Current Pool Standings:
Group B
Team Played Won Lost No Result Tied Points Run Rate
Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1.20
Canada 1 1 0 0 0 4 1.20
Kenya 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3.86
New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 0 -0.94
South Africa 2 1 1 0 0 4 +1.75
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 0 4 +0.94
West Indies 1 1 0 0 0 4 -0.05
http://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/reuters/reuters419.htm
Cairns to bowl to rescue Kiwi Cup dream
All rounder Chris Cairns will be asked to bowl for the first time in a year to rescue New Zealand’s World Cup campaign against West Indies on Thursday.
Cairns has not bowled in one-day matches because of a series of niggling injuries, but with the Kiwis needing to win to keep their tournament hopes alive, he will turn his arm over in the Group B match.
"We’re very pleased with the way he got through practice this morning and that will create an option for me tomorrow, "New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming told a news conference on Wednesday. “It’ll be a limited option but it’s a very positive sign for us.”
Fleming said it was unlikely that Cairns, who played as a specialist batsman in New Zealand’s 47-run loss to Sri Lanka on Monday, would bowl his full 10 overs.
“I don’t want to give you an exact figure because it will obviously give away what we’re planning to do but it won’t be 10 overs,” Fleming said.
“It will be a limited work load and how far we can take that will be something we’ll work through tomorrow.”
Fleming said the availability of Cairns as an extra bowler and the return of left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori at St.George’s Park would give New Zealand a range of options they did not have against Sri Lanka.
“It fixes the balance of the side and we’re now able to play a different combination batting or bowling…and that’s a luxury for any captain,” Fleming said.
“Traditionally, it’s a low slow wicket here and we’ve got to go with a side with those figures and statistics in mind.”
Vettori was not selected to play Sri Lanka, a decision Fleming was left to rue as the Bloemfontein pitch failed tooffer any assistance to the fast bowlers. He will, however, face a rampant West Indies side still celebrating their surprise opening win over South Africa.
SECURITY CONCERNS
With the Kiwis planning to forfeit their pool game in Kenya because of security concerns, another loss could end their hopes of progressing in the tournament.
“It was a luxury to have one game up our sleeve to lose but now we’ve lost that it’s pretty clear cut that we’ve got to win these following games,” Fleming said.
“We’ve got a line in the sand, we’re very disappointed with the result in the first game and that gives you definite(things) to work on, from the strategy, which was at fault in some areas in the last game, through to the players’ responsibilities.”
Fleming said the Sri Lanka defeat had partly been the resultof the players putting too much pressure on themselves.
“There’s a lot of anxiety in the side but that’s going to come about with every game and I think the team that deals with that the best is obviously going to progress further down the cup than others,” he said.
"We don’t want to put too much importance on this game, we don’t want to build it up so the players are so tense that we make the same mistakes through being anxious.
"We are treating it just as a game that we have to win. It’s more a mental application than anything.
“The mood in the camp is fine, we’re very determined,” headded. “We’re nervous, which is fine as well, and on edge, which I want.”
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Current Pool Standings:
West Indies 1 1 0 0 0 4 -0.05
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How come West Indies run rate is in -ve ??
Because SA batted only 49 overs.
Congrats canada
Congratulations CANADA, made us all proud
Will he be taken out? They have four days until their next match, against New Zealand (i think).
Rhodes injury sours SA win, BBC, 12 February 2003
Jonty Rhodes could be ruled out of the World Cup after hurting his hand in South Africa’s emphatic win over Kenya on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old broke a bone in his right hand, taking the shine off the World Cup hosts’ 10-wicket victory at Potchefstroom. “He was examined by physio Shane Jabaar and sent for x-rays which showed a break,” captain Shaun Pollock said afterwards.
Johnty may miss WC matches.
Injury threatens South Africa’s fielding maestro
Jonty Rhodes’ future in the World Cup is uncertain after South Africa’s star fielder fractured a bone in his hand against Kenya.
Rhodes sustained the injury as he dived for the ball at point during the Kenyan innings and was taken off the field in considerable pain.
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“He was examined by physio Shane Jabaar and sent for x-rays which showed a break,” revealed captain Shaun Pollock. “The doctors then sent him through to Johannesburg to see a specialist to find out the extent of the injury.”
