The Cricket World Cup Thread

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 10 Mar 2011 09:26

Niranullah may Allah make your words come true.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 10 Mar 2011 10:29

Now that Tahir has broken his thumb and is out of SA squad, we can breathe a little easy. The Indian subcontinent is setting a record of sorts in the number of the injured in this WC.

BhairavP · Post by **BhairavP** » 10 Mar 2011 10:29

^Why? I wanted to see Sehwag thwack him all over the park

Tamang · Post by **Tamang** » 10 Mar 2011 10:31

Tanaji wrote:BTW has anyone watched Vinod Kambli doing "expert commentary" on Star News with Prabhakar and the perennial idiot Saba Karim?

The show is called "Sachin Ke Char Yaar"

Has anyone watched "Big Toss" on India TV, it has Veena Malik, Rakhi Sawant and Yograj Singh (Yuvi's father)

among others.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 12:27

Tanaji wrote:We will get thumped against SA and WI at this rate. Hopefully it will serve them a nice jolt to clean up their act in QF.

I hope we have our Bad match before the QF, otherwise the media hype of us being unbeaten in league stage will ensure we don't win the WC.

Anther thing I have noticed, in the 96,99,03 WC (07 we were kicked out before our campaign started)- S Tendulkar was in great form int he begining, once he failed we got knocked out. So I hope this time he plays his best knocks later on in the tournament like in Australia where we won the finals in 08.

I think some of these news media fellows who have interest in entertainment channels are hoping that India don't progress too far in the WC- otherwise for the movie and some entertainment channels the WC followed in 3 weeks by IPL will be a disaster for revenue.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 12:28

SSridhar wrote:Now that Tahir has broken his thumb and is out of SA squad, we can breathe a little easy. The Indian subcontinent is setting a record of sorts in the number of the injured in this WC.

SA have been hiding this Tahir guy from playing against India, they didn't play him against India in the last ODI series, Frankly I think a Tahir meeting raging Y. Pathan would be a career ending match for Tahir.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 12:32

Dmurphy wrote:
Marten wrote:MSD might choose to play Ashwin in Chennai with three spinners to negate the current WI advantage.
In fact we'll be playing straight into their hands that way. Pollard relishes spinners like anything. If anything, we need Pranthan to run in and york him first ball.

Really? Didn't Tendulkar save Pollard in the IPL final so that the spinners finish thier Quota, infact throughout the IPL Pollard was getting out to the Spinners.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 12:37

negi wrote:Steyn does not get the white Duke ball to out swing as much as the red cherry but the issue is he gets it to nip back from the seam and from whatever I have seen of Sehwag he is a lbw candidate early on in the innings; we need a 150 partnership from first 3 batsmen only then our middle order stands a chance to pile up a score in the vicinity of 300. Good thing is, it appears like curators are under strict instructions to prepare placid tracks for all matches involving TI.

WC played with White Kookubara not Duke Balls- WTF- Why can't we use SG Balls since most matches are played in India. This is one Home advantage we have not made use off - why Pawar & Co. missed this trick.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 10 Mar 2011 12:44

Aditya_V wrote: Anther thing I have noticed, in the 96,99,03 WC (07 we were kicked out before our campaign started)- S Tendulkar was in great form int he begining, once he failed we got knocked out.

SRT had a 60+ something in the 96 semis chasing 250 odd. When he got out the score was 98 or something. It was not his lack of form, it was the rest of the others' incompetence (azhar gave a catch practice to that dharmasena character, etc.) and the pitch that was responsible for the destruction at the Eden. Again, 99 WC was the luck of the stupid super-six. We went to the super-six with 0 points carried forward (Zimbabwe had 4, Safrica had 2). We had to win all the three remaining matches to make it to the semis and SRT is not the reason why we flopped.

In 2003, everyone and his uncle knows that the only essential match SRT failed was the finals. Till then he carried the team. So I dont get your statement. At all.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 13:22

I am not blaming SRT, infact my statement states that the rest were Nin Comp Poops, the team especially in 1996 rode solely of his back with rest of the Batting line up being passengers.

I am saying that for India to win this WC, it will be good if SRT best innings are Played in the QF, SF and F.

James B · Post by **James B** » 10 Mar 2011 13:37

List of contracted players

Category A: Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar

Category B: Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz

Category C: Taufiq Umar, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Adnan Akmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Junaid Khan

Mr. Sania is missing from the list

Did anyone said lady luck?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket ... 05029.html

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 10 Mar 2011 15:08

Aditya_V wrote:Really? Didn't Tendulkar save Pollard in the IPL final so that the spinners finish thier Quota, infact throughout the IPL Pollard was getting out to the Spinners.

