BS: Re. Cricket World Cup

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 25 Mar 11 - 08:37 AM

Yesterday, India beat Australia by 5 wickets.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.