BS: Re. Cricket World Cup

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 02:36 PM

So India versus Sri Lanka in the final. What a cracking match to look forward to.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 30 Mar 11 - 08:13 AM

Yesterday, Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets.
Perhaps more than a billion following India v. Pakistan right now...

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 05:55 PM

As suggested above, it's surely true that some very good cricketers (not quite good enough to make the combined England and Wales team) were not at this World Cup, and I sincerely hope there are moves now for Wales to compete as an independent cricket nation.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 12:26 PM

Shri Lanka have thrashed England by 10 wickets with 10 overs to spare! A bitter pill to swallow.

A fine display by Shri Lanka's openers both of whom scored hundreds. Well done.

Rog

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 12:25 PM

Oh Dear. England get absolutely thrashed. Well played Sri Lanka.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 11:08 AM

Yesterday, New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Mar 11 - 08:37 AM

Yesterday, India beat Australia by 5 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 08:06 AM

111 all out. Well played Pakistan. Mind you, you never know, West indies could still win this match, if the wicket is playing up.

Oh dear I see the master may well be fit to face England. Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss believes spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will be fit to face England in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Colombo.

Is it me, or do other people find it very difficult to understand Michael Holding. Don't get me wrong, he is very knowlegable, but I really do have to concentrate to understand what he is saying.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 07:29 AM

Seems the W.Indies could do with a hand from "Llanelli Fire Brigade Third Team" (Young Buchan)! ;-)>

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 23 Mar 11 - 05:04 AM

Blimey Pakistan are in a mean mood.

West Indies are 16 for 3 after 6 overs.

Hafeez doing the damage.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 08:09 AM

What's great about the quarter finals, is that England are playing on the Saturday, so people don't have to play the wag. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 22 Mar 11 - 07:57 AM

Quarter Finals:

23 Mar,2011 PAK vs WI
24 Mar,2011 AUS vs IND
25 Mar,2011 NZ vs SA
26 Mar,2011 SL vs ENG

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 21 Mar 11 - 03:33 PM

Also yesterday, India beat West Indies by 80 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Young Buchan
Date: 20 Mar 11 - 12:27 PM

Rog:

As to the Welsh - Gilbert Parkhouse, Alan Jones, Maurice Turnbull, Tony Lewis, Alan Watkins, Wilf Wooler (Capt), Eifion Jones (Wk), Don Shepherd, Simon Jones, Johnny Clay, Jeff Jones

(Tough to pick the number 11 between Johnny and Jeff but I recall the words of Trevor Bailey commentating 'And in comes Jeff Jones, batting number 11 for England; he also bats number 11 for Glamorgan ... in fact he'd probably bat number 11 for the Llanelli Fire Brigade Third Team')

OK, they wouldn't beat an all-time English XI but they'd beat the present lot.

Actually they WOULD beat an all-time England XI - because for umpires I'm having David Evans and Dai Davies - Dai, you will recall, answered the final appeal in 1948 with the words 'That's out, and we've won!'

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Max Johnson
Date: 20 Mar 11 - 10:08 AM

Thrills and spills, indeed. I mean - it's only a bit of a laugh, isn't it, otherwise they'd be wearing whites?

I read a wonderful cricket poem a while ago, called 'The Roller In The Woods' by K R Wright. Some of you might know it. I'd paste it here but it's probably copyright. I recommend it, should you be so fortunate as to trip over it.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arnie
Date: 20 Mar 11 - 07:51 AM

Well done James Tredwell from Kent! Four wickets and man of the match on what I think is his ODI debut. Bring on the Sri Lankans! Not sure if we'll go all the way but this England team certainly provide a few thrills and spills which is just what the sponsors want!

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 19 Mar 11 - 06:39 PM

Yes, Pakistan beat Australia by 4 wickets, and South Africa beat Bangladesh by 206 runs; and, yesterday, Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: ced2
Date: 19 Mar 11 - 04:42 PM

It really is very, very nice to see Australia come second (out of 2that is)! Couldn't happen to a finer bunch of ex cons! No doubt their captain will have a winge about something be very unfair!

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 19 Mar 11 - 04:31 PM

Thanks Max

Yes quite a relief Rog.