Yeah, we all saw how well that paid off.

Getting out to a particular type of a bowler does not mean the bowler has him by the scruff of his neck. You should also see what that bowler has gone through, before he landed that wicket. IMHO, v. slow spinners like Yuvraj and medium pacers are a strict no-no against Pollard. An Afridi however, with his fast uns will be perfect.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 10 Mar 2011 15:10

Kamran Fakmal gets a category A contract!! The fixing habit runs deep in the PCB it seems.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 10 Mar 2011 15:19

Aditya_V wrote:WC played with White Kookubara not Duke Balls- WTF- Why can't we use SG Balls since most matches are played in India. This is one Home advantage we have not made use off - why Pawar & Co. missed this trick.

no ODI is played with white SG balls. I am not even sure they make one.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 10 Mar 2011 15:26

They're thinking of phasing it out

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 10 Mar 2011 16:09

My Asia XI :

1. Sehwag
2. Sachin
3. Dilshan
4. Sangkara (wk)
5.Yuvraj
6.Dhoni (C)
7. Afridi
8. Umar Gul
9. Zaheer
10. Malinga
11. Muralitharan

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Is this the best Asia XI ?

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 10 Mar 2011 16:12

The oldies team?

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 10 Mar 2011 16:15

I have selected it from the players who are playing this world cup. Does this Asia XI have it to be the world champ ?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 10 Mar 2011 16:37

*shiver*
Sri Lanka 233/0 (40.0 ov)
*cower*

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 10 Mar 2011 16:39

Singha wrote:*shiver*
Sri Lanka 233/0 (40.0 ov)
*cower*

Against ZIM onree saar. Will one of them touch 200 today?

James B · Post by **James B** » 10 Mar 2011 16:40

Going by how SL and Aus are playing and based on SA-India match result, I think we will have to face Pakis or kiwis in the quarter final.

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 10 Mar 2011 16:48

In 1996 WC, did we play porkis in the quarter-final ?

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 10 Mar 2011 16:55

A refresher if we meet porkis in the QF ...

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 10 Mar 2011 17:12

Dmurphy wrote:They're thinking of phasing it out

Videshi Bug has reached Chetan Chouhan, the SG ball in unique, we should definatively precevere with it and considering most teams don't immediately learn how to use it, we should keep this home advantage rather than going for the Videshi stuff.

Ambar · Post by **Ambar** » 10 Mar 2011 18:18

I've watched Kamran Akmal's dropped catches over and over again. There's no way an international cricketer with his experience could drop such dollies! If that is not spot fixing, i don't know what else is! They would be much better off replacing him with that wife-whipping oldie,Moin Khan.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 10 Mar 2011 18:58

Stan_Savljevic wrote:
Aditya_V wrote: Anther thing I have noticed, in the 96,99,03 WC (07 we were kicked out before our campaign started)- S Tendulkar was in great form int he begining, once he failed we got knocked out.
SRT had a 60+ something in the 96 semis chasing 250 odd. When he got out the score was 98 or something.

He also bowled 10 overs and took 2 wickets for 30 odd runs in that match IIRC.
I don't agree with what the Eden Gardens crowd did that day, but I can understand where they were coming from. I came close to throwing something at my TV. Still a very bitter memory. I was actually supporting the white pakis in the finals as were most of my friends. In hindsight, I'm glad they lost or they would have won 4 consecutive WCs by now.

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 10 Mar 2011 19:10

Guys donnat miss fire in ZIM/LANKA match

.ZIM are batting better then Indian openers.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 10 Mar 2011 19:11

the anger of the crowd had more to do with azhar's decision to field on winning the toss, the curator had almost begged him on his knees to choose batting after winning the toss. (somehow azhar always won the important tosses) while it looked like a good decision for the first 10-15 overs the lacklustre performance after that, especially by azhar's pet non-performing asset ashish kapoor had the crowd fuming.
the batting collapse was the final straw.

great rsingh pindiwale is trying his best to make the lankans win.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 10 Mar 2011 22:09

Why not kokkuburra or SG or duke depending on the playing condition, match, pitch etc. The captain will choose which one when a new ball is asked for. That way we we can exploit the new ball type to the various conditions and needs. It should be all kaptaan's choice on the field.

