Yeah true, it was dissapointing seeing nearly 20 overs missed from both Innings, but coming back tomorrow couldnt work. U cant really ask the fans to come back, who all have paid money for their tickets and have packed lunches and everything for the big day and yet they find out they need to come back tomorrow and do it all again. Plus the groundsmen would have done a mornings work for basically nothing. All the officals would of had the hard job getting everything ready when they basically shouldn't have. I rekon they did the right thing playing it with 38 overs, but i would of hoped the rain stayed away and we had a full Day's playbarmyarmy said:Really disappointing end to a disappointing World Cup. Well done Aus but why on earth couldn't they have just come back and played 50 overs tomorrow instead of the complete mess we got?
Roofrom50 said:Well done Australia. A good win, too bad the match was delayed by 3 hrs which wasnt good for us Aussie viewers before the game actually got under way it was 2am nearly. But it was worth staying up for![]()
I aint complaining. Like i said, it was worth staying up for. Although i did fall asleep in the 3 hrs it was delayedaussie1st said:Don't know what you are complaining about over here it starts usually at 1am, today it started at 4am. I fell asleep anyway and woke up when Australia was facing it's first ball. What timing!
That wouldn't have been very fair to the fans, who had come to the ground expecting a game of cricket, same for all their sponsors and media partners etc. It owuld have been fine if the ground had floodlights I expect.barmyarmy said:Really disappointing end to a disappointing World Cup. Well done Aus but why on earth couldn't they have just come back and played 50 overs tomorrow instead of the complete mess we got?
aus5892 said:That wouldn't have been very fair to the fans, who had come to the ground expecting a game of cricket, same for all their sponsors and media partners etc. It owuld have been fine if the ground had floodlights I expect.
It's an ODI World Cup, not a 50 Over World Cup. ODI stands for One Day International, so it should be played over one day if possible. It is just easier. I would have much preferred a full 50 over match, but it just wasn't possible.Frozzy said:Make it a 2 day game then. Seems stupid to turn a world cup designed to find the best 50 over team in the world and then pick them on the basis of a 36 over match or whatever arbitrary number they come up with.
Thurya said:It was really a dark day for Sri Lankans. I was watching the match with a real fright. About 1.30 in the morning when sanga and sanath batting, heavey battle occured between Terrorist Aircraft and Armed Forces at near by airfield. I was really frightened. It was like fireworks show. The battles continued till 4.30, time when the match finished. They spolit the fun of the final.![]()
Terrorist don't care about anything. They were waiting for this day because they knew all people will focus on the match so they can reach their targets without much attention. The whole Colombo City was frightened because power was cut-off to avoid targeting important places. Luckily there was no damage done to the civilians. But all are very upset about things happened last night.ZexyZahid said:I hope everybody is allright there in Sri Lanka. I don't understand why they are fighting on a day like this. Although I don't understand why they fight at all.
During the match I read also, about the fighting.
Sri Lanka rebels in new air raid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6604645.stm
saisrini80 said:Should thank god for putting an end to this World Cup! Deserving winners Australia were, but its irritating to see not a single team stand up to Australia and grab that bl**dy trophy from them. Third time in a row? The last time we saw a different team win a World Cup was 11 years back and by the time 2011 comes, it will be a gap of 15 years!
Oh! Anyways, Australia need the congragulations for having in place a fantastic system that keeps on giving them players who can help them keep winning World Cups. All that Ponting does turns into gold and this has been occuring for the past frw years!
Back to some different cricket now!