Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:43 pm  

Should have let Afridi have an over to get in then taken it with him out there, definitely an anti-climax.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:41 pm  

The way Pakistan were catching to Tendulkar you'd be forgiven for thinking a few of the players had some money on him getting a ton in the game

Re: Cricket World Cup : Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:52 pm  

Actually given the way Misbah picked up at the end after dropping anchor they might have had a chance if Afridi and Razzaq hadn't thrown their wickets away.

[John_D]

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:01 am  

DAR130 wrote:

The way Pakistan were catching to Tendulkar you'd be forgiven for thinking a few of the players had some money on him getting a ton in the game

Aren't 'Pakistanis are all on the take' jokes wearing rather thin these days?

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:48 am  

John_D wrote:

Aren't 'Pakistanis are all on the take' jokes wearing rather thin these days?

They start to wear thin then sure enough, another bung/bribery/gambling/corruption story involving Pakistan cricket appears. Therefore jokes/comments are eternally justified

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:12 pm  

If the Pakistan team were on the take some of the England squad must be coming home very rich men, given their performances in this tournament...

Re: Cricket World Cup : Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:16 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

If the Pakistan team were on the take some of the England squad must be coming home very rich men, given their performances in this tournament...

Ah but the England team are like Bruce Grobbelaar. You never quite know what you're gonna get or can believe they can be that poop or that brilliant. Therefore, hard to pin down for taking bungs

Re: Cricket World Cup : Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:56 am  

Sri Lanka's National Anthem sounds like an Easten European entry to the Eurovision Song Contest!.

Sri Lanka win the toss and bat first.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:11 pm  

SL 275/6 (50)

Not going to be easy for India, I'd make SL slight favorites with that total.

Re: Cricket World Cup : Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:53 pm  

Sehwag going early (and arrogantly wasting a review) was a massive plus for Sri Lanka, Sachin is getting going now though - a big innings from him and this will be a close one.