true, i must say though i'm very confident
the only thing now is the waiting
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true, i must say though i'm very confident
the only thing now is the waiting
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Mahela Jayawaredene swivels around in completing the pull shot, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st semi-final, Jamaica, April 24, 2007
Jayawardene leads from the front
so far my prediction is going on par
sri lanka looking decent, lets see what the kiwis pull though.
i'm not to familiar with new zealands batting order but i know that anything over 240 is going to be very hard to reach with sri lanka amaizing bowlers
that cat with the blonde hair, it's virtually impossable to hit his balls
his bowling action doesn't look right but if the icc allows it i shouldn't complain
Jayawardene powers SL into final
Mahela Jayawardene produced an innings of pure class, a rare gem, when it was most needed as Sri Lanka claimed their rightful place in the final of the 2007 World Cup, brushing aside New Zealand, who have reached the semifinals five times and never gone further.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/...74997.icon.jpgMuthiah Muralitharan screams out a vociferous appeal
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/...74995.icon.jpgBig wicket: Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrate the wicket of Styris
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/...74993.icon.jpgChaminda Vaas celebrates the wicket of Ross Taylor
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/...74992.icon.jpgLasith Malinga rips across a lethal delivery
Sri Lanka were sick, is there another team more interesting to watch?
Jawawardene innings possibly one of the best of all time.
[quote=Ghostlaced;797109]Sri Lanka were sick, is there another team more interesting to watch?
South Africa they are to cricket what wu-tang is to hip hop
you should watch them play against australia tomorrow
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Graeme Smith pulls during his blistering fifty
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AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith jog for a single
the way i see the match it doesn't really matter if we bat or bowl 1st because on both sides we are more than capable to draw the australians into submition
i think we going to see a good fight from the australians but i doubt they will make more than 250
if we bat 1st i can see us making about 320
if australia should win the game with atleast 30 runs then there will be no doubt in my mind that they are the best
this tournament has gone on too long ... it's so boring ... i don't give a shit if we win or lose tomorrow i just wanna get back into watching tests ... how can it be a month and a half long ... i got a feeling we're gonna lose ... not because south africa are good ... because their actually shit and their record against us proves it, all they've got against us is the 400 they chased down ... but i reckon we'll lose becuase we've been in such breath taking form we're bound to slip up ... we slipped up against sri lanka in the semi final in 03 and we're lucky for the rain ... if we don't slip up tomorrow we will in the final but sri lanka even admitted they didn't field a full strength team because they didn't want to face us in the semi's ... no other team has a fear factor like us ... c'mon boys give it ya best ... fuck the result ...
i don't know if anyone has heard this but
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/talk...ia/286494.html
^ bob woolmer reflecting on the 99 semi final before he passed away ...
tests is boring you need coke to stay awake for that shitQuote:
Originally Posted by Tonearm_Terrorwrist
that feeling you got is called fear for the south african team
south africa is not as consistent as australia, we don't take our cricket as serious & only win the matches we have to most of our players are stoners but when a job has to be done we do it
sri lank was smart they didn't need to win the game so they rested players so they can be on full strength for the finals
tests are real cricket and you're just mad coz south africa sucks fat dick in both forms of the games ... the only way you can beat us consistantly is 20/20 fucking swing the bat wild and see what happens games ... over 5 days you guys dont have the mental strength to compete with the best ... test cricket is true cricket fuck one day cricket ...
OH YEAH BABY GLENN MCGRATH FUCK OFF KALLIS GOOOOOOOOOONE ... good start ... GO BOYS
de villiers sent packing ... shaun tait gets revenge from a pre-meditated pull shot ... 3/26 yessssss good start ...
