WC2007: Super 8

[icyman]

I sort of miss the Super-Sub idea.
They should have implemented it this World Cup,could have been great.Teams could have done with it by introducing hard-hitters at the required time.And it would have been wonderful on the slow pitches of the Carribbean !

 

[Will_NA]

Yes , Kemp have to play his role tonight , till so far he is totally disppointing

That's gonna be hard since he's not playing :

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

I sort of miss the Super-Sub idea.
They should have implemented it this World Cup,could have been great.Teams could have done with it by introducing hard-hitters at the required time.And it would have been wonderful on the slow pitches of the Carribbean !

Super Sub was the worst thing , thanks God No more Super Sub :upray

 

[Vcassano]

That player of the tournamant thing's a complete joke. Jayawardene's on there, as is Collingwood but no Pietersen? Mental.

I really don't want New Zealand to thrash South Africa, a reasonably difficult win would be fine because I fear South Africa will bounce back well from a humiliating defeat, a la Bangladesh.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Boucher gone , great captaincy by Fleming he has done the right thing bringinf Mcmillan into the attack

 

[nightprowler10]

The kiwis' fielding has been top notch in this tournament. They must shave off 20+ runs from the opposition's total due to their excellent fielding.

 

[angryangy]

It's very easy to say this won't be enough, but can we be sure? The pitch didn't really seem to improve, the coming new ball might be pretty scary against a shaky top order. Also, if the pitch has come good, you'd expect a competent batsman like Pollock to be able to find the boundary. Bowlers who were thoroughly attacked still only went for 4-5 runs an over.

It's possible that it's still be drying and it might be a very good surface in an hour or so, but hopefully there's plenty for the bowlers to work with so that we get a convincing contest. On that note, mixed signs for Peterson; Patel was very restrictive, but Vettori wasn't. Will he play a key role?

 

[dhoni dhamaka]

micmillan 3 wickets!

i think NZ will lose about 5-6 wickets but still win in about 35 overs because you cant rule out pollock and ntini.....

theyre real devestating bowlers....... :gundown :cutit

 

[icyman]

That player of the tournamant thing's a complete joke. Jayawardene's on there, as is Collingwood but no Pietersen? Mental.

It depends upon the number of man of the match awards a particular player wins.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Stephen Fleming pass 8000 runs great moment for him

 

[angryangy]

Ooh got him. Third time lucky, eh?

Still, if South Africa win from here, New Zealand will have some choking questions to answer. It was always going to be a messy skirmish, but you have to say South Africa just haven't given 110 percent today. The middle order were undisciplined after good starts, they put down a few too many catches and haven't really given NZ a fright with deadly accurate throws. It's been a good performance, but they need to step up and do even more to actually win.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Fleming out after a good knock finally Pollock got his man

 

[Gunner786]

bangladesh will have a very good chance for semis if england beat south africa though and lose to windies

all bangla will have to do is beat ireland and windies
which isnt too hard a task with the form windies are in

 

[LA ICE-E]

then it shouldn't be hard for england to beat WI either with form the WI's are in

 

[irottev]

We never looked like losing that. Well done guys. A few silly shots at the end made us look a little shaky but really, we were never going to mess that up. They paced it well.

Styris has been brilliant. Another great knock. Well done. McMillan got wickets lol, great captaincy Fleming. Brave move and it payed off big time. He didn't really need to bowl him. Great allround performance.

Shane Bond yet again superb. Franklin, looks so much better with some assistance. SPinners did well too.