Cricket world cup discussion thread

mak2000 said:
And if the same happened in SA, do you see South Africans at the stadium start cheering the opposition. Wake up. Sub continent has the most knowledgeable cricket crowds. Just look at the crowd for the SA-NZ quarters and the support for both teams.
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Whoa there, stallion.

I'm only trying to get my head around this incredible natural phenomenon is all. I'm talking specifically about Indian support here and not sub continental crowds in general. Specifically I'm talking about the pin-drop silence that overcomes their support when the opposition does anything vaguely productive for their team. Watch the India-Pakistan semi and tell me I'm wrong. Admittedly this game is going to be very heated so maybe even a better indicator of what I'm saying when the deathly silence contrasts with the blind frenzy.

In SA, this phenomenon is not known to occur - and when I say say that I'm not necessarily saying that our crowds are any more sportsmanlike or appreciative of good cricket by visiting sides, however, almost invariably there will be some sort of vocal reaction to a good shot/catch/runout or piece of fielding undertaken by an opposition team. Whether this reaction is complimentary to the opposing side or not is a different kettle of fish altogether. Having said that, 99% of the time, said reaction does not take the form of a collective boo either - but like I mentioned before, maybe it's just a cultural thing and I honestly mean that in a non-offensive way to India's support considering the way we bandy about the culture word here in SA these days.

To add to this though, I'll don my flame suit now and throw in my final 2c worth by saying that we'll never truly be able to gauge the polar opposite effect with India here in SA since a sizeable chunk of our local Indian SA support appear to hang up their Proteas apparel and support the team from across the ocean in such a case - as was apparent in India's tour out here last year. To all the patriotic Proteas supporters and members of the Indian community, apologies to you for that generalisation.
 
mmmig said:
I called it right, to be honest this is the weakest Protea WC squad in the last 12 years.
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Rubbish it is the most balanced side we have ever had i think, if anything we have too many options.

Good spin
good pace
Good fielding
Awesome batting line up

choking mentality very strong.
 
killadoob said:
Rubbish it is the most balanced side we have ever had i think, if anything we have too many options.

Good spin
good pace
Good fielding
Awesome batting line up

choking mentality very strong.
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Balanced yes but the fact that we have taken the likes of Faf,Ingram,Tahir,van Wyk,Tsotsobe,Parnell and even Peterson shows that we lacked the experience of the previous WC's.
 
Get a new selector pannel, an outside coach (someone like Steve Waugh comes to mind if we can convince him), get a new manager - not some struggle political icon like Majola who has never in his entire life achieved anything significant in cricket.

Select the new team from scratch and based on merit, and build it up for the next WC. The recipe is simple :)

Faair almal sommer!
 
BOYAH said:
Balanced yes but the fact that we have taken the likes of Faf,Ingram,Tahir,van Wyk,Tsotsobe,Parnell and even Peterson shows that we lacked the experience of the previous WC's.
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Experienced at what exactly? winning crunch games? We have nobody experienced in that category.
 
Faf, Mills and Vettori fined

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New Delhi - New Zealand's Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori and South African Faf du Plessis have been heavily fined for an altercation during Friday's World Cup quarter-final in Dhaka, the ICC said on Saturday.

Video: Mills taunts Faf du Plessis

Mills has been fined 120 percent of his match fee for "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players" and for conduct that is "contrary to the spirit of the game".

His captain Vettori has been fined 90 percent match fee for the deliberate physical contact with a player and for bringing the game into disrepute.

Du Plessis has been fined 50 percent of his match fee for his involvement in the heated exchange with the Kiwi players, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement.

After the 28th over of the South African innings, du Plessis had a heated exchange with some of the New Zealand players following the fall of a wicket.

Mills, who was not in the playing XI for New Zealand, was on the field carrying drinks.

"It was a very important time of a crucial match for both sides but there is never any excuse for deliberate physical contact in international cricket," match referee Roshan Mahanama was quoted as saying in the statement.

"Vettori and Mills continued to act inappropriately and contrary to the spirit of the game throughout, hence the second charges were laid against them.

"In determining the punishment I have taken into consideration the fact that none of these players have previously been involved in similar breaches of the code."

While Vettori and du Plessis accepted the sanctions, Mills pleaded not guilty to the charges. A full hearing was conducted by Mahanama in the presence of the four umpires, Mills and the New Zealand team manager.

Mills was found guilty after Mahanama heard oral submissions from the player and the match officials and considered video evidence of the incident.
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I'd sack Mills. He instigated an episode the likes of which I'd personally rank NZ as just about least likely to perform. Knob.
 
Toadys game is very similar to yesterday.A good team chasing a lowly total under lights on a slowish wicket.
Sri Lanka-choke or win.Its that simple.
 
BOYAH said:
Toadys game is very similar to yesterday.A good team chasing a lowly total under lights on a slowish wicket.
Sri Lanka-choke or win.Its that simple.
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Nope it's not that simple, if sri lanka are 40/6 and lose well then they lost but if they are 110 for 2 after 25 and fall short they choked :D.

What is your understanding of choking?
 
killadoob said:
Nope it's not that simple, if sri lanka are 40/6 and lose well then they lost but if they are 110 for 2 after 25 and fall short they choked :D.

What is your understanding of choking?
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A choke could also be when you playing a weaker team,chasing a small target and you lose,irrespective of whether you 40/6 or 110/2.
Its called a premature choke in former instance, and it happens a lot when you quite excited and nervous.
 
I would have liked to have seen our players admit their "choking" habit, before they went.
Every single one of them said they aren't chokers.

You can't deal with the problem if you're in denial.
 
Sri-Lanka showing South Africa how to bat. I still can't get over how useless our team was yesterday, think they all had some joint before they batted to be calm.
 
enigma243 said:
I'd sack Mills. He instigated an episode the likes of which I'd personally rank NZ as just about least likely to perform. Knob.
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Styris, Vettori and Mills instigated that. All that Vet and Mills get are fines, Styris doesn't even feature. Definitely not a gentleman's game any more. I hope NZ get hammered by SL now.
 
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