Warmups

[silentstriker]

Man, Sehwag.....why is he still even in contention for an ODI spot? He is just hilarious.

 

[Raghav]

Sehwag gone! rubbish cricketer

 

[silentstriker]

Man this is such a lose-lose situation for Tendulkar. He fails and people will say he sucks because he couldn't even make runs aganist the minnows. He gets a century and people will say he sucks because he made runs against the minnows again.

 

[Rich2001]

3 down now for India (82/3 (15.2 ovs))

 

[Raghav]

Reekers to Uthappa, OUT, the ball pitches outside the off stump and comes in, too close for the cut shot, drags it onto his stumps
AR Uthappa b Reekers 20 (22b 4x4 0x6) SR: 90.90

Karthik too gone! I luv NTD

 

[rodzilla1010]

Man this is such a lose-lose situation for Tendulkar. He fails and people will say he sucks because he couldn't even make runs aganist the minnows. He gets a century and people will say he sucks because he made runs against the minnows again.

Trust me he wont fail against minnows

 

[rodzilla1010]

NZ is in a mess of its own....

 

[GIMH]

Nice stuff from RTD

Where are you watching?

 

[silentstriker]

This is hilarious TBH. India in collapse-mode and its not even the finals.

 

[Rich2001]

Well there's a pictures of Haddin, Watson and Ponting batting on getty... so I suppose that's the top three, and also at least one wicket down.

Makeshift top order you are correct.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (Reuters) - World champions Australia will field a makeshift opening pair complemented by a full-strength bowling line-up on Tuesday when they meet Zimbabwe in a 13-a-side World Cup warm-up match at Arnos Vale.

All-rounder Shane Watson and reserve wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will open the batting in place of the injured Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist, who was due to arrive in Kingstown on Monday after paternity leave.

The game is the pick of the four warm-up games on Tuesday. India face the Netherlands in Jamaica, Pakistan take on Canada in Trinidad and Tobago, while New Zealand and Bangladesh clash in Barbados.

After five consecutive losses, Australia captain Ricky Ponting has promised his side will go all out for victory against the weakened Zimbabwe side, who have lost nearly all their top players over the past two years.

With first-choice all-rounder Andrew Symonds also missing through injury, Australia will field 12 men, including pacemen Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait and Stuart Clark.

Brad Hodge, the form batsman in the side, will try to consolidate a middle-order place in the absence of Symonds (bicep injury) who is unlikely to play before at least the final group A match against South Africa on March 24.

 

[pup11]

The pitches are looking very slow, so can we expect that to change by the World cup(because they are re-laid tracks) or the pitches are basically gonna be similar in nature through the World cup .

 

[Pup Clarke]

Where are you watching?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Where are you watching?

That's really a discussion for MSN.

 

[cricman]

Nz 103/6

 

[Kweek]

loving this

 

[Raghav]

Nz 103/6

Where did you get this?

 

[Kweek]

Timmy bowling

 

[rodzilla1010]

Once all the warm up games are played the odds will change and there will be some major opinion ajdusments...

I see the SA stock falling already....

 

[Raghav]

****! cricinfo stops live coverage for NZ - BAN match!

 

[cricman]

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