I think Aus vs India will be the final game, and will be very tense till the end. Lets see, what this WC has to reveal further.
Ausi will trash India, Go Ausi :k:
http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/MAR/158204_REUTERS_17MAR2003.html
Australia rocked by Martyn finger injury
Reuters - 17 March 2003
Australia suffered a blow on Monday when specialist batsman Damien Martyn was ruled out of the World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka with a fractured finger.
Coach John Buchanan said: “He’s out of tomorrow’s game and he will be reviewed in the next couple of days, depending on the side’s progress.”
The number four batsman hurt his right index finger while fielding in the five-wicket win against Kenya on Saturday in Durban. The fracture was revealed after an X-ray on Monday.
Australia have already lost leg spinner Shane Warne (failed drugs test) and fast bowler Jason Gillespie (heel injury) from their World Cup squad, while fellow paceman Shane Watson pulled out just before the event with an injured back.
The 31-year-old Martyn, a key part of the Australian top order, has made three half-centuries in seven World Cup innings, at 47 runs a visit. He averages 40.62 in 122 one-day internationals and more than 46 in tests.
Jimmy Maher is the only specialist reserve batsman in the squad - he is also the back-up wicketkeeper - but he has only played two Cup games, averaging 17.5.
Australia, who have won 15 one-dayers in a row, could instead choose to play two all rounders, Andrew Symonds and Ian Harvey, against Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankans were the last side to beat Australia in a one-dayer, in Sydney in January, but have lost four of their last five meetings, including a World Cup Super Six match in Centurion on March 7.
sri lanka will win and play India in the final. however, the final with get rained out as unexpected storms will come in for a full week. fitting end to a pathetic world cup.
If it's slow & low, Lanka could glow
If Indians flow they'll blow
Australia is gonna win, again!
It will be a good game, with lots of action.
Just remembering the 1999 Semi Final with Aus and RSA. Who knows SL could upset Australia and reach the Final. Don't underestimate the Tigers.
Australia have won the toss and will bat first
Australia team: ML Hayden, +AC Gilchrist, *RT Ponting, DS Lehmann,
MG Bevan, A Symonds, IJ Harvey, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, B Lee, GD
McGrath.
Sri Lanka team: *ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu, DA Gunawardene, HP
Tillakaratne, PA de Silva, RP Arnold, +KC Sangakkara, DPMD
Jayawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne.
i'd go for the aussies...
Australia 107/3 after 27 overs.
Lehman and Symonds steady the ship after Gilchrist, Ponting and Hayden were all out with Aus 52/3.
Gilchrist was given not out by the umpire but walked. Great gesture, unheard of in recent times. :k:
maybe he needed to go to the bathroom urgently so just walked 
Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Sangakkara b de Silva 22 25 20 2 1
ML Hayden c Tillakaratne b Vaas 20 53 38 2 0
*RT Ponting c Jayasuriya b Vaas 2 6 8 0 0
DS Lehmann b Jayasuriya 36 101 66 2 0
A Symonds not out 91 145 118 7 1
MG Bevan c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 0 8 1 0 0
GB Hogg st Sangakkara b de Silva 8 19 19 0 0
IJ Harvey c Sangakkara b Vaas 7 13 10 0 0
AJ Bichel not out 19 21 21 0 1
Extras (lb 3, w 3, nb 1) 7
Total (7 wickets, 50 overs, 199 mins) 212
DNB: B Lee, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-34 (Gilchrist, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Ponting, 6.5 ov),
3-51 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 4-144 (Lehmann, 34.6 ov),
5-144 (Bevan, 36.1 ov), 6-158 (Hogg, 40.3 ov),
7-175 (Harvey, 43.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 10 1 34 3 (1nb, 1w)
Gunaratne 8 0 60 0 (1w)
de Silva 10 0 36 2 (1w)
Muralitharan 10 0 29 0
Jayasuriya 10 0 42 2
Arnold 2 0 8 0
srilankans have done well to restrict AUSs to 212. Now, one can dare to say that srilankans are having good chance to win this game. Its up to srilankan batsman ..... one of them has to play anchors role ...... there is no need for a flashy start .....
srilanka all the wayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!
i'm amazed that Bevan got out.....also on a naught :D
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I think he was not out.
Good match in progress...
Aussies are feeling the heat of being knoeced out of the cup :D
But yeah its too early to say that.
my bad guys!!
aussies all the wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! hoohoooo
Ehsan Bhai,
I think you have mixed Gilchirst with Bevan. :) Gilchrist wasn't out. Umpire didn't give him but he walked away.
Bevan was out on the first ball he faced.
Anyway, just coming back from a friend's apt, Sri Lankans are three wickets down. Atapattu played 3 beautiful boundary strokes on Brett Lee but man the ball Marvan got out was BANG on target! It was 160.1 km/h. That was a nice pay back from Lee.
Only De Silva can turn around the game as Jaysuriya, Atapattu and Tillakaratne are already in the pavilion.
Gotta go for work. I'll catch ya guys later in the evenin' Smiles