Howe_zat
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If we win our next game we'll go up to 2nd. I'd think we could afford to only win one of the last two.
Points carried forward from the group stage when we beat India. Looking like crucial points too.
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International Cricket Captain: Forumer's Challenge
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Howe_zat
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Yeah. It's the same format as the actual WC in 07 iirc.
We're lucky that India beat Bangladesh in the group stages, or Bangladesh would've gone through and we'd have effectively lost two points.
Howe_zat
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World Cup Super 8 Match vs England
On what was expected to be a fast, seaming track, CW brought back Dong and Clark for Dean and Ikram. Winning, the toss, CW's pace attack got first use if the track.
Phlegm started with a maiden, and the English openers struggled to score in the opening exchanges. Phlegm and Dong kept the first 7 overs to just 15 runs, with no boundaries, but Winne made the first impact.
Strauss hit the allrounder's fifth ball to square leg, and in his second over Winne got the big wicket of Pietersen as he edged behind for 4. Trescothick started to look dangerous as he moved into the 20s, but Winne struck again at the other end to remove Newman for 11. England had slipped to 51/3 from their first 15 overs.
The recovery came from a solid effort by Trescothick and a remarkably aggressive fightback from Vaughan. Clark and Corrin came in for more than their share of punishment as the right-hander raised his fifty from only 40 deliveries, and the hundred partnership came up in only 19 overs.
Winne was the man to break the stand in his penultimate over, Vaughan mistiming a cut shot to Spark at point. Flintoff got off the mark with a four muscled through midwicket, but two balls later edged an inswinger through to the keeper. Winne came off with figures of 5-53, and England had 162-5 in the 34th.
Trescothick's 89 off 115 was ended by Phlegm in the 38th over, and Giles' innings lasted for one ball as he was clean bowled first up. Tremlett defended the hat trick ball, but the fourth ball of the over got a nick behind. England had collapsed to 183/8, losing five wickets for 25.
From there England only looked to see out the 50 overs, and Geraint Jones (30* off 50) did well to shepherd the tail past 200. Capone got rid of Harmison in the 49th over, Dharan taking his fourth catch of the innings, and then Anderson could do nothing to keep out a middle-stump yorker for his first ball. England were all out for 215.
Heads got his innings off to a typically bullish start when he hit the first ball through the covers for four, and the CWer openers were again able to build a confident opening stand. The 50 was passed without too much trouble and after 15 overs CW were well set on 74/0.
Tremlett fetched out Heads with a well-placed short ball, the left-hander fending one behind and departing for 46 off 52 balls. Ballich's run a ball 16 helped to take the score past 100, but Tremlett ended that stand when he again got an edge through to Jones, this time off a top-edged cut shot.
Tremlett gave Spark a bouncer first ball, but found it pulled away imperiously to the boundary. It set the tone for a stand that put CW into control. Dharan's 50 came up off 70 balls and after 30 overs the score had advanced to 150/2.
They were not to have it all their own way, as Dharan (57 off 75) holed out to the boundary off Giles. Spark was dismissed in a similar fashion in the 40th over, but not before raising a run a ball fifty, and his and Narang's stand had taken the CWers within seven runs of victory. Narang hit the winning runs through cover and CW had one foot in the semi finals.
CW won by 6 wickets
MotM - Mathieu Winne
On what was expected to be a fast, seaming track, CW brought back Dong and Clark for Dean and Ikram. Winning, the toss, CW's pace attack got first use if the track.
Phlegm started with a maiden, and the English openers struggled to score in the opening exchanges. Phlegm and Dong kept the first 7 overs to just 15 runs, with no boundaries, but Winne made the first impact.
Strauss hit the allrounder's fifth ball to square leg, and in his second over Winne got the big wicket of Pietersen as he edged behind for 4. Trescothick started to look dangerous as he moved into the 20s, but Winne struck again at the other end to remove Newman for 11. England had slipped to 51/3 from their first 15 overs.
The recovery came from a solid effort by Trescothick and a remarkably aggressive fightback from Vaughan. Clark and Corrin came in for more than their share of punishment as the right-hander raised his fifty from only 40 deliveries, and the hundred partnership came up in only 19 overs.
