true, there still a few games left, enough time to come back.
looks like the aussies are going to beat england easily, there basically through to the semis.
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true, there still a few games left, enough time to come back.
looks like the aussies are going to beat england easily, there basically through to the semis.
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Hah! I went to the 3day 4.1.06 of the AUS vs RSA test match, and let me tell you, how much the crowd (backed by a most obvious bunch of drunk aussies) gave it to Nel! Chanting “Nel is a wanka” *clap clap clap clap clap*, “Nel is a girl’s name” *clap clap clap clap clap* and various other ‘insults’. It was very funny though, and as a supporter of the Aussies myself, couldn’t help but join in; but, then again, it was an extremely catchy tune.
andre nel is a south african & i'm very proud of him
Racial abuse interrupts Test match
By Alex Brown, Sydney
January 5, 2006
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SOUTH African bowler Andre Nel was racially abused for the second time this summer at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
- YOUR SAY Racism in Australia
Nel, perhaps the most animated player in the South African team, was branded a "kaffir" just before tea, further sullying the reputation of Australian cricket crowds.
Five players were abused in Perth, and the South Africans revealed there was abuse in Melbourne at the Boxing Day Test also.
South African coach Mickey Arthurs expressed his disappointment at the latest outburst, saying that to his knowledge Australia was the only country where South African players had been racially abused.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting echoed the South African coach's disappointment.
The racial taunt emanated from the Bay 17 section of the SCG. The South Africans claimed at least one member of a group of drunken fans, highly visible in white T-shirts and fluorescent yellow caps, yelled the remark around 3.30pm.
Nel informed his captain, Graeme Smith, who in turn told umpires Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar. All stood in the middle of the pitch for some time, pointing to the culprits, and an announcement warning against further racial abuse was made over the public address system. The International Cricket Council's security chief, John Rhodes, and match referee Chris Broad were immediately informed.
Nel had earlier interacted with rowdy fans, clapping along as they chanted "Nel is a wanker".
The South African paceman, a target of crowds because of his colourful antics, was among the five Proteas players racially abused during the first Test in Perth. Makhaya Ntini, South Africa's first black Test cricketer, along with Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Garnett Kruger and Justin Kemp were called "kaffirs", a derogatory term for indigenous South Africans, or "kaffir boeties", a spiteful term for whites friendly with blacks, by a drunken section of the WACA crowd
calling a south african a kafir is the worst thing you could ever say to us
non of us use the word it's forbiden amongst all of us
there is alot of pain in that word
i think now you can understand why i started this thread the way i did
you realise it was racist fucking south african dick heads who said that shit.
people over here dont even know what kaffir means mostly, but we have all these racist white south africans who fled south africa to come to western australia.
i was at the test in perth and no aussies were using the term kaffir
could be could not be ether way it hurts
seriously it is all these white south africans over here.
i can see that the term is offensive but i doubt many non south africans even know about it, i didnt before all that shit.
you alright sean but australia is known for being a racist country
Where do Australians learn these derogatory terms. Probably from South Africans that have emigrated here.I worked with a fellow from Zimbabwe who loved to say "Paint me black and call me Kaffir"
People are way too racist in Australia; in general, we are too insensitive about other people's feelings.
Anyone who thinks Australia is not a racist country (and I'm not saying intentionally, but just as part of the psyche) is either an absolute fool and/or has not walked a mile in the shoes of those who have been victimised.
I just wish the press would get off our back and stop trying to create guilt amongs us with a story that is a relative non issue in comparision to true racism in its raw form. You have no idea... name calling... get over it!
there was no racist comments reported from the Melbourne test. I would say that Melbourne is a very tolerable place generally speaking. I do not encounter barely any racism in day to day life. I live in Brunswick harmoniously with Italians, Greeks, Lebonese, etc. without any hint of a problem. There are a lot of South African ex pat's in Perth (potential reason for a bit of antagonism), and Sydney has a history a racial tension, for example with with Aborigines. This is intended to provoke reaction and I'd be interested in hearing what others have experienced.
so 'Jipsee' thinks we should get over 'name calling'... I've lived in South Africa under apartheid, and I know that that 'kaffir' has an emotional weight far beyond mere 'name calling'. And to blame the uttering of these heinous terms on South African emigres is a touch naive. Let's face it - Aussie crowds are right up there among the best of them when it comes to racist taunting and bad behaviour and this ugly minority does our reputation as a tolerant and decent country no favours.
