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Well it starts on March 11th or is it 13th?

Micheal Holding came out yesterday saying that non test nations should not participate in the World Cup & are just making the tournament very long, which is true, but you gotta give the guys a chance, not all the countrys in the world play the sport so its nice they get a chance to play in the BIG stage, plus they might pull of some surprises.

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hmm i hope is ready to start on time. should be a good go with us playing oz in the group stages

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SA team has asked for their training venue to be changes cos of the surface of the pitch, it was making all the balls bounce head high for the batsmen, so they got more head practice than batting practice :D

Close call with ireland yesterday.its good tho-gets our boys back down to earth (if they were on a high) -due to No1 ranking/smoking banana leaves

lol, yeh, Andrew Hall to the rescue! saved us some pride, hopefully the guys will get accustom to the picthes now, & dont screw up in the main tournament itself!

Well, nearly TWO upsets after the first round of the warm-up matches. The ICC doesnt regard these as full ODI status games, so no new records can be set...

Poms thrashed Bermuda
WI beat Kenya by 21 runs
SL beat Scotland by 159 runs
Newly crowned number 1 team in the world SA nearly was beaten by Ireland:lol:

Bangladesh beat NZ
Aus beat Zim by 106 runs
India beat Netherlands by 182 runs
Pak beat canada by 77 runs

Is it just me or is this tournament looking looking like a disaster? Explosions in hotels. Planes crashing next to Oz training field. Earthquake. Bad pitches. Incomplete stadia. Shock warm up results.

What next? Rioting? Zimbabwe winning the WC? All teams except windies sent home for excessive ganja intake?

Earthquakes? ^^

Anything's possible. Anything except Zim winning. :lol: (Although in the two ODI matches I've attended in my life, Zimbabwe won both. But that was before Mugabe really did his damage.)

Maybe all the shit is happening before the WC can start so that we will have smooth WC :dunno:

Is it just me or is this tournament looking looking like a disaster? Explosions in hotels. Planes crashing next to Oz training field. Earthquake. Bad pitches. Incomplete stadia. Shock warm up results.

What next? Rioting? Zimbabwe winning the WC? All teams except windies sent home for excessive ganja intake?

Doomsday or negativity?:lol: Dursboi got the spirit of cricket.:) Oh well, one thing for sure Zimbabwe would not win the wc, or even get out of Group D. And SA and AUS meet march 24, im glad its on a saturday which means + 15 hours for Sydney time! that way i can sleep all sunday...

Oh well, one thing for sure Zimbabwe would not win the wc, or even get out of Group D.

I wish Zim still fielded a good side. Even 6 or 7 years ago they were capable of almost anything. In 2000 I saw Zim defeat SA (now that was a shocker to 20,000 screaming & drunk folks at Kingsmead!) and West Indies in ODIs. And it was wonderful when they beat India in Harare in 2001 in a Test.

If they were even 75% as strong now as they were then, perhaps they could win one match against the WIndies or Pakistan, and maybe cause a little havoc in Group D. Unfortunately, they're not even a shadow of what they once were. :ohno:

Although I'll cheer for SA, if the Proteas falter, I'd like to see the Windies win. There's something magical when a side wins on home soil.

What sucks most is that I can't actually watch the matches because the US TV rights were sold to a satellite company, and I use cable. :ohno: (Even if we had a satellite, I doubt my wife would let me spend $200 to order the World Cup. :lol:)

Now she doesnt have to know, some things are better left untold ;)

Windies playing Pakistan today in the first game?

Predictions anyone?

I dont trust Pakistan, there form leading up to the WC was pretty woefull, but that can all change in a flash & they showed us this before. Windies have home advantage & it is the first game, so Im expecting them to do the job, but dont be surprised if Pakistan steal it.

^^ I agree. Playing at home in the opening match will definitely give the Windies a boost. Then again, they NEED a boost, since they played horribly against India last week. :lol:

what a shocker of an opening ceremony

what a shocker of an opening ceremony

ya man opening ceremony ****ed:bash: :bash: , it was like a stage show even worse, the one in SA was much better.

^^it was on so late i didnt even bother watching it

Well the young stars of the windies helped beat Pakistan by 54 runs at Sabina Park, Kingston. Samuels top scored with 63 and man-of-the-match Dwayne Smith got 32 runs and took 3-36 of 10 overs with the ball. Not bad start for the hosts.

The official attendance was not released, but not sure if it beat 24 222 at Newlands for the 2003 wc opener....but still a great atmosphere that is missed in oz, where there is more drunks than drums:)

Well the young stars of the windies helped beat Pakistan by 54 runs at Sabina Park, Kingston. Samuels top scored with 63 and man-of-the-match Dwayne Smith got 32 runs and took 3-36 of 10 overs with the ball. Not bad start for the hosts.

