JP’s Cricket Sim: World Cup

And the final game this round:

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West Indies never in the game.

POINTS:

12: RSA, NZL, Eng

9: AUS, Sri, Ind

6: WIN

3: Pak

Final Super 8 games tomorrow, and some big ones too:

West Indies v England

Australia v Sri Lanka

India v Pakistan

New Zealand v South Africa

Injuries are as they were today.

Not now, no.

Do you want to name a team taking into account injuries to Lewis and Bradshaw?

I have taken various scenario's it seems certain 3 teams will end up on 12 with only two able to go semi finals!

England should be fine (win west Indies)

and the winner of the SA vs NZL will be safe to

for the rest we will likely see 3 teams at 12

Final Super 8 games, and they were fiercely competetive:

West Indies v England:

Too little, too late for West Indies, but was it enough to send England packing?

Scorecard

South Africa v New Zealand:

A close fought game, winner took all - but who would that be?

Scorecard

India v Pakistan:

India had to win to have a chance of making the semis. They did.

Scorecard

Australia v Sri Lanka:

Australia took a crushing win, but as it turned out, it wasn't enough for them to make it through.

Scorecard

The points at the end of the Super 8

15: South Africa

12: New Zealand, India, England, Australia

9: Sri Lanka, West Indies

3: Pakistan

Going by results against the others, the team to miss out on the semi-finals is Australia, because:

In a mini league between those four teams on 12 points, New Zealand beat England and India, India beat Australia and England so go through with 6 points.

That leaves Australia (beat NZL) and England (beat Aus) on 3. As England beat Australia, they go through.

SEMI FINALS (to be played tomorrow)

South Africa v England

New Zealand v India

Injuries:

Gambhir (India)

Kemp (South Africa)

Vincent (New Zealand)

We might as well do a play off for 3rd/4th. You won't be in it though.

Semi final 1:

Outstanding batting from South Africa, chasing down nearly 300 in just over 40 overs to make the final:

Scorecard

Semi final 2:

New Zealand probably peaked too soon, and weren't strong enough to overhaul India:

Scorecard

So, the World Cup final, tomorrow:

India v South Africa

3rd/4th play-off:

New Zealand v England

Injuries as they were today.

Unlucky me.

But this world cup was really great.

Hope the indians win the final

Well done south africa to over hall a massive total kallis steped up when most needed when spoken to in a press conference the manager said "we played very well there is room for improvment if we are going to win but we made it to the final may the best team win.

if kemp is not injured bring him back in for prince otherwise same team j.p

WORLD CUP FINAL:

A poor looking pitch at Barbados, and South Africa decide to bat first. They make a solid start, with Dippenaar and Smith putting on 61 before Smith goes for 39. South Africa bat well, with Gibbs and Kallis hitting some big shots but with the run rate always around the 5 mark they know they are about to set a challenging target for the Indians, and the final score is 265/3.

The pick of the bowlers was Kumble who only conceded 37 runs from his 10 overs; Harbhajan picked up 2 wickets but was expensive.

The Indian reply started poorly as Sehwag went with only 3 on the board, then Ganguly was gone 30 runs later. Dravid and Tendulkar were left to rebuild but just as Dravid got into his stride, Kallis got him lbw for 30. When Laxman and Yuvraj both fell to the returning Pollock, you sensed the game was up for the Indians, but with Tendulkar and Dhoni at the crease, anything could happen.

But from 115/5, as Dhoni played himself in and Tendulkar made sure he didn't get out, the run rate continued to rise, and despite some big hits, the South Africans were always bowling too well for the Indians to cut loose. The only hope for the Indians was to hit Boje and Smith, the two spinners, once the main bowlers had bowled out. Alas, by that time the run rate was in the mid 20s and with 33 needed off of the last over, despite the first ball going for a four, a dot ball from the next confirmed that South Africa were the World Champions.

RSA 265/3 (Gibbs 68*, Dippenaar 53, Kallis 53)

IND 239/5 (Tendulkar 108*, Dhoni 50*, Pollock 3-44)

South Africa win by 26 runs.

Tendulkar century in vain - scorecard here

Thriller in the third/fourth place play-off as New Zealand just fall short of 300 to win.

Just 6 runs in it as KP signs off in style

STATS:

BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Highest no of runs scored    772       Rahul Dravid IND
Highest batting average      114.00    Peter Gillespie IRE
Highest batting strike rate  300.00    M'tiah Muralithuran SRI
Highest individual score     138*      Kevin Pietersen ENG
Most centuries scored          3       Kevin Pietersen ENG

Highest number of wickets     26       Shaun Pollock RSA
Lowest Economy Rate         &n bsp;  2.67    Keith Dabengwa ZIM
Lowest Bowling Average         7.00    Pieter Seelaar NET
Best Bowling Effort             7/38    Shoaib Akhtar PAK
Most five wicket hauls         2       Brett Lee AUS

RUNS: Dravid 772, Pietersen 758, Tendulkar 497, Dippenaar 493, Astle 488, Flintoff 456, Gayle 439, G Smith 425, Atapattu 391, Gilchrist 356, Inzamam 341

AVGE: Dravid 110.3, Mubarak 98.0, Pietersen 94.8, Hussey 90.5, Clarke 83.3, Bell 82.5, Morton 74.0, Rudolph 71.0, Tendulkar 62.1, Kemp 61.3, Gayle 54.9, Flintoff 50.7, Atapattu 48.9, Astle 48.8, Inzamam 48.7, Dippenaar 44.8

WICKETS: Pollock 26, Lee 21, Adams, Murali, Bond 18, S Akhtar 15, Flintoff, Gayle, King 13