you know what would make cricket more exciting? females making out in the crowd
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
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Nehra is just unbelievable. Pathetic stuff.
What a shot
Why would you give a seamer the last over when a spinner is what they would fear
I suggested that once. Make out cam !
Ok I take my words back. Nehra is pathetic.
Dhoni lost this game with that last over call.
Great win for SA, India's weakness in their bowling exposed there at the end. Very good conclusion to an entertaining match.
Nehra, Patel and all our batsmen bar Gambhir, Sehwag and Sachin should hang their heads in shame. We'll qualify anyway but pathetic, gutless display.
So what's the deal with your username? Are you laughing at rooney? and why?
Yet again a memorable innings from Tendulkar wasted...maybe he should have a chat to his bowlers before scoring centuries...that's twice his tournament they've wasted his scores.
Great chase by RSA...people talk about choking, and they very easily could have again, but Peterson...wow.
Great chase by RSA...people talk about choking, and they very easily could have again, but Peterson...wow.
Disagree. Nehra was the right choice. I'm happy with the way the game went. Nehra rusty, but he bowled quite well initially. Our bowling overall's improved big time. Big positive to take from a meaningless match.
That inside edge four off the first ball of the 50th was crucial. I hope Nehra's not dropped on the back of this. He needs to be given another game. I think we've got our best combination. Not the best combination, but our best combination. Pathan needs to go for Raina.
Pathetic, gutless? Try again.
Biggest surprise was the way the Saffers celebrated. Their dressing room went wild. I think they genuinely believe they're chokers and this was them overcoming a mental block.
I don't think it was a pathetic performance at all. Just two of the best teams around (overall) involved in a very close game.
I think our batting after Sachin got out was pathetic. I mean that was serious hang your heads in shame stuff. Our bowling was improved but we are lacking fire power, that's for sure. Zaheer is world class and our spinners need assistance from the pitch but nothing notable apart from that.
I think our batting after Sachin got out was pathetic. I mean that was serious hang your heads in shame stuff. Our bowling was improved but we are lacking fire power, that's for sure. Zaheer is world class and our spinners need assistance from the pitch but nothing notable apart from that.
I can't see us winning this world cup. Sometimes your batting will fail and you'll need your bowling to bail you out, like England's did against SA. And I can't see ours doing it. Sachin and Sehwag can't keep piling on centuries every game.
We'll lose the quarters or semis IMO when our batting finally doesn't do the job and our bowling of course won't be able to defend it.
We'll lose the quarters or semis IMO when our batting finally doesn't do the job and our bowling of course won't be able to defend it.
Our batting's been great for 2 years man, but that was with Raina powering it in a lot of games(and admittedly, an Yuvraj Singh who was a lot more dangerous), but it won't collapse like that again.
Maybe but that doesn't change that our batting towards the end was rubbish.
I think mathematically our best hope is finishing 2nding now(if we beat Windies).
A pretty high possibility of NZ finishing 3rd -- in the case that Aus beat Pakistan and SL beat NZ.. they'll be likely tied on pts and NZ ahead on NRR.
I think that is our best chance of winning the thing with this bowling.
I just can't see it happening. We struggle to defend the highest of scores. A team with Australia's mental strength, despite not being as good as they used to be, will beat us. I can even see Pakistan or Lanka beating us. It's just too glaring a weakness. We have a lot of heart and grit but the pressure we put on our top order is HUGE. Teams know that once you get rid of Sachin and Sehwag, you have a good chance. And given the bowling situation the batting needs to do that much more.
If India don't win it, I hope SA win it. Good team, seem like a nice bunch of guys and I think they've been very good the last two decades.
bunch of twats...should have scored atleast another 50 runs in the first place 
what did you Indians make of the comments Dhoni made? He basically called out the Indian team in public.
bunch of twats...should have scored atleast another 50 runs in the first place
It was a little amusing in hindsight I must confess. You have the best collection of power hitters any team can boast of in Yuvraj, Pathan and Dhoni and they all come in and out like it's a revolving door.
Btw, my memory is fading a bit, but has Dhoni's batting really dropped since his great start? I think he averaged 50 or 60 for a good bit after he started in ODI's. I don't remembering him doing much in recent times. Used to be so explosive.
I didn't see the presentation ceremony, what did he say?
Wonder what he had to say about himself
fame, money and captaincy have made dhoni docile! somehow he thinks being captain means he should be "mature" and thus doesn't smash the ball over the place like he used to earlier and tries to take singles and generally stick around.
He said the players need to realize they are playing for their country, and not the crowd. Stop trying to please them(with big shots) and concentrate on what the match situation demands of them....
He was spot on. Spoke a fair bit of sense. Shame he doesn't bring it to the captaincy table.
Fair enough. They deserve that after that shoddy show at the death. But Dhoni didn't quite light the world on fire either did he? I think he was 12 not out but looked woeful as well.
Yeah I remember he switched over to being this 'calm head' batsman, and while it's okay at times, it's important for him to do that in certain circumstances, as an explosive batsman he was really really dangerous. India could do with that to relieve some pressure on the top order.
I don't think it's fame and money. He looks like he's a very sorted individual. More to do with trying to be the calm head who is in control.
It's got nothing to do with fame and money -- he's a very down to earth sort of guy, not like Yuvraj, Harbhajan and others. As captain, he can't afford to go out there and play like Dave Warner, he has to play with a bit of responsibility. A few poor performances while swinging his bat like a mad man and the press will be baying for blood questioning if we should have a captain who can't have a decent average.
Agree with the assessment of his personality. But I think he needs to maintain his uninhibited style to some extent because that is his natural game and how he can best contribute to the team.
he needs to play his natural game because that will be better for him and India.
No not laughing at Rooney, my name is 'Haroon' but mates call me 'harooney'. When I signed up for the Caf it wouldn't let me register that so I had to put the underscore in.
I cannot believe we crumbled from 267/2 to 296 all out. Un-fecking-believable! But I m not really worried about the batting because I know we will come through. It is the bowling that really scares me. We have only been decent.
Dhoni was correct. My understanding was he urged his players not to play to the crowds wishes (they obviously want 4's and 6's every ball) and play to the situation.
Couple of shit games today.
I'm surprised there hasn't been anything written about this yet -- the qualification for the this WC was done 2 years ago. There was an associates cup in 2010 in which Canada and Kenya both finished bottom of a 6 team tournament. Why wasn't the qualification done based on that?
If Kenya couldn't win a single game in a tournament with Scotland, Netherlands, etc.. what hope do they have in this?
Points Table | ICC World Cricket League Division One | ESPN Cricinfo
It's pretty reflective of the teams' performances in this WC. Ireland won the thing and have been by far the best team here.
I'm surprised there hasn't been anything written about this yet -- the qualification for the this WC was done 2 years ago. There was an associates cup in 2010 in which Canada and Kenya both finished bottom of a 6 team tournament. Why wasn't the qualification done based on that?
If Kenya couldn't win a single game in a tournament with Scotland, Netherlands, etc.. what hope do they have in this?
Points Table | ICC World Cricket League Division One | ESPN Cricinfo
It's pretty reflective of the teams' performances in this WC. Ireland won the thing and have been by far the best team here.
That is non sense. It is like saying Messi should score hattrick in each of the knock out rounds in the WC to win Argies the WC.
Besides Sachin has scored two centuries in this WC, we tied one and lost another. If anything it is easier for bowlers to single handed win matches in cricket that batsmen.