Cricket world cup discussion thread

[Creag]

Steyn is on a hat trick for his first ball. Will be huge to it over two matches

 

[Nerfherder]

Those of u asking for smith and kallis to move down the order don't know any cricket.
Just like our useless selectors who can't figure it out, our team needs balance.
Current side has 5 batsmen who are top order (top 3), then 3 batsmen for 4-7.
Just like in 2003, we replaced jonty with smith and messed up the balance (top 5 were opening batsmen).

I know many crickets !!!!!!

I'm just suggesting that they try Smith out at another position... perhaps with less pressure.

 

[killadoob]

lolz, yeah, who was that tosser again???

Cannot recall perhaps i will go look back a year from now and quote it. Yea sounds awesome to me, although petty things seem pointless because this is our world cup!!!!!!!!! Now we bowl the irish out for 150

 

[superskully]

What's your solution then? Who goes out for AB and who keeps? Would you risk AB's fitness in making him play as keeper when we do have a specialist, who is clearly not comfortable with the older ball?

This is y I blame the selectors. Kallis should never bat below 4 as he is way 2 slow.
No disrespect to faf and morne but how can bring two new players with no int experience ESP in the subcontinent.

 

[Wall]

Come on boys!! some good early wickets!

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

This is y I blame the selectors. Kallis should never bat below 4 as he is way 2 slow.
No disrespect to faf and morne but how can bring two new players with no int experience ESP in the subcontinent.

Pushing Kallis down 1, he'll bat at 4, which isn't too bad. Pushing Smith down 1 removes him from his recent susceptibility against new ball bowlers. Morne opening will be a role more familiar to him. The middle order will still be the middle order, so I doubt they would care too much about batting one position down. Everybody wins.

 

[Wall]

YES YES YES!!! GO MORNE YOU BEAUTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[ichigo]

Yay 1 out

 

[Wall]

Dale Steyn, that destroyer of line-ups, has the new ball. Can Ireland overcome the initial barrage? Two slips wait
Doesn't that make you smile to yourself.

 

[Creag]

Whoop! And so the rout begins

 

[ichigo]

What a shocker with that catch

 

[Wall]

Morkel should have taken that!

 

[HapticSimian]

I reckon that was on purpose. Morkel wants more wickets than Dale.

Biff nearly pissed himself.

 

[CodeMaster]

He better take another wicket this over.

 

[Wall]

I reckon that was on purpose. Morkel wants more wickets than Dale.

Biff nearly pissed himself.

Did you see steyn stare Morkel down after the first over boundary? He didn't look happy. and now the catch. Steyn must want to Kill Morkel now

 

[SinghDude]

hahaha.... 'methinks Morkel wants more scalps than Steyn.

 

[ichigo]

Yay Wicket

seems like morkel wanted more wickets

 

[Wall]

YES ANOTHER MORKEL YOU BEAUTY!!!!!!!

 

[Creag]

/celebrates with ice cold coke in hand

 

[phoneJunky]

They came out firing, they probably should have tried to build before chasing after the runs