2011 ICC World Cup Thread

[sahyder1]

Oh please come on Canada! 104 for 3. 81 runs to get in 18 overs. Plenty of time...This would be a bigger shock than England/Ireland.

Game ended with Cheema's wicket I think. Afridi and Ajmal will tighten the noose for the 6 overs and Gul can come finish it off.

I know "game over" is strong wording but if Afridi/Ajmal didn't have 6 overs I'd be a little bit more worried.

Edit: Another wicket for Afridi. That is 12 wickets for 68 runs so far in the tournament.

Edit 2: Another wicket. 13 for 68 now.

Edited March 3, 2011 by sahyder1

[Lineker]

lol, Canada.

[sahyder1]

lol, Canada.

Far from that.

What a catch from Wahab Riaz! That looked out to me. Lets see what the review turns up. Is Afridi on a hat-trick again?

Edit: Nevermidn.

Edited March 3, 2011 by sahyder1

[Lineker]

It was more of a general statement to be honest

[Baddar]

Well, let's hope tomorrow's a bit better.

That said, England will still find a way to make the Bangladesh game as difficult as possible.

[Baddar]

Well done, Bangladesh fans - your team sucks so you respond by hurling stones at the Windies bus.

...but apparently, it's ok because they thought it was carrying the Bangladesh players. Oh dear.

[sahyder1]

Bangladesh has been disappointing in this World Cup.

[Hornswoggle4PM]

I've been more disappointed by Kenya. I've seen them as being right up there with Zimbabwe and Bangladesh (if not better) for the last 5 or 6 years now.

[sahyder1]

Damn rain! I got up early for no reason

[Baddar]

Here's hoping the weather in Chennai is better tomorrow. The plan is to wake up for the Eng-SA game. :/

[gunnar hendershow]

I'm currently dating a girl from Sri Lanka and we were really excited to watch the match together, and then it rained. Now I'm back home, disappointed. I think the way it ended, SL were not in a great position though. It's hard to tell, but 1 or 2 more wickets falling and they would have probably ended with around 240. Not a statistician on Cricket though, I know some people are. Maybe someone could point out what score Sri Lanka was likely to end up with.

And certainly hoping England-South Africa doesn't suffer the same fate. Thanks to England's defeat to Ireland, their matches in the group stage actually matter more than just placement for the knockout round.

[sahyder1]

Sri Lanka could have ended up in the 260-270 range and I think that would have been enough with their 3 spinners.

Here's hoping the weather in Chennai is better tomorrow. The plan is to wake up for the Eng-SA game. :/

The England game is supposed to be sunny and about 25 Celsius.

I really hope we get two good games tomorrow. The plan so far is to stay up through the night and that combined with only 3 hours of sleep last night will not be a good thing if get dull games.

Edited March 5, 2011 by sahyder1

[Baddar]

I woke up!

England won the toss and will bat. Please, please, please don't fuck everything up in the first 10 overs.

Please.

Anyone else watching?

[Lineker]

I'm still up!! So may as well give it a watch till I doze off.

[Lineker]

Fuck it, going to bed.

(N)

[Baddar]

Bwahaha. First over, Strauss and KP gone.

[Starvinho]

Shit. Hopefully Bell and Trott can put on a decent partnership now else we might be fucked.

[Baddar]

Bell gone. This is fucking terrible.

Oh well, here comes Bopara!

Surely the aim just has to be to bat the 50 overs at the moment, because this could turn into an embarrassment.

[Starvinho]

Fucking hell this is shocking, they might bowl us out for under 100 at this rate.

[Baddar]

The plan is to change my name to Ravi Badpara tonight. Gimme a reason to do so, Ravinder!

And it really has come to something when I'm cheering along four wides...