Cricket World Cup 2007

I'd expect similar comments to appear in some papers over the weekend but there are a few coincidental similarities between this world cup and the football team's breakthrough tournament of Italia 90.

- Ireland coming through one of the tougher groups to reach the last 8.
- Last over vs. Zim was as tense as the Genoa shootout :D
- Never give up, fight for every ball attitude from the team - inspired by a foreign-born coach and captain.
- Most obviously, Ireland supporters providing one of the few high points of a dull tournament with few memorable matches.

The 1990 World Cup led to changes (backpass rule) to make the game more exciting as many are speculating will have to happen with the one-day game as it could be in danger of getting squeezed out by 20/20 as the most popular short-version of the game.

You are very crafty there ;)

Rain delayed the start today so limited to 38 over match.

Aussies attacking the bowlers on apparently good crease for batsmen. Going to be huge total at this rate.

163-0 (22 overs).
Gilchrist 109 n/o. His century included 8 four & 6 sixes. :eek:

149 off 104 balls. Highest score in a final. Aus 282-4 after 38 overs.

Sri Lanka have lost basically before they started.:D

A bit of a farce in the end, But the Aussies thoroughly deserve the victory.

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Originally Posted by TheBoss

A bit of a farce in the end, But the Aussies thoroughly deserve the victory.

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Aussies well worth their win but Sri Lanka did make a good run until no.2 & no.3 batsmen got out - the way they were going for everything was alwasy going to end in tears.

The rain delay, playing during drizzle just to get to 20 overs, the fact Sri Lanka did not know what their D/L total was & then of course playing in the dark were indeed a farce. Image something similar happening at the FIFA World Cup :eek:

42 pages later Australia pummel everything in their way to a third successive win

Will they win the Twenty20 World Cup in September then ?

On a slightly unrelated topic Surrey smashed the one day world record scoring 496/4 off 50 overs against Gloucestershire. Astonishing scoring.

That is incredible when I hear it, thought it must be a mistake. This will be hard to beat, 10 runs every over is what is required, top scoring.

Ireland have signed Nantie Hayward for the Friends Provident Trophy.
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/co...yer/45419.html

Decent figures aswell, he is replacing Rankin in the squad.