Joke of the World Cup
"Namibia's coach Brown has offered to help England team with a couple of pointers he learned from their match against Pakistan."
This has to be the joke of the century. I think Brown will tell them how to score pass 100.
Ganguly's Celebration Lap
After taking TWO wickets in TWO balls, the Indian captain ran around in circles celebrating the wickets that resulted by the batsmen trying to hit him out of the ground.
Now, does such celebration suit him?. Him being the Indian captain. How many other captains you think act the way Ganguly does on the field?. Can you imagine Steve Waugh or Shaun Pollock going in circles?.
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:k: Agree, Ganguly the man. Congratulations to Indian team for another victory!!
Ganguly got lucky with his bowling and was facing Zimbabwe anyway! His batting was pathetic.
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Ehsan bhai, apni country ko support nahee kar rahe?? j/k
I was watching the India-Zimbabwe match, 100% behind Zimbabwe, but I felt Zimbabwe could have gotten 'em by 200, so these 50 odd runs could have been prevented, as the Indian team is weak and equal to them. Tendulkar's dismissal was fun to watch... The so called best batsman of the world had no idea what happened to him, and how his defences got busted... He stood there as if nothing happened, LOL
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Someone has to be really paranoid or have little knowledge of cricket to criticize Sachin for this. Grant flower bowled a beauty which could have got anyone.and it takes special ball to get special guy.
Now talking about why he stood there.It was because umpires themselves were not sure if it was the ball or keeper gloves which hit the stumps. get over this jealousy pal and enjoy the brilliant ining that he played.Some of his shots were just awsome.
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**Ganguly's Celebration Lap*
After taking TWO wickets in TWO balls, the Indian captain ran around in circles celebrating the wickets that resulted by the batsmen trying to hit him out of the ground.
Now, does such celebration suit him?. Him being the Indian captain. How many other captains you think act the way Ganguly does on the field?. Can you imagine Steve Waugh or Shaun Pollock going in circles?.
:D
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Yes..it was pathetic.... moreover he didnt take the wickets ,they threw it.
Pool A: Current standings
P W L NR Pts NRR
1 Aus 2 2 0 0 8 +2.490
2 Eng 3 2 1 0 8 +2.083
3 Ind 3 2 1 0 8 +0.329
4 Zim 3 2 1 0 8 +0.040
5 Pak 2 1 1 0 4 +0.939
6 Holl 2 0 2 0 0 -1.965
7 Nam 3 0 3 0 0 -2.493
Captain Saurav Ganguly appeared to take a swipe at India's fans and media on Wednesday after being asked why his team had taken to forming a huddle after each bowling successes during the World Cup win over Zimbabwe.
"We realise we don't get much support from outside," he said at the award ceremony after India's 83-run win. "This is how we are trying to build up as a unit."
This game surely released lot of pressure on Ganguly and as well the team. I think it could be a turnaround for the Indian Team.
On the other side ,with all the other minnows in the tournament, Namibia is the most improved team. They are getting more discplined in their bowling and also dsplayed some good batting against Eng. They are getting better and better. So india should watch out for a potential upset
SHerybaba 
Well India's toughest match is over now. They have beaten Zimbabwe.
From now ON, it's not even a contest. They will lose 'em all and yes, including Namibia as Sherrybaba has warned.
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From now ON, it's not even a contest. They will lose 'em all and yes, including Namibia as Sherrybaba has warned.
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Are you making this statement in yet another fit of bigotry or do you really mean it ??
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Someone has to be really paranoid or have little knowledge of cricket to criticize Sachin for this. Grant flower bowled a beauty which could have got anyone.and it takes special ball to get special guy.
Now talking about why he stood there.It was because umpires themselves were not sure if it was the ball or keeper gloves which hit the stumps. get over this jealousy pal and enjoy the brilliant ining that he played.Some of his shots were just awsome.
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Aqalmand admi, the ball penetrated his defences, and there was no doubt he was bowled (as much as your andhi logic states it was a keeper knock off) so this proves tendi had no idea what got him... Did you hear what the commentator said? Its unbelievable grant got through his defences when tendi was playing his best shots...
Oh yes…there was no doubt… Still umpires were talking to Walkie talkie to 3rd umpire to confirm it.That why he was standing there.Get over it pal. you will always criticize evenif he scores 100 or gets out at ZERO.
He played a great ining and got out on a beauty.Later Grant Flower went to extent to say that it was best ball of his life.
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*Originally posted by sherrybaba: *
This game surely released lot of pressure on Ganguly and as well the team. I think it could be a turnaround for the Indian Team.
On the other side ,with all the other minnows in the tournament, Namibia is the most improved team. They are getting more discplined in their bowling and also dsplayed some good batting against Eng. They are getting better and better. So india should watch out for a potential upset
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sherrybaba thats very true. Watching Namibia play, they seems to be a fighting team, their fielding is excellent, they gave hard time to England and if Ganguly doesn't get lucky like against the ZIM I am sure they can beat the indians.
Australia V Holland
Match reduced to 47 overs each due to rain.
Holland won the toss and elected to field.
Australia 54/1 after 14.5 overs.
Holland bowling has been one of the best in the tournament so far…only sri lanka, pakistan (only the opening pair bowlers) and the aussies have done better :halo:
Australia 109/2 after 25 overs.
Rain stopped play.
Australia 123/2 off 28 overs. Match reduced to 44 overs a side.
Rain again stopped play.
Australia 170/2 after 36 overs.
Netherlands 15/1 after 5 overs.
Match reduced to 36 overs.