ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

sunilvk7 said:
So typical. Looking all set to score over 350, but couldn't even reach 300. Epic collapse that was.

260 odd for 1 to 296 all out. That too 260 plus in just 40 Overs. Sigh.. Somethings never change.

And what in Innings by Sachin. 99 Century of his international career. What a player

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Smith XD

How many times Zaheer got his man..

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Nehra you piece of ****. Cant defent 14 a over...

****..

Well played SA.
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That spell from Steyn was something else, it was ******* amazing. He is something else.
 
Scott said:
That spell from Steyn was something else, it was ******* amazing. He is something else.
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Missed out this.

TBH, it was not a special spell. He has done a lot better in the past. We just ****** it up by messing with batting order and when Sachin and Gambhir both went at the same time, there was no one ready to take anchor role. By the time Dhoni realised it, it was too late. He just messed it up by exposing tale to Steyn. Steyn just ate them for dinner:'(
 
England ******* it again. **** head wank *****.
 
Well England may well be out of the competition today. They can only be saved by some wonderful bowling. At present, they are 6 wickets down. Hope this one is a cracking encounter as well.
 
England: 171/6 (36.0 Ovs) ,

Looks like 200 might be good enough to defend like the one against South Africa.
 
Strauss and co will be on the next flight to heathrow at this rate
 
It is apparently a batting pitch! Not when our boys have a swing it isn't...

dear oh dear, some really poor dismissals as per in this WC from England

maybe we can bowl well and make it some sort of game, but looking at the bowlers we have at our disposal, that looks a long shot.
 
I still think we are 20-30 runs short. If Gayle gets in and stays in for 20 overs then Windies will win. First 15 overs will be crucial.
 
Big decision and that could be Englands hopes gone
 
What a ripper. Come on England, we never ever do anything easily |)
 
England are right back in it. WIndies 8 down. All the games England played are nail biting ones.
 
It seems England have taken on the responsibility of being the official brand for cricket.
 
Yes england win run out !!!

222-6 turns into 225 all out
 
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COME ON!!!

Well in boys, ALTHOUGH lets stop with this ****** drama every single game...

my heart cant take it any more :$
 
Harsha Bhogle on Sachin Tendulkar after India Vs SA match. Woth a read who admire the little genius.
Remember when you failed an examination. How many people recall that, your class, friends, relatives? You failed to make it to the IITs or IIMs. Who remembers. How many times have you had the feeling of being the best in your class, school , university, state….., you failed to get a visa stamped this quarter…, you missed a promotion this year…, how did it feel when you dad told you in your early twenties that you are good for nothing…..and now your boss tell you the same...

You keep introspecting and go into a shell when people most of whom don’t matter a dime in your life criticize you, back bite you, make fun of you. You are left sad and shattered and you cry when your own kin scoffs at you. You say I am feeling low today. It takes a lot from us to come out of these everyday situations and move on. A lot??? really?

Now here’s a man standing on the third man boundary in the last over of a world cup match. The bowler just has to bowl sensibly to win this game. What the man at the boundary sees is 4 rank bad bowls bowled without any sense of focus, planning or regret. India loses, yet again in those circumstances when he has done just about everything right.
He does not cry. Does not show any emotion. Just keeps his head down and leaves the field. He has seen these failures for 22 years now. And not just his class, relatives, friends but the whole world has seen these failures. We are too immature to even imagine what goes on in that mind and heart of his. That’s why I would never want to be Sachin.

True, he has single handedly lifted to moods of this entire nation umpteen number of times. He has been an inspiration to rise above our mediocrity. Nobody who has ever lifted the willow even comes close to this man’s genius. His dedication and metal strength is unparallel. This is specially for those people who would have made fun of him again last night when India lost. They are people who are mediocre in their own lives. Who just scoff at others to create cheap fun. Who have lived in a small hole throughout their lives and thought they have seen the oceans.

Think about the man himself. He is 37 years of age. He has been playing almost non stop for 22 years. The way he was running and diving around the field last night would have put 22 year olds to shame. The way he played the best opening quickies in the world was breathtaking. He just keeps getting better which is by the way humanly impossible. Its not for nothing that people call him GOD.
But still I don’t want to be in those shoes. We struggle in keeping our monotonous lives straight, lives which affect a limited number of people. Imagine what would be the magnitude of the inner struggle for him, pain both mental and physical, tears that have frozen with time, knees and ankles and every other joint in the body that is either bandaged or needs to be attended to every night, eyes that don’t sleep before a big game, bats that have scored 99 international tons and still see expectations from a billion people.

And he just converts those expectations into reality. We watch in awe, feel privileged.
Well I think its time that his team realizes that enough is enough. They have an obligation, not towards their country alone but towards sachin. They need to win this one for him. Stay assured that he himself will still deliver and leave no stone unturned to make sure India wins this cup.
This is not just a game, and he is not just a sportsman. Its much more than this. Words fail here.....


--- HARSHA BHOGLE
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Pollard is such a beast. Took an excellent catch, dislocated finger, but acted as if nothing has happened. Didn't show any emotion.
 
India havent built on an excellent start again, this could be there un doing!!1
 
Scott said:
India havent built on an excellent start again, this could be there un doing!!1
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Looks that way. Out top order are doing so well, then Yusuf is not at all getting any runs and if Raina is played then he is not a lower order batsman. Tricky time for us.
 
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