ICC Champions Trophy

Just checked out the commentary from Cricinfo...

from the 38th over:

Gayle had a long word in Clarke's ear after that over, he followed him all the way down the wicket and chirped in his ear!

38.2 Bradshaw to Gilchrist, no run, short and wide, Gilchrist crunches that to mid-off
oh-ho! Gayle still singing words of wisdom to Clarke from cover

ah! Now Gayle wanders past Clarke and says something else to him. Umpires not even intervening. Interesting....
38.4 Bradshaw to Clarke, 1 no ball, good length on the stumps, pushed into the covers...here goes Gayle again, picks the ball up and walks towards Clarke, clapping, smiling and chatting...even Clarke is forced to flash a boyish grin

Clarke's doing his best not to take notice of Gayle's antics.
38.6 Bradshaw to Clarke, no run, full outside off again, Clarke walks into his defense and pushes to mid-off, a good ball to end Bradshaw's spell.
More on the Gayle-Clarke show next over.

39.5 Gayle to Clarke, 1 run, keeps low in front of the stumps, worked to midwicket
umpire Koertzen has a chat with Clarke now about Gayle's banter

And we're into the home stretch, people. Two set batsmen out in the middle, an unstoppable Gayle with verbal diarrhea, and Samuels on to bowl now. Much fun.
40.1 Samuels to Clarke, 1 run, short on middle and off, tucked off the pads to square leg
Now Mark Benson gets involved as Samuels too chirps in with words to Clarke. "Settle down, boys..." Sarwan gets involved as well.

41.4 Gayle to Clarke, OUT, gone! Spins into him from outside off stump, Clarke leans back and runs that towards to Hinds at gully, who picks it up and fires in a good throw to Gayle, Gilchrist is stuck somewhere down the pitch and cant get back in time, Gayle takes the throw and whips off the bails, Gilchrist has to go and boy does Gayle love this! He's whooping it up out there like a school kid after his final examinations! Hah, he says to Clarke!
AC Gilchrist run out 92 (189m 120b 11x4 0x6) SR: 76.66
41.5 Gayle to Clarke, 4 runs, tossed up outside off, pushed back to Gayle who loses his cool and throws it back but its too high and goes away for overthrows, stupid, stupid move that from him
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you gotta love it!! And what about the hat-trick...
47.5 Taylor to Hussey, OUT, cleaned him up! Fullish delivery, Hussey has an ambitious and ugly swipe across the line - frustration, you'd have to say - misses it all ends up and the ball hits off stump, crucial strike from Taylor, thats the big one West Indies wanted, crowd erupts!
MEK Hussey b Taylor 13 (30m 16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 81.25

Brett Lee walks in
47.6 Taylor to Lee, OUT, and he's gone first ball! Taylor's a star tonight under the starry skies of Mumbai! Fires in one on a good length on off stump that nips in and catches Lee falling forward, gets rapped in front of middle and leg, every West Indian goes up in appeal, all eyes on Koertzen who takes his time and then ever so slowly raises that left arm...Taylor on fire, Lee departs first ball

Okay, take a deep breath. 16 to win. Two wickets left. West Indies in a huddle. Taylor on a hat-trick. No West Indian has ever taken on in ODI cricket.
49.1 Taylor to Hogg, OUT, and he gets it, can you believe it?!? History is made at the Brabourne Stadium! Wow, wow, wow! Taylor will never be forgotten here in Mumbai! A full, fast delivery on the stumps, Hogg just walks across, looking to work that around the corner but the man makes zero contact and the ball castles into middle stump, he's gone and West Indies are one away from victory
GB Hogg b Taylor 10 (20m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 90.90
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'I bowl, they bat, its simple' - Ntini

"I never look at the pitch before a match because it does not matter what it looks like. I just take the ball and bowl on it," the star seamer said on Monday.
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Man I love this guy. No excuses.

"Both teams have to play on the same pitch, so what does it matter what it looks like?" he said.
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Yup!

"I think the true colours of the senior players will come through in this match. Victory is non-negotiable and they will have to make a big contribution for us to win."
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and again!


edit: anybody got the team for today?
 
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Omac said:
Sri Lanka .....ehm.... er .... New Zealand.

Silly bgger didn't even know who he was playing.

Once again, Flemming is laughing his head off at the monkey captaining SA.

edit: He's an embarrasment to SA and the Proteas. Not sure who's worse capt or coach.
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I don't think you know what you are talking about. I think you should stop posting rubbish before you go to far.
 
stormer208 said:
I don't think you know what you are talking about. I think you should stop posting rubbish before you go to far.
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Yeah bright boy!! You're not worth arguing with!

edit: comments withdrawn!
 
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South Africa are 152 for 5 after 40.5 overs


Ah crp! It seems to be going pear shaped again!
 
We could have got 250+ if Klusener was still in the team. But no chance of that happening as long as loud mouth Smith is playing :(
 
Highflyer_GP said:
We could have got 250+ if Klusener was still in the team. But no chance of that happening as long as loud mouth Smith is playing :(
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True words!

Not to mention him being regarded either as a joke or beneath contempt by the other international captains!
 
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