The Cricket Discussion

[celtic_bhoy]

sri lanka got hammered in the end, by 40 runs or something

 

[man united forever]

Terrible storms here in the North island. The match has been rained out for today, and it doesn't look good for tomorrow either. The carpark at Eden Park must be flooded by now.

I doubt we'll get much action in the Test series either. March isn't the best time to be playing cricket in New Zealand.

 

[C-B]

Originally posted by Larry
Wow did anyone watch the cricket last night? New Zealand played pretty well, and were hitting the ball so well. In the space of 10 minutes we had three sixes that came our way.

Hey, you're gonna give Giggs_Rox more bloody erections....

 

[saurabh]

Semifinal Lineup U 19 Cricket WC

India vs Pakistan
England vs W.I.

India can easily win the cup if they play to their potential.

 

[man united forever]

Shikhar Dhawan is in some wicked form at the moment. Top scorer in the tournament. Ambati Rayudu has been a bit of a disappointment though. They were really hyping him up as the next big thing a while back.

 

[saurabh]

I'm quite sure that we could see some of the players from this team in senior team in near future.I'm specially impressed by Suresh Raina.Ambati rayudu is good too.Irfan Pathan has already made in senior team.

 

[man united forever]

Yeah let's hope some of the guys from the Under-19s can make the step up to the first-team. Good to see the spinners doing well - we could use some at the moment.

 

[hunttherock]

Actually the opener Robin Utthapa was my class mate, and i think even Dravid was impressed by him(Dravid's from my school).

Utthapa can keep wickets. Just hope he starts to play like i know. Smashing the ball to all parts of the park


Rayadu is not playing the semi. Got a 1 match ban for slow over rate or something

Imagine the captain, and can't play a semi and that too against Pak. How sad

 

[man united forever]

Heated words being exchanged between Graeme Smith and Stephen Fleming at the start of the South African innings.

South Africa are chasing a total of 194 in 33 overs, but the rain is coming in once more. Chances of play continuing uninterrupted are slim.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Here's a thread that needs to be brought back. Anyway, England are playing the West Indies at the moment in a small test series in England and OMG did Robert Key kick ass! 220 for the guy who's hardly played international test cricket. What a pair of finds we have in Strauss and Key. True, this W'Indies side is far below par but I think think England are playing very well. Just a shame the tail crumpled so hard. The W'Indies replied with a decent 400, but England have a decent lead going into the second innings, and I fancy us to win and keep goings where we left off after that thrashing we gave New Zealand.

 

[champdave]

Go the England - Windies thread Sir_Didier_Drogba

 

[Sir Calumn]

Sorry didnt see that

 

[Glorious]

I heard there will be a odi comp in Holland that will involve Australia. Is This true?

and i know the US have been granted FULL ODI status, does that mean they will be in the ICC Champion's Trophy?

 

[Bilo90]

Originally posted by Glorious_Fan
I heard there will be a odi comp in Holland that will involve Australia. Is This true?

and i know the US have been granted FULL ODI status, does that mean they will be in the ICC Champion's Trophy?

Yah it is.. it involves Austrailia, Pakistan, and India.. ofcourse Paki just beat india by 66 runs in the first match!! hell yah.. If india lose their next game against Austrailia than they are out.. and i think they will then be gone to england for a series

 

[Glorious]

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then what is this hoo-harr about the US in the ICC 'mini world cup'? (champions Trophy) you know, the one that was last played in Sri Lanka and India and Sri Lanka drew the title due to rain.

 

[man united forever]

The series in Holland wasn't the ICC Champions' Trophy. It was a warm-up tournament for Australia, India and Pakistan. The Champions' Trophy will be held in September in England.

Pool A:
Australia
New Zealand
USA

Pool B:
South Africa
West Indies
Bangladesh

Pool C:
India
Kenya
Pakistan

Pool D:
Sri Lanka
England
Zimbabwe


Schedule:
Fri 10 Sep
England v Zimbabwe (Edgbaston)
New Zealand v United States of America (The Oval)

Sat 11 Sep
India v Kenya (Rosebowl)


Sun 12 Sep
South Africa v Bangladesh (Edgbaston)



Mon 13 Sep
Australia v United States of America (Rosebowl)


Tue 14 Sep
Pakistan v Kenya (Edgbaston)

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (The Oval)

Wed 15 Sep
West Indies v Bangladesh (Rosebowl)


Thu 16 Sep

Australia v New Zealand (The Oval)

Fri 17 Sep
Sri Lanka v England (Rosebowl)


Sat 18 Sep

South Africa v West Indies (The Oval)

Sun 19 Sep
India v Pakistan (Edgbaston)

Tue 21 Sep
Semi A v D (Edgbaston)

Wed 22 Sep
Semi B v C (Rosebowl)

Sat 25 Sep

Final (The Oval)

Sun 26 Sep

Reserve day

 

[Glorious]

hmmmm We are playing you guys and the yanks?

ANZUS group?
i think the Aussies will top the group
kiwis will be a tough-ie though

 

[man united forever]

Should be a good match. Thankfully the ICC has learnt its lesson from the last tournament and kept the matchups between the big teams for the last round. Hopefully we can beat the Pakis this time around. See you Aussies in the final.

 

[Glorious]

lol
just like in Holland

 

[Alistair]

Is NZ ranked 2nd in the world at the moment for ODIs?