Super Eights
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lewissaffin
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Though he was on the losing side in the Friends Provident Trophy 2009 final, Yardy hit 90-odd and showed he was world-class. His action reminds me of Ashley Giles.
Anyway, England just spanked South Africa, out-classing them in every department, be it catching, batting or fielding. As an England fan, I'd love to have an England bowler who can bowl yorkers like Langeveldt though.
Beeswax;399473 said:
Though he was on the losing side in the Friends Provident Trophy 2009 final, Yardy hit 90-odd and showed he was world-class. His action reminds me of Ashley Giles.
Anyway, England just spanked South Africa, out-classing them in every department, be it catching, batting or fielding. As an England fan, I'd love to have an England bowler who can bowl yorkers like Langeveldt though.
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Howzat?
England and New Zealand win.
Not bragging or anything but I've predicted everyone right so far!
Now that I've said it I bet you everything will go downhill from here.
Going for the safe predictions for tonight:
Australia vs Sri Lanka (Aus win)
West Indies vs India (Ind win)
Wouldn't be too averse if the opposite happened though.
Boris;399449 said:I'm calling England and New Zealand for the wins, and hey, I haven't predicted one wrong yet!
Howzat?
England and New Zealand win.
Not bragging or anything but I've predicted everyone right so far!
Now that I've said it I bet you everything will go downhill from here.
Going for the safe predictions for tonight:
Australia vs Sri Lanka (Aus win)
West Indies vs India (Ind win)
Wouldn't be too averse if the opposite happened though.
eddiesmith
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India is a safe prediction? Interesting...Dont forget they are still in Barbados, India dont like the fast and bouncy pitches
Anyway heading for an England v Australia final, should be a cracker, cant see any team challenging them
As for Englands side, Sidebottom is the far better option, he is a wicket taker and he has a far superior record to Anderson and possibly the best record of all English bowlers
India is a safe prediction? Interesting...Dont forget they are still in Barbados, India dont like the fast and bouncy pitches
Anyway heading for an England v Australia final, should be a cracker, cant see any team challenging them
As for Englands side, Sidebottom is the far better option, he is a wicket taker and he has a far superior record to Anderson and possibly the best record of all English bowlers
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Fair point, and I want the Windies to win. Wouldn't want to jinx myself now though
Gayle is out of form and the Windies bowlers have been carted a little the last couple of games. Still my tip.
Going to be very interesting to see the Aussies playing Mendis. He's in very good touch, and last time I looked they weren't too good at playing legspin. With Mendis you never know if you are going to get a leggie or an offie, or even a doosra/wrong un.
eddiesmith;399536 said:
Fair point, and I want the Windies to win. Wouldn't want to jinx myself now though
Gayle is out of form and the Windies bowlers have been carted a little the last couple of games. Still my tip.
Going to be very interesting to see the Aussies playing Mendis. He's in very good touch, and last time I looked they weren't too good at playing legspin. With Mendis you never know if you are going to get a leggie or an offie, or even a doosra/wrong un.
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Game between West Indies and India has been delayed due to a wet outfield from overnight rain but the game will still be a 20-over affair.
No change to the Indian side that was thrashed by Australia and West Indies have made only one change, Denesh Ramdin coming in for Andre Fletcher.
Game between West Indies and India has been delayed due to a wet outfield from overnight rain but the game will still be a 20-over affair.
No change to the Indian side that was thrashed by Australia and West Indies have made only one change, Denesh Ramdin coming in for Andre Fletcher.
eddiesmith
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Sri Lanka are highly reliant on Jayawardene, 81, 98 and 100 in the 3 games and they only beat Zimbabwe and the West Indies, not much to fear thereBoris;399543 said:Fair point, and I want the Windies to win. Wouldn't want to jinx myself now though
Gayle is out of form and the Windies bowlers have been carted a little the last couple of games. Still my tip.
Going to be very interesting to see the Aussies playing Mendis. He's in very good touch, and last time I looked they weren't too good at playing legspin. With Mendis you never know if you are going to get a leggie or an offie, or even a doosra/wrong un.
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Haha, now Morkel's been hit in the one place a guy doesn't want to get hit. It was a full toss from Aamer and it hit him square in the groin, the ball should have disappeared for six.
6/124, 25 required off 8. Botha's been doing all the hitting with 10 off four balls.
Haha, now Morkel's been hit in the one place a guy doesn't want to get hit. It was a full toss from Aamer and it hit him square in the groin, the ball should have disappeared for six.
6/124, 25 required off 8. Botha's been doing all the hitting with 10 off four balls.
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All over now, Botha played well, hitting two fours off Aamer to get the equation down to 17 from the final over but he's just been done by Ajmal's doosra and is out stumped. SA are 7/135, needing 14 off 2 balls.
