[Mafia Drive Gunner]

Ummm, the post above may have been a bit premature. That was the game we were looking for in the WC, but the one that just finished is even more amazing.

England 327/8 off 50 overs, DEFEATED BY Ireland 329/7 off 49.1.

Kevin O'Brien hit the fastest World Cup century off 50 balls, and Alex Cusack helped him rack on 160 runs from the 25th to 41st over. That is an impressive feat. I suppose the Ashes are a far lost memory now

Good win by Ireland.

[Girish]

lol, England. But full props to Ireland for grabbing the bull by the horn. I guess we Indians should be worried now. After all, we face the Irish on Sunday, at the same time and venue.

[Kanja]

In this World Cup Pakistan,Australia,India, and England are the favorites for Trophies.May be South Africa but i have doubt coz they always lose in Semifinal so may be they'd have to leave in Semi Final.

I Personally want that Pakistan should win. lol every one want that his country should win btw Pakistan's team looking in very good Form as they won their 2 Matches against Kenya and SriLanka. lol SriLanka was a good Team but Couldn't stand before Pakistan's Bowling attack. I Hope we will win our next matches especially against Australia the Defending Champions.

I Also wish that World Cup Final should be Between Pakistan vs India. Because that will be very very interesting match. it doesn't matter who wins or who lose but the match will be very interesting.

At Last i want to request if in final Pakistan defeat India then please don't be anger on India's Muslims xD As some extremists do usually. Don't burn their houses please lol i hope Shiv-Sena will not interfere in world cup.

[Josh]

Ireland for the trophy!

I loved their positive attitude to the run chase, even after losing Porterfield they battled on; O'Brien was one of many great performers with both bat and ball for them.

As for the debate about associate teams and whetheror not they should be allowed next time, I say no. By that time if Ireland and the Netherlands aren't full test-playing nations there is no justice in the world. They've shown that they have the quality, they need to really ramp it up now.

[JoeyLeone25]

Crazy! The only word to describe it. Pakistan were bowling so beautifully, then it all simply fell apart and New Zealand made there final 100 runs off just 29 (yes, TWENTY-NINE!) balls! Now the Pakistani's have work to do.

With that said, that's what I love about this World Cup, it's so even and open, anybody (whether in the form of a a team or single individual player can win it). Here, take for example my list of the 'best...' (i.e. if the ICC asked me to do one of these lists right now);

Best* All Round Batting: India

Best Single Bastman: AB De Villiers (SA)

Best WicketKeeper: Sangakkara (SL)

Best All-Rounder: Yuvraj Singh (IND)

Best Seam/Fast Bowler: Umar Gul (PAK)

Best Medium-Pacer: Shane Watson (AUS)

Best Spin Bowler: Graeme Swann (ENG)

Best Fielding: South Africa

With that said, the list is still highly contentious, I mean where are the West Indies, New Zealanders, the likes of the Little Master, the Irish quick-hitter, the Kallis-minator? Because the standard is so high at this tournament, you are seeing the best of all sides shine through and I think this is a good thing considering it goes on for a masterful 377 days, 8 months and 16 years...

[C.R.A.C.K]

I not a big fan of International cricket though, I prefer some IPL action than Int.Cricket. Or I would like to see Ricky Pointing in some action which we haven't seen form age's.

QUOTE

At Last i want to request if in final Pakistan defeat India then please don't be anger on India's Muslims xD As some extremists do usually. Don't burn their houses please lol i hope Shiv-Sena will not interfere in world cup.

Lol, don't burn there houses? We ain't living in stoneage man or whatching 'Chack De India'?
No Indian can ever think about that.

[Girish]

f*cking hell, do we just suck during the batting powerplays or what? Seriously, India should never ever take batting powerplays again or at least, finish them off along with the initial mandatory powerplays. With such a low total on such a good batting wicket and given India's bowling, I can see SA winning this easily. Only a miracle and complete hara-kiri on SA's part can save India now.

India completely failed when it came to tactics. Why the hell was Yusuf Pathan sent during the powerplay??? He doesn't need the powerplays to get the big hits. India needed a more sound batsmen at that point.

Kudos to South Africa for bouncing back the way they did though.