The official attendance was not released, but not sure if it beat 24 222 at Newlands for the 2003 wc opener....but still a great atmosphere that is missed in oz, where there is more drunks than drums:)

i think it didi, it seems like the whole stadium was full.:banana:

the opening match with the host nation playing had many empty seats..

enough said.

^^it was on so late i didnt even bother watching it

same here, I retired @ 11pm

the opening match with the host nation playing had many empty seats..

enough said.

That was sad to see, plenty empty seats on almost all the stands.
The game wasnt the best, but it was good none the less. Good win for Windies although I felt they slowed the game down quite a bit, I eventualy ended watching prison break & Nip/Tuck before getting back to the cricket.

did anybody watched the match between ireland and zimbabwe,
omg such a thriller, one of the best match of world cup,

ireland lokks pretty good team

I saw until the 5th over of the Zim innings!, but then the lighting hit my Dish! they allenby got fried!!!!
Now I have to get another 1 :(

^^ Thats not good news. Maybe I'll get my aunty to ask Butch James for a spare dish, hopefully that takes up more of his time, making the Sharks drop a game for a change...:lol: Yes Im :nuts: tonight.

Big 1 in a few hours is Group C NZ v England from St lucia...loser could end up missing the Super 8s with Kenya looking good to topple one of them (and I think it will be England)?

ITs all fixed, so Im on for the SA game today :okay:

Ur aunty stays in Ilanga? in Simbithi? I was a consultant on that job :D

353/3 in 40 over's. I think our number 1 ranking serves us right.

see when Gibsy stops smoking dope and betting on the team, he can be destructive at best, 36 in an over, never been done in an ODI before
and Boucher 50 of 21 , not bad for a keeper, Gilcrest eat your heart out

Ur aunty stays in Ilanga? in Simbithi? I was a consultant on that job :D

Dont know what the place is called, but she is neighbours with Butch James in same sort of flashy-looking closed community complex. Thats wat we call them in oz. Maybe next time im there, i'd take notice where im going:lol: BTW great looking complex. A job well done:applause:

And for the cricket, some interesting matches tonight? Possible shock results? Banglas play the Indians from Port-of-Spain, and the Irish play the Pakistanis from Kingston, Jamaica. I tip the Indians and the Pakistanis, but stranger things have happened. Like SA being ranked number 1 side in the world...:lol: joking of course, they deserve and hope they stay there for a while...be good for the game

it is a shame to see grounds that arent near full

Well stranger things have happened...Banglas beat the Indians and the Irish through to the super 8s, at the expense of Pakistan, who are the first team to be out of the world cup

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March 18, 2007
Woolmer has been Pakistan's coach since June 2004 © Getty Images



Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has died din a Kington hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room hours after his side's elimination from the World Cup. He was 58.

Although Woolmer played 19 Tests for England, it was as an international coach he really made his mark, first with South Africa and then, after a spell as the ICC's High Performance Manager, with Pakistan.

Born in India, Woolmer made his mark in a strong Kent side in the 1970s as an allrounder, a pugnacious middle-order batsman and medium-paced seamer. Although his England career was just getting started when he joined World Series Cricket, there were already signs that his early promise was not going to be fulfilled.

More to follow

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^^ that is terrible news. one hopes it was from natural reasons

^^ that is terrible news. one hopes it was from natural reasons

yeah i got the BBC breaking news thing on my laptop..was pretty freaked out considering pakistan just got knocked out of the world cup.

reading cricinfo, it seems he was covered in blood and vomit, which makes one wonder what happened.
RIP bob you were a true gentleman of the game and a great Capetonian

I cant believe it

Pakistan team out of world cup-Coach dies a day later-Its very suspicious.And these things have happened before ie Soccer world cups etc.I hope theres a detailed investigation into this...
Im shocked.Feel sorry for his family and him

I bet the saffers and all the teams play with black arm bands

Its a shame, I dont suspect fowl play, but you never know. There are soon looney's out there.

R.I.P Bob, he gave alot to the cricket world. His hitech cricket analasys program has helped teams all over the world. Its a sad day for cricket, esp bad coz it happend during the world cup.

Also more bad news for the Pakistani's, Inzi has quitted ODI's, his game against Zim will be his last. One of the worlds finest stroke player, the only guy in ODI with a stella batting avg, that hardly ran singles!