Ajmal has 4/24 now, he is quite the T20 bowler. Charl Langeveldt would be quite annoyed at the moment, took 4/19 earlier only for the batters to let the team down again.
All over now, Botha played well, hitting two fours off Aamer to get the equation down to 17 from the final over but he's just been done by Ajmal's doosra and is out stumped. SA are 7/135, needing 14 off 2 balls.
Ajmal has 4/24 now, he is quite the T20 bowler. Charl Langeveldt would be quite annoyed at the moment, took 4/19 earlier only for the batters to let the team down again.
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Well that's it, SA finish on 7/137 so Pakistan win by 11 runs. Pakistan batted fairly ordinarily earlier, reaching 7/148, Umar Akmal was the mainstay with 51, his brother Kamran batted well for 37 and Afridi fired up late for a brisk 30.
As mentioned earlier, Langeveldt took 4/19 with the ball for the Proteas, Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis got a wicket as did Roelof van der Merwe who suffered badly, his wicket costing 33 runs from two overs.
In reply, AB de Villiers reached 53 but lacked support, the rest of the line-up operated at around about a run a ball which just wasn't enough except for Botha's late cameo.
Saeed Ajmal took 4/26 for Pakistan, Abdur Rehman claimed two wickets and Abdul Razzaq picked up one of his own.
So, South Africa are out of the tournament and Pakistan stay in for now and their place in the semi-finals will come down to the England vs New Zealand game which begins in about 35 minutes. A New Zealand loss will see Pakistan go through but a win will see the last semi-finalist from Group E come down to Net Run Rate.
Umar Akmal was Man of the Match.
Well that's it, SA finish on 7/137 so Pakistan win by 11 runs. Pakistan batted fairly ordinarily earlier, reaching 7/148, Umar Akmal was the mainstay with 51, his brother Kamran batted well for 37 and Afridi fired up late for a brisk 30.
As mentioned earlier, Langeveldt took 4/19 with the ball for the Proteas, Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis got a wicket as did Roelof van der Merwe who suffered badly, his wicket costing 33 runs from two overs.
In reply, AB de Villiers reached 53 but lacked support, the rest of the line-up operated at around about a run a ball which just wasn't enough except for Botha's late cameo.
Saeed Ajmal took 4/26 for Pakistan, Abdur Rehman claimed two wickets and Abdul Razzaq picked up one of his own.
So, South Africa are out of the tournament and Pakistan stay in for now and their place in the semi-finals will come down to the England vs New Zealand game which begins in about 35 minutes. A New Zealand loss will see Pakistan go through but a win will see the last semi-finalist from Group E come down to Net Run Rate.
Umar Akmal was Man of the Match.
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And England win the other match meaning England and Pakistan go through.
Looks like the Semis will look as such:
England vs Sri Lanka/West Indies
Australia vs Pakistan
Australia will get through no matter what. They play the Windies tonight, and presuming that's a win for Australia, then Sri Lanka will get through unless India absolutely flog them and boost their NRR by quite a lot.
Should be Sri Lanka going through.
And England win the other match meaning England and Pakistan go through.
Looks like the Semis will look as such:
England vs Sri Lanka/West Indies
Australia vs Pakistan
Australia will get through no matter what. They play the Windies tonight, and presuming that's a win for Australia, then Sri Lanka will get through unless India absolutely flog them and boost their NRR by quite a lot.
Should be Sri Lanka going through.
eddiesmith
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I would be happy to play Sri Lanka, only need to get Jayawardene out for less than 90 and you will win, West Indies batting is alot more dangerous but their bowling sucks
Given the semi finals are at St Lucia the games might be closer than they should be and an upset is possible, would be a shame if the 2 best sides failed to make the final because the semi was on a slow, shit pitch
I would be happy to play Sri Lanka, only need to get Jayawardene out for less than 90 and you will win, West Indies batting is alot more dangerous but their bowling sucks
Given the semi finals are at St Lucia the games might be closer than they should be and an upset is possible, would be a shame if the 2 best sides failed to make the final because the semi was on a slow, shit pitch
Beeswax
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Shame is a bit strong a word, after all it is 20/20 and anyone can win on the right day, right pitch.
I've stopped watching games, I've watched too much 20/20 recently, what with the IPL, then this. The ugly slogging has got to me finally. Still checking on scores though from time to time.
More and more I am finding that the redeeming feature of 20/20 cricket and the thing it is most worth watching for is the fielding. There is so many aerial hits that catching is incredibly important.
eddiesmith;399679 said:
Shame is a bit strong a word, after all it is 20/20 and anyone can win on the right day, right pitch.
I've stopped watching games, I've watched too much 20/20 recently, what with the IPL, then this. The ugly slogging has got to me finally. Still checking on scores though from time to time.
More and more I am finding that the redeeming feature of 20/20 cricket and the thing it is most worth watching for is the fielding. There is so many aerial hits that catching is incredibly important.