Winne was the man to break the stand in his penultimate over, Vaughan mistiming a cut shot to Spark at point. Flintoff got off the mark with a four muscled through midwicket, but two balls later edged an inswinger through to the keeper. Winne came off with figures of 5-53, and England had 162-5 in the 34th.
Trescothick's 89 off 115 was ended by Phlegm in the 38th over, and Giles' innings lasted for one ball as he was clean bowled first up. Tremlett defended the hat trick ball, but the fourth ball of the over got a nick behind. England had collapsed to 183/8, losing five wickets for 25.
From there England only looked to see out the 50 overs, and Geraint Jones (30* off 50) did well to shepherd the tail past 200. Capone got rid of Harmison in the 49th over, Dharan taking his fourth catch of the innings, and then Anderson could do nothing to keep out a middle-stump yorker for his first ball. England were all out for 215.
Heads got his innings off to a typically bullish start when he hit the first ball through the covers for four, and the CWer openers were again able to build a confident opening stand. The 50 was passed without too much trouble and after 15 overs CW were well set on 74/0.
Tremlett fetched out Heads with a well-placed short ball, the left-hander fending one behind and departing for 46 off 52 balls. Ballich's run a ball 16 helped to take the score past 100, but Tremlett ended that stand when he again got an edge through to Jones, this time off a top-edged cut shot.
Tremlett gave Spark a bouncer first ball, but found it pulled away imperiously to the boundary. It set the tone for a stand that put CW into control. Dharan's 50 came up off 70 balls and after 30 overs the score had advanced to 150/2.
They were not to have it all their own way, as Dharan (57 off 75) holed out to the boundary off Giles. Spark was dismissed in a similar fashion in the 40th over, but not before raising a run a ball fifty, and his and Narang's stand had taken the CWers within seven runs of victory. Narang hit the winning runs through cover and CW had one foot in the semi finals.
CW won by 6 wickets
MotM - Mathieu Winne
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weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Quality allround performance there.
Howe_zat
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Super 8 Table
Equation for the last match:
Win (vs Aus) and we're through
If we lose we'll be fine so long as England don't win (vs WI)
Even if we lose and England win, we'll almost certainly get in if Pakistan lose (to NZ) on NRR
Even if we lose, England win, and Pakistan win, we'll still probably get through ahead of England on NRR.
Code:
P W L T/NR Pts NRR
1. New Zealand 6 5 1 - 10 -0.13
2. India 7 4 3 - 8 +6.71
3. CricketWeb 6 4 2 - 8 +2.70
4. Pakistan 6 4 2 - 8 -2.86
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5. England 6 3 3 - 6 +1.87
6. Australia 6 2 4 - 4 +0.13
7. South Africa 7 2 5 - 4 -1.48
8. West Indies 6 1 5 - 2 -6.99Win (vs Aus) and we're through
If we lose we'll be fine so long as England don't win (vs WI)
Even if we lose and England win, we'll almost certainly get in if Pakistan lose (to NZ) on NRR
Even if we lose, England win, and Pakistan win, we'll still probably get through ahead of England on NRR.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Nice to see us win after I got a 50.. Time to beat the Aussies.. Come on CWebbers!!! 
Prince EWS
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Must have got absolutely pumped in their one loss and scraped over the line in all the other games. Jammy bastards!Also WTFNZ have a negative NRR
Howe_zat
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Also WTF
New Zealand:
Beat England by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
Beat West Indies by 15 runs
Beat Australia by 13 runs
Beat CW by 51 runs
Beat South Africa by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Lost to India by 154 runs
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Howe_zat
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As well as that win over the Kiwis, they beat Aus with 11 overs remaining and beat the West Indies by 238 runs.
Lost to CW tho
Howe_zat
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World Cup Super 8 Match vs Australia
Riley returned for the final Super 8 match as the CWers looked to strengthen the middle order. Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Phlegm started brilliantly, bowling two maidens to Hayden first up before the first ball of his third over took out Hayden's leg stump. He had departed for 3 off 17 balls. Ponting hit back with successive boundaries off Winne, but the Australians had made a shaky start at 39/1 after 10.
Ponting had advanced to a powerful 28 off 22 before Winne got his man, an inswinger clipping the top of off. Things only got worse for the Aussies as Jaques' pained 17 from 34 came to an end in the 13th over, chipping straight to mid on. Following a Winne maiden, Australia were 49/3 after their first 15.
