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Bovidae

I loved the camera shot of Milne's catch of Marsh with Smith and the rest of the Aust team in the background. Contrasting emotions. Excellent fielding in the deep to back up the bowlers. Well done BCs.
 
Sodhi is proving to be an inspired selection when you consider he wasn't even certain of making the squad until the performance in Hamilton vs Aust.
 
A huge game tomorrow when India host Pakistan. If India lose they're probably out.

Siam

Yeah, think I'll watch Ind pak. Actually an Indian win helps us, but a Paki win will be delightfull. win win for us :)
 
Back in the day this was the Everest of match fixing, in fact a guy (ed Hawkins) wrote a whole book based on their 2011 WC game. Today it may be different - hope so

MN5

They call the BCs pool the "Pool of Death" ( fuck I hate that clichÃ© ) but so is the other one. I mean SA on their day can quite easily beat the Windies who hammered England, would not be surprised in the slightest if that happened.
 
Shit this tourney is cool, fucken hating the time zones though, I slept through half the Aussie innings, no chance for this old fluffybunny for a 3am start.

hydro11

I think the Aussies just don't respect us. If they just knuckle down and go for the singles then they probably get home. It seems like they always want to push their foot into our faces and finish us off with big hitting.

NTA

^ honestly, I thought Virgil would be the first one to come out with the DUSRISPICT!!! stuff

mimic

Aussies juust like giving us the W in the round robin, and then beating us in the games that really matter..

MN5

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The power and/or interweb must be down in the nations biggest city

mimic

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Funny you mention that.. 
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11608573'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11608573</a>

SammyC

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Based on reading that book I can't see a Pakistani win, tho it will be close to make it seem legitimate. 
Possibly the Indian govt and the Pakistani mafia involved too

Siam

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Based on reading that book I can't see a Pakistani win, tho it will be close to make it seem legitimate. 
Possibly the Indian govt and the Pakistani mafia involved too :)
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That book has ruined my innocence Sammy, only a Paki win will seem legit :)

hydro11

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It's either that, coincidence or a lack of cricketing intelligence. How many times in limited overs cricket are the Aussies going to let us in a game by slogging out? Even in the World Cup final, Warner got out to a shot he should not have played.

NTA

I'll go with option C. Too much thinking "Maxi/Marsh/Faulkner will get us there". 
That said, a couple of really good catches in the last over

Siam

Yeah the only disrespect Australia are guilty of is disrespecting the game and what's worked for 150 years
 
They've had a diet of good paced pitches, and methods where if you hit the ball hard enough to go for 4 or 6 you'll generally score 160 plus BBL and home series.
 
It wasn't until it was too late that Smith and co thought along the lines of, we should be nudging it around on this packed, rolled mud square, as evidenced by his after match comments. As it was they nearly pinched the game with 2 overs to go. It required good percentage bat on ball contact, rather than brute force and lavish swinging
 
Play them at Wankhede where Eng and SA played and they'll canter to a victory
 
No disrespect, just out thought by Kane the Brain :)

Siam

Oh, and not enough sledging because that always separates the winners from the losers

Siam

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Craig Cumming - 'Ronchi hasn't been in good form for the last 3 or 4 months'
 
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and Taylor?
 
At least Ronchi is doing his core job...
 
You want to talk about batsmen currently underperforming....?

Glath

India v Pakistan reduced to 18 overs.
I've got a feeling they could have fitted the whole bloody 20 if not for that ridiculous ceremony.

Siam

And the ancient ground drying techniques. Basically these pricks couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery
 
Someone should complain to the ICC...
 
C'mon the green team

Siam

28/ 0 off the power play
 
That would be a classic spot fix - under 35 with only 1 wicket down
 
Told you I'd had my faith destroyed :(

Siam

This pitch is more ridiculous than the Nagpur one. In hindsight you'd play 4 spinners and 1 seamer

Glath

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This pitch is more ridiculous than the Nagpur one. In hindsight you'd play 4 spinners and 1 seamer
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You say that but Pakistan have dropped a spinner to bring in a 4th seamer.
 
Madness...

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