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Rhodes, 33, who is renowned for his fielding ability, is playing in his fourth World Cup.
“We will wait for the news but perhaps we can look at a similar situation to Andre Joubert in the 1995 World Cup,” Pollock added, referring to rugby player Joubert’s broken hand eight years ago. The full-back spent time in a hyperbaric chamber to quicken his recovery.
Pollock was nonetheless heartened by his side’s 10-wicket victory following their defeat by the West Indies in the tournament opener.
“After the loss on Sunday, there were certain points that we wanted to work on and we wanted to make sure we were clinical in our approach. We bowled pretty well and were pretty good in all areas.”
The Kenyan captain, Steve Tikolo, could not hide his disappointment, but put his team’s showing down to nerves in their first World Cup game.
“We lost wickets at regular intervals and we didn’t bat our full compliment of overs and that didn’t help us at all. We will have to go back and look into the areas where we went wrong and try and rectify them for the next game. Our aim was to make the Super Sixes and we still believe we can do that.”
South Africa meet New Zealand next, at the Wanderers on Sunday in what could well be a crucial game for both sides.
If that happens, it will be a big setback for them, Jony is meant to be in this world cup for the SAffies...
Brilliant performance! :k: :k:
Go Canada :k:
Had Bangladesh won, it would have been a national holiday in the country. And it didn't even make it to the front page in Canada. What a shame.
Speaking of that, reminded me a friend told me once how all store and schools close down in Bangladesh and was declared holiday when Pakistan lost to Bangladesh.
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Had Bangladesh won, it would have been a national holiday in the country. And it didn't even make it to the front page in Canada. What a shame.
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Yeah, exactly. i am not certain about Toronto or Vancouver, but where i live no one even seems to be aware that Canada is in the WC to begin with, let alone aware of their first win.
Another exciting match on cards.
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West Indies-New Zealand head-to-head**
The West Indies and New Zealand first met each other in a LOI match during the semi-final of the 1975 World Cup at the Oval on 18-6-1975, when the former won the encounter by five wickets. Since then the teams have met each other in 35 matches, with the Windies winning 22 and the Kiwis ten. Three matches between the two sides were left unfinished.
The two teams have so far met each other in four World Cup matches, with the West Indies winning three matches in 1975 (see above), in 1979 (at Nottingham -- by 32 runs), in 1999 (at Southampton -- by 7 wkts). The Kiwis' lone win came at Auckland by 5 wickets in 1992.
In all LOIs between the two teams the highest total for West Indies is the 306-6 it made at Guwahati on 1-11-1994, while New Zealand's highest is the 302-6 at Christchurch on 11-1-2000.
The Kiwis were dismissed for 116 at Port of Spain on 17-4-1985 which is the lowest total between the two sides while the West Indies' 123 at Goa on 26-10-1994 remains its lowest.
In all 11 hundreds have been scored by West Indian batsmen, while the Kiwis have managed just one (Stephen Fleming's 106 not out at Port of Spain on 29-3-1996). Brian Lara's unbeaten 146 also at Port of Spain on 30-3-1996 is the highest for the Windies.
Former West Indian openers Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes have the distinction of scoring three hundreds each against the Kiwis.
Lara has the highest run aggregate of 905 runs (avg. 56.56) in 22 matches, while Nathan Astle has 584 runs (avg. 34.35) in 19 matches for the New Zealanders.
Both Courtney Walsh and Chris Harris have 21 wickets each in 16 and 19 matches respectively are the top wicket-takers.
Kiwi Scott Styris's 6-25 in 7 overs at Port of Spain on 12-6-2002 are the best t bowling figures, while Viv Richards has recorded the best figures -- 5-41 in 10 overs at Dunedin on 18-3-1987 -- for the Windies.
Match started :
NZ bats first - score at the end of first over - 0 runs
what??? they haveopened with Vettori...
Innntresting
43-1 in 8 Overs
Fleming gone...
NZ 93/3 after 20 overs
NZ - 116/ 3 off 26 overs..
a bit of steadying done by Cairns and Astle
if these two guys stay a bit more they will be dangerous
This has got the potential to be a really gripping match. NZ can be dangerous and Windies seem to be coming out of a long period of decline with some impressive recent performances. Good to see them back, world cricket needs a strong West Indian team :k: