WC Semi-Finals

And what's more, the umpire is feeling sorry for them, letting Gibbs get away with an edge to Gilly.

Originally posted by Sim Dog Gibbs should have been out too to make it 6/27. Clearly caught behind.

Roll on Saturday, I'm off to the kitchen to cook dinner for the missus.

I'm sure if Ricky Ponting or Matthew Hayden or even Adam Gilchrist had to have a bowl right now, they'd each get a wicket. That's how sorrowful this match is looking.

if they let watson keep bowling they might still get 280

Originally posted by Mojo SA to make more than 100 anyone?

I was going to say that but:

1) gibbs is looking a bit settled
2) I didn't wanna sound overly harsh

So next question is how many overs do auz need to win? I reckon about 20...

Gibbs gone!

87-6, I don't think anyone thought the proteas would do this badly :(


Edited by Clobber - 25 April 2007 at 4:24pm

Originally posted by Migara Originally posted by 143no The umpires got a few wrong, but what about murali's caught & bowled, disgraceful, certainley lived up to his less than sporting ways. As usual 143's Murali Bashing! Oram did not even query (so is Murali's reputation about catches), but 143 is clearly knowing more than Jacob Oram who played the particular shot! Just stop posting your extremely biased views! (some bias is always welcomed, it makes the forum colorful) You are so jealous because Murali is emerging as the best bowler of the tournament!

Well, perhaps 150+ is on the cards after all, we may have something of a game on our hands.

130/9 - ok, maybe not

Despite the Aussies apparent omnipotence it is blissfully reassuring to see that Watson still can't bowl for toffee and that Tait remains the worst fielder around.

Well that was rubbish.

I suppose in hindsight it is no great surprise that NZ and SA - two rather robotic teams quite frankly - should fail so dismally when confronted with a bit of verve.

One assumes that Sri Lanka won't be hiding any of their bowlers come Saturday so for crying out loud let's just have a decent game of cricket.

I didn't see it, so what I want to know is whether SA were outplayed or just choked. I see Jacques Kallis was bowled trying to charge Glenn McGrath twice in a row in the 5th over, so I suspect it was the latter.

Australia are a more talented, better balanced and mentally tougher side in my opinion, but definitely not by a 7 wicket margin. SA really need to bring in a spinner, and stop Kallis reading the newspapers so he doesn't go off trying to change his entire style overnight. Graeme Smith would also do well to stop mouthing off in the press, it just puts unecessary pressure on both him and the team.

Come Saturday Jaya, you will be eating your words mate. Australia played fantastic cricket and South Africa played to a game plan that was never going to work. The choker tag will stick with them for at least another four years and deservedly so. They played disgracefuly. Australia will have to play that bad for the Lankans to win and that just doesnt look like happening.

Just stirring the pot a little bondy! Jaya and a few others are very passionate about Sri Lanka and i just wanna let them know that they have a hell of a battle on their hands to win this tournament in my very passionate way!