The Cricket World Cup Thread

Sumeet · Post by **Sumeet** » 09 Mar 2011 20:19

why do you say so ?

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 09 Mar 2011 20:20

TI is not looking like a team that could win the WC. They struggle with every one. We have to see how they will play against Westindies and South Africa

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 09 Mar 2011 20:21

lesson for dhoni from this match: fut-han and raina are terrific combo jussh onlee before bhaji. don't under-estimate them at those positions.

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 09 Mar 2011 20:23

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.

SandeepA · Post by **SandeepA** » 09 Mar 2011 20:28

the painful scrapping for runs...Dhoni's awkward pushing and prodding...Yuvi's away from the body defence...
This was once supposed to be a very dominating proposition but now I suspect oppositions relax once these 2 get together as it wont trouble the scorer for a long while

armenon · Post by **armenon** » 09 Mar 2011 20:33

This is like watching wet paint dry. Pathetic..

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 09 Mar 2011 20:34

What about NRR? We lost the chance against both NED and IRE.

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 09 Mar 2011 20:35

Our NRR should increase after this match, we crossed it pretty quickly.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 09 Mar 2011 20:36

steyn and friends will show up any slackness of footwork, body positioning or technique. at those speeds you got to get it right no time to adjust.

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 09 Mar 2011 20:37

Ok its done... Are we into the QF then?

Well if the pitches are slow, steyn and co will be negated to some extent

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 09 Mar 2011 20:38

Only positive I see is that Yuv is in form now. And that is very good if we are going in to QF with this kind of game plan.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 09 Mar 2011 20:39

Stating the obvious, we expect all departments - batting, fielding, bowling and captaincy to click in the knockouts. Again stating the obvious, they have to apply themselves. Right now they appear to be struggling, but are not; they went for 190 for 0 scenario, and lost quick wickets. It happens, we will be okay onlee. Once the fielding improves, BRFites will be going gaga over how good TI is really.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 09 Mar 2011 20:43

we shouldn't need to worry about NRR any more. even in case we lose both the coming matches we have a good chance of scraping through.

in other news, guboraj averages 48+ in WC matches !

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 09 Mar 2011 20:43

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

VK has a green beard type thingie like Amir Khan in Dil Chahta Hai. Add to that his front lower teeth are stained, he is bald, overweight and with earrings. Very strange sight indeed, and even stranger comments.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 09 Mar 2011 20:50

what does he (kambli) say ?
anyone else thinks ganguly's commentary style is very lifeless ? he makes some good observations but he could as well be commenting on a peaceful herd of cows going by the excitement in his voice.
of course, it could just be the manjrekar effect !

Oh, why leave out the Nagpur and Chennai pitches. All of them must be dried and heavy-rolled. I cannot remember folks in WI or SA making pitches that suited our team!

the VCA curator and the VCA sahibs themselves have been extremely paki. who the F scheduled Ind-SA at VCA ground anyway ?

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 09 Mar 2011 20:59

Marten wrote:we still need the bowlers to peak. Forget the fielding -- it's not gonna improve overnight.

Agreed. But unless our bowlers castle the stumps routinely, don't F & B have to go in tandem?

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 09 Mar 2011 21:11

^^ Dhoni referred one when NL were batting and so do NL themselves.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 09 Mar 2011 21:22

martenullah no need to go that far back.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64101.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa2010 ... 41825.html

different grounds but the burra sahibs are same.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 09 Mar 2011 21:22

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.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 09 Mar 2011 21:24

Rahul M wrote:martenullah no need to go that far back.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64101.html

Dravid 21 of 140 balls...super duper display of batting!

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 09 Mar 2011 21:25

Pranthan must be having black magic like 'chaathan seva' etc. TI will keep on limping like this from match to match until SS is asked to bowl by Dhoni. Chaathans will make sure of that.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 09 Mar 2011 21:38

MSD:Apart from the last over, Piyush has bowled well. we have seen patches of brilliance from him; he bowled well in the warm-up game.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 09 Mar 2011 21:38

Dmurphy wrote:
Rahul M wrote:martenullah no need to go that far back.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64101.html
Dravid 21 of 140 balls...super duper display of batting!

it was. you see sir, it was a test match, not a tweety-twitty.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 09 Mar 2011 21:40

How many batsmen in the current team will survive 140 balls on a hostile wicket against quality bowling. I can't see any apart from God.

negi · Post by **negi** » 09 Mar 2011 21:47

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.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 09 Mar 2011 21:47

we need sub-gawds.. we are lacking a big time long time future gawds. all these ti men are uncouth.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 09 Mar 2011 21:56

Is there a Wajib ul Electro-convulsive Theraphy smilie available on BR?

