Yep its world cup cricket time [img]graemlins/thewave.gif[/img]

Who do you think will win? South Africa the #1 ranked team, Australia the bookies faves, West Indies the home team to return to its 1970's and 1980's domination, England to finally win after losing in the final 3 times or India to overcome its phobia of playing away from home and live up to its potential.

Results so far ..

West indies beat Pakistan

Australia beat Scotland

Kenya beat Canada

I'm pretty sure Holland is NOT going to win. :D

I was hoping for a better showing from the Scotts. Im a firm believer that if you are going to talk it up before a match then you better deliver.

I think it will be a South Africa vs Australia Final.

Ireland have just tied the game with Zimbabwe that must have been a thrilling game .... go the paddies :D

I would love to see NZ continue their form from the Chappel Hadlee series, but that would mean consistency, which is totally against thier philosophy - we lost ot BANGLADESH for gods sake!

So, obviously i want NZ to win, but if not them then anyone but australia.

I think a South Africa/Sri Lanka final might happen (if the aussies all get injured/kidnapped/some crippling disease.

Anyone can post a site with the scores? too lazy to search...

Well Cap'n NZ have just beaten England quite easily so the pressure is off NZ untill the next stage. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/

[ 03-16-2007, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: wellard ]

Well they have just lost to South Africa but that is no shame. fingers crossed thay can still make it to the next round [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

INDIA all the way, you must be crazy if you think otherwise. Actually i haven't watched cricket since i was 10 or 12 years old, so im not really current with the program, but my gut instinct tells me its going to be India.

Well they have just lost to South Africa but that is no shame. fingers crossed thay can still make it to the next round [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Well, for Holland is being present at this level a victory in itself i suppose, it's not something they do every time, perhaps the game of cricket is on the rise here. Then again, we hardly ever see anything about cricket on our tv networks. When you live in Holland, it's football, speedskating, some more football, cycling, and even more football, and that's all the sports you're gonna get. They didn't even bother covering the Superbowl this year, something that pissed me off immensely, because now i had to watch it on a German channel, with German commentators, and they don't have a clue what they're talking about and were more impressed with the halftimeshow than the game itself. :rolleyes:

How is your gut feeling? because India just lost to Bangladesh - thats got to hurt [img]tongue.gif[/img]


But in the biggest shock off all Ireland has just beaten Pakistan! I kid you not [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] the paddys have sent pakistan out of the world cup, who would believe it :eek:

from the bbc ...

"Ireland produced one of the greatest victories in cricket's rich history by beating Pakistan on St Patrick's Day amid unbelievable tension in Jamaica."

[ 03-17-2007, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: wellard ]

Tragic news about Bob Woolmer's death. Some things are more important than a sporting match, and this is one of them.

Sad news indeed Memmnoch, have they ruled out suicide?

Haven't ruled anything out yet. The autopsy is still being conducted to determine cause of death. It's a tragedy though, isn't it.

Very sad news about Bob Woolmer. 

But I have to say a huge well done to Ireland!! Amazing match, and on St paddies day as well. Baring a huge loss to the windies I can see them going through!!

Best not talk about England, was not the greatest performance again, oh dear we could not even bowl out Canada!!

Apparently the police think that Bob may have been murdered!

[ 03-21-2007, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]

Bloody hell! :eek:

I hope this is not the case, murder at the world cup? Some pissed of bookmaker? this is stunning news, keep us informed Mems

Well they have just lost to South Africa but that is no shame. fingers crossed thay can still make it to the next round [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Well, for Holland is being present at this level a victory in itself i suppose, it's not something they do every time, perhaps the game of cricket is on the rise here.</font>[/QUOTE]holland beat namibia in the 2003 world cup. also holland are one of only 4 european countries to have an ODI status and are 1998 and 2000 european championship winners (ofc england doesnt participate in the EC)...

Just seen Bob’s wife on Sky news saying she didn't think he would commit suicide.

And a HUGE well done to Ireland on reaching the super 8!!! It was only a matter of time until one of crickets smaller teams made it. This can only help the game.

Congrats to Ireland. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/drinkup.gif[/img]

Watching their progress with interest...

Oy Vey!

Scotland are 83 for 8 against the Dutch! Holland eally excel on those flat pitches!

And Holland win against the haggis munching skirt wearing Scots :D

Confirmation - Bob Woolmer was murdered. He died via asphyxiation from manual strangulation.

I listened to the press conference in Jamaica where it was announced that the case was now a homicide and that Bob died of manual strangulation.

Apparently we won one, even though it didn't matter anymore. So what does beating Scotland mean in the world of cricket ? Is this an upset ? Or is Scotland one of the lesser Commonwealth teams ?

Did your brother enjoy his trip to Eindhoven ? :D It was right during carnaval festivities, so he must have been able to come back home with a collection of rare idiotic hats and stuff. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

It is a good win Johnny though scotland are not rated that highly. But with the pakistan coaches murder the world cup is now a sideshow.

What gets me is that the police now confirm strangulation. How the hell did it take so many days to come up with that, the killer has had too much time to hide his tracks. This has been incompetantly handled. :(

I know i could look this up googling for it, but were the Dutch completely helpless against the Aussies, or did they at least put up a fight ?

Still strange that a team that represents our country on a worldstage doesn't, or hardly gets any recognition. My info regarding the game against the Scots comes directly from the BBC, no program on Dutch television thought it was worth mentioning apparently, friggin shame.

So who are the big favourites for the crown ? Australia ? South Africa perhaps ? Or is this a game where being the best is no garantee at all, kinda like in football ? Fill me in guys, i'm willing to learn. [img]smile.gif[/img]

On a sidenote...lets hope this murder doesn't have anything to do with religeon, that would be devastating for sports in general. It's bad enough as it is already. :(

I know i could look this up googling for it, but were the Dutch completely helpless against the Aussies, or did they at least put up a fight ?
</font>[/QUOTE]They were completely incompetent and were smashed. In football terms it was like losing 10-0 to Brazil.


I thought Nederlanders' win was more impressive given that they haven't imported any West Indians, Indians, Pakistanis, Australians or Poms in their side.

Being the best in cricket generally increases your chances at victory, bit like basketball. Upsets are rare (which is why the Ireland v Pak match is being celebrated). The favourites are the OZ and the Saffas.

So, who will win the big one today, India V SL?

Well, India are out. If I were Greg Chappell, I wouldn't bother going back to India for safety reasons!

I think there is still a very very slim chance of India going through, but highly unlikely. I just hope England puts in a Good preformance today...if the weather stays bad, I could even see England going out, as they never start scoring well, Duckworth-lewis could spell trouble!!
But both pakistan and india going out at this stage is good for all the others in the super 8.

Hell yeah! we (NZ) start with 2 points, and get to play Ireland & Bangladesh!!!

Although those damned aussies looked pretty good against the south africans...

heres hoping Ponting gets hit on the head with a coconut or something...

Don't even joke about it, man. That shit happens! :D

Not after Woolmers murder! reminds me of the soccer world cup a few years ago when a player was killed after the cup because he scored an own goal.

BTW any thoughts on Inzy being questioned 3 times by the police?

it had a small header in several newspapers :|

Did your brother enjoy his trip to Eindhoven ? :D It was right during carnaval festivities, so he must have been able to come back home with a collection of rare idiotic hats and stuff. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Donut got the shock of his life when he arrived in Einhoven - complete and utter madness apparently!

Yep, everyone dresses up like an idiot and goes on a drunken rampage for four days in a row, only this time there also happened to be a footballmatch scheduled. The whole stadium must have smelled like alcohol no doubt. :D