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Super Eight

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
You're missing the point, he still contributes less with the bat and in the field overall than most spinners. Danish Kaneria is probably worse, Murali/Kumble/Turbinator/MacGill are in the same ballpark, Vettori, Jeetan Patel, Giles, Peterson, Hogg, Warne, Rafique, Razzaq contribute more.

The players that are equal or worse either don't play regularly, are under threat or are Murali.
I was referring to ODI cricket when talking about his fielding. I had to throw in the batting example from Test's because he has played so few ODI's and has batted in even less. I wasn't attempting to compare him to the other spinners, I was just saying that his batting and fielding aren't as bad as almost everyone make them out to be. They are serviceable without being good, but all of this is irrelevant until he starts to bowl well in ODI's and cement his place because of his bowling.
 

simmy

International Regular
How can anyone want SAF to win this? They are interminable. I truly can't stand them.

Anyway, England bat... even though Raghav somehow knew this about 10 mins ago!
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
How did you know who won the toss? Sky don't seem to know or cricinfo...
Hey man! Cricinfo is slow today. Its already toss time and I am in India and all the telivisions here showed live .

Man....catch live somewhere thats fast..
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
Yea, NZ pretty much have to skittle Australia for 100-150 really.
This too might be near to impossible considering the recent AUS form,, but again this can be possible if Bond fires. It all depends how NZL bowls against AUS. One thing is for sure. NZL should keep the pressure on AUS batsman all through the 50 overs to win emphatically.
 

simmy

International Regular
England will get 270.. RSA will get close but fail miserably and cry in a little corner.

Queue the Tony Greig award for me for the second week running!
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
I would love england captain Michael Vaughan to come good and perform well with a century. Atleast now! please
 

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This too might be near to impossible considering the recent AUS form,, but again this can be possible if Bond fires. It all depends how NZL bowls against AUS. One thing is for sure. NZL should keep the pressure on AUS batsman all through the 50 overs to win emphatically.
It happened in the first game of the Chappell Hadlee series, admittedly Australia were without Ponting, Clarke, Gilchrist and Symonds but it was still quite an acheivement.
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
Mind you that NZL was playing in NZL... And it will be very tough to repeat the same performance in WI
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
If England win the match today and the West Indies win their remaining two matches, then it becomes a three way tie with the Net Run Rates taking over. West Indies are obviously at a big disadvantage on the NRR but such a scenario will definitely infuse life in the rest of the matches of this eventful World Cup.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Gutted that I cannot watch. Visibly shaking here at my desk. Got a lot of work on at the minute but made sure I am doing tasks that I don't need to leave my desk for, and the group I am looking after should be able to work quietly this afternoon. If they know what's good for them
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
This pitch is not much different from the one used for the England Bangladesh match. Thus the Englishmen are at a slight advantage for having the experience of playing here once. The pitch is well rolled with plenty of dead grass. There should be good bounce and carry early on but as the day progresses, pitch will start dying. Ian Botham feels that the Englishmen might well bat first this time as the last they found it difficult to chase with the ball dying and rightly Vaughan won the toss and will bat.
 

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