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

anishns · Post by **anishns** » 09 Mar 2011 22:26

^^^

@1:21 that's where it all started for him in ODI's against NZ
and since then he has never looked back!

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 09 Mar 2011 22:40

From my madarsaa tactical brilliance department, it has been proposed that TI plays on super duper flat wickets against quality teams so that their super duper bowling comes down to our level.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 09 Mar 2011 22:47

anishns wrote:^^^

@1:21 that's where it all started for him in ODI's against NZ
and since then he has never looked back!

Good that he hasn't looked back cause if he did, he would have seen all those crabs trying to pull him down

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 09 Mar 2011 22:50

what kinda BS game was that? It took TI 36 overs & loss of 5wk to beat dutch...shameful.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 09 Mar 2011 23:06

^^^
Not really. TI was in a hurry and lost the wickets. It happens.

Negi: Your prediction about Sewhag being a good candidate for lbw is truly troubling; but probably a good read of the situation. Your expectation of 150 runs from the first 3 is quite good. I like your thinking

I like to just add my stream of thought: No wickets before 50 runs, go steady (not slow) initially.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 09 Mar 2011 23:14

^^^
we won against ireland in 47.5 over. It took us that many over to score 207?.
Against dutch we won in 36 over scoring 190....I dont know see any improvment against SA & WI.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 09 Mar 2011 23:18

^^^
That is because you sold all your AAPL shares

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 09 Mar 2011 23:28

SA & WI onlee to finals!

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 09 Mar 2011 23:47

Can't say the same about Sachin but Sehwag surely gets bored if the opposition team is a minnow. Sehwag always seems to perform better against better bowling sides. His record against Pawkistan and Australia is very good. He hasn't fired much against the Saffas so he is due a big one against them.
I would not yet panic about the batting. It is good that we are getting practice chasing under the lights. Now at no point were we close to losing against both Ireland and the Netherlands.
I can see why Dhoni is persisting with Chawla. If one analyses some of the previous world cups, the leggies have been crucial in some of them. Mushtaq Ahmed in 92, Warne in 96 and 99 got some big wickets at some of the big moments of the game. Dhoni has his plans well worked out. If we meet Aust/Eng/SA in the knock out stages then Chawla will play, if it is a sub continent side, then Nehra/AppamGod/Ashwin will play.
Chawla is a good bowler, he has a good googly that none of the Goras are picking up convincingly( they pick it from the pitch as opposed to from the hand). Where Chawla is going wrong is the length, he is bowling far too many short balls in an over to build up the pressure on the batsmen. In that regard, Chawla is a bit like Stuart McGill. I believe that in order to win the WC either Chawla or Appam God should play depending on the opposition and when picked they should raise their game to the level that is expected from them.
Bhajji seems to have gone flat lately, content on doing the holding job instead of trying to take wickets, perhaps he needs to be reminded that this is his third world cup and he is expected to lead from the front as the lead spinner.
AoA

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 10 Mar 2011 02:21

Noticed bhojraj plays those splendid cover drives, he is a treat to watch, copy book ishtyle. When comes forward, and plays a defense, his angled back foot does something to scare the cr@p outta you.

niran · Post by **niran** » 10 Mar 2011 08:07

Dmurphy wrote: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.

no need, Ashwin have been seen yorking batsmen out both in eye pee yell and ODIs particularly during powerplays.
me think this pregnant display of batting was a psy-ops by TI, notice a whathisname nogood spinner got 3 wikits, it is
to make SA to include 2 spinners, i say AoA.

niran · Post by **niran** » 10 Mar 2011 08:20

folks no need to panic, God by the looks of the things is in prime form, and gifted his wikit to a silly lofted shot which i have not seen him play since a match in early 90ies, there is a plan to lull teams into sleep, just wait, MSD will win the toss TI will score 290+
and SA will choke and fail.