There is no place for racism. But if Nell wants to rant and rave and act like a total tool, inciting the crowd, then what does he expect. Like a little school bully that cops his own back and goes off sooking to the teachers.. Stop being a w@#$er Nell and stop sooking.
I am a cricket fan and to my best knowledge, most of the times there have been news and/or allegations about explicit or implicit racist comments or behaviours from the Australian cricket side, regardless of the country of opposite team. And I do believe regular cricket watchers around the globe will not disagree with this very fact - based on impartial TV replays and media coverages. Fair go, mates! Please...it's just a game to enjoy, not a war or something similar like that.
I am very bemused at the oversensitivity of Nel. Being from South Africa he should know firsthand what TRUE RACISM is. Yet faced with a bit of ribbing from the crowd that he incited he starts whinging. GROW UP, stop painting yourselves as victims and get a sense of humour.
Australia as a whole, is a country with underlying racial tension. Although multi-culturalism is alive, immigrants will never be completely accepted and looked upon as being Australian, and belonging here. Which makes me question, what makes Australians think they truly belong here and this land is their's to be protective of? They themselves were shipped here only some 200 years ago, settlers who were petty thieves and criminals, forced to build a life in a foreign country as they were not wanted in their home countries.
Maybe we need the "radicals" from the early 1970's back again. You know, the ones who fought against the rugby tours in Australia in the years before we completely boycotted South African sport.
Those protesters and their protests we seen by black people in South Africa who were surprised and heartened to learn that people in Australia cared (or even knew) about them and their situation.
Maybe we need those protesters and their ilk back again in order to teach people here that South African sportspeople still deserve respect just like everyone else and that many Australians need to learn to sit back, shut up and just enjoy their sport without ruining it for everyone.
I have to say, I agree with what my mother says about sports crowds (actually, she's been saying it for many years now) - crowds at sporting events in Australia _used_ to be more respectful, especially at tennis matches, for example. Now they all think they can sit there and throw stuff and talk and disrupt the play and move around and just generally be annoying prats because they still behave like they are home watching television. If only they were.
The racist comments were obviously made by a minority of rabags in the crowd. The South Africans should have ignored the comments. Abuse of some kind regretfully has always been a part of Australian Sport. By reacting in the manner in which they did the South Africans revealed a sensitivity which will be exploited by future idiots. A better reaction would have been for Nel to "bow' to the crowd... Im certain the audience would then have cheered thus ending the matter!!!
surprise,surprise....who said that we are a counrty that does not have racist views.Dispite how we as a nation try to cover this issue up,it has raised it's ugly head again this time in the sports arena.what an emmbarasment that according to the Sth African cricket coach we are the only country that they visit that encounter racist commements from the paying public...surprise,surprise...
it doesn't mean you all racist if i should ever leave south africa australia is where i would want to go to
ramesh shut the fuck up ... you call us racist ... look at ya own fucking backyard you nimrod ... i live in sydney i went to day 1, 2 and 3 of the sydney test aus v sa and every single 'racial taunt' towards a south africa were from white people holding south african flags ... tell me how australians know afrikaans ? ... the only afrikaans i kno is keffa and i only kno that from a leathol weapon movie ... who the fuck are you to comment on racial tension you dont fucking live here you dont kno our mentality you dont kno how things operate here ... you see anyone in our history get lynched or killed for being black ? never ... we were one of the catalysts for multi culturalism womens rights and equal oppurtunity so shut your motherfuckin mouth ... and what tennis match did australians throw shit on the ground ... the only disruption i remember was between ... wait for it ... SERBIAN AND CROATIAN FANS ... do i need to repeat it so you understand it wasnt australian ? ... seriously you need to shut the fuck up and worry about your own country ... dont talk shit about us because you dont kno shit ...
and just so you kno ... when most of the racial taunts came from the waca ... perth has like australia's highest south african populated community ... surprise suprise ...
all those quotes comes from australians that admit there is racial tension in your country
our players were in your country when they faced racial abuse & only in your country
there is alot of south africans in new zealand & england we never had that problem before only in australia so fuck you kunt
lol fuck you too ya third world scum bag ... you think i give a shit about your opinion ... south africans are full of shit if they feared racial abuse here ... i kno what i saw i know what i heard ... your country has always hated us and we've never given a shit ... you know why ... cos it just proves jealousy ... never in our history has there been smear campaigns like how you do us in your media ... and you maggots give as good as you get ... howd you go against bangaldesh lol ... south africans lol ... ofcourse there was racism ... they came from south africans ... how do u expect us to know afrikaan words you faggot ... i swear you people are just confused hard ...