A full autopsy is to be so all will be known in 2 days they say.

the SA team will wear black armbands for their next game and a minutes silence will be held

all teams are wearing black arm bands

Cricinfo staff
March 21, 2007

Police are now treating Bob Woolmer's death as suspicious, Mark Shields, the deputy commissioner of police, told a news conference in Jamaica.

"We have already informed the Woolmer family of these developments," Shields said. "Having met with the pathologists, our medical personnel and investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious."

Pervez Mir, the Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman, told AFP: "The police suspect that Woolmer may have been murdered. They have started an investigation." Unconfirmed reports suggested there had been signs of strangulation.

Shields said the police had been in close contact with the Pakistan team management, the Cricket World Cup committee and the ICC, but he would not speculate on the cause of Woolmer's death. "It would be inappropriate for me to make any comment at this stage as we have still not got the final official report from the pathologists," he said.

Talat Ali, the Pakistan team manager, told Geo TV they had not been given full details by the police. "They have not made any reference to poisoning or anything yet, as some reports are suggesting," Ali said. "There is no information at all that this poison could be involved. Investigations will carry on so we cannot come to any conclusions right now."

Ali denied Pakistan were not allowed to travel. "There are no police restrictions on the team," he said. "As planned for now, we are flying back on Saturday."

Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday and pronounced dead shortly after at a Jamaica hospital. Woolmer's family said after speaking to doctors they expected his death came from a stress-related heart attack. An autopsy completed on Tuesday was inconclusive, but investigators were waiting for the results of toxicology tests to see if they helped determine the cause.

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just heard on radio, suspicious death and foul play susspected. this is insane , its only cricket

Well there was vomit on the walls, blood on the floor and diahorea and they found him with his mouth wide open in the room...that doesnt sound very natural to me!!

the news reports Im reading now talk about murder, this is absolute Bull shit. Bob was a calm, cool, gentle man who loved the game so much he gave his life for it. No sport is worth that much

in some countries it seems it is. They burn images of their players and ask for their death when they lose and dance all nite and say the players are kings when they win. seems damn odd to me.

any of you guys joined that 5fm fantasy league?
im 380/10500! (for now...)

^^Bitch Im 4613/10514 The freeken englishman let me down! I knew I shouldnt have gone with them :ohno: . Thank god I didnt pick any pakistani's!!!!!!!

Yeh, the guys in the sub continent do take there cricket alittle to seriously, just like how the guys in the the South America's take their soccer. But I doubt they would go to such drastic messures, but there is talk of match fixing, but the report on his autopsy is coming out today, lets wait & see, all this is just speculation & none of it is proved. Its porb journalists making stories up.

ok, so in our group the pansy games have been sorted out, today Netherlands & the Scots will be battling it out, will be interesting to see who wins that one, Im sure it will be entertaining.

But Saturday the BIG 1, SA vs ASStralia, its gonna be wild! big hitting game, Im sure the sledging will start today, at the begining of the week, Pointing was saying that he didnt label SA as choker's, what a bunch of bull.

But Saturday the BIG 1, SA vs ASStralia, its gonna be wild! big hitting game, Im sure the sledging will start today, at the begining of the week, Pointing was saying that he didnt label SA as choker's, what a bunch of bull.

Symonds is back. But how useful will he be? The winner I think will be chokers:lol: Why? coz there isnt much pressure on SA for this game. Im looking forward to another potential semi-final against the rainbow nation.

hehe im 4300 odd people ahead of you!
man it sucks being so good!

we'll see at the end tho-who's got the most points
no point in bragging now..

I hope netherlands win coz they speak funny and get hit for 6's the whole time

^^ & they got some hot female supporters! ;)

OMG! THEY KILLED WOOLMER! THOSE BASTURDS!



Woolmer murder: No arrests yet


Jamaican police have categorically denied on Skynews that any arrests have been made in connection with the murder of former Pakistan and South Africa coach Bob Woolmer on Friday morning.


This is contrary to reports aired by New Delhi Television who indicated that a man was being held in custody by the Jamaican police.

"I don't know where that's come from. That's nonsense, as far as I'm concerned. There's actually no truth in that," said Jamaica's deputy commissioner Mark Shields.

"I can unequivocally dismiss that, unless someone's given themselves up in India and we don't know about it, but I think that's highly unlikely."

A murder inquiry was launched into the death of Woolmer after a post mortem revealed that the world reknowned coach was strangled.

The 57-year-old was found dead in his hotel room last weekend, a day after Pakistan had been eliminated from the World Cup by minnows Ireland.



