25 April - 2nd semi-final: Australia v South Africa

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Don't come up with more choking theories, it's already flopped many times in this tournament :D

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** South Africa look likely to leave out Makhaya Ntini…

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/04/25/3217_geelong_sports.html

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South Africa has one more chance to remove the choker tag.

Go Proteas.

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Australia should win easily. They have no real weaknesses. Among the current lot only SLA (because of their potent varied attack and decent enough batting) playing at their best can seriously challenge the Aussies which is what I hope they wil get when they meet them in the Final.

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Major Chitral coming to Pallak and the gang! ?

Will we be proven wrong by the Great South Africans led by their great Skipper Greame Smith!!! oooooh the suspense.....

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http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292292.html
Good luck messages pour in from South Africa
‘Do it for Bob’ - Gill Woolmer
Gill Woolmer, the widow of late Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, has offered her good wishes to the South African team as they prepare to take on Australia in the World Cup semi-final in St Lucia. On the eve of the clash between the top two one-day sides, she urged the team to win it in memory of Bob Woolmer, quoting “do it for Bob - I hope they win”, referring to his stint as coach of South Africa in the 1990s.
South Africa have a chance at redemption after they were lost out in a thrilling tie in the 1999 semi-final at Edgbaston. South Africa needed one to get off four balls with one wicket in hand before a farcical run-out ended their World Cup campaign, as Australia edged ahead on net run rate. The result left the South Africans devastated ,and Woolmer later referred to that moment as the darkest in his career. Woolmer, who later took over as coach of Pakistan, was murdered in Jamaica after Pakistan’s early exit from the World Cup.
The team has been flooded with good luck messages from several supporters in South Africa, including ex-players. The Cape Argus, a South African daily, forwarded over 1000 SMS messages of support from readers to the team.
“They must play like they played against England,” Helen Zille, the Cape Town mayor, was quoted as saying on the website Independent Online. “We’re all with them, behind them, holding our breaths and supporting them all the way.”
Gary Kirsten, the former South African opener who also played in the Edgbaston semi-final, also extended his wishes, as did the father of current opener AB de Villiers. “It’s just going to be a mental battle,” Kirsten was quoted on the same website. “We’ve got the players. We chased down 438 not so long ago - and they’ll still have that in their memory.”
“AB said we have a very good chance of whipping them and they’re all in very good spirits,” said de Villiers senior. de Villiers slammed 92 against Australia in a group stage match in St Kitts recently.

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Come on Aussie Come on... I want Smith and Co to lose yet again to the champions of cricket. Australia has featured in 5 out of the 8 world cup finals played so far and have won three. Unbelievable.

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South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first

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I say that is a good call by South Africa...

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Are the mods sleeping? Why has the thread not been made sticky yet? C'mon guys, this is a world cup semi-final, not just another game

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Australia 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Michael Hussey, 7 Shane Watson, 8 Brad Hogg, 9 Nathan Bracken, 10 Glenn McGrath, 11 Shaun Tait

South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 AB de Villiers, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Herschelle Gibbs, 5 Ashwell Prince, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Justin Kemp, 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Andrew Hall, 10 Andre Nel, 11 Charl Langeveldt.

Come on…SAF

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If they win this WC too then I think we should rename the tournament to something like "Australia Cricket Tournament", "Benefit Australia Tournament"

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has the match started?

guys, do u know any sites which is streaming this match?

please, i am at work,

thanks

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South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first

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First run on the board... *SAF 1/0 *

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Smith off the mark with a single

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Any sites streaming this match?

let me know :slight_smile:

I am at work :bummer:

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^ M2K itna excited ho rahay ho?

You can't loose today...both teams are gora bootiful teams... :D

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contact game bhai. Did you not get a stream like all of us did?