WC2007: Super 8

[Cricketman]

I don't know
If you get rid of Colly in the next 2 overs-Game on.

 

[Sagacious]

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

Their batting is vulnerable against quality bowling especially in pacy pitches

 

[Cricketman]

Their batting is vulnerable against quality bowling especially in pacy pitches

They scored 251 against an awesome bowling attack of Saf..

 

[Eddie]

Their batting is vulnerable against quality bowling especially in pacy pitches

saj mahmood..quality bowling..are you sure mate?

 

[Sagacious]

^ He bowled well today, do you have any doubts in that?

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

^ He bowled well today, do you have any doubts in that?

Today , there was no real competetion next two matches are the main thing

 

[Cricketman]

Today , there was no real competetion next two matches are the main thing

What are you talking about?
A test side such as England lost 6 wickets chasing down 150 against a side before the world cup were qualified as "minnows". There was a competition and Bangla bowled well.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

What are you talking about?
A test side such as England lost 6 wickets chasing down 150 against a side before the world cup were qualified as "minnows". There was a competition and Bangla bowled well.

Who thought England will tumbling while chasing 144

 

[Sagacious]

3 consecutive maidens

Oh man!!! this England is making heavy weather of such a small target!

 

[irottev]

Who thought England will tumbling while chasing 144

I would of lol.

Thats a poor performance really. It's a shame Bangladesh didn't put a few more runs on the board.

 

[RoboRocks]

Wow you really would like to see us lose, wouldn't you.

 

[aussie1st]

Vaughan top scored guess that means he won't be dropped now
Can't see the English beating SA with a batting performance like that.

 

[evertonfan]

I would of lol.

Thats a poor performance really. It's a shame Bangladesh didn't put a few more runs on the board.

I don't really care how pathetic the performance was (which it indeed was) the important thing is that we won and got 2 points for it. Even though we made an almighty cock-up of it at the end, we still have winning momentum.

*sighs* I'm clutching at straws here really...

 

[Will_NA]

Why are people making such a big deal of this? Bangladesh beat India and SA due to the quality in their bowling. They are more than capable.

 

[Sureshot]

saj mahmood..quality bowling..are you sure mate?

He's been bowling well, vs Jayasuriya he was very good and today was the pick of the bowlers. Saj is improving, still plenty to go, but he's got 8 wickets @ 26 with an eco rate of 4.8 rpo. Still a way of Flintoff though 11 @ 18 with an eco rate of 3.8 rpo.

Did you know that Nixon has the most sixes in this world cup for England? 154 runs off of 153 balls. Can't moan about Nixon can we?

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc20...ns_career.html?id=2403;team=1;type=tournament

The bowling page actually looks very good. Looking at CricInfo's stats pages Nixon has scored more runs than Gayle!

I'm getting sidetracked....

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Abysmal stuff tonight, the bowling was good (barring Freddie) important day for Monty, he needed those 3 wickets.

Batting? Well Strauss looked in decent touch, but he gets out like that too often. Vaughan, he struggled, but he got some all important time at the crease. Shocking way to get out, playing sweep shots on a pitch that bouncy is bad enough, you might just be able to play paddle sweepshot or those pre-meditated really soft sweep shots, but not full blown slog sweeps.

Bopara I thought was unlucky, inside edge onto boot then onto the stumps. Colly struggled but got there in the end, Nixon was good yet again (though I hate how often he tries to reverse sweep), Flintoff was brisk, didn't pick any of Rafiques arm balls, one massive six though.

Overall, well we got the job done and our future is still in our hands. If we beat South Africa and the West Indies we are all but through (barring South Africa wooping the Kiwis).

Why are people making such a big deal of this? Bangladesh beat India and SA due to the quality in their bowling. They are more than capable.

I agree in some sense, they have a decent bowling attack. Mortaza was top wicket take in 06 (or was it 05), Rasel is very accurate and a canny type of bowler. In their 3 SLAs they have control, variation, and nack of picking up wickets. It's Bangladesh's strength.