Give them all the options. Makes the test match interesting too.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 10 Mar 2011 22:34

Gawd was in amazing form in that WC too. I remember his knocks against Aus and WI that were very crucial. He was in good form in that fateful Semi too. Murali bowled this beautiful ball that SRT stretched too far and missed and got stumped.

And then the procession started. Azhar spooned a catch to the infield, IIRC.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 10 Mar 2011 22:39

Gus wrote:Gawd was in amazing form in that WC too. I remember his knocks against Aus and WI that were very crucial. He was in good form in that fateful Semi too. Murali bowled this beautiful ball that SRT stretched too far and missed and got stumped.

And then the procession started. Azhar spooned a catch to the infield, IIRC.

It was Jayasuriya who got SRT not Murali. He got Manjrekar and Jadeja as well IIRC.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 10 Mar 2011 23:21

It was not a good ball. It was a leg-side wide.

Much against what people think, that SL side did nt deserve to win the WC beyond a point. They did nt play Aus and WI in the league phase and carried 4 points forward. So it was not a big dominating victory like the WI teams of the 75 and 79 events. Anyone remember the revenge match between Ind-SL in Singapore? Something called singer cup or some crap like that. Thank god the revenge happened. But SL still deserves the bad karma it has to get for all the thulping it has handed to minnows such as Canada. Same like as in NZ case for their pontifications to the browns.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 10 Mar 2011 23:33

^^Real revenge match has to be the 1999 WC group stage match when Dada and Demi-god blasted the lankans to kingdom come.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 10 Mar 2011 23:44

Aditya_V wrote:
SSridhar wrote:Now that Tahir has broken his thumb and is out of SA squad, we can breathe a little easy. The Indian subcontinent is setting a record of sorts in the number of the injured in this WC.
SA have been hiding this Tahir guy from playing against India, they didn't play him against India in the last ODI series, Frankly I think a Tahir meeting raging Y. Pathan would be a career ending match for Tahir.

They didn't play him against us because the PAwki only just qualified to play for South Africa. When the Indians were in SA, the ma£$%%%% still had a green bassbort. Anyway, I don't think he is a threat to our batsmen, in fact, he might have broken his thumb on purpose to avoid what happened to Saqlain when he last bowled to Sehwag.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 10 Mar 2011 23:45

Chinmayanand wrote:My Asia XI :

1. Sehwag
2. Sachin
3. Dilshan
4. Sangkara (wk)
5.Yuvraj
6.Dhoni (C)
7. Afridi
8. Umar Gul
9. Zaheer
10. Malinga
11. Muralitharan

--------------------------------

No!

It has 2 tainted Pawkis in the side they will drop catches, bowl no balls and run out their partners
Is this the best Asia XI ?

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 10 Mar 2011 23:46

martenullah, not really. as long as jaggu dada had influence kolkata got its share. board politics more than anything else. I remember there was unprovoked bottle throwing at rajkot or ahmedabad that even hit a WI player circa 2000 or later (India won that match comfortably) but there hasn't been any effect on hosting matches. these things don't matter in India.

^^Real revenge match has to be the 1999 WC group stage match when Dada and Demi-god blasted the lankans to kingdom come.

that was a sweet sweet match.

I remember the singer cup too, jayasuria broke '17 year old' afridi's fastest 100 record against pakis and later had a 17 ball 51. our win against lankans was more a sigh of relief that they were not unbeatable by us. after the 2 matches against them in WC it was really feeling that way.
prasad got a wkt with a leg spinner in that win.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 11 Mar 2011 00:18

Rahul M wrote: I remember the singer cup too, jayasuria broke '17 year old' afridi's fastest 100 record against pakis and later had a 17 ball 51. our win against lankans was more a sigh of relief that they were not unbeatable by us. after the 2 matches against them in WC it was really feeling that way.
prasad got a wkt with a leg spinner in that win.

Yeah can't forget the first match either. Another God special. His personal best at the time. Followed by Jayasuriya ending Prabhakar's career and Indian fans yanking their hair out.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 11 Mar 2011 00:38

5.Yuvraj
6.Dhoni (C)
7. Afridi

5&7 are contradicting!?.

btw, if there was a team b (let us say all youngasians, what is your choice?

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 11 Mar 2011 01:27

I faced better batsmen than Sehwag: Holding

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 11 Mar 2011 01:56

^

Holding said if he was bowling to Sehwag, he would never give him room outside the off-stump.

That would be a recipe for sehwag scoring 100s in every match. Most of the times I have seen,Sehwag gets out off the off-stump deliveries.