and why do you say 'immigrant will never be accepted here' ... you dont live "here" you live there ... who the fuck are you to comment on our status quo ... atleast we never killed raped and imprisoned people over their colour race and religion ... something you need to remember you fuckin wombat ... and if we're so bad why do you say youd move here ... youre just fucked in the head ...
i never said that imigrints would never be excepted there
that was quotes from australians that i put down you can see by the typing it's not mine
it's what your people had to say about it
i read that on the forum they had on the incident & i paste it here
according to a survey 75% said that there is underlying racism in australia
the reason why i would go to australia is for the climate & even though there is people like you there the land belongs to the aborigines & i wouldn't mind to chill with them
i would appreciate it if we don't talk again
there is 4 people on the site that i don't speak to 2 of them is australians but sean's alright shows you not all white australians are ass holes
fuck it let's just enjoy the rest of the worldcup without any insults of other teams players it's cool to critisize on bad performance but it's not cool to insult another mans team players
South Africa suffered another blow to its morale overnight when it lost it's world No.1 ranking after their shock 67-run defeat to Bangladesh.
The defeat means also that Ricky Ponting's Australia will regain its place at the top of the new rankings when the official figures are released later this week.
According to the International Cricket Council one-day international predictor, South Africa lost one point after defeat to Bangladesh and has moved down to 125, while Australia moved on to 127.
Even a defeat in its latest Super Eight match against England would not have displaced Australia from the top as it would have gone to 126.
Victory over England by seven wickets strengthens Australia's position with one more point (128), the predictor reads.
South Africa topped the ICC rankings at its annual cut-off date on April 1, 2007, for the first time since the rankings were introduced five years ago.
That earned it a handsome cash award of $US175,000, while Australia pocketed $US75,000 ($91,8307) for finishing No.2.
South Africa's promotion to the top spot was a reward for its good showing in limited-overs internationals over the past 12 months.
Its performances included a 3-2 series win over Australia on home soil, during which it clinched the series by chasing a world-record 9-438 last year.
South Africa also reached the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in India in October 2006, before winning 4-0 against India and 3-1 against Pakistan, both at home.
England captain Michael Vaughan insisted Australia were beatable at this ICC CWC despite seeing his side go down to a convincing seven-wicket defeat against the reigning champions.
Australia, bidding for an unprecedented third straight title, have now gone 24 matches unbeaten at the ICC CWC since losing to Pakistan in 1999.
Yet there were moments in Sunday's match here at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium where England had their oldest foes on the ropes.
At 164 for two, with Kevin Pietersen - whose 104 was England's first individual hundred of the tournament - and Ian Bell (77) going well in a stand of 140, Vaughan's team looked on course for a score of around 280.
But instead they were bowled out for 247 with veteran Glenn McGrath taking the key wicket of Bell and man-of-the-match Shaun Tait, who'd removed both openers, ensuring England then lost two quick wickets by getting rid of the dangerous Paul Collingwood.
Yet McGrath, in what could be his last match against England, had seen his first three overs go for 25 runs while Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds conceded 67 in their combined 10-over stint.
"They are looking a real powerhouse at the World Cup but I still think they are beatable," said Vaughan, who suffered yet another batting failure after playing on to fast bowler Tait for five.
"No one team in the world is unbeatable and I'm sure if good teams come up against them and if we meet them again I'd be confident we could produce a performance to beat them.
"It's very frustrating. We were in a great position to put Australia under a huge amount of pressure."
England now need to win their three remaining Super Eights games - against Bangladesh, South Africa and West Indies - and hope other results fall in their favour to reach the semi-finals.
"We'll need to win those three games but we're certainly a team that can do that," added Vaughan.
Well though Pietersen played, runs dried up late on with England scoring a mere 51 off the last 10 overs.
"One of our strengths over the last few games is that in the last 10 overs we've been able to hit 70, 80 runs quite easily and today we just lost wickets at key periods and put Kevin under a lot of pressure in that last 10 overs," Vaughan explained.
Bangladesh, who in the group phase beat India, upset the formbook again Saturday with a comprehensive 67-run defeat of former world number one side South Africa.
"They look a dangerous team. The spinners, the three of them play a huge part," Vaughan said ahead of Wednesday's match against the Asian side in Barbados.
"(Mashrafe) Mortaza is a good opening bowler and the left-armer (Syed Rasel) at the top looks like he's quite hard to hit.
