2007 Cricket World Cup (West Indies) thread

[NaZKuL]

yes, but this will determine whether we finish 3rd or 4th....
remem, 4th plays 1st place... and 3rd plays 2nd place...

To help SA to 3rd place... Eng mst win
To help SA to 4th place... SL must win...

make sense?

 

[killadoob]

aussie SA final for the very big win

 

[feo]

Why don't the SA supporters have inflatable protea balloon things? Thos damn Aussies with their blow up wallaby things make me sick.

 

[justinct]

or the very big loss...

 

[krycor]

I saw those blow up toys the aussies play with in the pool.. it looks gay. I wanted to call the spca

 

[NaZKuL]

how many SA supporters are there in WI? i don't see that many as compared to the other nations competing...

 

[JK8]

Sri Lanka will win and SA will play Aus in the semis (coz they so scared of that happening) Then SL to beat Aus in the final!!

 

[NaZKuL]

Sri Lanka will win and SA will play Aus in the semis (coz they so scared of that happening) Then SL to beat Aus in the final!!

I said the same thing somewhere else... can't remem

 

[hj2k_x]

Why does SA have a negative net run rate?

 

[NaZKuL]

Why does SA have a negative net run rate?

cos they lost to AUS by lots of runs.. and then batted second in both games afterwards...

 

[Muks]

Why does SA have a negative net run rate?

Because they got hammered by australia...

 

[hj2k_x]

cos they lost to AUS by lots of runs.. and then batted second in both games afterwards...

That sucks. Why did we bat 2nd at all??

 

[JK8]

cos they lost to AUS by lots of runs.. and then batted second in both games afterwards...

And slooooowly made it across the winning line lol!!

 

[JK8]

That sucks. Why did we bat 2nd at all??

Ask Smith for one and SL won the toss.

 

[NaZKuL]

And slooooowly made it across the winning line lol!!

that also makes a difference.. overs faced + runs scored vs overs bowled + runs conceded...

 

[chiskop]

Batting first or second makes no difference to the nett run rate.

See what NZ did to Bangladesh the other day? That's what we need to do to get our nett in positive territory.

For example: yesterday we had to bat at around 4 rpo to reach the target. We managed this, slightly ahead of the 35 overs. If we'd reached the target in 20 overs it would have made far more of a difference to our nrr.

I still believe though that the other big teams all still need to face Aus - which will lower their NRRs.

Also, as long as we keep winning our NRR will improve, and be less of a factor.

 

[NaZKuL]

Batting first or second makes no difference to the nett run rate.

uhmmm... it does... cos if we bat first, then make huge total... our run rate is high. and we bowl them out for less runs... bigger difference...

if we bat second, our run rate won't be as high... however if they do score faster batting second, it will make a difference...

thats where the problem lies... scoring faster...

 

[hj2k_x]

uhmmm... it does... cos if we bat first, then make huge total... our run rate is high. and we bowl them out for less runs... bigger difference...

if we bat second, our run rate won't be as high... however if they do score faster batting second, it will make a difference...

thats where the problem lies... scoring faster...

Well we should just bat faster, even when chasing a small total.

 

[NaZKuL]

Well we should just bat faster, even when chasing a small total.

hehe.. tell that to the team who apparently play "aggressive" cricket!

 

[hj2k_x]

hehe.. tell that to the team who apparently play "aggressive" cricket!

At least Kallis batted at nearly a run a ball yesterday