your mothers would agree.

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

And what about the opening bat, his struggles never cease!

He has only one ambition, to spend all day at the crease.

The number three is a dasher, he seldom prods and pokes.

When he goes into action, he has a fine array of strokes..

And do beware the slogger, not content with one or two;

When he arrives at the crease then only six will do.

Then there's the real stonewaller, girls, he knows what he's about;

And if you let him settle in, it's hard to get him out!

We come now to the last man, I hope this will not shock,

He doesn't mind if he's last man in, as long as he gets a knock.

So, darlings, do be careful, and be well warned by me:

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

And watch the wicketkeeper, girls, he's full of flair and dash;

And if you raise your heel, he'll whip them off in a flash.

If you take the field with the captain, you had better know the score;

Or he'll have you in positions that you never knew before!

The cricket commentator is a nasty sort of bloke,

He watches all the action and describes it stroke by stroke.

Even the kindly umpire, who looks friendly as a pup;

You'll quickly find you've had it, when he puts his finger up!

So, darlings, please remember and repeat it after me:

!!!!NEVER TRUST A CRICKETER, WHOEVER HE MAY BE!!!!!

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 07 Feb 2011 17:09

Praveen kumar out , Sree or ishant supposed to be in.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Feb 2011 20:32

the media is moving into high gear on captain america er captain india, captain fantastic, braveheart, etc etc.

which means MSD will flop and so will TI for sure....I have seen this before.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 07 Feb 2011 20:52

Singha wrote:
which means MSD will flop and so will TI for sure....I have seen this before.

Reverse jinx already started?

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 07 Feb 2011 20:53

chetak wrote:ODE TO CRICKET!!

To all you cricket fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEVER TRUST A CRICKETER

Come all ye fair young maidens and harken unto me,

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

Randier than a sailor who's been six months at sea,

Never let a cricketer's hand an inch above your knee

First let's take the paceman, pure speed from first to last!

My darlings do be careful; his balls are hard and fast.

Then there's the medium pacer, his balls swing either way;

He's really most persistent and can keep it up all day!

And watch for the off-spinner, girls, another awkward chap.

If you leave him half an opening, he will slip one through the gap!

Then there's the wily 'slowy', pure cunning is his strength;

He'll tempt you, then he'll trap you with his very subtle length.

So ladies, do be careful, your mothers would agree.

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

And what about the opening bat, his struggles never cease!

He has only one ambition, to spend all day at the crease.

The number three is a dasher, he seldom prods and pokes.

When he goes into action, he has a fine array of strokes..

And do beware the slogger, not content with one or two;

When he arrives at the crease then only six will do.

Then there's the real stonewaller, girls, he knows what he's about;

And if you let him settle in, it's hard to get him out!

We come now to the last man, I hope this will not shock,

He doesn't mind if he's last man in, as long as he gets a knock.

So, darlings, do be careful, and be well warned by me:

Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be.

And watch the wicketkeeper, girls, he's full of flair and dash;

And if you raise your heel, he'll whip them off in a flash.

If you take the field with the captain, you had better know the score;

Or he'll have you in positions that you never knew before!

The cricket commentator is a nasty sort of bloke,

He watches all the action and describes it stroke by stroke.

Even the kindly umpire, who looks friendly as a pup;

You'll quickly find you've had it, when he puts his finger up!

So, darlings, please remember and repeat it after me:

!!!!NEVER TRUST A CRICKETER, WHOEVER HE MAY BE!!!!!

what with cricket and maidens....

chetak is very naughty.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 07 Feb 2011 23:42

phuck dada has no respite

Ganguly comments spark retirement rumours

Asked specifically if he was retiring from all forms of cricket after being ignored by IPL teams, Ganguly said that he had retired from international cricket and there is no possibility of him playing in the IPL this season.

But his remarks were immediately interpreted as retirement from all forms of the game and television channels also got reactions from former cricketers on the development.

cricket or no cricket media hypes it.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 08 Feb 2011 09:46

Marten wrote:Pranthan made a pact with the devil...
Either that or his time has come. Dilbullah scores one again.

Wait and watch you kafirs. This is Pranthan's WC.

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 08 Feb 2011 13:50

Dilbu wrote: Wait and watch you kafirs. This is Pranthan's WC.

Ah, dear Octopussy, come live on the wild side, so who will win the WC?

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 08 Feb 2011 14:41

India will win.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 08 Feb 2011 15:21

Aditya_V wrote:quote="SaiK"
Parthiv Patel, who came in as replacement for Sachin Tendulkar, might take M Vijay's opening slot.
btw, who is better to contain during slog: nehra or chawla ?/quote

DO you want 10 runs per over in the slog overs or 20? Based on IPL , Chawla goes for a lot more runs, but Nehra will not be economical. SO your question should who will leak more runs, Nehra or Chawla.

Dhoni, Please give Sreesanth a try in the last 2 one dayers. My pet wish is that soem Medium pacer(apart from Zaheer Khan) gets injured before semi-final of world cup and Parathan and Zaheer bowl out the opposition in the Semis and the Finals.

