ICC World Cup 2011 (India - Sri Lanka- Ba

Glad the story was fabricated , but if nothing else it fired up Dilshan who played his best innings for some time !

Edited by Sledger - 14 March 2011 at 8:34am

It's not over yet Daisy , but if England do get through it could well be at the expense of your team !

Then Bangladesh it is mate !  

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi I don't see Windies going out Sledge - it will be either of England or BD. Windies run rate is far too good.

Yeah I agree

Stomach Bugs strike the English camp again!!! This time Straussy and Swann.. Can't get bigger than those two. Thankfully both expected to be fit for the Windies game, though you got to wonder what on earth are these english boys having. Guess the Panneer masala, chicken tikkas not going down well with their tummies .
Man what have I done I'm hungry   

As I had said about the PAK team, same applies for ENG, they have a decent team with decent players but where is that X factor (esp after the departure of KP)? just how much would ENG have liked to see Freddie Flintoff play just this one tournament, a man who had that ability to turn the game on it's head, all by himself.

IF you look at other team,s RSA have Steyn and AB, India have Sehwag, WI have Gayle and Roach, SLN have Malinga, NZL have Brendon McCullum, AUS have Tait, Lee and Watson, and so on... PAK well may be Razzaq but then he has to get more exposure to make it count, currently his role in the team is more of a spectator which is very disappointing.

It won't Sledge, ENG will almost certainly qualify for the QF's should they win tomorrow.

In case of BAN beating RSA the pressure will shift on WI and quite astonishingly India, should IND beat WI then ENG are through, no problems there, but should WI beat IND then IND and ENG are level on 7 points and it'll go down to the NRR, currently IND have a better NRR but should ENG beat WI and IND lose to WI then naturally ENG's NRR will go up and IND's will come down, and the difference at the moment is not that big, so ENG should still be comfortable .

Anyways, ENG need not think about all that tomorrow, it's simple, go out there and win, once they do that, I'm absolutely certain that they will be in the QF's.

yup V4P, Swann will be ENG's main man tomorrow, we have seen how the track at chennai is and ENG will be wise to play Yardy ahead of either Collingwood or Bopara. they don't have KP to fill in for those spin overs now. It is absolutely vital to play 2 spinners on that wicket.

WI have the edge though, Benn is in terrific form and they'll have Miller and Gayle as the other options, also WI have players like Pollard and Gayle who can take a low scoring game away from you very quickly, ENG will have to ensure that they get Gayle and Pollard early if they want to have any chance of winning.

Benn will do well against England, he's found his feet on the international level now and doesn't stray much.  Roach will have to be more on target though, Strauss is one player who doesn't miss out on putting away deliveries that are suppose to get runs taken off them. 

True now its just time to sit back and watch as the drama unfolds.
And Sam, Spin is right its highly unlikely that England can better India's NRR should they end up on the same points.

i think indian's are the most favorite team for world cup 2011. becoz they have a very strong batting line up. sehwag , tendulkar, gambhir and dhoni they all are very mature and world class players.
and dhoni is a very good and aggressive player and captain. so i think india are the most favorite contestant for this world cup.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/507748.html

Yardy does a Tresco!!!

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/507748.html Yardy does a Tresco!!!

At this rate they could end up with an entirely different squad than the one that started the tournament .


Edited by vote4peace - 25 March 2011 at 10:20am

Originally posted by Amal I have a GREAT GREAT feeling Sam that Pakistan is going to qualify for semis!!!!

Hehe so, what I felt has become a reality. Go Pakistan and win it this time!!!

Originally posted by Amal Originally posted by Amal I have a GREAT GREAT feeling Sam that Pakistan is going to qualify for semis!!!! Hehe so, what I felt has become a reality. Go Pakistan and win it this time!!!

yes Amal, not to forget this is Pak's first big SF after 1999, they did very badly in last two editions.

The atmosphere here in India is quite amazing, in my office, gym (although I'm not regular to gym anymore), neighborhood, buses, streets, everywhere I hear people talking about 30th March, people in office planning to get down with some illness on that day, my friends having big arguments over who is gonna win and how India is so much better ... and well just about everything related to that game is being discussed.
 
My friend says "God will not allow Pakistan to win" which really made me laugh... another says "it will be a cakewalk for India" while some are pinning high hopes on sachin to win it once again for India. The moment I say "Pak will be tougher to beat than Aus", people look at me as if I have said something sinister. It's quite amazing really.

I have to say, never in my life have I seen excitement about a game as much as this. not even when India were in the finals in 2003.


Edited by sam_ahmed - 25 March 2011 at 5:35pm