Twenty20 Super 8's

 Sound tactics by Australia today lads - free entry into Maveriks before 1pm !!

  Maybe not so bad by the Lankans either!

Good work from India - they've lost 3 wickets in 4 balls. 33-3.

Oh, oh, ouch big big wicket for India, Kemp has been run out for 5. South africa now 31/4.

Great performance by the Indians to book their place in the semis.  The kiwis must owe the Indians a pint or two now.

Originally posted by scuudz   As for South Africa, its back to square one.  They have failed yet again in a major competition at home.  However, I think this time they were quite unlucky as they have played some of the best cricket in the tournament and have been knocked out after losing just one match, while Australia have lost two and are still in the hunt for the cup.

They got their tactics all wrong - as soon as they went 5 down they shut up shop and hoped they could inch to 125, whereas with a little more boldness they could have counter attacks, put pressure on India - they might not have won the match but they would have had a far better chance of getting 125.

Originally posted by cricketchampion Originally posted by bondy he should be a batting all rounder If NZL were to use him as a batsman only, then better not select him at all! I am sure NZL has better batsman than him. He is not the greatest of fielder either. Overall---> Oram is turning into a useless all rounder, who bowls poorly(as our friend Bondy says), not the best of NZL's batsmen and not a great fielder. If this is true, why pick him in NZL side at all?

You must be very happy BFM! I didn't see today's match but I was looking at the scorecard on cricinfo and I think that SA should have beat India. India's total was not that big and from previous matches SA showed that they are capable of successfully chasing down large totals (remember the match between WI and SA). I know India and the windies are two completely different kinds of team but still SA has really good batsmen. That ground was probably really quiet after the match.

Originally posted by BackFoot Master India has bowlers that will rip any team in half in seaming/swinging conditions.

Originally posted by 143no  Anywhere between 150-170 seems to be par amongst the top teams, the game already seems to be drifting into a more cautious attitude to batting,  wont be long till some start moaning about the predictability of it.

Originally posted by Clobber Originally posted by scuudz   As for South Africa, its back to square one.  They have failed yet again in a major competition at home.  However, I think this time they were quite unlucky as they have played some of the best cricket in the tournament and have been knocked out after losing just one match, while Australia have lost two and are still in the hunt for the cup.  They got their tactics all wrong - as soon as they went 5 down they shut up shop and hoped they could inch to 125, whereas with a little more boldness they could have counter attacks, put pressure on India - they might not have won the match but they would have had a far better chance of getting 125.

haha South africa yet again failed in pressure match. good performance by indian bowler specially RP singh. I dont know what happened to SA, first I thought that they only want to qualify for semis and not want to face australia in semifinal but suddenly the whole situation changed and they lost the very important match. they really missed kallis in that situation. now the clash between two continents lets see who win.

Edited by green plane - 21 September 2007 at 8:03am

Originally posted by scuudz   As a side note, it was disappointing to see Harbhajan mouthing off when he got Van Der Wath stumped.

that's fairly normal behaviour for him

Originally posted by bondy Originally posted by cricketchampion Originally posted by bondy he should be a batting all rounder If NZL were to use him as a batsman only, then better not select him at all! I am sure NZL has better batsman than him. He is not the greatest of fielder either. Overall---> Oram is turning into a useless all rounder, who bowls poorly(as our friend Bondy says), not the best of NZL's batsmen and not a great fielder. If this is true, why pick him in NZL side at all?   The presence Oram can bring with the bat is immense. If he concentrated on his batting, which he orginally was a batsman, he'd play a key role in the NZ line-up. If he can bowl, it's a bonus.   I'm not going to argue with a little kid, either. You have no idea about NZ cricket. Oram is an excellent fielder in thte gully region. He dropped a catch off his own bowling; it's been done before..he's not a useless all rounder. Ask any Australian if he can bat, eh?

I was trying to be my usual diplomatic self.

 

Originally posted by scuudz   As for South Africa, its back to square one.  They have failed yet again in a major competition at home.  However, I think this time they were quite unlucky as they have played some of the best cricket in the tournament and have been knocked out after losing just one match, while Australia have lost two and are still in the hunt for the cup.