[C.R.A.C.K]

WoW Amla is gone that can lower the danger, Btw peoples are going mad over here, everyone wants to go in the stadium the tickets price is gone up form 500 to 3000 wtf?
And our fielding also sucks.

[Girish]

They're letting people in mid-way through the second half of the match? And 3000? f*ckers are just ripping people off. Why not just watch it on TV? It's much closer and at better angles too!

Glad Kallis is gone. A couple more wickets and India could actually turn this around. Fingers crossed.

[Jay]

Even if India win, the manner in which the batting order collapsed in on itself was lolworthy.

[Girish]

I agree. Every other team must be laughing at the 'famed' Indian batting now.

SA has won, though. And deservedly too. I was literally biting my nails during Zaheer's over (in fact, I bit the nail on my thumb so deep that it bled a little and now it hurts like hell). Too bad Nehra couldn't get his length right. He gave too much room for Peterson. The missed run-out chance was pretty sloppy fielding too.

TBH, India needed a smack on its head. I hope they stop thinking of themselves as favourites now and really re-think the way they bat during the batting powerplay. Take a f*cking cue from South Africa who made optimum use of the powerplay.

[Warlord.]

QUOTE (Kanja @ Mar 3 2011, 00:31)

At Last i want to request if in final Pakistan defeat India then please don't be anger on India's Muslims xD As some extremists do usually. Don't burn their houses please lol i hope Shiv-Sena will not interfere in world cup.

And I'd like to request pakistan to not try and kill the whole of Bharat's squad with government trained terrorists (source) like they tried to with Sri Lanka's squad (source).

Oh and I also hope pakistan doesn't try match fixing again and become the laughing stock of the world, yet again. How can I forget shoaib akthar and his attempt at cheating by using steroids?

Bharat is a democratic nation unlike pakistan. It is unlawful to set the houses of muslims on fire, unlike in pakistan where no action is taken when Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and any and all non-muslims are brutally attacked, raped and killed even.

On-topic though, I was sure that Bharat was going to win the match today. Still, it was an awesome match regardless.

Tbh, today's match and Bharat's match against England were the most entertaining matches in the world cup.

This post has been edited by Warlord. on Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 17:30

[C.R.A.C.K]

The Indian player's need to concentrat more on the game, insteed of making quick bucks by doing some sh*ty TV comercials.

[M.A.K]

i don't wanna be a hater for my own team which is Pakistan but is it me or does it look like the last match we played looked allot fixed not for cash but for some other reason i hear

oh and the attach on poor ole souls of Sri lanka was not organized by the government as i hear but i dont buy this story lol

This post has been edited by M.A.K on Saturday, Mar 12 2011, 17:46

[JoeyLeone25]

Only three scores posted below 100 so far in the tournament. One of those was from the Associate member Kenya against New Zealand, the other two were from Bangladesh against West Indies and South Africa respectively. Disgraceful performance from the Tigers, with their fans having every right to be mad at their lack of, well, everything.

It's been a great a tournament for the smaller teams so far; Ireland, Holland and Zimbabwe have all showed what they are capable of in my opinion. The average sides (Bangladesh, England, Windies, etc) have been well average or poor, nothing special. While the top sides have been as unpredictable as every one else, making the tournament just that little bit more interesting.

[Warlord.]

Wow, what happened to Australia. 176 all out?

Really hope they beat pakistan though. Hopefully the bowling turns out better.

[Girish]

Wow, didn't expect Bangla to fold so easily. England must have been relieved. India still have to win tomorrow against WI to get the momentum back before going into the quarters.

[ChossenOne]

What happened to Australia? Last i checked we were 1/92. I thought we had that one in the bag, lol. Jesus.

[Warlord.]

Australia's 176 all out in 46.4 overs .

[JoeyLeone25]

Pakistan have two of the best One Day bowlers (Spin; Afridi, Seam; Gul) in the world in their side, but the reason why they constantly underperform (aside from today) is down to their batting line-up. They have no depth, no grinders, nobody with a true sense of batting beauty who will consistently rack up 40-80 runs per match without hassle. If they manage to establish a capable batting line-up while keeping Afridi and Gul fresh, they will be a One Day force to be reckoned with.