"They are a huge threat. Any team that's beaten India and South Africa in a World Cup have got to be taken seriously."
Vaughan's early exit after winning the toss meant he'd now scored just 83 runs from six tournament innings.
His form was thrown into sharper focus by Australia captain Ricky Ponting's composed 86, the skipper's third-wicket stand of 112 with Michael Clarke (55 not out) all but seeing his side home.
Vaughan was at a loss to explain his mediocre one-day international record - he's yet to score a century in 83 matches.
"If I knew I'd have plenty of runs. It's as frustrating for me as it is for everyone watching. It's just not happening. That's sometimes the way batting goes."
#1 - south africa didnt deserve to be rated the best
#2 - im responding to attacks made by you my country ... ppl like me lol dude i never came out and attacked you i just responded ... you go over board with your preaching shit ... its best you fix south africa before you bark orders to fix australia ...
#3 - lol i dont give a fuck who you do or dont speak to ... good on you 50% of 4 people you dont talk to are australians ... all that proves is HEY the basic maths system works in south africa ... which is surprising
#4 - dont poke your nose into aboriginal issues because you have no idea what your dealing with
#5 - 75% of people ... bla bla bla ... how many people are talking about ... unless its all 20 million people of this country stick your survey up your arse
#6 - you dont know if im white or black ...
#7 - dont speak on my country and i wont speak on yours ...
1. according to the icc we deserved to be rated no.1 for the games we played over a 12 month period
2. i'm responding to attacks for the racial abuse my players faced in your country
3. then don't speak to me
4. the whole world knows about the aborigines people
5. it's about 1500 that took part in the survey & there is about 10 000 pages of racial tension on the web about australia
6. i know you are white because of the way you speak it's comon knowledge that white australians have no way of talking to people of colour
7. if my players wern't racialy abused in your country i would of never of said anything bad about your country i never said anything bad about any other country because i enjoy my cricket & respect all teams except for australia
8. truth is before the racial abuse i used to like australian cricket players there is alot of australian players that i did like but that shit just put me off
9. racial abuse aside what type of crowd chants shit like nel is a wanker & shit like that only in australia
south africans can't stand them but all other countries that play here we treat the players with respect
we might boo them if they do somthing bad but we don't go out of our way to humiliate them
all countries enjoy their cricket with out humiliating the visiting side except for australia you guys is just rude
if i had it my way i wouldn't want my country to ever play in australia & that's how alot of south africans feel we hate ya'll & that's not what cricket is about
please if you got any other shit to say send me a private message because you fucking up the thread
you started this shit so shut the fuck up with your PM bullshit ... oh and yes there is racial tension in this country ... what you dont realise is its from immigrants from other countries who bring their shit here ... really man you got no place to speak on racism in this country ... youre just looking for excuses to hate australia all you south africans are the same way its not like we give a shit we just do our thing youse always attack us first ya fuckin corrupt cheats ... fuck it im up for arguments but arguing with u is like bangin my head on a brick wall ... fuck it ...
oh and ramesh you must have selected memory you fag ... remember your boys calling pakistani's a bunch of animals ... ofcourse you didnt ...
the player who insulted the 3 people (2 pakistanis & 1 south african) was gibbs who is a coloured kid (70% of coloureds is muslim) he did apologise he got angry with them for insulting one of our white players & they both got punished for it
this has been spoken about before we cheated as much as what you did & we got severly punished for it & yours got swept under the rug
your cheating involved throwing matches away ... ours involved giving weather information lol which is worse? ... and its okay when a coloured player is racist but not when a white is ... just like darren lehmann and rashid latif ... but cricket has always been like ... darren lehmann says 'black c---' in THE DRESSING ROOM - yes thats very bad thing to say - but he gets banned 4 games ... rashid latif calls gilchrist a white c--- on the field ... nothing ... what happend to gibbs ? ... fuck i hope you guys never come out here again ... its bad enough dealing with people from queensland let alone south africans ...
you guys threw a match to pakistan did you forget about that don't throw stones if you living in a galss house that's the diffrence between us i admit guilt where you try & justify it by throwing it in other directions
gibbs lost his money for the match & he had to sit out for 1 or 2 matches can't really remember & it was fair if it should happen again then he should be banned as for harris he lost his spot in the team
darin is occuping black land he has no right to say anything about blacks he deserved the punishment he got & latif retaliated i can't say i blame the man
we don't like you & you don't like us great now lets get back to cricket
Spirit of Cricket
The ICC’s vision of success is that cricket will capture and inspire people of every age, gender, background and ability while building bridges between continents, countries and communities.