AHAHAHAHA 5/27 ... what happend to destroying us ramesh? what happend to bending us over and raping us LOL ... south africa must be throwing games again ...
i don't like test cricket because it's on for 16hrs a day for 5 days me & my team don't have the patience for thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Tonearm_Terrorwrist
for some reason the guys just didn't perform
i think the presure was to much for them it's only 2nd time that we ever reached a semi final
it's almost like they went into the game with fear but it's cool next tournement we will be more prepared & then we going to gang rape your asses
this is where i get off i wish the australian team the best of luck you guys won every game you played in the tournement & would be cool to see you go all the way
if it wasnt for aleem dar being shit and giving gibbs not out when he was on fuck all south africa wouldnt of seen 100 ... the umpire saves them again ...
that was deviliersQuote:
Originally Posted by Tonearm_Terrorwrist
no that would be gibbs who was caught behind :) but de villiers was out aswell but if gibbs is out its 6/30 and no chance for 150 for south africa ... fuck gilchrist i hope he gets dropped im sick of his constasnt failures and his one innings he produces every blue moon that keeps his career alive ... BRING IN BRAD HADDIN ...
a letter i wrote to my team
excuse my spelling i'm from woodstock
i'm proud of you guys you made it to the semi final & it's only the 2nd time
we ever done that so it's an achievment
f--k australia i'm glad they beat us hard so now we got nothing to fear
anymore but i can tell you this i saw in pontin's face that he fears us i
never seen him have fear for another team before somthing to feel good about
enjoy jamaica the w--d is good relax & have fun
you must remember we from the 3rd world & have nothing to proove even if we
came dead last it would of been alright
i love the whole team & i hope they put harris in but make no other stupid
changes
i love all of you & am very proud of you cats espeacially Andre Nell i love
how he brings fear into the chalenging teams keep doing what u doing
Graeme smith best captain ever pollock the sharpest man on the planet the
whole team is just great we south africans
don't worry if you get any hate mail if those cats were in your shoes they
would of sh-t their draws
peace, Ramesh
wasn't it their 3rd semi ? ahh doesnt matter ... what did watson say to nel when he was batting i couldnt make it out ... lol watson is an idiot he has to realise his bowling isnt what it used to be when he played for tassie ... i think saturday will be a close game and i got a feeling the lankans might cause an upset ... hopefully its as good as windies v england
it's the 2nd time in the last world cup we came no where i doubt we even won a gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Tonearm_Terrorwrist
i'm not sure what he said to nel but it's cool because cricket is as much a mind game as it is a physical game so i don't have a problem with what the players say to each other as long as it's not racist name calling it's all about runs & wickets
if australia can keep sri lanka at 230 or less they should win but somthing to really worry about is the sri lankan bowlers those guys are great
if you bat 1st you going to have problems
who would have thought sri lanka in finals... australia was no surprise.
still think the aussies will do it. although i want sri to win it! we need a new best team!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RAMESH
you guys made the semi in 92 ... when rain interrutped before the duckworth lewis system and you had to get 20 off 1 ball ... 99 aswell the infamous tie ... and yesterday ... i dont think watson said anything hurtful ... what i could make out sounded pretty lame lol sounded like he said 'i really want to get you out' i could be wrong ... but if not lol wtf is that lol ... gilchrist needs to fire and fire up big time !!
the cricket just came on the news & the media crucified them they also had the general public state their opinion & it was all negative
i don't understand we made the semi finals & out of everyone i spoke to i'm the only 1 that seems to be happy with it
evryone is pissed & now they looking who must get punished it's bullshit
Cricket SA congratulates finalists
http://images.supersport.co.za/Majol...ortraitTbg.jpgCricket South Africa (CSA) today (Thursday) congratulated Australia and Sri Lanka on being finalists at the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 on Saturday.
In a statement issued from St Lucia, Gerald Majola, CSA’s CEO, said: “Australia and Sri Lanka are worthy finalists and Cricket South Africa congratulates them on reaching the final.
“The Proteas’ performance against Australia in the semifinal yesterday (Wednesday) was disappointing to say the least.
