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The Cricket World Cup.

chopped_chimp said:
Are you sure? I'm picking Bond won't be playing at the very least. Why would Fleming want to risk an injury? Lets face it, Bond is awesome but is pretty accident prone.

We get nothing out of winning this match. I can't see Aussie wanting to play a full strength side either. They will have their work cut out with SA. Yeah they have played shite but they also have some awesome potential.
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Pretty sure both Fleming and Ponting have said they will play their best teams - I'm pretty sure Flem said it specifically in relation to Bond. Ponting has certainly implied in interviews that he strongly disagreed with the SL policy of resting players.

I do agree completely with your logic, though.
 
Christ, what a nice batting wicket. I didn't know the West Indies had them!!
 
Caaaaarmmmm on you Aussies.

Lets give it to THR and Simon and any other baa baas out there.


Oh and while Im at it................On you Kangaroos.

wooop we are on a roll baby.
 
Ouch.

*Looks around for positives*

*Shakes head*

Nope. I for a second thought maybe Fulton and Styris would make some runs, give the crowd some entertainment, before the inevitable.

Oh well. Semi-finalists isn't too bad, and we've got maybe a 35-40% chance of beating SL, which would make us probably the least deserving finalists ever. Let's hope we can lift our game.
 
that wasn't just your average garden variety spanking... no no no

that was a clinical, bordering on violent demolition of the highest order...

I love it!!! =D
 
Bond was sick was he? Yeah right.

I wouldn't worry too much about that loss.... I think we were just taking it easy and wanted to have an early night.
 
And so the end is nigh.

Sri Lanka and Australia both bull dozing there way into the Grand Finale.

I dont think anyone would disagree that the two best sides are in the final.

I have to say that if Australia wins then they are truly deserving of the worlds respect as the quality the team has produced has surprised even me.

If Sri Lanka are to win then it will be a monumental performance and they would be deserving champions.

Im really looking forward to this match.
 
I can't beleive how bad the South African's went last night. Credit to some awesome bowling by McGrath and co, but how many wickets were the result of poor shot choice? When you're a few wickets down for less than 30 runs, why would you attempt to play big shots? The wicket of Prince was soooooo lame. It was nearly a wide.

I thought the 'stick around to the end' attitude would have outweighed their pre-match gameplan, but apparently not?

Anyways, to the finals we go.

I hope pigeon wins player of the tournament. He deserves it, and to go out like that in your last game ever would just be awesome.
 
I think the saffa's were lucky to make even 149, after all, two of the players who reached double figures {b]Should[/b] have been dismissed before they'd reach 10.

Dodgy umpiring is all they've got to hang their hats on for that not being a complete embarassment

Saturday night is going to be very... Olympic - Huge party planned, huge game of cricket... Happy day yo =D
 
Yeah Macca has been on fire aye.

I dont think there is any doubt had he not hit it that that was a wide.

To be honest i got the impression that most of these teams dont really do much preperation for games............I quite honestly doubt many of them had a game plan.



I think new zealand are gunna struggle with flemming retiring.............I rated him as one of the best captains in cricket...............possibly one of the best i have ever seen..............he will be a great loss.
 
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At his peak, yes. But frankly I don't think he's been very good recently - either as a captain or as a batsman. Hopefully by stepping down as captain his batting will improve, and give us a chance to develop Vettori for the next World Cup.

We still have the core of a decent team, with guys like Vettori and Patel, Taylor, Fulton, McCullum, Oram, Vincent, maybe Franklin. Our real problem will be hoping Vettori can develop into a strong leader and skilled tactician, and finding a world class fast bowler to replace Bond (plus a couple of decent toilers in the Chatfield mode, and an opening batsman).

I agree with y'all about McGrath, though maybe Hayden shades him as player of tournament? Maybe not....
 
I hate but respect Austrailia...they really do take the excitement out of the tournament though.
 
Simon, yeah sorry mate I dont follow your lot all that closely so wasnt aware his performances had sufferred...........I just always rated him as a captain........until more recently I rated him higher than Ponting who I think took a long time to start to show what he might be capable of as a captain.

SMC...........yeah I understand where your coming from but is it Australias fault they have taken the game to a new level of proffessionalism?

Its up to the other countries to move forward as well and that doesnt seem to have happenned as yet.

Anyways to be honest I have got much more enjoyment out of watching Australias brilliant batting and bowling exhibitions than watching the crap that most countries have displayed.

I am hopeful and probably expecting that the final will produce a reasonably close finish one way or the other.
 
I see the Aussies walking all over Sri Lanka sadly.
 
Sorry to butt in...

Every summer, I go up to the Bronx, to Van Cortlandt Park in New York...and I see people from the four corners of the world, playing that game.

Perhaps one of you could post a url that explains it? I haven't a clue, but it looks like fun.
 
