165 to win for England. Lame batting effort by the Black Caps
Cricket: ICC World Twenty20 tournament Sept 2007 in South Africa
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It won't be enough. Top order fails once more
62/1
Solanki the wicket just gone. A good start.
KP didn't get a terrible reception when he came out, some booing of course but still.
Solanki the wicket just gone. A good start.
KP didn't get a terrible reception when he came out, some booing of course but still.
87/2, 13th over.
Got to get a bit of a move on here, run rate and all.
EDIT: 87/3 Colllingwood's just been caught. This parntership of KP and Shah has got to be a big one you'd think.
Got to get a bit of a move on here, run rate and all.
EDIT: 87/3 Colllingwood's just been caught. This parntership of KP and Shah has got to be a big one you'd think.
Should be gettable. Although a couple of bad overs and it totally changes the outlook.
104/5
KP never really got going before he was caught.
Freddie run out in a a right mix up with Shah.
Looking dodgy now.
KP never really got going before he was caught.
Freddie run out in a a right mix up with Shah.
Looking dodgy now.
28 runs of 18, England should get it.
Oram has gone off with a blow to his finger. Looks in agony.
Oram has gone off with a blow to his finger. Looks in agony.
22 needed from 13.
Shah with quite the let off there.
Shah with quite the let off there.
Another bottle job. 20 off 2 overs should have been done.
Amazing effort to bottle that game. Well done!
We've thrown this away utterly.
You can't fault Solanki, Maddy or Wright really, just eveything and everyone in between.
Damn disappointing.
You can't fault Solanki, Maddy or Wright really, just eveything and everyone in between.
Damn disappointing.
How the bloody hell did you lose that oneI missed the morning match (its way too early for me 
) it sounded like a good one though. Probably very likely now that England won't qualify.
Next up...
Australia v Pakistan
THE TOSS: PAKISTAN WIN AND WILL FIELD FIRST
) it sounded like a good one though. Probably very likely now that England won't qualify.Next up...
Australia v Pakistan
THE TOSS: PAKISTAN WIN AND WILL FIELD FIRST
Pakistan will win this i reckon.
Tanvir strikes first. Very strange action. Don't know how he generates the pace like that. 8-1.
Doubt it, the openers (Nazir and Butt) are non-existant in this tournament so Pakistan virtually start nought for two.
PAK haven't had a decent opener since Saeed Anwar retired, anyway...
Australia 164-7 (20 overs)
Decent effort by PAK that they tightened up in the last few overs so its made it look better than it was. Been impressed by the fielding, PAK normally have a bunch of monty panesars in the field but they fielded well and got a few direct hits unlucky to get only 1 wicket off them.
They have a decent chance of winning this but the openers will have to play their part.
Shahid Afridi will be pivotal, mind you that's hardly the most amazing punditry on my part.
The ground suits the chase though.
The ground suits the chase though.
True; he's my favourite all-time player is Anwar.
Anyway, did well to restrict Australia. Need to avoid a batting collapse and its more than chasable in my opinion.
Afridi is hit and miss when the miss is about 9 times out of 10; can't remember him having much luck against Australia at all. Think others (i.e. Malik, Younis) will be crucial.
Nazir gone for 10, wreckless batting that.
Openers gone as predicted 27 for 2
The Aussies have a problem here, Pakistan only need 30 off 29 and Malik is well in at the minute.
Malik and Misbah-ul-haq guide Pakistan home.
Great win for Pak.
Aussies have not looked that good in the tournament, England really should have taken that chance to knock them out. I could see SRL progressing to semis ahead of aussies
Aussies have not looked that good in the tournament, England really should have taken that chance to knock them out. I could see SRL progressing to semis ahead of aussies
Pakistan 165-4 (19.1 overs) beat Australia 164-7 (20 overs) by six wickets
Great bit of cricket from PAK played like a decent team, fielded well, bowled well and eventually 2 people batted well..
Australia struggled to get just a few more runs that they needed due to some great bowling in the last 3 overs. They looked set to get 180+ before the last 3 overs but somehow the bowlers took the wickets and stopped the flow of runs...
The PAK openers let themselves down again and when Younis followed them I thought it was all over but a good few knocks from Malik took over the match and the partnership of 119 guided it home.
Misbah-ul-haq was man of the match for his knock 66* off 42 balls.
The winning run came from a wide from Symonds...
I think that pretty much means Pakistan are likely to go through... not for definite yet though!
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka due to start soon...
Great bit of cricket from PAK played like a decent team, fielded well, bowled well and eventually 2 people batted well..
Australia struggled to get just a few more runs that they needed due to some great bowling in the last 3 overs. They looked set to get 180+ before the last 3 overs but somehow the bowlers took the wickets and stopped the flow of runs...
The PAK openers let themselves down again and when Younis followed them I thought it was all over but a good few knocks from Malik took over the match and the partnership of 119 guided it home.
Misbah-ul-haq was man of the match for his knock 66* off 42 balls.
The winning run came from a wide from Symonds...
I think that pretty much means Pakistan are likely to go through... not for definite yet though!
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka due to start soon...
Pakistan's through, surely. They've impressed me. As always, a very good bowling line up. The openers really let them down, I wouldn't expect anything from the top three.
20k posts up, Spoonez. Nice to see not much fanfare about having a huge post count for a change.
They should just let Afridi open. They look the favs atleast to reach the final but eventually the failure of top 3 would hurt them.
That's been tried before and as you may know Afridi only performs to what he is capable some of the time so it is just the same really. (Although maybe he should be put up the order)
The top 3 have all been openers at one point as well, we have used many more like Farhat but he has joined the rebel league so it doesn't look like he has a future in the PAK team. Dropping them just makes it worst as they need to get used to the role, I think it was only a while ago when it was pointed out that we used a large amount of combinations in a period of two years.
PAK just don't have a top class natural opener...
Anyway that's the only blatant downside at the moment - PAK are even fielding well but that might be to do with the younger lads in the team instead of big fat Inzy n Yousuf for example...
Should be through to the semi's where at the moment it looks like it will be one of NZ or SA...
Sri Lanka 147-5 (20 overs) beat Bangladesh 83 all out (15.5 overs) by 64 runs
Did okay just couldn't get going in their batting innings...
It sets up to what could be a great deciding match against Australia & Sri Lanka.
Tomorrows matches...
South Africa v New Zealand, Durban (1300)
England v India, Durban (1700)
Did okay just couldn't get going in their batting innings...
It sets up to what could be a great deciding match against Australia & Sri Lanka.
Tomorrows matches...
South Africa v New Zealand, Durban (1300)
England v India, Durban (1700)
Collingwood fined over strip club
More in the link below...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7001070.stm
That both suprises and dissapoints me that. I expect better from Collingwood, ecspecially with the captaincy.
New Zealand 76/3, 12th over just about to start.
Kiwis finished on 153/8
Poor bowling in the end by NZ. Full tosses all around. Eng are out and India need to win both the matches now.
No doubt we'll put in a blinder now with the pressure is off and us virtually on the plane home.
Lovely
Lovely
We're batting first.
Agarkar dropped.
Big blow for England that.
Agarkar dropped.
Big blow for England that.