World XI v Australia

That was a dismal world effort. But the worst effort was by the crowd. If I lived in Victoria I would have taken a three hour train ride to get to that match. So much for the sports capital of the world.

Very disappointing.

I disagree with those of you who say ODIs are boring. They are very interesting and fun - BUT, we get way too many of them. If we cut back to similar numbers of ODIs/year to Tests (eg. 10 per year), then we wouldn't get so tired of them - and we'd actually look forward to world cups. They would also have more statistical meaning. You'd only play three ODIs against Australia every four or five years, so it would be a huge event for your country, like the tests are.

Glenn McGrath is out of tomorrow's Superdoopersunroofer ODI in the sports capital of the world!

In the bar after the 1st one day thriller , when called upon to get the round in , he complained of tightness of the wallet!

His place is taken by Stuart (loadsamoney) Clark

Australia are 279/4, Gilchrist has hit 103, both Martyn and Ponting hit half-centuries before getting out of consecutive balls in a Flintoff over. That will be a good competetive score methinks, and Clarke and Symonds have 3 and a bit more overs to make it even better.

Sigh. The World XI have their work cut out for them even without McGrath.
We need 50 off 20 from Sehwag, a stabilising 100 from Kallis, a quick 60 from Lara and Flintoff and Pieterson to lambast 80 off the last 10 ...

but wait, Pietersen limped off the field injured ...!

Sigh. I hate Australia.

71/1 off 9, Sehwag the man to go. ***le is having some fun out there, 6 fours and a 6 in his knock of 37 so far. Sangakkara with him at the crease now.

A collapse now, 183/5 after 30. Flintoff and Dravid at the crease, but they're now below the required run rate.

Hello Chaps & Gals,
New to the cricketworld forums, but not new to the website or this world in general.
Anyways, I have 2 questions concerning the Super Series if you guyz would find worthy to answer.>
1) In these Series, are the matches always "the World" against Australia, or does that depend on the World Cup holder?
2) Other then this wonderful & crickety-resourceful website, what other means do you cricket fanatics use to stay in touch with cricket, by that I refer to audio or visual coverage of the action
Thats all for now...If you are unable to answer, then i might stop being lazy and research myself and provide you with my findings......
Thnx
IbiZZle@!~
PaZ@!~

Originally posted by IbiZZle Hello Chaps & Gals, New to the cricketworld forums, but not new to the website or this world in general. Anyways, I have 2 questions concerning the Super Series if you guyz would find worthy to answer.> 1) In these Series, are the matches always "the World" against Australia, or does that depend on the World Cup holder? 2) Other then this wonderful & crickety-resourceful website, what other means do you cricket fanatics use to stay in touch with cricket, by that I refer to audio or visual coverage of the action Thats all for now...If you are unable to answer, then i might stop being lazy and research myself and provide you with my findings...... Thnx IbiZZle@!~ PaZ@!~

If you hadn't have stuck the first question in there I'd be moving this somewhere else. Anyway, the World team plays against the current number 1 team according to the ICC rankings, which is not necessarily the World Cup holders, although in this case it is.

Dear Forum buddies,
Helllo, First of all Thnx 2 ~JP~ for not moving my topic, I actually found my answers by research, and yes they do pick the team with the best ratings, and I also found an excellent coverage provider. But i will not post the link here, cause it might be viewed as soliticing by some members (message me privately if you are interested)
Moreover, concerning the results of the 3 ODI between Aussies & the World XI which left me in utter shock are actually quite explanable.
In my view, the reason the World XI did not fair well was not only because they were facing the impenetrable Australia, but because the superb team work that should have been involved was clearly absent. Now those who play cricket or any other team sport in here  would agree with me that it takes a quite alot of practice to get acquainted with each other, to earn their team members's trust and learning each others' strategies. Good communication (whether if its body language or verbal) was w/o doubt lacking from the World XI, especially considering that the players came from all around the world. In conclusion, if I could then I would suggest Jhonnie Walker (or whoever is NOW incharge) to rethink this tournament layout.
I have a descreet idea of what this tournament should really look like, but i will leave that for later...Till Then...Check ya lata`!

PaZ@!~
~!@IbiZZle@!~


Edited by IbiZZle

Damp squib, or damp squid as someone said, it's all the same and it's bound to continue into the Test game. If there was to be no more cricket after this for a period of say 3 months then I think you'd get more commitment and effort from the World team. However, with tours coming up for all of the players, their main concern (naturally) is to not get injured and be well prepared for their countries.

HAHAHHA  Good OnE BOOKIEEE! 
THey call that World Cup
But yeah I do see a little difference in your suggestion there.
I like that idea of the World Team Touring the globe or something similar
But instead of having players from all these countires...I say just mix the top 2-4 teams in the ICC ranking into World Team. Then they should play friendly ODI's with the countries ranked as # 5,6 & 7. That would mean only 3 ODI's, 1 each country so there is much less of the hectic traveling...
Yeah that's just my add-on 2 your (BooKIE's) fabuolous idea, which i hinted on my last post.

Keep IT Real!
PaZe@!~
IbiZZle@!~

i don kno... after the ODI series i'm not very impressed by the way the world 11 are playing but there are some other players in the test world 11 team so maybe it'll be more exciting. i certainly hope it'll be more exciting.

For another viewpoint , far better written then any of my dreary utterances , go read Mike Selvey's article in today's Guardian. As an ex-England quickie , he has the inside line on all things cricket and a fine writing style to boot!

The url is
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/

Title "World XI was always doomed"

Edited by Sledger

It'll be just our luck that having dismissed the Super Series something extraordinary will now happen to make us look completely stupid!

Originally posted by Superbokkie I never dismissed the world team JP.

When I said 'we' I was referring more to me and Sledger, but I've dismissed the series more than the World team - clearly they are an awesome bunch of players but they haven't gelled as a team, and who could after being together for a few weeks?

Anyway, Australia closed day 1 of 6 on 331/6, with Hayden scoring 111 and Gilchrist refinding his form with 94*.