Argghh!!!.. About time they dump that D/L system. Is totally unfair to the teams batting second. So this world cup super sixes will be without SA, WIndies and Pakistan(almost) and may be England.. that's weird I think India and Aus will make it to Final.
Pakistan and England are out. Zimbabwe make it to Super 6. Pak - Zim match was abandoned due to rain. So it is Aus, Ind and Zim from Pool A and SriLanka, NZ and Kenya from Pool B
I actually think the Duckworth/Lewis system works OK. It's only in very strange circumstances that it doesn't come out as a fair target. In actual fact, I think it tends to favour the side batting second, as a whole. IMHO, this world cup has been spoilt by the ICC's handling of the contentious fixtures. Zimbabwe and Kenya both gained 4 points from forfeited matches. I don't think that anyone actually believes that the "Super Sixes" comprises the six strongest sides.
i agree with Bailey, the modified D/L system works fine, South Africa have admitted miscalculating, they only needed one more run, Boucher thought he had enough already.
from 7 for 84 in the 27th over v the Kiwis to 208 and then getting them all out for 112 top work Aussies
Finally some good news for India.... http://www.cricket365.com/Breaking_News/story_7914.shtml Indian seamers smother New Zealand Sourav Ganguly's surprise decision to bowl first paid rich reward in the Super Six clash against New Zealand in Pretoria on Friday, as India reduced the Black Caps to 146 all out. Zaheer Khan struck twice in the opening over en route to figures of 4/42. Two Kiwi wickets fell in the first over of the day, courtesy of Zaheer Khan. Craig McMillan was the first to go, after he holed out to Harbhajan Singh at midwicket when attempting to flick Khan to deep backward square. Nathan Astle, so often a pillar of strength for the Black Caps, went the very next ball, beaten for pace and trapped plumb in front. Umpire Daryl Harper had no hesitation in sending him on his way. Khan and India celebrated, while Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming watched helplessly from the non-strikers end. Scott Styris replaced Astle, aptly defended out the over and began thereafter to help his wounded team out of the doldrums. Styris and Fleming added 38 for the third wicket, before the former departed, forced to edge behind by a perfect away-cutter from Ashish Nehra. Wicketkeeper Brondon McCullum never looked settled and could only manage four runs before falling to Khan, leaving New Zealand languishing at 47/4 in the 14th over. Despite the rapid fall of wickets, a Kiwi resurgence was still on the cards, with Fleming and Chris Cairns at the crease. Unfortunately, the experienced duo managed only to add 13 runs together before Fleming's miscued pull looped tamely to Sachin Tendulkar at mid-off. Once again, it was Fleming who top scored for his team, hitting four fours en route to 30 from 57 deliveries. Cairns, who greeted Harbhajan Singh's introduction to the attack by clubbing him through the covers for four, fell to the same bowler a few minutes later. Flashing at a short-pitched top-spinner, Cairns top-edged straight to Kahn at point and was gone for 20. Jacob Oram (23) and Daniel Vettori (13) joined forces near the end to drag the total towards respectability, but the task eventually overwhelmed the tail-enders. The morning belonged to India, and particularly to Zaheer Khan, who passed the 100 ODI-wicket mark with his 4/42. Harbhajan Singh (2/28) provided solid support.
Finally? Its been nothing but India dishing out ass whoopins the last 7-8 games. Gotta beat Kenya now. They haven't made it this far purely on luck.