THOSE BITCHES THAT ARE INVOLVED MUST PAY! I hope they rot in hell

^^ i thought so

you dont just die "naturally" in those circumstances

but if i were bob, and pakistan just lost to ireland, i think i wouldve rented out some protection services for myself...and im sure no one would raise an eyebrow coz everyone understands how fanatical some people can be..
-such a shame this whole thing

Well they have all the pakistani's fingerprints now, and the paper said whoever killed him new him personally...wouldnt it be a total shame if it actually was one of the cricketers!!! but it seems more likely to have been someone trying to silence his knowledge of the matchfixing that pakistan have been involved in. All in all a total and utter discrace for cricket. and if anything is proven to link to pakistan they must be kicked out of global cricket for GOOD!!

OMG. talk about taking censorship the extreme. if you write p a k i as one word they put little stars instead....aaahhh how sweet. whats wrong with the word anyway? its a short version of pakistani

right now DNA tests are being taken on the pakistani team..
anyway i hope that the fackass bastards who were involved in this are all shot down

And kicked out of cricket if there is involvement. Its a sorry day for the world when sport is taken that damn seriously. i mean it should just be a form of entertainment, but the way the Indians and Pakistani's take cricket, the way europeans and brazilians take soccer and the way canadians take ice hockey it is very scary to think that a few years ago sport was more civil. Too much money is going to people in sport and blinding them to the ethical behaviour and real reason of sport.

Lets hope that when bangladesh knock india out of the world up there are not riots and craziness in india! because at the rate things are going, i see that and more happening

wow, hold on thier big fela. sure bob knew the guy, but i seriously doubt it was sum1 in the team, atleast i wud like to believe it wasnt. There are 100's of ppl who Bob knew, & many of them are at the WC, yes it cud be related to the match fixing or it cud be sum sour fan who put a shit load of money on Pakistan to win the WC, & was seriously pissed.
who knows? bt i hope they find the fucker!

ryt nw SA are gettin thier ass whipped by Haden, i hate this fucker! poor Polly gettin smashed for 8.4 runs in his 1st 5!
bt they say its an all day batting wicket, so expect to see sum fireworx from us.

Well, as I stayed up during the night I flicked channels to see Australia Day. :lol: That is, watching the Brumbies beat the Sharks, and our arrogant cricketers beat the newly crowned no. 1 team...New ball bowlers didnt look world class, on both sides. And could this be a sign for opposition teams, to beat SA, play a spinner.mmmm

SA dont have a specialist spinner that is capable of turning a game. The eight teams left...
SL - Murali
NZ - Vettori
AUS - Hogg
BANG - Rafique (?)
Eng - Panesar
WI - Gayle most effective, more than useful part-timer
IRE - just making the numbers:)
SA - ?? And dont say Smith

^^Isnt Pieterson in the squad??

What a shitty weekend for SA sports, & there was 1 cause of the shittiness ASStralians!

Robin Peterson is shite and the team management know it, why he is not picked for key matches. His best ODI bowling figures is a mere 2-26. Hardly, world class. My point is that SA are vulnerable when their pace attack is getting clubbed.

I know, we dont have any spinner's. thats a MAJOR problem in SA cricket at the moment.

West Indies to win :D

i think they going with the pace attack coz the spinner they have in the current squad would probably fetch even more than the pace bowlers...

There's just not much to choose from...
In my opinion the spinner Botha shouldve gone


DB-im now 260/10500!
Its all because i chose smithy! no one likes him-so when he did well-i climbed up the rankings like hell!

^^Didnt check my rankings as yet,

F#@K! 4962/ 10514 Ntini you embarresing me! :rant:

The 2 indian must F off in my team, okay I made my transfer's & Im ready, I got 3 ASStralian, 3 Saffer's, 3 Srilankans & 2 All Black's. Those are my 4 teams to make semi's so Im going with those players. I hope this elevates me up the rankings!

West Indies to win :D

Sorry love, as much as it will be a nice fairy tale story, thats all its going to be a "fairy tale" never going to happen. oh & welcome to the SA Forums :D

I got 3 aus, 2 sa, 3 srilanka, 2nz, 1wi in this round!

I chose sreesanth in the last round! he gave me a big fat O!!!!

^^LOL, well Flintoff gave me 90, which is still useless for an all rounder!

although Sangakara is working wonders for me in the wicket keeping dept

yeah i swapped gilly for him (Sangakara)

gillys a bit like gibbs and the stormers...win some lose some win some lose some etc etc

wow, hold on thier big fela. sure bob knew the guy, but i seriously doubt it was sum1 in the team, atleast i wud like to believe it wasnt. There are 100's of ppl who Bob knew, & many of them are at the WC, yes it cud be related to the match fixing or it cud be sum sour fan who put a shit load of money on Pakistan to win the WC, & was seriously pissed.
who knows? bt i hope they find the fucker!

