WC2007: Super 8

[irottev]

Wow, thats a thrashing if I ever saw one. Tis a shame Aussies didn't bat first.

 

[cric_craze]

i want england to beat south africa for some odd reason . and i want pieterson to thrash them

 

[evertonfan]

I wish Pakistan were in the super 8 at least we could won some matchs

Too bad you couldn't beat the worst team in the Super 8's then isn't it?

And no, i'm not referring to England.

 

[Will_NA]

LOL Good one
No Guiness For today I guess

I wish Pakistan were in the super 8 at least we could won some matchs

Yeh, me too. In fact, I'm starting a petition to allow Pakistan into the Super 8s on the grounds that 'They would win some matches' even though they couldn't beat either West Indies or Ireland who are bottom of the Super 8s. :

 

[cric_craze]

Yeh, me too. In fact, I'm starting a petition to allow Pakistan into the Super 8s on the grounds that 'They would win some matches' even though they couldn't beat either West Indies or Ireland who are bottom of the Super 8s. :

good to hear from a english fan

 

[IloveGilly]

Nice to see that Hussey found some form again, but even more disappointed Ponting didn't choose to bat first. What was so hard about pushing Hussey, Symonds and Hodge up so they'd get a bat? Ponting must be overconfident with his top order.

 

[LA ICE-E]

I know Ireland were going to lose all there matchs in the super 8

Like you knew Pakistan was going to beat them too? It's likely but that doesn't mean they performed better than Pakistan this world cup.

Well aussies demolishing Ireland here. I reckon the game shouldn't take to long into the night / afternoon

Well the aussies thrashed most teams in their way so far in the wc from '99.

Yeah they were happy :happy
but not the Ireland Fans Bad Day For them :brickwall

yes it is, disappointing but again look at the opponent. They can thrash all top 8 teams anyway.

LOL Good one
No Guiness For today I guess

I wish Pakistan were in the super 8 at least we could won some matchs

Why couldn't Pakistan win against West Indies and Ireland then? What's up with all these talks now...yeah Ireland played bad but i didn't see any team play very well against Australia. They like thrashed every team the played so far. You could never make sure the top 8 goes through. never. that's not sports, unless you want to make it like all fixed games. No matter what the format you can't make sure they go through. Ireland wasn't competitive this game, yes true but WI wasn't competitive the whole super 8 and just look at who they faced- Australia who are like in a different level than all the other teams. Like it's said when a top 8 loses to a minnow, this one bad performance shouldn't say all about Ireland...they still deserve to be here and have prove to have more heart than the Pakistan and India and was indeed competitive in most of their matches.

 

[IloveGilly]

World Cup results aren't always as accurate as they should be. You could be in such good form for 4 years before that but then you might lose 1 game which ruins your whole campaign. That's what happened to India and Pakistan, they lost at the wrong time.

 

[angryangy]

Yeah, the point that's been made time and time again is that India and Pakistan are obviously capable of playing better than they did. Pakistan were never going to have a good World Cup (unfortunately exceeding expectations in a different way), but India were fielding their best team.

 

[LA ICE-E]

World Cup results aren't always as accurate as they should be. You could be in such good form for 4 years before that but then you might lose 1 game which ruins your whole campaign. That's what happened to India and Pakistan, they lost at the wrong time.

Nothing can be done about that. Australia dominated since '99 at the wc, if they lose in the semi's that just ruins their whole campaign. Well that's the world cup it's a tournament not the rankings. A point people needs to get.

Yeah, the point that's been made time and time again is that India and Pakistan are obviously capable of playing better than they did. Pakistan were never going to have a good World Cup (unfortunately exceeding expectations in a different way), but India were fielding their best team.

And that would probably not be good enough either. Just compare them to how sri lanka, new zealand, australia's playing. Ireland are obviously capable of putting a better fight than they did today but still you all of a sudden hear critics criticizing them again for one game when though they did far better than anyone expected them to do. And no point blaming the format, nothing can be done to ensure a certain team getting through.

 

[Mars Maximus]

I just don't understand why Gilley hasn't learned to close the gap betwen bat and pad yet? After he got bowled by Plunket months ago, he should of never gotten bowled that way last night! Even though Plunkets ball was yorker length, it's the same kinda way he got out against Ireland..meh..

 

[Adarsh]

It's mainly because he's a backfoot player. For balls on a good length he prefers to play from the crease. Yesterday, and to the yorker from Plunkett, he should have got his front foot forward which would have made his forward defense more compact. Come to think of it, I can't remember Gilchrist ever playing a classical forward defense !

 

[charith]

Hmmmmmm how come NZ or SL have no super8 games at the Kensington Oval? SAF jus have one game there whereas AUS has an equal no of games there and in Grenada. Might be a disadvantage to NZ or SL if they make the final not having had a game there.

 

[Mars Maximus]

About Gilley again, yea even in the 2005 Ashes series he was bowled like that, so if he hasn't learned from back then, then I guess it was wrong for me to expect him to learn from earlier this year lol. Well that's just a weakness of Gilleys batting, and that's that really..just suprised he can't rectify it in the nets at least...

 

[angryangy]

Tonight's match is on free-to-air in Aus by the way.