Jeor Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Great pullback from South Africa, restricting India to only 296 after the great start they had. At 1/267 with more than 10 overs to go plus the batting powerplay India really should have blasted at least 90-100 more runs and gotten themselves to 350+ but they could only manage 29 more runs in the last 10 overs. In fact in those last 10 overs they lost 9/29!Although South Africa's batting lineup is thin (a long tail) and they aren't great against spin, I think they might have a chance in this one. India's bowling is still not great and if a couple of the South African batsmen fire, 296 actually shouldn't be too bad given that 300+ scores have already been successfully chased down in this World Cup. This will be a good test for India's bowlers to see if they can hold their nerve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 South Africa better get a move on, as their lower order is a bit fragile and may not be able to deal with a run rate that hovers around 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I was hoping for SA to lose so Bangladesh would've had another chance of going through to the next round. Now we gotta depend on WI to outshine England or beating both Netherlands and SA. Damn this group! :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Great minds Stubs, I did the same thingI did that as well.I was hoping for SA to lose so Bangladesh would've had another chance of going through to the next round. Now we gotta depend on WI to outshine England or beating both Netherlands and SA. Damn this group! :tantrum:You're better off in this group than the other one, where there haven't been any upsets so far. It does seem that the England / West Indies game will be crucial - unfortunately for Bangladesh their capitulation against the Windies mean they have a terrible net run-rate so even though they could be level on points against the West Indies if England win the match, the Windies will presumably qualify due to the run-rate. With England's recent form I doubt anyone could predict how the match is going to turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 You're better off in this group than the other one, where there haven't been any upsets so far. It does seem that the England / West Indies game will be crucial - unfortunately for Bangladesh their capitulation against the Windies mean they have a terrible net run-rate so even though they could be level on points against the West Indies if England win the match, the Windies will presumably qualify due to the run-rate. With England's recent form I doubt anyone could predict how the match is going to turn out.Yeah, the WI and England match is crucial. If England doesn't lose, our chance of getting in is pretty much nil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Judging from this WC so far, the Windies/England game will be decided on the last ball.This world cup is the first time as an England cricket fan I've understood what its like to be Pakistani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 That was such a boring 325 by Australia. Wish Watson stayed in longer. The middle order of Australia is effective but so damn boring to watch. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Solid win from Bangladesh today - even if they don't make it to the quarter finals they have done well to pick-up three wins out of five. Overall though, the last couple of days of the WC have been dire and we still probably won't see decent game until WI v Eng on the 17th. Terrible tournament format once again from the ICC :thumbsdown:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Solid win from Bangladesh today - even if they don't make it to the quarter finals they have done well to pick-up three wins out of five.Overall they've had a decent tournament, with the exception of that crushing loss to West Indies. I think I may be jinxing Tamim Iqbal though, that's twice I've made him captain in my fantasy team and he's then made a duck :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 South Africa wobbling against Ireland? Didn't see this one coming, even taking Ireland's good form in this competition into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Just to ensure that Ireland wins, 270+ should be enough to get SAf home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Is it a bit of a worry that Kenya scored 264 on the Australian attack? They didn't even make that much against Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Captain Grumpy looked like he was gonna chuck a big dummy spit towards the end of that innings. Yes he may have hurt his finger again but that is a poor excuse for his poorly concealed anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 This is starting to look ominous for England, if they manage to get knocked out of the group phase specifically designed by the ICC to be a boring progression for all of the big teams I won't be impressed. :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestrit Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Captain Grumpy looked like he was gonna chuck a big dummy spit towards the end of that innings. Yes he may have hurt his finger again but that is a poor excuse for his poorly concealed anger.I thought chucking the ball like he did was pretty petulant.But I completely agree with the daggers and pretty arsey behaviour towards Smith.Ponting clearly called for it a number of times and told Smith to get out of it, and Smith ignored him and ended up colliding (albeit pretty unforcefully) with Ponting. Ponting should have given Smith an absolute spray for that, it was fucking village.Captain Grumpy has behaved pretty badly over the past few years. In his defence though, he started his career coming into a team that had some of the best players of all time in it and an environment and set-up that demanded and expected excellence. And now he's having to tell players like Smith that when another player calls 'Mine' you have to try not to run into him... Christ, I'd have been annoyed if I had to remind an under-16s player of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 I thought chucking the ball like he did was pretty petulant.But I completely agree with the daggers and pretty arsey behaviour towards Smith....Oh I hear you on that incident, but he was just taking it too far all night. Every time the camera focussed on him he looked like he was two seconds from a massive dummy spit. It can't be conducive to a good team vibe IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Bye England. The Ashes seems like an awfully long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestrit Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Oh I hear you on that incident, but he was just taking it too far all night. Every time the camera focussed on him he looked like he was two seconds from a massive dummy spit. It can't be conducive to a good team vibe IMO.yeah, fair point.I also think that the more frequently he spits the dummy, the less impact or legitimacy it has each time. Players stop thinking that he's got a point and just think 'Here's goes Ricky again...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Bye England. The Ashes seems like an awfully long time ago.Rumours of England's demise may have been premature.Especially if they get Pollard for cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Pollard gone. That's probably it. Going to sleep. Looks Bangladesh will have to qualify the hard way :( . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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