2011 ICC World Cup Thread

[badotori]

If Shahzad could just get a little more consistent (especially in terms of the length that the ball pitches), he could really be an asset for England because some of his deliveries are pretty much unplayable.

Regardless of there being only four wickets to get, I can still only see this going right down to the wire...because it's England...and it's this World Cup. Shit's happened before, yo.

[sahyder1]

England escapes again. What a shame.

[The Future]

These guys make it really hard for me to be patriotic

[Starvinho]

Looks like it's gonna be a close finish. I think England will bowl them out though.

Maybe...

Edited March 11, 2011 by Starvinho

[gunnar hendershow]

Holy shit, here we go.

Bangladesh just need to try for Singles, as long as they do nothing stupid here they might pull this out. Didn't see this coming during that rough stretch earlier in the match.

And there it is, what a partnership to win it for Bangladesh.

[The Future]

Shit is going down!

[sahyder1]

lol, England.

The Dutch took them to the limit. Ireland beat them and now Bangladesh? Awesome.

[Starvinho]

England

[The Future]

Fuck what I said earlier, I LOVE THIS COUNTRY

Shafiul what a legend :|

[Baddar]

:/

And the stone throwers had already left the ground!

Well played, Bangladesh - a win against West Indies will still likely mean the toughest possible quarter final opponent for England.

[sahyder1]

Shafiul O'Brien!

[Baddar]

lol at the post-match interview - to the Bangladesh captain...

''They were stoning your house last week. They'll be building you another one tomorrow, won't they?''

[sahyder1]

At the moment that tie with India is looking big for England. They could've very easily been on their way out in the first round.

Edited March 11, 2011 by sahyder1

[badotori]

Group B as it stands:

IND - 4 games - 7 points

WI - 4 games - 6 points

ENG - 5 games - 5 points

SA - 3 games - 4 points

BAN - 4 games - 4 points

IRE - 4 games - 2 points

NED - 4 games - 0 points

Remaining Fixtures:

IND vs. SA (Tomorrow)

BAN vs. NED (14th)

IRE vs. SA (15th)

ENG vs. WI (17th)

IRE vs. NED (18th)

BAN vs. SA (19th)

IND vs. WI (20th)

If Bangladesh beat the Netherlands, then England are so fucking screwed. I just don't see us beating West Indies at all.

[Ace]

First Ireland, now Bangladesh.

And in between, you beat South Africa.

England, you inconsistent Bastards. I tip my hat to such up and down performances

[Baddar]

I still see us beating WI, but qualification from 3rd/4th isn't ideal, especially when you've already avoided defeat against the groups two strongest teams.

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

Group B as it stands:

IND - 4 games - 7 points

WI - 4 games - 6 points

ENG - 5 games - 5 points

SA - 3 games - 4 points

BAN - 4 games - 4 points

IRE - 4 games - 2 points

NED - 4 games - 0 points

Remaining Fixtures:

IND vs. SA (Tomorrow)

BAN vs. NED (14th)

IRE vs. SA (15th)

ENG vs. WI (17th)

IRE vs. NED (18th)

BAN vs. SA (19th)

IND vs. WI (20th)

If Bangladesh beat the Netherlands, then England are so fucking screwed. I just don't see us beating West Indies at all.

Why not, we obviously raise our game against the better opposition. Plus it's back on the ground where we played SA, and therefore need a good spinner here and there, we have that, not sure the West Indies spinners are up to the quality of ours. I think we will do it!

[badotori]

Why not, we obviously raise our game against the better opposition. Plus it's back on the ground where we played SA, and therefore need a good spinner here and there, we have that, not sure the West Indies spinners are up to the quality of ours. I think we will do it!

Three words (kinda): Kieron Pollard's batting. He'll tear apart Anderson if Jimmy bowls like he did today.

The point about raising our game against the better opposition is fair enough though - I just don't think we have enough aggressiveness in our batting line-up to outhit the West Indians, and I think we'll need to do that. Plus, if we wanted to introduce another spinner to help out Swann, then our options are either Collingwood's off-cutters, which can stifle but are hittable, or we bring in James Tredwell, who hasn't played yet and offers nothing different to Swann, in terms of style.

Anything could happen though - I didn't think we'd get anything out of the game with India, to be frank, and the bowling against the South Africans was brilliant. If they get the same reaction from the pitch, then it's doable. I certainly hope we can do it, anyway.

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

It's extremely hard to smash the ball out of the ground on that pitch. Far easier to do it on a nice track like the Windies have been playing on up until now. The pitch doesn't suit them, plus we have already had the oppertunity to play on it. I can see us strangling, our quickies won't get 10 overs each. 10 for Swann, 10 for Yardy and prob 10 for the off cutters of Colly. Pollard will struggle on that track. I also don't agree with putting Pollards threat above that of Gayle, despite him not being in great form.

[badotori]

Oh shit yeah, forgot about Michael Yardy - I don't particularly rate the guy, to be honest, especially when you consider his form in the World Cup so far. Just had a quick check and he's taken 2 wickets for 159 over three games, and that's in 26 overs, so you're looking at over 6 an over. He also got 9-1-46-1 against South Africa at Chennai and had the worst economy of all of our bowlers (even Pietersen bowled more miserly).

Gayle's a great opening batsman, but I'm just going off who is in form at the moment and that's Pollard and Smith. Plus, isn't Gayle injured at the moment? :/