WC2007: Super 8

[Hooper]

Yes. He can.

 

[Will_NA]

That graphic of Strauss's spider showed it all.

 

[evertonfan]

That's the end of Vaughan's innings and possibly the end of his ODI career.

 

[Hooper]

What a sad moment in International cricket.....








....Hehehe

 

[angryangy]

Interesting discussion going on in the Cricinfo live score. Because they are not the official ICC delegates, they aren't allowed to attend the matches they score and they rely on the tv broadcast like everyone else. They sign agreements with the ICC to make sure they don't do the scoring from the grounds. It's perhaps impressive that not even Wisden can weave through the ICC's bureaucracy.

 

[evertonfan]

This a disgrace. Flintoff in against the spin with still a fair few to chase. Another upset is on the cards here. Collingwood, Bopara and Nixon can't save us all the time.

 

[Eddie]

if collingwood goes before we get to 110-120.. then i'd back the upset..

If i was Vaughan i'd be to embarrassed to keep turning up..

 

[angryangy]

lolololol

Vaughan and Strauss we've come to expect, Bell was a bonus, now this. Seems they did their homework, though. Pietersen offered plenty of midwicket chances to Australia on the weekend and Bell is similarly susceptible on the off-side. Habibul Bashar seems to have made good decisions in regards to attacking and recognising that the powerplays are not necessary; however, will he turn to a powerplay as a tactic to encourage a rash shot? He has plenty of overs of Mashrafe Mortaza and Sakib Al Hasan in reserve, perhaps he has not discounted such a plan.

I don't think these finger spinners will get Flintoff, unless one of them has a doosra. One thing Bangladesh could use is a wrist spinner, not necessarily a good one, just one who bowls a good wrong'un. Still, if Freddie is going to take them on, I may be surprised by how easily he gets himself out.

 

[Eddie]

holy Moses.. that was a big hit..

well,....freddie gone, bopara gone..

still 30 runs needed..

oh dear...

 

[siddharth2002]

Now, England did play well at the end of CB series to defeat Aussies a few times but if they gonna keep it like this then might as well loose today and head home early. Its like "what would have happened had India squeezed into Super 8's somehow."

 

[Sagacious]

If Eng can't chase down this , better they stop playing ODI cricket

 

[Cricketman]

Cmon, lets go bangla!
Get this duo out!

 

[Sagacious]

only 23 to win, come on Eng!

 

[evertonfan]

I wish all these people would stop saying. "Well teams like Australia or South Africa would come out all guns blazing and have this won by now with about 8 wickets to spare". Well we aren't Australia or South Africa, we are England. I'd say most of our players are boundary hitters but they are far too conservative to get off to blasting starts like other countries do. The only two players we have who can tear an attack apart are Flintoff and Pietersen; The latter is inconsistent and the former is ridiculously out of form. The one player we had who could get us off to an aggressive start was Mal Loye, yet for some reason he was dropped and we haven't got off to a flier since.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

If Bangla would have score 200 ,then the things would have gone the other way