Cricket World Cup 2003

[Private Ryan]

Well its that time again the CWC starts today here in South Africa (finally)!

I would like to know who you guys think is going to win. Personally i think the winner will win it, but thats just my prediction. Okay seriously, I hope that SA wins it and prefably beat Austalia in the final (some revenge for the semi-final muck up).

What are your thoughts on the whole thing?

To avoid clutter use this thread for the duration of the world cup (somebody did it during the ashes).:clap:

[Inquisitor]

England all the way (Yeah right, it will be a miracle if we make it into the super 6)

[bloodArvil]

Lmao BRICK.

Australia should be in the final with SA and Australia will just win.
I'm not just saying that because I'm an aussie it's because I know thats going to happen :biggrin:

[Anonymous]

Well As an Aussie i going for australia ofc but hopefully all the teams cant get over the security matters ( which i reckon is kinda ruined the start of the cup) if its not good enough then dont play that simple stop making a big deal out of it. i just waan wacth some good cricket


hehehe SA lost by 3 runs, some crazy batting it that game

[Zafiras]

my first thoughts were for Australia to win and may do easily... thats changed now that Shane Warne has failed a drug test and is now on his way home... i dont think greatly of him but it is a knock to the squad and planned setups for the cup.

just a tip to... keep an eye out for a real dark horse :grin::grin:

[WorlWydeHusla]

HAHAAHAH canada is top 10 in teh world lmao 4/5 of our popluation doesnt even know what cricket is

[Demonic]

amen to that..


what is cricket anyway? :p

[Anonymous]

lol yea no warne but we r still a good team

Cricket is cricket DOH
hehhe

[Zafiras]

cricket is.... is... ahhh dont worry bout it... the cups coming back to australia so it dont matter :p j/k

south africa may be a real threat :)

[Loonytune15]

not likely I reckon windies or even India to be the big threats:)

See that crap about the pakistani wicket keeper is going to sue the entire Aussie cricket team for defamtion?? What a dumbass!

[Zafiras]

windies got done by NZ... maybe the kiwi's maybe a threat.
@ the paki wicket keeper.. he dropped the charges, i still chuckly tho when i see gilchrist running over to the umpire and mouth the words "he called me a white c...." you know the rest lol

[No_FeaR]

Originally posted by Zafiras
windies got done by NZ... maybe the kiwi's maybe a threat.

helll yeh

[Private Ryan]

Anybody see Drakes catch against Canada? My soul what a catch!!!!

@ WWH Canada now holds the record for the fastest century by a batsmen (66 balls or something).

[Punisher2021]

Do they have an cricket games for the pc ?I hope not lol .

[Inquisitor]

You can get 'Brian Lara' for the pc

Come on England:clap:

[Zafiras]

well Nassar's boys did well the other night with a win over india i think it was... maybe they are on a roll now :D (nice come back by Aktair at the end tho)

[No_FeaR]

Originally posted by Private Ryan
Anybody see Drakes catch against Canada? My soul what a catch!!!!

@ WWH Canada now holds the record for the fastest century by a batsmen (66 balls or something). .....in a world cup,afridi in pakistan hit 100 off about 36 balls when he was 17 in a ODI.
anyway,what about sri lanka gettin done by kenya

[Bandit]

Originally posted by Zafiras
my first thoughts were for Australia to win and may do easily... thats changed now that Shane Warne has failed a drug test and is now on his way home... i dont think greatly of him but it is a knock to the squad and planned setups for the cup.

just a tip to... keep an eye out for a real dark horse :grin::grin:

damn feel sorry for him he didt do anything really.

[Loonytune15]

Originally posted by Punisher2021
Do they have an cricket games for the pc ?I hope not lol .

Cricket 2002 by Ea Sports is available

http://www.ea.com/exphat.jsp?destURL=www.easportscricket.com

Australia will destroy any team that trys to stand in its way.
Loved that ripper of a catch by Brett Lee against Zimbabwe



Warne or no Warne, you have been Warned!!!

[Zafiras]

guess australia really did stamp the hands on the trophey with that win over zimbabwe. they put up a sweet fight and high scores but guess the better team won on the day

[Anonymous]

hehehe Good win for the aussies alright :)

[Zafiras]

i didnt watch us bat... thought we were gone. peeved now tho :(

[Bandit]

Australia allways wins theres no odds they all ways win sometimes they nearly lose its like 80% chance they will win what do you think people?

[WorlWydeHusla]

so whats going on with cricket? like is canada any good? we made a record? lol are we still in? i dont think so or teh news wouldve been all over it lol

i say,,,stick to hockey

and how does the scoring work? i was like 203/3 for a score lol i dont get ONE thng about this sport lol

[Zafiras]

cricket has 11 batters - when the score reads 203/3 means that they have made 203 runs and have 3 batters out.

its hard to say if thats a good score... alot depends on weather, field (grass height etc.) and pitch conditions

[Inquisitor]

Host nation South Africa are OUT. They are a bit thick down there as they only needed 230 to win and someone got there maths a bit wrong 229 + 1 and the scored 229 a drew which means the game was tied and they are out.

But as Mac Donald said in an Airline magazine "There will be a few early departures" yeah your one of them :grin:

[Zafiras]

dunno if anyone out there is watching the aussie kiwi game right now... if so aussies turn off, kiwi's turn on. kiwi's electing to bowl have australia 7 wickets for 84 runs off of 26 overs.

looks like aussies are gonna scratch up their first defeat for the cup... so far well played by the kiwi's :)

[Anonymous]

Bond always does well against the aussies coz he bowls str8.

well it was going to happen sooner or later @ less it not in the final that we lose

[russe||]

In case you don't already know the Aussies have won again. They bowled New Zealand out for 112 off 30.1 overs.