“This does not, however, take anything away from the Australian victory – a team that is playing at it’s prime.
“The match, and the tournament as a whole, has exposed weaknesses in the Proteas squad which will be addressed as a matter of urgency.
“We must remember that this is virtually the same squad that won 13 matches on the trot and established themselves as the world’s best ODI exponents over the last two years.
“We have to find a way of taking this consistency into tournaments because this World Cup has shown an alarming inconsistency in the performances by the Proteas.
“No stone was left unturned over the past two years in preparing them for this World Cup. In addition, they were given a professional support staff of 12 for the World Cup.
“So against this preparation and support background, we have to find out why they were so inconsistent and put remedial measures in place.
“Other general weaknesses facing South African cricket lie with mental strength, swing and spin bowling. We are dealing with these issues at the Standard Bank High Performance Centre.
“In addition, CSA and the boards of Pakistan and India have agreed to an academy exchange programme.
“This will enable us to send a squad of spinners to the Sub-Continent for specialist coaching and for selected batsmen to learn to play spin in those conditions. “Pakistan and India will then be able to use their bowlers and batsmen to train in our quicker conditions.
“On other fronts, South African cricket has a sound platform from which firstly to identify young players and then build their capacity.
“We also have in place a high performance programme that is aimed at closing the gap between first class and international cricket. We believe this is an important step in building for the future. “We also have a number of loyal, blue-chip sponsors that makes the development of our cricket sustainable and we are confident that we will continue to be one of the world’s top cricketing nations. “We remain, however, deeply disappointed in the Proteas’ performance in the semifinal and at the World Cup in general. We will take the lessons learnt from this into our immediate and future plans”.
today is the big day
yeah, and what an anti climax so far, shortened match...
149 off 104 balls ... gilchrist finally does something ...
pretty crazy, lets see what SL do
jayasuriya must go early ...
yeah man,
i cant see it SL winning but i guess stranger things have happened
i told you guys way back. aint no thing but a chicken wing.
death to the newspapers who said mcgrath didnt have what it took for this cup ...
congradulations on winning the cup you got the no.1 spot but we ranked at no.4 within reach
i think we should speak to the admins to stick this thread so we can keep updated of our teams preformances
the worldcup was great entertainment but cricket must go on & i want my no.1 spot back also there is alot of teams that want that spot
i will keep the site updated but i'm mostly going to cover the games i see so it's mostly going to be about south africa but there is other cats from around the world who can support their countries in here
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Glenn McGrath waves goodbye to the Australian fans, Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados, April 28, 2007
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good stuff, australia really did dominate the tournament in all, not losing one match.
i thought it was a good world cup though, i bit of a shame that there were some sides there that shouldnt have been,.
ramesh ... change the title of the thread to the offical cricket page or some shit ... so we can keep updating with shit around the world when our countries are on tour and shit ... and yes we must bug the mods to sticky this shit ...
australia destroyed evry team in it's path
evry match was an anialation but i did see some weaknesses
i can't wait to play you guys again
i'm not so good with computers how do i do that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tonearm_Terrorwrist
life without mcgrath and waren in the test will take some time to overcome ... our batting won't be the same without JL and damien martyn either ... but still, with jaques and north in the wings waiting for that opening spot we should be all good ... tbh brett lee is too overrated in my view ... he hasn't done much since he busted his elbow in NZ and fuck that was when he first came on ... he does the odd thing here n there but he is mostly a one day bowler ... my man stuey clark to take over from pigeon with a few good young spinners waiting ... i'm sad to see JL, pigeon, warne and martyn to leave but i'm mad excited about the young boys coming in ... we won't be as dominant as we have been but i still think we'll be very competative ... i think the days of automatic australian victories are over ... atleast outside of oz ... lookin forward to what the future holds ...
>>edit<< RAMESH: i think you can do it im not sure ... i think you have to edit your first post and you can change the thread title there ... if not ask a mod to do it in the ask admin section ...