The match between Sl and AUS is just a formality match as this does not change outcome of teams going into semis. After a couple of big wickets Jayawardene and Silva settle down and provided the needed good partnership.Silva is such a SL promising player averaging 50 plus in this world cup, He already has [...]
Minnows 101 – How to play cricket ? By Ireland
Ireland has surprised themselves again. This match is supposed to be played between India vs. Pakistan if they have made it to super eight.Seeing this match for the first time I felt Indian or Pakistani team did not deserve and rightfully exited for good.Indian and Pak fans must be thinking the same about this game [...]
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NewZealand defeating South Africa gave English one final 'semi final' chance
By NZ winning this match, RSA Vs Eng match turns out to be exciting one.English now has semis chances.NZ is the second team after Australia to confirm berth in semis of WC 2007. I was hoping for a tough match today and here goes another one sided game of WC2007. RSA should have easily managed [...]
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Unstoppable Aussies wrapped up formalty game before lunch.
Australia and Ricky Pointing has just answered his own question of “the value of minnows at the World Cup and wonders if they provide any benefits for cricket’s showpiece event.” Pakistan and India of course failed miserable at so called minnows hands. Today Australia showed to rest of the cricket teams ( Pakistan and India [...]
Team India's personal lives after World Cup 2007 early exit
How is team India doing after their early exit ? Except for the family quality time they may not be daring to go into crowded places to avoid unruly fans.Is fans better or bibi’s worse? Lets peek into team India’s personal lives – Rahul Dravid and Vijeta Pendharkar Wall might be getting new paint daily [...]
67 runs win by South Africa – A revenge well taken
Wounded proteas shamed after loosing a match to Bangladesh by 67 runs made WI loose the match EGZATLY by 67 runs.A revenge well taken. Defeated against South Africa, world cup dream is now unfulfilled for Brian Lara who promised his fans that he would make his exit in a blaze of glory.Yeah he is correct [...]
Why India cannot make it to super eights ?
Sachin-Chappell faisco made Sachin come out open and talk to media which resulted in notices from BCCI.In a rare public outburst, Tendulkar, expressed his anguish, saying ”Paani sar se ooncha ho gaya hai (Things have gone a bit too far to keep quiet). I’ve given my heart and my soul for 17 years. No coach [...]
Super Eights standings as of today
We are now into ten days of Super Eights. Here are team satndings. New Zealand tops the list but they have yet to play with other three big teams in World Cup – Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Day 10 Analysis: Remember that Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies all carried over [...]
One down Ten to GO!
The flipper ‘Anil Kumble’ today announced his retirement from one day internationals.One of the first of many in senior squad who is expected to announce their retirements after team India’s early exit from world cup. His 17 plus years cricket career has so many records as his other team colleagues ( remember ‘team India’ tigers [...]
Super Eight – who will be the winners?
Super Eight picks -Cricket Riff Raffers (Mainly Nareshi and Ravi) put together nice spread sheets to track the matches as we go into semi finals and finals.Here are my guesses,I guessed based on my analysis and Rediff’s MVP picks MVP day 12.My world cup winners guess is South Africa.I’ll update this regularly to reflect day [...]
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