The innings was built on the fourth wicket partnership between Martyn and David Hussey. After their cautious start, the pair settled in well throughout the middle overs. The fifty partnership came up in the 27th over, and once Hussey had raised a steady fifty, the century partnership followed in the 36th as Narang's part-time spin was hit for four successive boundaries.
Martyn began to open his shoulders when Capone returned for his second spell, smashing a six to down the ground to bring up his 50 and then cutting a four next ball. The third ball of the over saw a meek end to what looked a good battle, with Martyn hitting it straight to square leg. After 38 overs Australia were on 175/4.
Hussey, on the other hand, was relentless. Once Martyn departed he began smashing the bowling to all parts, with none of the seamers escaping - though Capone bore the brunt. Having been on 50 from 77, his hundred came up off 96 balls and there was more to come from there. He eventually finished on an absurd 139* from 118 balls.
Together with Watson (30 off 20) and Gilchrist (24* from 16), the Australians were able to shoot the score past the 300 mark. They had closed on 304/5.
The chase never really got started, and Heads nicking the third ball of the innings to slip rather set the tone. The CWers needed to attack to overhaul the total, but with accurate bowling by the Australians - especially from main beneficiaries Lee and Bracken - wickets fell at a regular rate, perhaps the worst of which was Ballich's ridiculous run out.
Dharan's 24 off 22, Narang's 30 off 24 and Corrin's 36 off 40 were the best efforts, but nobody was able to form the sort of partnership that would amount a challenge. The only one that looked promising was that between Winne and Corrin, but by then it was too little, too late. When Watson bowled Winne, the game was up.
CW were bowled out in 29 overs for 154, and had succumbed to a massive loss. They would be now be relying on other results going their way to get them through to the semis.
Australia won by 150 runs
MotM - David Hussey
Riley returned for the final Super 8 match as the CWers looked to strengthen the middle order. Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Phlegm started brilliantly, bowling two maidens to Hayden first up before the first ball of his third over took out Hayden's leg stump. He had departed for 3 off 17 balls. Ponting hit back with successive boundaries off Winne, but the Australians had made a shaky start at 39/1 after 10.
Ponting had advanced to a powerful 28 off 22 before Winne got his man, an inswinger clipping the top of off. Things only got worse for the Aussies as Jaques' pained 17 from 34 came to an end in the 13th over, chipping straight to mid on. Following a Winne maiden, Australia were 49/3 after their first 15.
The innings was built on the fourth wicket partnership between Martyn and David Hussey. After their cautious start, the pair settled in well throughout the middle overs. The fifty partnership came up in the 27th over, and once Hussey had raised a steady fifty, the century partnership followed in the 36th as Narang's part-time spin was hit for four successive boundaries.
Martyn began to open his shoulders when Capone returned for his second spell, smashing a six to down the ground to bring up his 50 and then cutting a four next ball. The third ball of the over saw a meek end to what looked a good battle, with Martyn hitting it straight to square leg. After 38 overs Australia were on 175/4.
Hussey, on the other hand, was relentless. Once Martyn departed he began smashing the bowling to all parts, with none of the seamers escaping - though Capone bore the brunt. Having been on 50 from 77, his hundred came up off 96 balls and there was more to come from there. He eventually finished on an absurd 139* from 118 balls.
Together with Watson (30 off 20) and Gilchrist (24* from 16), the Australians were able to shoot the score past the 300 mark. They had closed on 304/5.
The chase never really got started, and Heads nicking the third ball of the innings to slip rather set the tone. The CWers needed to attack to overhaul the total, but with accurate bowling by the Australians - especially from main beneficiaries Lee and Bracken - wickets fell at a regular rate, perhaps the worst of which was Ballich's ridiculous run out.
Dharan's 24 off 22, Narang's 30 off 24 and Corrin's 36 off 40 were the best efforts, but nobody was able to form the sort of partnership that would amount a challenge. The only one that looked promising was that between Winne and Corrin, but by then it was too little, too late. When Watson bowled Winne, the game was up.
CW were bowled out in 29 overs for 154, and had succumbed to a massive loss. They would be now be relying on other results going their way to get them through to the semis.
Australia won by 150 runs
MotM - David Hussey
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weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Think the game was lost here really.