WC Semi-Finals

Burner ..total tandas mate . Gee I don't dislike any other cricket teams (in fact  appreacate most cricketers and nations teams ) the way you dislike Austalia ..and probably Australians in general ..Hope you see the light some day .
Peace Brother


Edited by Aussietrumpet - 22 April 2007 at 11:51am

burners probably just jealous cos the aussies are better than whichever team he supports

The semi finals are going to be the real test for SA. They are off to St Lucia to play an  Australia side  who dont need previous good performances to gain confidence. Australia are truly the team to beat and  it might come to an end for the Proteas next match.  I say this is because one of SA's dark secrets have been exposed tremendously in this cup and that is that they cannot play (to the point of not at all) on low bouncing slow wickets. Their slow bowling weakness too is a factor . Australia is playing well and we have a well balanced team . But anything can happen on the day .Really hoping Australia can win ..
NZ vs Sri Lanka like both teams... should be close . Have a feeling Sri Lanka will win (but just gut feeling)

You would!

Not necessarily. I know that the Brazil and Italy soccer teams are very popular, the All Blacks have a big fan club outside New Zealand, and I don't know anybody that dislikes Valentino Rossi.

The Aussie cricket team falls into the same category as Michael Schumacher. You either love them of hate them.

SL Vs NZ tommorow.Can't wait actually :-)

Originally posted by Jayasuriya Who said NZ were gunna beat SL? haha, and SA is not the only team capable, all these teams are capable

Sorry, I made a typing error. I meant to say Sri Lanka, really.

Here it is Bondy! Can the Kiwi's make the final for the first time mate???

Don't mess with my optimistic psyche..

Lotteries are all about luck arn't they? no skill involved, glad we don't rely on that. Batting is the kiwi's worry tonight, if they can set a decent total I think they will win.

Still a term associated with luck or fate rather than somthing you have control over. Why not just toss the coin to decide the winner?

To be honest, i think the Kiwi's need all the "luck" in the world tonight. On paper, a full strength Sri Lanka should dominate a full strength NZ. They have better bowlers and better batsmen but you just dont know which Sri Lankan batting side will turn up. If they bat like they did against Aus, NZ should win. Thats what i think will determine the winner. Bond and Jaya are the key to their respective sides. One of them will win the match for their team and send their side into the Final. (in my opinion)

True, Kiwi's bat first and get 250+ and we will have a game on our hands. Styris will need to keep up his superb form with some help from the likes of Taylor, Fulton and Oram to achieve that total but certainly not impossible. Should be a cracker!

Murali won't bowl first up , their gameplan will remain unchanged.  The key will be Vaas against Fleming and history shows that Vaas has the wood on the Black Cap's captain.

  Having said that there are games within games and Jayasuriya/Bond could be explosive. No-one has got at Bond in this tournament (the Aussies didn't get a chance!) and that could change today - Jayasuriya won't back off. 

  If Bond doesn't get amonst them early I'll take the Lankans to win , whether batting 1st or second.  The wicket is supposed to be a bouncy track , so maybe Oram and Franklin will make some impact , but so will Malinga , Vaas and possibly Fernando (Maharoof having to make way for the big man).

  It'll be close , but just maybe it's about time NZ got past their semifinal jinx!  (there , hedged my bets!)

Wisey , you on something?  Sangakarra not a big player? He's world class!