Official ICC 2015 CWC thread

Pegasus · Mar 24, 2015

There's a T20 world cup next year...

Dylan_G · Mar 24, 2015

Lol, you guys have been speaking about the choking and so I wandered over to Wikipedia to read about it and it seems that someone has already updated the page on Choking in Sports.

For the record though, I don't generally watch cricket (this was the first match I watched of the WC) and from a mostly neutral perspective, I don't think this was a choke. Yes, they messed up with some fielding mistakes, but it was always going to be a battle and its sadly just a battle that they did not win. At no point since we started bowling did it seem like we had it in the bag and then threw away the position.

Next time, I guess.

undesign · Mar 24, 2015

Disappointed...but STILL PROUD OF THE BOYS.

Unlucky with the rain and super cak fielding with those 2 missed run-outs and dropped catch. Could've been the game. Oh well, was great entertainment.

Mike7 · Mar 24, 2015

Arietans said:
You look at it from the wrong perspective. NZ's batsmen did a brilliant job, far easier to swallow when you come to terms with that fact

No, we bowled poorly.

OrbitalDawn said:
lol, right. That's why Steyn became the top ranked bowler in the world in tests, and very close to number 1 in ODIs.

Philander is a shadow of the bowler he was when he first started playing tests 2 years ago. Morkel hasn't improved one bit and is still the same bowler he was 3 years back. Steyn was already the best bowler in the world when Donald started coaching.

DTBA · Mar 24, 2015

Link that just says it all http://viral-sport.com/ab-de-villiers-morne-morkel-crying-picsimagesreactions-after-losing-sa-vs-nz/

Kilgore_Trout_Redux · Mar 24, 2015

I very rarely call the Proteas chokers but that late fielding display was the result of a massive psychological implosion.

That is a choke to me.

We are just too mentally fragile.

Oh, and ffs we need to get rid of Donald.

Willie Trombone · Mar 24, 2015

Kilgore_Trout_Redux said:
I very rarely call the Proteas chokers but that late fielding display was the result of a massive psychological implosion.

That is a choke to me.

We are just too mentally fragile.

Oh, and ffs we need to get rid of Donald.

The same could be said of the black caps batting. They should have finished it way earlier. How many catches did we drop? They presented the opportunities, we didn't capitalise. They won with 1 ball to spare.

OzzieCapie · Mar 24, 2015

Mike Hoxbig said:
Yep, check the replay. The ball went through his hands before JP even got there...

Two fielders running at each other is quite dangerous, and it would have been a miracle had he caught that ball. I remember Steve Waugh ran into Jason Gillespie in a test in India in '90s and the latter broke his leg quite badly. Neither caught the ball which had already been dropped before collision btw.

You probably havent played cricket if you think that Farhaan was unimpeded.

Fulcrum29 said:
To quote:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/1395587

He was alienated.

Always the quota to make the story sound like you didnt really want to leave, but was foced to.

KP said the same, when in fact he was a spin bowler that batted a bit in KZN squad and was kept out by the likes of Symcox. Only after going to England did his batting take off.

Here you have a guy who said he was kept out of Gauteng side, yet "then Canterbury didn't rate him and Wellington played him as a bowler."

Kilgore_Trout_Redux · Mar 24, 2015

Arietans said:
The same could be said of the black caps batting.

I am not sure I understand that comment? Black Caps chased down a big total on a pitch known for low totals. They also never lost wickets in clusters and had good partnerships. That is the total opposite of how the Proteas chase.

The reason the Black Caps are developing a habit of knocking us out of World Cups is because they are so mentally strong.

kaaskop · Mar 24, 2015

Don't worry we will win it in the future with a team much worse than this one.

Ho3n3r · Mar 24, 2015

kaaskop said:
Don't worry we will win it in the future with a team much worse than this one.

Then cricket must be at an all-time low by then.

I hoped the same after 1999, but it's never gonna happen.

Fulcrum29 · Mar 24, 2015

OzzieCapie said:
Always the quota to make the story sound like you didnt really want to leave, but was foced to.

KP said the same, when in fact he was a spin bowler that batted a bit in KZN squad and was kept out by the likes of Symcox. Only after going to England did his batting take off.

Here you have a guy who said he was kept out of Gauteng side, yet "then Canterbury didn't rate him and Wellington played him as a bowler."

Grant Elliot didn't say that, he was signed up with Gauteng which was captained by Ken Rutherford. Ken Rutherford made him the recommendation for the opportunity in New Zealand. To quote:

Former New Zealand test skipper Ken Rutherford was captain of Gauteng in the mid-1990s when Elliott was signed up as a future star, only for the quota system to block his path. Rutherford recommended a switch to New Zealand, but then Canterbury didn't rate him and Wellington played him as a bowler.

"Technically, he was and is very strong," Rutherford said from Singapore yesterday.

"There was little doubt he would succeed, given opportunities. The surprising thing to me has been his apparent lack of self-belief until now, that is.

"I reckon, now he has the confidence and the knowledge that he can do it at the highest level, the next few years could see Grant really prosper."

kaaskop · Mar 24, 2015

Ho3n3r said:
Then cricket must be at an all-time low by then.

I hoped the same after 1999, but it's never gonna happen.

Thats just the thing, the strongest team doesn't always win. We will have a worse team but stronger mentally and well balanced.

Just my prediction.

Willie Trombone · Mar 24, 2015

Kilgore_Trout_Redux said:
I am not sure I understand that comment? Black Caps chased down a big total on a pitch known for low totals. They also never lost wickets in clusters and had good partnerships. That is the total opposite of how the Proteas chase.

The reason the Black Caps are developing a habit of knocking us out of World Cups is because they are so mentally strong.

Point is they skied the ball as many times as we dropped it.

Sapcat · Mar 24, 2015

Still feeling so ***........*** man. Wish I could go home now

Hamish McPanji · Mar 24, 2015

Think about how ZCF must be feeling......he wants to rile everyone up.....but he can't post here

. That must be worth something

Pitbull · Mar 24, 2015

imranpanji said:
Think about how ZCF must be feeling......he wants to rile everyone up.....but he can't post here . That must be worth something

Could you imagine what this thread would have looked like now?

Glad he's not here

AfricanTech · Mar 24, 2015

imranpanji said:
Think about how ZCF must be feeling......he wants to rile everyone up.....but he can't post here . That must be worth something

Pitbull said:
Could you imagine what this thread would have looked like now?

Glad he's not here

As an aside, his big saviour, Big Vern (and don't get me wrong, I love the guy, Big Vern I mean), turned out to be 'le big flop'

Wall · Mar 24, 2015

Sapcat said:
Still feeling so ***........*** man. Wish I could go home now

+100
I feel physically drained ( having woken up at 1am), emotionally drained ( the loss and rollercoaster), and mentally fatigued....

Nerfherder · Mar 24, 2015

Pitbull said:
Could you imagine what this thread would have looked like now?

Glad he's not here

I would have just spammed gay porn till the thread was closed.

Can't stand that kind of nonsense at a time like this

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