Central to this ambition is promoting the Spirit of Cricket, an ethos on how the game should be played and viewed both on and off the field.
The Spirit of Cricket, enshrined through the Laws of the Game, was defined as part of the ICC’s Strategic Plan 2006-10. This definition argues:
Cricket enjoys a unique mix of attributes in international sport. It is underpinned by rich traditions and high values; it is played under a guiding principle of respect; it evokes passion, commitment and excitement; it is truly multi-cultural, it stands proudly on the world’s sporting stage; it is a sociable game that forges deep long-lasting friendships; it is a team sport that combines skill, strategy, endeavour and athleticism; above all it is a game that means many different things to many different people and provides endless joy to those that it touches.
retaliated from what ? its clearly evidential from the tv footage gilchrist didnt say anything ... he has his head down ... no lip movement then boom he turns around after latif's comments ... :loser:Quote:
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AB de Villiers slammed a maiden one-day international as South Africa beat the West Indies by 67 runs in an ICC CWC Super Eight match at the Grenada National Stadium Tuesday.
The defeat effectively ended the hosts' hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Opening batsman de Villiers, battling cramps, heat exhaustion and dehydration, hammered 146 as South Africa thrashed 356 for four after being sent in to bat.
The West Indies lost four wickets inside the first 20 overs and managed 289 for nine in reply, led by a stroke-filled 92 off 75 balls by Ramnaresh Sarwan.
The hosts need a series of freak results to make the last four.
If West Indies win their last two matches, against Bangladesh and England, they will only have six points. New Zealand and Australia already have eight, while Sri Lanka and South Africa are both on six.
West Indies also have a poor net run-rate the decider in the event of a tie on points.
AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis (81) put on 170 for the second wicket to set up South Africa's big total on a pitch which did not prove to have as much life as West Indian captain Brian Lara expected when he won the toss.
With de Villiers and Kallis scoring 50 runs in the second five-over powerplay, Lara delayed the third and final powerplay until the 45th over.
It cost 77 runs in five overs as Herschelle Gibbs and Mark Boucher both slammed quickfire half-centuries.
de Villiers was treated for cramp when he was on 91 and South African captain Graeme Smith came on as a runner for him when he was on 102.
Barely able to move, de Villiers went on the slog, hitting four sixes off five balls, two each off spinners Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan as he raced from 100 to 146 off 16 balls.
AB de Villiers faced 130 balls and hit 12 fours and five sixes.
Kallis, who needed treatment after straining a ligament in his left ankle when he was on 39, was dropped by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, standing up to the wicket off Dwayne Bravo, when he had 40. He went on to score 81 off 86 balls with six fours and a six.
Gibbs, who had been a doubtful starter because of a calf injury, made 61 not out off 40 balls, while Boucher hit the third-fastest World Cup fifty, off 22 balls before he was caught for 52 off the next delivery.
There were 14 sixes in the South African innings.
Corey Collymore was the only West Indian bowler to turn in respectable figures, taking two for 41 off ten overs.
The West Indies made a poor start when Shivnarine Chanderpaul drove Shaun Pollock to Smith at mid-off in the second over.
Chris Gayle and Devon Smith put on 60 off 53 balls for the second wicket but were out in successive overs.
AB de Villiers was put on a drip after his innings but returned to the field briefly to take a diving catch at point off Andre Nel to dismiss Smith, while Gayle was run out by a direct hit from Ashwell Prince at midwicket.
Lara and Sarwan added 50 before Lara charged down the wicket to drive Kallis but edged the ball into his stumps, virtually ending the match as a contest.
With South Africa falling behind in their over rate Smith brought himself on to bowl off-spinners and tailender Daren Powell slogged 48 not out off 36 balls
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An overjoyed AB de Villiers after getting his century, South Africa v West Indies, Super Eights, Grenada, April 10, 2007
Habibul out to bash England
Times Online and agencies Habibul Bashar, the Bangladesh captain, has hit back at the doubters who have questioned his team's right to be in the Super Eight and insisted victory against England could put them on track for the last four.
Basher has led his country to historic wins over India and South Africa during this year's tournament, and has now targeted Michael Vaughan's side, who they face in Barbados on Wednesday.
"We have a good chance to make the semi-finals if we can beat England," he said. "The English team has some good players but they are not playing well in the World Cup. So it will not be impossible to beat them."
Bashar also hit out at the critics who claim that the elimination of India and Pakistan was bad for the tournament.