Well he knew whoever it was for he let them in the room, there was no forced entry.

Well he knew whoever it was for he let them in the room, there was no forced entry.

its inzamam.

^^I got my suspisions too, but I like Inzi too much for me to blame him

yeah i swapped gilly for him (Sangakara)

gillys a bit like gibbs and the stormers...win some lose some win some lose some etc etc

Yeh & Sanga is mmore consistant in his batting, Hayden got another tonne :banana: more points for me! Pointing sold him self short :rant:

SA vs Sri Lanka today!3 guys from each squad for me, hope they all perform. :cheers2:

Cant be serious with Inzi?:lol: :bash:

What a mouth-watering game tonight SA and SL. Its on at 11.30pm Sydney time tonight, my work is not so good for March/April, at least my workplace understands this! Should be good game providing rain stays away...I thought this was the eastern Caribbean's 'drier' season???

q-tip are you a saffer or ausy or pommy or dubaee or chinaman?

^^lol, his a bit of all ;)

I heard the rain stoped today & they dont expect rain for this week, so HOPEFULLY there will be a full game, meaning 2 innings of 50 over's each. lets hope its a good one, I think they should drop Prince & put Bosman in, or someone else! Prince irratates me. :bash:

well there was some rain during the early part of the sa game....we need to win and up our run rate

how south africa almost gave away a match.

Man, how close was that match??? SA almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Stopped breathing there several times. But what brilliant bowling from Sri Lankan whiz, Lasith Malinga, at the end! 4 out in 4 balls and one ball at the end that almost ended everything and missed the stumps by millimetres! That 4 in a row must surely be a World Record or WC record.

Can SA ever shake off the chokers tag?:lol:

^^ must be an ausy


i frikken almost had a heart attack last night!
It was like 3 runs!!!! is that to much to ask?
Ridiculous! glad we won anyhow...
but seriously-if we wana win the world cup-we gotta play like we want it!

not like a bunch of pansies! (hint hint middle order batting)

Faarkin hell, 205/5 at 1 stage, then 207/9, I thought Iwas flippin dreaming, I must admit for most of the game I was half sleepy, but Iwas wide awake at the end, I also nearly had a fart attack! yoh Malinga can bowl, damn I knew I should have gone for him instead of an extra spinner in my team!

Yes Roman, u right it is a new WC record, his the first dude in WC history to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls.

Windies playing NZ today, not much time for them to rest, playing on 3 days striaght, Im sure they will be praying for th heavans to open so that they can play tomorrow.

but seriously-if we wana win the world cup-we gotta play like we want it!

not like a bunch of pansies! (hint hint middle order batting)

True, but I honestly feel the SA middle order is one of world crickets most dangerous?!

Whos playing today?

Poms and the Irish from Providence Stadium, Guyana tonight. Go the Irish! Such faithful fans..or do they realise this isnt the rugby or football world cup!:lol: Either way I feel Irish is not yet done with the upsets.

BTW, is the WC on mnet? Or via free-to-air tv in southern africa?

im now 70/10500
im so great!
where the palm tree leaf wavers?

if polly,bouch,hall,prince and hemp would fire-that wud help to keep the nervous breakdowns at bay(for sa fans)...


(im still recovering from the other night)

im now 70/10500
im so great!
where the palm tree leaf wavers?

Oh F off!

Q-tip, all the group games were shown on both DSTV & "free to air" SABC.
but for the super 8's & so on, "free to air" will only be showing the South African games, whilst DSTV "pay television" will be showing every single match till the end.

Windies got crushed.................. again! thing not looking too bright for their semi final chances

Yes, I moved up Im now 3810/10500, getting there. I knew I should have chose Jayasuria! dman, Silva was looking so good tho'

im now 70/10500
im so great!
where the palm tree leaf wavers?

Im getting stick from my cuz, his 31!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! check the global leader boards, the "Madrogens" or some shit like that :bash:

SA have some easy 'bank' games against the Irish and Banglis. This time next week you should be on 6 points while playing the WI from Grenada.

am now 41/10500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(the martini's)


hope i dont choke at the next round and bomb out
that'll pee me off

^^Dont worry, I should be heading into the top 30......00's

Okay, made my changes for round 3, I subed Ntini for Langevelt, Ntini jus aint performing, I dont think these wickets suit him, Also took out McGrath & brought in Malinga, that dudes on Fire, & he has all the batsmen looking stupid.