My Post from Page 17 of this Thread

, Parathan got included earlier than I expected. I hope he is saved for Quaters, Semis and Finals. Let Nehra and Munaf play the league stage.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 09 Feb 2011 10:27

Dilbu wrote:India will win.

AOA...no reason why we won't. We'll lose at the most 1-2 matches in the earlier stages...thats been our trademark. But we'll win for sure.

Hey guys, this just crossed my mind. The finals are to be held in Mumbai. What if the peace landers by soem stroke of luck qualify for the finals? Will Mumbai's remote controlling octogenarian tiger oblige?

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 09 Feb 2011 12:29

Dmurphy wrote:AOA...no reason why we won't. We'll lose at the most 1-2 matches in the earlier stages...thats been our trademark. But we'll win for sure.

Hey guys, this just crossed my mind. The finals are to be held in Mumbai. What if the peace landers by soem stroke of luck qualify for the finals? Will Mumbai's remote controlling octogenarian tiger oblige?

I think there should media hype and Debate on thsi in Public, when such things are not discussed there is a real threat of Pakis winning like 2009 T20 world Cup. But when there is proper Media Hype, there is good chance of them failing to Deliver.

So please lets have the contraversy and and Paki mental Mast******** and finally we can ensure that the threat of Paki progress beyond the Quater finals is wiped out.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Feb 2011 11:26

Junaid wants wicket to dismiss Tendulkar during World Cup

Anyone remember Shoiab CHucker's comments before the 2003 World CUp India Pak Match??

How I would love History to repeat itself in this Case.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 10 Feb 2011 22:55

Will Neo Cricket, in America, carry the World Cup ?

Yayavar · Post by **Yayavar** » 11 Feb 2011 02:53

Ha! Dileep Premchandran of cricinfo now praises Ganguly. Earlier Sambit bal did the same. Soon I expect it will be that Pannikar from rediff

. They were all anti-Ganguly and worse chappell bhakts.

No one divides like Ganguly
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/co ... 00099.html

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 11 Feb 2011 03:03

viv wrote:Ha! Dileep Premchandran of cricinfo now praises Ganguly. Earlier Sambit bal did the same. Soon I expect it will be that Pannikar from rediff . They were all anti-Ganguly and worse chappell bhakts.

No one divides like Ganguly
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/co ... 00099.html

When praise comes from all quarters it means only one thing....Ganguly is going to retire from all forms of the game

ArmenT · Post by **ArmenT** » 11 Feb 2011 10:09

Now, we have former gangsters playing cricket in America.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12382224

Against the odds, the team flourished. Known as formally as the Compton Cricket Club - or informally as the Homies and the Popz - it has toured England three times and has partnered with a number of Australian charities for their exhibition tour Down Under.

Who knows, maybe we'll see an American team in a future world cup.

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 11 Feb 2011 21:50

OMG I had a dream

INDIA 133
BD 226 OR 229

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 11 Feb 2011 23:10

Mahendra wrote:When praise comes from all quarters it means only one thing....Ganguly is going to retire from all forms of the game

thank you mullah M for saving ganguly !

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 12 Feb 2011 00:16

Rahu_M has a long memory, bypasses all IEDs and then waits for the opportunity to give it back. Hats off !

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 12 Feb 2011 00:21

rsingh wrote:OMG I had a deram

INDIA 133
BD 226 OR 229

Is the match being played in BD? if so, we need to be very wary of them. The slow and low wickets coupled with the BD bowling attack comprising a few good left arm orthodox spinners can render our power hitters ineffective.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 12 Feb 2011 00:49

^^yup the first match is in Bangladesh. Lets hope our guys aren't dwelling too much on the 2007 disaster.

Anyways, paging the old (Dilbullah-bin-halaali) and new (Archanullah-ul-bredatori) octopi. What is the anti-jinx mantra this time, We will lose onlee!!

or We will win onlee!!

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 12 Feb 2011 09:44

During the match it is India will lose onree

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 12 Feb 2011 10:10

India v/s Australia warm up match tomorrow at Bangalore. Nice opportunity to humiliate and soften them up.

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 12 Feb 2011 15:02

I think Indian team will be slow to warm up in the earlier stages. But its a good sign: the knockout stages should be our peak form... SRT, sehwag and Yuvi are not having a good run (the first has not played much) getting a few under the belt in the league stage should maybe help them.

Dalladeshis are pumped up... they recently thrashed full strength NZ at home ...we need to be wary.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 13 Feb 2011 16:13

what no one is following the Ind Vs Aus practice match here? Shame on jou. Well nothing to get excited about really. IND 132/5 (27.2 Ovs). Sehwag scored a fifty. Yuvi and MSD are still out of form.

Added: There 6 down now. Raina bites the dust.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 13 Feb 2011 16:19

7 down. Bhajji got his middle stump uprooted by brett lee.

bizness as usual.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 13 Feb 2011 16:51

Ashwin's showed more conviction than yuvraj, dhoni and raina put together. Those three are due for a kick in their nuts.