The Cricket World Cup Thread

negi · Post by **negi** » 12 Mar 2011 22:11

Ha ha Zak bowled 6 yorkers/attempted yorkers in the 49th over , Nehra ji says I will try something different so he bowls two length balls (just what any tailender would like); Jai Ho !

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Mar 2011 22:12

4 - 6 - match over

nobody in their right mind would use Nehra for last over when Bhajji had one left!!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Mar 2011 22:12

dhoni snatched defeat from jaws of victory.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 12 Mar 2011 22:13

Nehra doesnt known how to bowl yorkers

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 12 Mar 2011 22:13

SwamyG wrote:fvck....I predicted that.

that was the problem.

Sumeet · Post by **Sumeet** » 12 Mar 2011 22:14

bhaji would have been the man.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 12 Mar 2011 22:14

krishnan wrote:Nehra doesnt known how to bowl yorkers

boss, except the 6 ball the others were right there in the blockhole.

negi · Post by **negi** » 12 Mar 2011 22:15

^ Accha so you were watching ?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Mar 2011 22:15

Nehra is easily the most wayward of the 3 - zak, munaf....even sreesanth looks more in control.

we need to rethink where we went wrong but surely SA can be beaten and their invincibility cloak touted in the media has been punctured. they have Steyn as a shock weapon but the rest can be managed.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 12 Mar 2011 22:16

Zaheer bhai should have bowled the last over.

James B · Post by **James B** » 12 Mar 2011 22:16

ajit_tr wrote:the day tendulkar makes century india loses

We have a new octopussy. Sharpen your pitch forks folks

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 12 Mar 2011 22:17

Ya Allah, white Pakis are the only unbeaten team in this WC.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Mar 2011 22:17

and bhajji the 2nd last or last. just giving the ball no pace and keeping it low can curtail easy sixes got from wild swings.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 12 Mar 2011 22:18

negi wrote:^ Accha so you were watching ?

cricinfo mufat meh dikha raha hai, so decided to watch the last 5 overs, no matter what.

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 12 Mar 2011 22:18

expect dhoni to say that is was done to get nehra much needed practice for the later stages just like what he said about using chawla over aswin

James B · Post by **James B** » 12 Mar 2011 22:18

Rahul M wrote:they are running 2's every ball !
atrocious delivery and a 4. a
and a 6, munna wins it for SA.

nehra is always a better bet at the death.

Yeah right

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 12 Mar 2011 22:19

Rahul M wrote:
SwamyG wrote:fvck....I predicted that.
that was the problem.

Agreed. I also said:

If we don't get 2 more before 260, we lose onlee. End of my wishes, wants, hopes, prayers, needs ityadi.

And we got only 1, so I am official cause for the defeat.

At first it looks like a tough choice Bhaji or Nehra. But all it requires is a couple of snicks to the boundaries to upset the apple cart. Whereas one has to slog it against Bhaji. Dunno, it could go either way. But considering how Nehra and Bhaji bowled so far, it should have been Bhaji.

We snatched defeat from victory. Lack of batting discipline by the batsmen - except for S and S.

KrishG · Post by **KrishG** » 12 Mar 2011 22:19

FU*K!!!!! We lost!

Why the hell wasn't Harbajan given the last over!

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:21

bhajji should have been bowlin the last over

anishns · Post by **anishns** » 12 Mar 2011 22:22

How can TI be the favorites without having beaten a real team in the group matches!!!

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 12 Mar 2011 22:23

favourites? only for certain sections of the media!

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:24

against Eng 28 off last two overs,against SA 13 off last over wow this TI don't deserve to win this WC. poor god would have to play 2015 WC to get his dream fulfilled

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:26

they won't be favourites after what happened tonight

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 12 Mar 2011 22:26

KJoishy wrote:Ya Allah, white Pakis are the only unbeaten team in this WC.

that's not too bad, as long as we make it to the quarters.

nehra is always a better bet at the death.
Yeah right

boss, there isn't much you can do against luck. he bowled 4 balls out of which 3 were pretty good death balls. on another day there would be only 7 runs from those same 4 balls.

anishns · Post by **anishns** » 12 Mar 2011 22:28

Don't forget Munna......he was the one who let of the pressure!!!
Nehra is completely useless....I can't remember one match which he has won for us

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 12 Mar 2011 22:28

hope we will go into the q/f with the same sections of the media that were calling us favs. baying for our blood.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:29

TI's fortune started to change after new ball was taken at the end of 34th over

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:30

dhoni has become autocratic and stubborn these days.. seems success has gone into his head

Sumeet · Post by **Sumeet** » 12 Mar 2011 22:31

Well we need to learn how to bowl at death. Both munaf and nehra gave away 10+ runs over at crucial time.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 12 Mar 2011 22:31

Letting Bhajji bowl the last one would have been a ballsy decision but that's just Dhoni for you. Such a pathetic batting display and losing with more than 10 to get from the last over has got to give India the choker tag.

Sumeet · Post by **Sumeet** » 12 Mar 2011 22:31

Lets see what dhoni says about his decision to bowl nehra instead of bhajji

praksam · Post by **praksam** » 12 Mar 2011 22:34

I personally think the middle order batting collapse of TI is to be blamed. All bowlers get thulped in the slog overs.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:34

to rub salt on the wound ... sten gun is the MoM. Indian batsmen gifted him wickets

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 12 Mar 2011 22:35

We can't blame the bowlers this time, however much we want to. 267/2 to 296/10 is just criminal.
So the two regular non-minnow teams we played, we managed to tie with one and lose to the other. Great going for the "favorites".

And yeah if anyone ever says to my face that Sachin's centuries don't contribute to India's victories or that he doesn't play when needed, I'm going to wring his f!@#$%g neck

AjitK · Post by **AjitK** » 12 Mar 2011 22:35

anishns wrote:Don't forget Munna......he was the one who let of the pressure!!!
Nehra is completely useless....I can't remember one match which he has won for us

I think Nehra bowled the last over in Karachi. It happens. It wasn't his day.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 12 Mar 2011 22:36

anishns wrote:Don't forget Munna......he was the one who let of the pressure!!!
Nehra is completely useless....I can't remember one match which he has won for us

do I really need to trawl cricinfo for you ?
sheesh, pubic memory is short.

We can't blame the bowlers this time, however much we want to. 267/2 to 296/10 is just criminal.

+1

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 12 Mar 2011 22:36

everybody was giving suggestions to nehra before the start of last over,zaheer,bhajji were giving him tips and also munna which would have been something like bowl length deliveries

ajit_tr · Post by **ajit_tr** » 12 Mar 2011 22:38

James B wrote:
ajit_tr wrote:the day tendulkar makes century india loses
We have a new octopussy. Sharpen your pitch forks folks

Tendulkar's centuries most of times jinx TI

anishns wrote:How can TI be the favorites without having beaten a real team in the group matches!!!

In that sense BD deserve place in quarterfinals than india coz atleast they did beat a real team and TI showed its dadagiri only on minnows till now.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 12 Mar 2011 22:39

merlin wrote:Letting Bhajji bowl the last one would have been a ballsy decision but that's just Dhoni for you. Such a pathetic batting display and losing with more than 10 to get from the last over has got to give India the choker tag.

Well if he had done that and Bhajji had gone for 13, everyone would be blaming Dhoni for the idiocy of letting a spinner bowl the last over.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 12 Mar 2011 22:42

Letting a medium pacer bowl the last over is the standard thing to do. Trying out Bhajji would have been better, given that he was the highest wicket taker in this match for India and bowled better than he normally does.