Batsmen, I subed Silva for Jayawaedene, I was going to pick him the last round, but I just went with Silva! why oh why! :bash:

i kicked out vaas

(i thought he could bat)

WTF IZ HAPPENING IN THE CRICKET! 108/6 good god, Bangladesh is giving us a hiding! I must still be drunk!

Please tell this is some kind of sick joke, because its not fucking funny anymore! Why is Justin Kemp in the squad? he is in my opinion the biggest WASTE in the squad! Either Dale Beikenstien or Niel Mckenzie, as for leaving out Andrew Hall, that was the biggest bullet in the foot, then the 1 that when right through was US putting them into bat first!

Once again the no spin option for SA has cost them dearly, along with a dismal top order display. Bangladesh seem to like to play top-ranked sides, having beating us in 2005, now SA today...

You know...I am an avid supporter of Australia; but deep inside I still feel for South Africa. I remember how they were a cricketing superpower in the 90s under Cronje and had an excellent batting order with the likes of Cullinan, Kirsten, Cronje etc. I even remember the contributions from Rhodes, Kallis, Klusener etc. But somehow, they have never had the luck of succeeding when it mattered most, i.e. the World Cups.

I know times have changed & the players are different, different bowlers, Graeme Smith as captain etc. They are still a force to be reckoned with - but whenever I see their batsmen struggle and the lower-order tries to rescue the team, it reminds me of the South African team of the late 90s under Cronje.

Very hard-working team, very committed and spirited - but their batting simply never clicked when they really needed it. I just hope they do some serious regrouping and work out their batting so that they can at least make it to the Finals of this WC.

this is what happens when the stormers win a match
1. man utd lose
2. SA cricket team loses

^^ :lol: And Arsenal lose to West Ham:bash:

Ah, Jaunty! Cricket lacks a fielder/batsman anyhow. Perhaps Symonds comes closest? SL and Bangladesh seem very keen in the field as well.

looking by it, unless something bad happens to either SL or NZ, SA would end up playing Aussies in the semi's. Hopefully you can dislodge the Aussies, and make it a very open finals :D

Well Oz are going to win this world cup, they the best team at the mo, and they only major test will be against NZ. Other than that, its theirs to lose. RSA making a SF would be a bonus.

Aus next play Ireland, SL, and NZ, so some interesting movements about the top can occur.

SA next plays WI, NZ and Poms and cant really afford to drop a game, if they want to avoid australia in a semi-final clash again:lol:

NZ next plays Ireland, SL, SA and Australia, and are the only other team undefeated in the world cup.

SL plays NZ, australia, and Ireland, and face a similar path to australia, with some possible things to go wrong.

These four will be in the semis, but in what order is interesting. I can only see australia dropping out by losing a semi-final, coz once australia gets to a final, it is even harder to beat the team on that day...

Well Oz are going to win this world cup, they the best team at the mo, and they only major test will be against NZ. Other than that, its theirs to lose. RSA making a SF would be a bonus.

Yes Aussies are teh team to beat but I think if the SL batting fires on the day, it will be one tough game for Aussies , be it the super-8s, semis or the finals.

^^ :lol: And Arsenal lose to West Ham:bash:

& Liverpool scrape a victory..........hey at least we won :banana:

Nah I think SA shouldnt play on a Saturday, its like a bad luck day for us, as the Tamil's say, they need to do bad luck parayers on 9 Saturday's :lol:

Last time we played Aus on a Saturday we lost, so hopefully (fingers crossed) we do the job against the windies today

Damn, those basturds at the dream league site didnt update their scores, I see u no more in the top 50 Brad, Im sitting like in the 5000's :( man I suck, maybe I should give it up

^^ Shouldnt matter there are no tamills in the sa team?:)
No matter what day sa plays against australia they still lose:lol:
Big game tonight for both teams, WI have the edge over SA in world cups with Lara posting match-winning centuries in 1996 and 2003. should be a good game as a neutral supporter...

durbs-all the guys i have chosen have done shite!
looks like i will fall from grace with a bump!
altho i checked last night-im 50... but not for long...

well written sprash

and about sa cricket-im thinking of supporting lawn bowls or something
but bangladesh played well and they deserve that win

the fact that they played well against us (1), who played badly (2) and in the world cup (3) -----------------pisses me off

just checked again, u joint 28th place with some other dude, well done

thats a bit fishy..
hmmm...

Big game today for us neutrals, Sri Lanka vs NZ

Damn, Im in the 5000's again, but the main guys in my squad are all playing today, so that will push up my score alot! hopefully into the 2000's!!!!!