Some how Shane Bond got 6-23 and New Zealand still lost!

!Well done Australia!

[Zafiras]

ummm errrmmm eeeek.... i thought NZ had that one in the bag :(

[Loonytune15]

Once again Nz have let the sheep out of the bag :D

btw Brett Lee got 5 - 42 not 6- 23 :)

Still how good is Andy Bichel??? He comes in at 7 - 84 and has a 97 8th wicket stand with Bevan and hits 64 runs. Not only that survives after getting conked on the head by a beamer from Adams.

What a champion!! Up the Qlders!!!! Go the Aussies!!!

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by loonytune15
Once again Nz have let the sheep out of the bag :D



lol yep they sure did a great come back by the aussies

[Loonytune15]

Australia is through!!!!

Australia booked themselves into the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup with a comprehensive Duckworth Lewis affected 48 run win against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, another clinical performance that will only enhance the aura of invincibility that now surrounds Ricky Ponting's side.

Sri Lanka had their moments, making Australia's top order struggle on the sluggish St George's pitch at Port Elizabeth, but Australia once again wriggled free of trouble, posting a respectable 212 for seven after an unbeaten half-century from Andrew Symonds, before grabbing an iron-like grip on the game with the ball.

Mid-innings the match may have looked evenly poised, but that was before the main contest of the day: speedster Brett Lee versus Sri Lanka's pace-shy top order. Lee won the contest in convincing fashion, shrugging off the handicap of a turgid surface to take three wickets as Sri Lanka slumped to 76 for seven.

Kumar Sangakkara (39*) and Chaminda Vaas (21*) provided some resistance, adding 47 runs in 13.5 overs for the eighth wicket, before rain forced the players from the field with Sri Lanka on 123 for seven after 38.1 overs, well behind the run rate according to the Duckworth Lewis machinations.

No further play was possible, meaning Australia, who now have a record 16 successive World Cup wins under their belt, will face either India or Kenya in the tournament final at Wanderers on Sunday.

The Sri Lanka innings had started brightly enough with the inform Marvan Atapattu (14) stroking three boundaries but Lee was cranking steadily up through the gears. The disappointment of a spilled catch at cover pushed him to full throttle and a thunderbolt yorker, clocked at a staggering 160.1 KM per hour, rearranged his stumps.

Sanath Jayasuriya (17), a shadow of his former self after being roughed up and maimed by Lee at Centurion, was snared by Lee's new ball partner Glen McGrath, swivel-pulling lamely into the hands of Symonds at backward square.

Lee quickly mopped up Hashan Tillakaratne (3) and Avishka Gunawardene (1), both of whom wafted edges behind, before Andy Bichel sealed Sri Lanka's fate with the brilliant run out of Aravinda de Silva, the last man capable of carrying Jayasuriya's side to victory.

The out-of-form Mahela Jayawardene, included in the side in place of paceman Dilhara Fernando earlier in the day as Sri Lanka packed their side with batting, extended his World Cup aggregate to 21 in seven innings before being caught off pad and glove.

When Russel Arnold, Sri Lanka's last recognised batsman, top edged a sweep to deep back square, having spent 27 balls scratching out his three runs, Sri Lanka dead and buried on 76 for seven

Earlier, after Australia had won an important toss, Symonds, a controversial selection when Australia's World Cup squad was first announced, produced his second match-winning performance of the tournament, scoring an unbeaten 91 from 118 balls.

The zinc-lipped right-hander, who would have been stumped on 33 had Sangakkara not spilled a straightforward take, rescued the Australian innings with a 93 run partnership for the fourth wicket.

Australia had made a galloping start, racing to 34 off the first five overs as Pulasthi Gunaratne was smacked for 20 runs in his first two overs.

But de Silva, called into the attack in just the sixth over, broke through with his second off-break of the day as Gilchrist edged an attempted sweep onto his pad to offer Sangakkara a simple catch. Had the 29-year-old stood his ground then he would have been reprieved by a doubting Rudi Koertzen but, in an act of rare Australian chivalry, Gilchrist walked.

Vaas, who produced another skillful display, then claimed a brace of wickets as Ricky Ponting (2) mistimed a drive to be caught at mid-off and Matthew Hayden (20) clipped a stinging catch to mid-wicket. The left-armer extended his record World Cup tally to 23 when he had Lee Harvey caught at the wicket with a jagging off-cutter.

Symonds and Lehmann then steadied the innings, never scoring easily against Sri Lanka's quartet of slow bowlers, but preventing a Sri Lankan rout and laying a solid enough foundation for their bowlers later in the day.

Eventually, Jayasuriya broke through with a well-flighted delivery that Lehmann chopped onto his stumps. The spinner had a chance of claiming a hat-trick when Michael Bevan (0), the hero during Australia's previous two matches at Port Elizabeth, edged a catch behind.

Brad Hogg (8) survived the hat-trick ball but did not last long before being smartly stumped by Sangakkara. After Harvey's dismissal Australia were 175 for seven but Sri Lanka could not finish them off as Symonds and Bichel added 37 runs in the final 6.1 overs.

[Zafiras]

woot - smell it alreadfy lol

[Anonymous]

cant wait for the final go the aussies