"It seems that at any cost India and Pakistan should be included in the Super Eight," he added. "They are not mentioning that India and Pakistan lost two out of their three first round matches. If this attitude persists, one should organise a 'Top Ranking Cup' instead of the World Cup, where the teams will play according to their rankings.
"The World Cup is not the property of one or two teams. It belongs to everyone and the best team will win the cup. Instead of spoiling the show, Bangladesh have made the World Cup more interesting. There are now plenty of teams fighting for the semi-finals."
Mohammad Ashraful
He is only 22 but is already regarded as the countrys best batsman. His name is also associated with three of the outstanding feats accomplished by a Bangladesh batsman. For starters at the age of 17 he became the youngest from any country to make a Test century. This was against Sri Lanka in 2001-2002 at Colombo when he hit 114 in a losing cause. Making light of an attack that included Muthiah Muralitharan Ashraful caught the eye with his dashing batsmanship and was hailed as a star. But after this heady start he endured a string of disappointing scores and was dropped when England toured Bangladesh in 2003-2004. He was back against India the following season when again in a losing cause he hit a glorious undefeated 158 at Chittagong. Wisden was gushing in praise.Ashraful played the innings of the tour. His forthright biffing of the fast bowlers "hooking while hopping on one leg a la Gordon Greenidge" and his effervescent thwacking of the spinners got the crowd to its feet. He raced to his 50 from 70 balls then needed just 55 more to reach his second Test century going from 76 to three figures with seven consecutive scoring shots. If anything that spurred him on for he unfurled such authoritative and audacious strokes that India were forced to spread the field to him, close it in to his partners and hope for a mistake. The mistake never came from Ashraful who scored 158 not out from only 194 balls with 24 fours and three sixes beating the previous best by Bangladesh "Aminul Islams 145 in the inaugural Test also against India".A few months later he confirmed his rising stature with a brilliant 100 that set up Bangladeshs astonishing victory over Australia in the NatWest series at Cardiff.
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this guy is amaizing with the bat almost like some cricket martial arts
Nice thread.
I thought poms were the whingers.
England scrape through
The two Paul’s - Nixon and Collingwood - stuck it out to take England to a highly unconvincing 4-wicket win over Bangladesh.
Nixon finished off the match by slamming Mashrafe Mortaza to the leg side boundary. He earlier hit Rafique straight back down the ground for a six.
That apart it was a big struggle for Collingwood and Nixon as the Bangladesh bowlers fought till the very end. There were three maidens in a row before England finally managed to get home in the 45th over
Collingwood remained unbeaten on 23 from 74 balls while Nixon was not out on 20 from 39 balls.
Rafique’s double strike gives Bangladesh hope
Mohammad Rafique cleaned up Andrew Flintoff and Ravi Bopara in the same over as England stumbled to 117/6 after 35 overs.
Flintoff failed to read an arm ball from Rafique and was clean bowled for a quickfire 23.
Ravi Bopara came in and was unlucky to be out for a duck. His defensive stroke sent the ball onto his boot, which deflected back onto the stumps.
Flintoff seemed to be in a hurry to finish off the game before Rafique got the better of him. The England all-rounder slammed Rafique for boundaries through midwicket and the covers in the same over. In Rafique’s next over, he charged down the track and slammed him over long-on for six. But Rafique had the last laugh.
Razzak gets Vaughan, Pietersen
England were making heavy weather of chasing a small Bangladesh total.
Michael Vaughan missed a great opportunity to play himself into some kind of form. He got a reasonable start reaching 30 before top edging a sweep off Abdur Razzak as his opposite number Habibul Bashar, also struggling for runs, held on the simplest of chances.
Kevin Pietersen was kept quite for a while. Trying to give momentum to his innings, he charged down the track and hit Abdur Razzak to midwicket. Unfortunately for him, the ball found a fielder and England had lost their best batsman.
There were only a couple of boundaries hit by the English batsmen. Collingwood hit Razzak over long-on and Flintoff drove the same bowler through extra-cover.
Despite putting up a modest total, the Bangladeshi bowlers were putting up a brave fight. Syed Rasel bowled his 10 overs in one spell, finishing with excellent figures of 2/25.
Mohammad Rafique continued the good work for Bangladesh, bowling consecutive maiden overs.
Saqibul Hasan came into bowl the 27th over and conceded only 1 run as England crawled to 86/4.
Strauss fails again
Syed Rasel got his second wicket by trapping Andrew Strauss lbw for 23. Strauss tried to turn an incoming delivery on the on side but failed to get a bat on it and was declared out.