Luckily I stuck with Polly, he picked up some nice points after the windies game,

U joint 34th now, u got a thing to be joined places with ppl hey, Damn you had Kallis in ur squad, he picked up 424 points so far :bash:

also have fleming!!!! arg! or should i say 0-ing

^^HA HAHA I scored BIG time last night, I got Murali, Styris, Sangakara & Vetorri :banana: lets hope that elevates me, plus today Aus play Ireland, so if Hayden & Pointing make MASSIVE scores I could get into the 2000's!!!!!

im out of the top 50 thanks to fleming! pisasheet!

SA must win against the Poms to qualify to the semis after AUS, NZ and SL.If SA lose to the Poms, then it could be a SA-WI-Eng tie for 6 points with net run rates coming into play...Smith captain of the biggest chokers of all-time?:)

^^ F OFF, we'll beat the Poms

Q-tip, captain of the sheep, biggest sheep shager of all time?:)

How can you say that stuff about Smith? and then put a smiley face at the end? and expect to get away with it? or do you just say it to get a reaction?

we are very sensitive when it comes to losing (at anything)...
so when we do badly, please just dont comment and pretend it never happened! however your comments arent that bad the whole time...:)
so i will be happy if sa wins the cup and il will be eagerly waiting for your comment the very next day:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

im not watching the game today-everytime i watch we do shite!
that should clear up the problems! who cares about players and skill and all that rubbish?

Good to see you are all fired up.:) Lets hope the SA boys are too tonight, otherwise its another dismal world cup campaign. I see only SA and SL beating the aussies in the coming weeks

BTW what problems? Do you mean the racial selection quota?

Fuck the quota's. Its poor selections, I mean Justin Kemp, he is the biggest waste of the current starting 11, so far he has done nothing, then Mr Prince comes around, fine he played decently on Sat. Then god only knows why they took Telemachus & Bosman along, they just having a brilliant fucking holiday free of charge! There are many more, & I can pick out suitable replacements in SA for every player that I mention. This is not SA's strongest ODI side, they know it, they just wont admit it.

i meant that i wish i can change the outcome of the match-by not watching the game on tv.since when i watch-we lose.which is crap coz i have nothing to do with the game.i cant even throw my shoe at KP..(who throws a shoe?!)

the problems=SA losing the whole time...

that spinner-botha is better than peterson!
and polly/ntini not performing like match winners

we will either me smiling or not really looking at this thread tomoro
(except q-tip)

seems like we won.

Bye bye, Pommies. :lol:
Hello, Aussies. :ohno:

Brutal. Thats one word of describing the win last night. Well, this was the wake-up call Ntini needed. SA have 7 days to rethink tactics for the semi against Pontings boys. Wonder if Ntini will be included?
Neither Australia or SA have played at St Lucia.

What a fucking game, please god, please let this forms stay for us,
& Brad, I dont think you the hoodoo, I think the SA team just cant play on a Sat, coz all the matches we have lost so far has been on Saturdays!!!!!

Credit to Andrew Hall, I said it from the beginning, the pitches in the windies suited his type of bowling, & last night was proof of this, Ntini just hasnt come to the party in the tournament, maybe his thinking of his baby at home.
Also Pollock bowled brilliantly yesterday, I hope he starts getting some wickets now. I still rate him as the best in the world.

anyway

Semi finals HERE WE COME! HALL & ALL!!!!

ITS GOING TO BE 1999 ALL OVER AGAIN & THIS TIME WE WONT HAVE DONALD TO FUCK THINGS UP!

hehe poor donald!

If we'd won the semi against NZ/SL, im sure we would have played aus in the finals anyway, so good luck to the boys! I hope Ntini got a wake up call but these wickets dont suit him! As soon as we get a pitch that suits us-we're brillliant! I think its a good thing we playing aus on a slow low pitch, as opposed to NZ/SL who have good slow blowlers and medium pacers that are difficult to get away.And cross fingers we beat aus, then we return to the fantastic fast and bouncy wicket to scuttle out NZ/SL! (in a perfect world)

I think smith just stop saying "fantastic" when he gets interviewed and smoke a few joints, coz he is way too serious! But well batted smithy!

Oh and I didnt watch the game yesterday! (l listened...)

yay we still looking at this thread!

Man, Kluesner was amazing in the 99 semi!!

Klusner was amazing in the whole 99 tournament, he saved SA's arse more than once in 99, & Aus was going down as well, only for Donald to stand & day dream & not take the single :bash: I sometimes till hav dreams about that game :ohno:

Well it aint going to happen again! coz Brad's not going to watch the game, & more importantly we playing on a TUESDAY :banana:

Smith is rather serious & he has the same comments, for the after match interviews, its like he biharts the lines before he go's in the press room.

well I give a shit about his ppl skills, all I care about is his batting skills, & if he keeps it up, theres no stopping us now!