One half of the Cricket World Cup Final is filled....will India be there for the 1st time since 1983? http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_...ET_NEWS/2003/MAR/158874_WC2003_18MAR2003.html Australia wriggle free and march into World Cup final Australia booked themselves into the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup with a comprehensive Duckworth Lewis affected 48 run win against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, another clinical performance that will only enhance the aura of invincibility that now surrounds Ricky Ponting's side. Sri Lanka had their moments, making Australia's top order struggle on the sluggish St George's pitch at Port Elizabeth, but Australia once again wriggled free of trouble, posting a respectable 212 for seven after an unbeaten half-century from Andrew Symonds, before grabbing an iron-like grip on the game with the ball. Mid-innings the match may have looked evenly poised, but that was before the main contest of the day: speedster Brett Lee versus Sri Lanka's pace-shy top order. Lee won the contest in convincing fashion, shrugging off the handicap of a turgid surface to take three wickets as Sri Lanka slumped to 76 for seven. Kumar Sangakkara (39*) and Chaminda Vaas (21*) provided some resistance, adding 47 runs in 13.5 overs for the eighth wicket, before rain forced the players from the field with Sri Lanka on 123 for seven after 38.1 overs, well behind the run rate according to the Duckworth Lewis machinations. No further play was possible, meaning Australia, who now have a record 16 successive World Cup wins under their belt, will face either India or Kenya in the tournament final at Wanderers on Sunday. The Sri Lanka innings had started brightly enough with the inform Marvan Atapattu (14) stroking three boundaries but Lee was cranking steadily up through the gears. The disappointment of a spilled catch at cover pushed him to full throttle and a thunderbolt yorker, clocked at a staggering 160.1 KM per hour, rearranged his stumps. Sanath Jayasuriya (17), a shadow of his former self after being roughed up and maimed by Lee at Centurion, was snared by Lee's new ball partner Glen McGrath, swivel-pulling lamely into the hands of Symonds at backward square. Lee quickly mopped up Hashan Tillakaratne (3) and Avishka Gunawardene (1), both of whom wafted edges behind, before Andy Bichel sealed Sri Lanka's fate with the brilliant run out of Aravinda de Silva, the last man capable of carrying Jayasuriya's side to victory. De Silva, playing his last international game, had already signaled the threat he posed with two boundaries when Kumar Sangakkara nudged to mid-wicket and called for a quick single. Bichel, the bowler, quickly chased down the ball and threw down the stumps with de Silva yards out of his ground. The out-of-form Mahela Jayawardene, included in the side in place of paceman Dilhara Fernando earlier in the day as Sri Lanka packed their side with batting, extended his World Cup aggregate to 21 in seven innings before being caught off pad and glove. When Russel Arnold, Sri Lanka's last recognised batsman, top edged a sweep to deep back square, having spent 27 balls scratching out his three runs, Sri Lanka dead and buried on 76 for seven Earlier, after Australia had won an important toss, Symonds, a controversial selection when Australia's World Cup squad was first announced, produced his second match-winning performance of the tournament, scoring an unbeaten 91 from 118 balls. The zinc-lipped right-hander, who would have been stumped on 33 had Sangakkara not spilled a straightforward take, rescued the Australian innings with a 93 run partnership for the fourth wicket. Australia had made a galloping start, racing to 34 off the first five overs as Pulasthi Gunaratne was smacked for 20 runs in his first two overs. But de Silva, called into the attack in just the sixth over, broke through with his second off-break of the day as Gilchrist edged an attempted sweep onto his pad to offer Sangakkara a simple catch. Had the 29-year-old stood his ground then he would have been reprieved by a doubting Rudi Koertzen but, in an act of rare Australian chivalry, Gilchrist walked. Vaas, who produced another skillful display, then claimed a brace of wickets as Ricky Ponting (2) mistimed a drive to be caught at mid-off and Matthew Hayden (20) clipped a stinging catch to mid-wicket. The left-armer extended his record World Cup tally to 23 when he had Lee Harvey caught at the wicket with a jagging off-cutter. Symonds and Lehmann then steadied the innings, never scoring easily against Sri Lanka's quartet of slow bowlers, but preventing a Sri Lankan rout and laying a solid enough foundation for their bowlers later in the day. Eventually, Jayasuriya broke through with a well-flighted delivery that Lehmann chopped onto his stumps. The spinner had a chance of claiming a hat-trick when Michael Bevan (0), the hero during Australia's previous two matches at Port Elizabeth, edged a catch behind. Brad Hogg (8) survived the hat-trick ball but did not last long before being smartly stumped by Sangakkara. After Harvey's dismissal Australia were 175 for seven but Sri Lanka could not finish them off as Symonds and Bichel added 37 runs in the final 6.1 overs.
Oh its on baby! India vs Australia. Should be a match for the ages. I dont think I will be able to sleep till Sunday.
Now we can finally say that India can stand proud and tall like the Rockets did from 93-95. Hopefully they can accomplish the same feat...
R03, you still watching or you going to bed??? 359 off our 50 overs not bad hey????? and Pointing with 8 sixes in his 140 ....nice Lee, McGrath and Bichel will be pumped!!!!!!!