This is a post I wrote recently to try and help someone else understand.........its a bit long winded so if you want to cut to the chase scroll to the bottom for the last few pars..........lol

OK, well there are 3 main forms of the game at international level.

Test cricket which is the oldest form and lasts for a maximum 5 days.

1 day cricket which sees each team get 50 overs to bat and bowl.

20-20 which sees each team get 20 overs to bat and bowl.

The world Cup is relevant to 1 day cricket so I will concentrate on that.


There are two teams in a competition.
11 players per team
Each team takes a turn to field.........basically bowl a ball and attempt to get the batsman out or restrict scoring.
And each team takes a turn to bat........try not to get out and score runs in the fastest manner in order to achieve the highest score within the 50 over maximum.
Any player can only bowl a maximum of 10 overs consisting of 6 legal balls each.
An over is a name given to a six legal ball group of bowls by a bowler.
I say legal ball because it is possible to bowl an illegal ball, some examples are if the bowler fails to allow the ball to leave his hand before he crosses the crease or if having bowled the ball the ball is deemed to be to wide of the batsman.
The crease is a mark made parralel to the stumps and about a metre or so away.
The stumps are the three bits of wood at each end of the pitch that the bowlers are trying to knock over.......sort of like skittles.
The pitch is the name given to the area that the bowler bowls on in the centre of the field......it generally has a very hard rolled surface of very short cut grass.
A run is like a score and is achieved by a p[layer hitting the ball and then running to the other end of the pitch before the fielders can throw the ball there and hit the stumps
The facing batsman is the batsman facing the bowler and being bowled at.
The runner is the batsman at the other end who exchanges places with the facing batsman when a run is made.
There are various ways a batsman can get out such as hitting the ball on the full to a fieldsman who must also catch it, he can be out if he gets bowled meaning the bowler has hit the stumps, he can be run out which means that in the process of making a run the fielding team hits the stumps with the ball before the batsman crosses the crease. A batsman can also be out LBW if the umpire believes the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps.
LBW means leg before wicket.
Umpire is a referee.....there are 2 in the game. One stands behind the stumps at the bowlers end and adjudicates things like if an illegal ball has been bowled or if a player is out. The other one stands at square leg (generally) and also helps adjudicate the same sorts of things.
Square leg is a position of fielding that is inline with the facing batsmans legs at right angles to the pitch and about 15 metres away.
There are many other ways of getting out but they are the main ones.
In order for a team to be all out.........10 of the 11 players must be got out.
A player can only ever bat once and hence be out once in a one day game.
If a batsman hits the ball hard enough to go over either the fence or the boundary rope on the full then that is a 6 meaning it will score 6 runs and the batsmen do not have to run.
If the batsman hits the ball hard enough and well enough for the ball to reach the boundary but having bounced at least once on its way then that is called a 4 and it will score 4 runs and the batsman do not have to run.
The fielding player bowling the ball at the batsman is called the bowler while he is bowling.........otherwise he is just another fieldsman.
The fielding player standing behind the stumps at the opposite end to the bowler is called the wicket keeper and he generally stops any balls that the batsman misses or chooses to leave.
A wicket is also another name for a stump.
Wicket or the wicket is also another name for the pitch.
A wicket can also mean a batsman.
Off refers to the side of the field that is not the leg side of the prevailing batsman.........a batsman can bat left or right handed so the off or leg side is determined by the batsman.
Leg refers to the side of the field that is on the leg side.
The on side also refers to the leg side.
A fast bowler will generally bowl the ball at about 140-150klms per hour with some able to get up to 160klms per hour.
A spin bowler will bowl much slower and often loop the ball in the air in order to allow it to get better grip and try to make the ball change directions when it hits the pitch.
Scoring is read like this for the world cup........ 148-6........this means there are 6 wickets down or 6 batsman who have been gotten out and the batting team has scored 148 runs.
Each team will have specialist bowlers and specialist batsmen and a wickjet keeper who should be able to bat as well and possibly 1 or more all rounders meaning they can bat or bowl.
The first two batsmen to bat are called the openers.
A partnership is the number of runs that two batsmen can get between them without getting out.
The ball is made of leather on the outside and is coloured white. It has two main sides that are sewn together.



Look, I could go on for years here and the more I typoe the more i figure that its all just gunna be gobbledegoop to you.

I have just learnt that this is a damn hard game to explain in a few minutes. I have been a student of the game for more than 40 years and never really thought about it before.


Maybe this will help.

The teams toss to decide who will go out and who will go in.
The team going out will try to get the team going in out.
The team going in will try not to get out while they are in.
If a player from the team that is out gets a player from the team that is in out then that player goes off and another goes in until he is out.
When all the players that were in are out then the players that were out are in and those that were in are now out trying to get the players that are in out.

I think thats about as clear as it gets really.




original thread.......... http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=298636
 
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