AB too is a brilliant batsmen, he just sometimes.....well most of the time loose's his head & attacks balls that are not meant to attack & gets out.

Well, they have finally done it!:) After 47 matches, the ICC have finally reduced the extortionate $100 price of the tickets to a much fairer $25. Barbados is hoping to farewell Lara in front of full house!

Bring on wednesdays semi :banana:

South Africa deserved to win the 99 semi :ohno:

Hopefully you guys can finish the job this time. Please don't screw up!

It really gets me how these aus players talk as if they basically going on to win the world cup and how they have a mental edge over SL and NZ come the final.Their arrogance will bring their downfall...

Or it will be justified-and theyl win the world cup - which will by the way will prove their is no 'god of humblenessness'...Coz if there was he would strike that ozzy ass with a couple of lightning bolts! and no "lightning bolts' isnt a sheep babaaaaaaa baaaaaaa

ps i chose almost no aussies in my dream team so i have 2 reasons to wish for their complete annihilation! (dose bastards!) off the face of the earth!

(its a monday, i tend to feel like a certain dictator without my coffee)

^^Me too took all those sheep loving basturds out, lol, I feel cheap, I used & abused them :crazy:

I got like 3/4 of the team saffa's & a few Sri Lankans & 1 NZ.

Oh sorry for my comment, I said the game is on Tuesday, its in fact Wednesday! :ohno: What to watch!!!! Champions League Semi Final of Cricket world Cup Semi's???????????????????

NO GOD WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!

well Im obviously going to be sitting & watchin the cricket, & switchin to check the score in the Soccer in bowling intervals

Hey, what have the aussies done to you? Why are there so many saffers in Perth then?

Choking aside, I hope both semis are tightly fought games. This world cup needed more just ireland entertaining. SA have not performed like the world knows they can, NZ have put 2 poor performances along with some games, SL have been quietly going about their business, aus well all too arrogant for any1 to like them, India/Pak poor performances, WI and Eng disappointing but we all expected it...:)

No more mediocre performances and excuses. Its all or nothing now. How about the big guns step up to the podium:banana:

Hey, what have the aussies done to you? Why are there so many saffers in Perth then?

U know we hate you guys all because of the sport ;) plus you guys are wayyy to nice!!!!!

I know i know sporting rivalry...but do we agree the world cup needs top-class tightly fought match?

go big or go home time

So before the semi's start and regardless of what happens from now on...

Well done to our boys for making it to the semi's! :drunk:
(and not nose diving like pakistan, india, West indies and england!)

Aus is a great team-so my heart says yes we can beat them but my dumbass head disagrees.I dont care who wins (besides us), just as long as its not australia-------i want revenge for 1999, a game that was a draw! (the aussies tend to forget that) :baaa:

go big or go home time

You took the words out of my mouth! GO BIG OR GO HOME!

Smithy & the boys can do it, yes congrats to them for making it this far, but their ego lead to some stupid defeats. Theres only 2 things left to do, for us to beat those sheep bangin, kangaroo loving , Koala bear humping idiots from down under so badly that they will be crying for 6 year's & for us to win in the final & bring the cup home!

to the Aussies, "Bring it! Coz we brought it!"

.....I got brass knuckles haggin from my kneck & my chain!

to all the aussie cricket team & their supporters

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hell yeah!

oh no, this shit started again...........

The new HOFFstralian batsmen for todays game

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but we CHUCKed in our secret weapon for today too!

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lol, with all the 300 jokes going around I thought this would be funny, I made it myself :cheers:

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FUCK OFF!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!! 35/5!!!!!!!!!!!
:master: please god let us make a decent total :master:

okay, so a decent partnership is forming, & Kemp that useless piece of shit just hit a 6! c'mon Kemp show them what you made off! & Gibbs just do your thing!~

unlucky. Looks like this was to his own team for putting in such a crappy effort!!!:cheers:

to all the aussie cricket team & their supporters

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unlucky. Looks like this was to his own team for putting in such a crappy effort!!!:cheers:

I am soo depressed, its not even funny. I couldnt get up, I couldnt drive properly, everyone in the office is bummed. eish I dunno false hope I tell you.

:goodnight

To Smithy & the boys

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They were outplayed! at least they made it into the top 4 - on pitches that dont suit us!
ok lets close this thread for the next 4 years and hope sa wins the rugby world cup..to make us a bit more happier!

and go sri lanka! beat those convicts!