Strauss fell just when he was beginning to look dangerous. He pulled Mortaza to midwicket for a six and cut him behind point for four in the 11th over.
Mortaza had kept it very tight until them, not giving the English batsmen any room to free their arms.
Syed Rasel was superb at the other end, choking the batsmen by maintaining an excellent line and length and was rightly rewarded.
Michael Vaughan tried to break the shackles by running Abdul Razzak down to the third man for a boundary.
Bangladesh did a commendable job, restricting England to 50/2 after 15 overs.
England lose Bell
Chasing Bangladesh’s paltry total of 143, England got off to a bad start as they lost opener Ian Bell in the 4th over for a duck.
Bell tried to drive Syed Rasel through covers but ended up slicing a catch to a diving Aftab Ahmed at point.
Michael Vaughan got off the mark in style, cover driving Mashrafe Mortaza for a boundary. He was lucky to survive though when he nicked one behind the wickets off Rasel but the keeper standing up could not latch on the ball. The England skipper celebrated it by slapping the bowler for a four through midwicket
He was joined by Andrew Strauss at the other end as England went to lunch at 21/1 after 6 overs.
We need to improve: Vaughan
England put up a shoddy batting performance chasing Bangladesh’s small total of 143 but managed to scramble to victory by 4 wickets.
The English skipper Michael Vaughan had no hesitation in acknowledging that his side needs to pull up their socks. “There a few areas we definitely need to improve on going into the future games. Maybe we should have been more positive.”
He went on add though that it was tough to beat Bangladesh. “Full credit to the Bangladesh side. They are not an easy opponent. Just a few days ago they beat South Africa and they also got the better of India in the first round. We are happy that we managed to cross the line,” said a relieved Vaughan.
On the positives from the match Vaughan said, ‘Sajid Mahmood was terrific upfront and he got very good support from the other bowlers too.”
Vaughan felt that the experience of playing on the Kensington Oval pitch will help them in the next two games. “We have learnt a lot from today’s game and I am sure it will stand us in good stead for the games against South Africa and West Indies to be played here.”
He however added that he was still unsure whether to bat or bowl on that pitch.
Bangladesh skipper did not try to defend his team’s lack of ability against the short ball. “When you play at this level, you should be prepared to face all kinds of challenges. I think we were at least 60-70 runs short.”
He did shower praises on the way his team fought back though. “I am really happy with the way the boys played in the latter half of the match. We will try to put up good performances in next two matches also.”
Man of the Match Sajid Mahmood said, ‘I really enjoyed bowling on this pitch. It offered good pace and bounce.”
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Lara to retire from one-day cricket
West Indies captain Brian Lara has confirmed he will retire from one-day cricket after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 following yesterday's 67-run defeat against South Africa. The loss in Grenada ended all realistic hopes of the hosts reaching the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 semi-finals.
"I think this is the end of my one-day career, for sure," Lara told the ICC. "I honestly feel my game is over and we should give it to one of the younger players. It's really tough playing one-day internationals out there.
"After the World Cup the next one-day tournament for the West Indies is in June in England and I'd love to sit back and watch and see the team do well. I want to leave a team that plays better. And that is still my hope."
Lara has vowed to carry on playing Test cricket past his 40th birthday and said he wanted to leave the one-day team on a high note. "These might be my last two one-day internationals but I still want to see the team moving out of this competition learning something from it and that's all I can hope for. It's demoralising, yes, but I want to see certain things happen and I want to see the team move on."
"I thought we tried our best. But South Africa played better than us. They were in a do-or-die situation; they came up trumps, showed their class and why they were number one [in the International Cricket Council one-day rankings] until a few days ago. They were outstanding, and we were outplayed."
Lara has played in 297 one-day internationals since his making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi in 1990, scoring 10,354 runs, at an average of 40.60, with a highest score of 169.
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New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada
Two worthy winners press their claims
If there had been a pre-tournament poll of matches to whet the appetite, it's a safe bet that New Zealand against Sri Lanka - two nations overshadowed to the point of parody by brasher neighbours - would not have set many pulses racing. Suddenly, however, their clash in Grenada on Thursday is being viewed in a very different light
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Muttiah Muralitharan is the center of attention after scalping Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India v Sri Lanka, Group B, Trinidad, March 23, 2007
2 great teams sri lank & new zealand
i predict sri lanka is going to win but it's going to be a very close game
new zealand exposed for the pretenders that they are ... very ordinary batting performance ... muralitharan steals another 3 wickets ... although the kiwis shake it beyond 200 SL shud chop it down ...
i wish i could watch that match
i love watching muralitheran bowl
Easy win for Sri Lanka
AFP Chaminda Vaas ensured Sri Lanka didn't miss Lasith Malinga by removing New Zealand's top three in a six-wicket ICC CWC Super Eight win at Grenada's National Stadium.
