the most boring world cup ever

Its a good point Clobber makes because we hear people carrying on about how good he is as a captain yet where is the evidence that he has actually done anything to warrant this. Some say its because of the number of games his led NZ as captain, i think its just a lack of other options.

What's with all this NZ bashing? Stephen Fleming is one of the best captains in world cricket, who else comes close in comparison?

errr good point, i think my routine needs working on.

apparently there is a new nasty 4 letter word doign the rounds in pakistan. g r a s s , had to space it out there so the naughty word filter didn't get me.

but they are the most talented cricket team

well I heard darrel hair called in a few favours, just to annoy the poor pakis.

Green top???? Of course ,  Pakistan lost to the express pace of mighty Ireland !!!  Just how many of the much vaunted Pakistani batting line up ended up in Hospital from searing , rising deliveries from Trent-Johnson.

  Ars is right , the curator should be fired - that surface was seriously dangerous!!

I dont know whats with all the 'pitch was blah blah.....', 'toss was made to be too important', etc.  There have been other pitches that have not been easy to bat on too but the teams coped with them.  India and Pakistan couldn't.  Thats the bottom line as far as I am concerned. 

Edited by scuudz - 03 April 2007 at 6:28pm

The green top was to give you an excuse for performing badly, we couldn't have the players taking the blame. Tell me ars, have you seen elvis lately?

Originally posted by scuudz  It would be fantastic for the game if NZ won.

No, it would be awful...the 'Stephen Fleming is the bestest captain eva' myth machine would go into extreme overdrive

Yes, they have been bad in the past but more recently they have been performing very well and yet they are tagged as the dark horses and not pre-tournament favourites.

Theres also more than a billion people in the world who think India deserved to be in the Super 8s.  Cant say Id agree with that.  It would be fantastic for the game if NZ won.  Going by how they have played in the tournament so far, they look like they could very well go all the way.

Oh I want NZ to win so badly.  They have been under-rated for ages now.  An AUS-NZ final.....something like the games they played in NZ before the WC.  How sweet would that be?? 

Originally posted by fishcake14 the size of the crowds mean the ICC aren't exactly making much cash.

 Not so , many , many packages have been sold but the buyers choose not to attend matches with which they have little interest. This world cup will generate record profits , but it could and should have been organised more efficiently.

  As for the thread itself , the creator is suffering from little boy syndrome. His team has been eliminated and he intends to not enjoy the remaining fixtures. It's quite an ask to actually sulk for another 25 days or so - I'll check in the Guinness Book of Records to see what he's up against.

 

if my uncle was a woman he would be my aunty.

I think what the guy means is that because IND, PAK crashed out most people know the outcome of the games that IRE and BD will play.  For example, today's BD vs NZ game.  If this was an IND vs NZ game, then apart from IND and NZ fans, a lot more neutrals would have also watched the game than they did today.