A bit more cricket to look forward to :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Rog Peek
Date: 19 Mar 11 - 08:52 AM

RSA beat Bangladesh, so England through to QFs. Pfew!!!!!!!

Rog

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Max Johnson
Date: 18 Mar 11 - 01:03 PM

What a fight-back! I was never worried, mind you.

Arthur itus - Condolences.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 01:23 PM

Utterly utterly amazing.

I am not sure my heart will hold out anymore.

Well done England

How do they keep on coming back and taking each match to the wire.

Well done Tredwell, Swann and Bopara for such excellent bowling.

Incidentally, I thought the catch decision with Trott was correct. There was doubt and that means not out. Why it took so long to make their minds up I will never know.

Excellent umpiring IMHO

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: MikeL2
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 12:39 PM

hi Can't believe this WI all out England win....white knuckle ride though.

Well done Swann

Cheers

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: MikeL2
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 12:10 PM

hi

Looks all over WI 213 -6 with 10 overs to go.....bye bye England....sob

mike

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 10:38 AM

Chasing 243, WI are 117/4 after 18.3 overs...

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 17 Mar 11 - 05:03 AM

Big day for England

England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Matt Prior (wk), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett.

Come on England

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 16 Mar 11 - 02:38 PM

Yesterday, South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: breezy
Date: 16 Mar 11 - 07:04 AM

I aint read this thread

just jumped in

Who else has read Fatty Batter ?

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 15 Mar 11 - 06:51 PM

Yesterday, Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets, and Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 6 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 14 Mar 11 - 07:43 AM

Yesterday, Australia beat Kenya by 60 runs; and New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 13 Mar 11 - 10:25 AM

(My commiserations re. your brother, also, Arthur.)

I'll just give yesterday's result: South Africa beat India by 3 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: MikeL2
Date: 12 Mar 11 - 06:01 AM

hi arthur

Sorry to hear about your brother.

With regard to England's performance the less said the better.

We will just have to beat the West Indies but the signs are not good !!!!

cheers

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 06:43 PM

My brother passed away today and the least England could have done was win for him.
Not good enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 05:54 PM

Oh what a day

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 05:26 PM

Today, Bangladesh beat England and Wales by 2 wickets - despite the Irishman Eoin Morgan batting well!; and West Indies beat Ireland (minus Morgan!) by 44 runs.

Yesteday, Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 139 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 07:00 AM

I thought Netherlands at one point were going to beat India.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 10 Mar 11 - 06:11 AM

Yesterday, India ended up beating Netherlands by 5 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Max Johnson
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 07:30 AM

I'm not looking in here much now, because I like to watch the highlights around midnight, with a glass of something amber, and try to avoid seeing the results before that.

NZ hammered Pakistan. How could they not? They seemed determined to drop relatively easy catches from every NZ batsman until he got his eye in and started to thump sixes. What is it with them?

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 09 Mar 11 - 04:22 AM

Good start from the Netherlands who are batting against India.

26 for 0 after 5 overs

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 03:38 PM

That was a very good win by NZ

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 08 Mar 11 - 01:30 PM

Today, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 110 runs.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: Les from Hull
Date: 07 Mar 11 - 09:17 PM

Well the least you can say about the England team is that they're not boring!

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 07 Mar 11 - 05:04 PM

Today, Canada beat Kenya by 5 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: alanabit
Date: 07 Mar 11 - 02:15 AM

Have England now redeemed themselves after the Ireland disaster? It was a good result either way.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 05:10 PM

...but, alas, India won by 5 wickets.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 10:40 AM

Missed that.

However now watching Ireland making India work hard.

Arthur_itus

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 09:58 AM

The abandoned Australia v. Sri Lanka highlights are on the Beeb's red-button now - it seems things were stormy in more ways than one!

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: GUEST,Arthur_itus
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 09:52 AM

Sorry ate my cookie. That was me above.

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 09:52 AM

LOL WV

What a nail biting match. England did really well. I was supposed to take my wife and daughter out at 11am, but the cricket came first :-)
We left at 12:15.

They thought my good mood was worth being late.

Arthur_itus

Subject: RE: BS: Re. Cricket World Cup
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Mar 11 - 09:45 AM

Today, England and Wales beat South Africa by 6 runs.