World Cup Discussion

[Slats4ever]

To be honest it's been a pleasure looking after South Africa so far throughout the world cup. We've proven to everyone that we are a major force to be reckoned with and are poised to take a semi-final spot and from there anything can happen. At this stage it's looking like we'll be finishing anywhere from 2-4, so the likely opponent looks like England.

We came pretty close agianst them last time so bring on the rest of the comp.

 

[Blewy]

Well the Super Six stage of the WCC World Cup has been completed and we now progress to the Semi Finals... Only 3 games away from knowing who will be the Innaugural WCC World Champions...

The final round of Super Six games saw some very impressive performances once again... With controversy at the Australia vs India game with the Indian Managers failing to submit their team sheet on time...

Super Six

Monday 10 Oct

Australia vs India @ Tamil Nadu
South Africa vs West Indies @ Chittagong
Pakistan vs England @ Mumbai


Teams for Semi Finals are due in by Midnight Wednesday Sydney Time...

The Final Super Six Table can be found HERE
Make sure you check the site for injuries....

Congrats to all Semi Finalists....

I will also update the player Averages after the Semi Finals, and there will be a vote on the Player of the Tournament....

 

[Blewy]

Odds for the Tests and ODI Series can be found in the Off Topic Money Makers thread...

 

[Simon]

R Stratton, what a man, i dont know how hes doing it but hes ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kears_falcon_9]

Pakistan got THUMPED by the better team in England. But with results going there way we snuck into the semi finals. A massive game against the much more fancied Australians. Hopefully we can pull some thnig out our anus's and snatch a victory.

 

[Mister Wright]

The West Indies bowlers have struggled all tournament. I've felt our batsman have done a very good job, but weren't supported enough by their bowlers.

Good luck to all the teams in the semis.

 

[Mr. P]

Congrats to the team, a great effort so far...England next!

 

[cometer]

Thumping victory over pakistan to end the super 6. Great batting display by Piggott and great bowling by Jones including a hatrick to end the match. As a question why was Gregson on, i noticed that he caught 2 catches towards the end but don't remember selecting him. Either way great result look forward to the match against South Africa for a spot in the final.

 

[Blewy]

Well we are there... The Competition now comes down to 2 teams... 2 very intruiging matches which showed the closeness of this competition..
Congrats and good luck to the 2 teams who have progressed to the Final....


Semi Finals

Thursday 13 Oct

Australia vs Pakistan @ Tamil Nadu
England vs South Africa @ Karnataka


I've Attached the Scorecards as well as the Averages up until this point... I will also be starting a poll shortly for people to vote on the Player of the World Cup...

The Final will be played on Sunday so teams should be in by Midnight Saturday 15th of October...

Thanks to everyone for their support during the World Cup and we all hope you enjoy the Final...

 

[Simon]

holy dooly, that was freaking close, im happy we are in the final but definately need to play a little bit better to win the cup...

 

[kears_falcon_9]

DAMM DAMM DAMM we were so close to pulling of the upset of the WC. We batted well we bowled well but we just let it slip in the last 10 overs.. cant belive we let there tail enders bat out the game and win it for them.

Great WC by Pakistan no one really thought we could make it this far and to challenge the aussies as much as we did it is a big congratulations to all the boys.

 

[superkingdave]

Hamblin with legendary spell there

 

[kears_falcon_9]

4-2 thats amazing lol i didnt even relise he took them so cheaply

 

[Jamee999]

Well that was crap.

Onto the Ashes then I guess.

 

[cometer]

Disappointing end there with yet another mediocre batting performance. Will have to perform much better against Australia if we wish to take anything away from this season.

 

[Robertinho]

Nice game there by Pakistan, really took it the Aussies, yet failed when the game was in our grasp..

 

[Simon]

Blewy wanted me to let everyone know that the final will be done sometime tomorrow...

 

[mikeW]

Cant wait but i feel the Aussies will be to strong for South Africa.

 

[Slats4ever]

we'll definately go in as underdogs but that's where we wanna be. We put the loss to England behind us and we can put this one behind us to

 

[Blewy]

Well the moment has arrived...

Australia
O Beasley
M Jenkins
F Platt
J Smith*
M Dawn
R Stratton
D Dawson +
J Moss
M Ramage
U Sammels
S Harwood

South Africa
K Andrews
J Arlott
A Tweedie
R Llewellyn *
S Cook
O Snow +
A Halse
J Hamblin
E Tate
I Nelson
C Langeveldt

South Africa win the toss and elect to bat on a deck with not alot of life....

THE WORLD CUP FINAL
South Africa versus Australia

South Africa
 K Andrews         c M Dawn            b J Moss            	51 (88)
 J Arlott                     lbw      b R Stratton        	18 (54)
 A Tweedie                    lbw      b S Harwood         	2 (10)
 R Llewellyn       c R Stratton        b S Harwood         	0 (6)
 S Cook            c U Sammels         b M Ramage          	6 (6)
 Y Snow                       lbw      b R Stratton        	27 (41)
 A Halse                           c & b U Sammels         	10 (25)
 J Hamblin                      not out                	47 (46)
 E Tate                         not out                	24 (24)
 Extras		( w5 nb1 lb5 )		11

	Total (from 50 overs)	196 - 7
Fall of wickets:
1-55  2-71  3-73  4-85  5-87  6-110  7-133  

Bowling Figures for Australia

                  O	M	R	W
J Moss            10	1	41	1	
S Harwood         10	1	55	2	
M Ramage          10	4	23	1	
U Sammels         10	1	28	1	
R Stratton        10	0	44	2	

Australia
 O Beasley         c K Andrews         b C Langeveldt      	9 (23)
 M Jenkins                             b E Tate            	91 (138)
 F Platt           c A Halse           b J Hamblin         	11 (31)
 J Smith           c A Halse           b E Tate            	38 (63)
 M Dawn                         not out                	25 (28)
 R Stratton                     not out                	11 (16)
 Extras		( nb1 b1 lb11 )		13

	Total (from 50 overs)	198 - 4
Fall of wickets:
1-22  2-66  3-160  4-171  

Bowling Figures for South Africa

                  O	M	R	W
I Nelson          10	2	31	0	
C Langeveldt      7	2	24	1	
A Halse           10	3	42	0	
J Hamblin         6	2	18	1	
E Tate            10	1	52	2	
A Tweedie         6	1	19	0	

Australia won by 6 wickets