Sri Lanka, set 220 to win, finished on 222 for four to move level on eight points with New Zealand and champions Australia, who have played four games to their title-rivals five.
Sanath Jayasuriya, who made 64, and Kumar Sangakkara, unbeaten on 69, shared a second wicket stand of exactly 100 in 21 overs that all but sealed victory for Sri Lanka after left-arm quick Vaas took three for 33.
Thursday's defeat, with 39 balls to spare, left New Zealand still needing one more win from their final two Super Eight games, both in Grenada, against South Africa on Saturday and Australia a week Friday, to be certain of a semi-final spot.
And the loss also saw them fall one short of equalling their 2004 record of 10 straight one-day international wins after they'd played one of the leading contenders in this ICC CWC for the first time.
Sri Lanka return here Monday to face Australia.
Vaas, 33, dismissed both New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and Ross Taylor for nought before all-rounder Scott Styris, in at four for two, scored more than half his side's runs with a composed 111 not out.
The Black Caps couldn't afford any drops but they missed Sangakkara on nine when he played early at a slower ball from spearhead quick Shane Bond only for Craig McMillan to floor the chance at mid-on.
First change Mark Gillespie saw his opening over of the tournament cost 17 runs, Jayasuriya dismissing his first two balls for six and four in the bowler's comeback match following a right shoulder injury.
Sri Lanka posted a run-a-ball fifty before Fleming dropped Jayasuriya, on 30, at short mid-wicket off Gillespie.
Jayasuriya completed a 65-ball fifty with one six and three fours.
However, his cut off Jacob Oram was held by Brendon McCullum, the wicket-keeper standing up, Sri Lanka 130 for two.
Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori then became only the third New Zealander after Chris Harris (203) and Chris Cairns (200) to take 200 one-day international wickets when he had Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene caught at mid-wicket by substitute fielder Hamish Marshall for 15.
Sangakkara eased his way to an 86 ball fifty with one four.
Earlier off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, like Vaas and Jayasuriya a member of Sri Lanka's 1996 ICC CWC-winning side, took three for 32 after the quick's early strikes.
Murali joined Malinga - ruled out with left ankle ligament damage - and Australia's Glenn McGrath as the tournament's leading wicket-taker with 15.
Vaas needed just five balls to have opener Fleming lbw for nought.
Taylor, in for Marshall after a hamstring injury sidelined him for four games, then edged Vaas and keeper Sangakkara held a diving, one-handed catch.
Styris - who took 20 balls to get off the mark - counter-attacked and was severe on Farveez Maharoof, Malinga's replacement and the only change to the side that beat England by two runs in Antigua.
New Zealand went 19 overs without a boundary until Oram struck spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan for six.
But two balls later, he skied to long-on where Maharoof held a fine catch.
Styris, 31, completed his fourth hundred in 130 matches at this level, off 152 balls, by pulling fast bowler Dilhara Fernando for his seventh boundary before smashing the last ball of the innings, from Vaas, to the rope.
Sanath Jayasuriya
I was worried when Malinga went down withthe ankle injury, but Murali stepped up and showed why hes the best in the world. Dilshan did well in his first few overs too.
Ireland are currently 88-9!!! Oz will kill them, i doubt theyre gonna get to 100......
easy win for us ... tomorrow night GO NZ ... :thumbup:
i predict we will win the match comfortably it's only a matter of time before we take back our no.1 spot
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SA doesnt have enough variety in bowling, no real spinners. You shouldve lost v Sri Lanka if theyd of done theyre usual good batting and you were lucky at the end not to be bowled out
south africa reclaim their #1 spot LOL the rankings are bullshit ... we beat everyone every year ... we lose one series against south african then lose our home series and all of a sudden SA are number one ? ... how about when south africa are as consistant for as long a period as we are then maybe they become number one ... GOOOO KIWIS ...
we played really well in 06 much better than what we playing now
largley due that our premium bowlers (ntini & polock) is not in form
but in 06 till before the world cup we dominated cricket
we might not get our spot back if our bowlers don't get their shit together but if they do then we got it