2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Final

Sounds more like a pea heart pakistani  problem to me, they have collapsed many times at the hands of good quicks, like most asian sides.

There is a big difference with surrendering and being scared, to being beaten by a good bowling display on the day.

Originally posted by tonks007 Originally posted by 143no There is a big difference with surrendering and being scared, to being beaten by a good bowling display on the day. Not once have i ever seen the Aussies being scared or surrending to anyone! Load of garbage....

LoL... You can have that experience by watching videos of that 3-match series!!!

Nor do i my friend. Why are we talking about Pakistan anyway? Who cares? They couldn't even make the super 8's and they can talk about surrendering? Worry about your own side before you look at faults with any other team. Australia to win comfortably against the Lankans i think. Too big, Too quick, Too strong. No repeats of 96 this time, the Aussie side is much better this time round!

Wow you are frustrating. Enough with the surrender stuff already. You just cant sem to get that word out of your head.....And its still rubbish! (your statement not your head)!

and I'm sure he'll bring yours up if the result goes the other way

Originally posted by Rifat If Sri Lanka manage to somehow win then it will be the biggest upset of the tournament

Well I hope for the benefit of world cricket that Sri Lanka do win.
Its getting boring to see Australia win every game

I'm out most of tomorrow and then again in the evening so I will see very little of it but I will simply repeat my plea for a great match that captures the imagination of cricket fans everywhere

9 year old's logic is always such a reliable form guide

If players last games are anything to go by this WC then they will all perform poorly.

Austrailia is having the upper hand given the state of that pitch. And Sri Lankans don't play Hogg well. To make a match of it Fernando have to be played. If he gets it right of a fast bouncy pitch at 90+ mph and with deadlt incut he'll knock over few of the best of the Autrailians (remember what he sent at Tendulkar!) Vaas will be a different bowler and I suspect that Hayden will try to boss him. Malinga will be given some respect because you can expect a jaffa any time by him. Murali will be played safely and Jayasuriya's bowling will be the target. Arnold and Dilshan - 4 overs in total by them - forget them.

Conversely Jayasuriya will go after Tail from the word go. They'll give lot of respect to Bracken, but if Jayasuriya gets set, he'll take McGrath absolutely to the cleaners! (believe me!) Jayauriya is the only one capable of hitting Hogg out of the attack. Set Mahela at end will see lot of runs coming because he's the best improviser. If Jayasuriya and Mahela don't fire at same time SL will lose

Showers have been forecast for tonights final so it may well go into a reserve day and be finished tomorrow. I bloody hope not! We have all waited 7 weks for this day to come, imgine we had to wait another day??? I would go nuts!

Fernando isn't injured, he was dropped for being "wayward" vs the Kiwi's. Maharoof made the side ahead of him....

Great Viv Richards has predicted an upset in the final, but then he also predicted a final between SA and newzealand, so he has all the chances to be wrong. Yes an off day, a bad day happens to teams, and thats what every cricket pundit has been hoping.  Well ausies might have a bad day on the field, infact even this thinking is a great complement to Ausies meaning that even if any other side plays to its potential it can not beat ausies unless they have a bad day.