posted Apr 26, 2007

well all i hope can is that the final atleast turns out to be much better than the rest of the matches of the WC.

I ll back SL but on cards AUS is a much stronger team.

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posted Apr 27, 2007

aus., is a good team, but we always think that front side is best that y they r in the final, may be they r better than as, boz, in cricket one ball can change the hole game, may be my hitting six, or out from that again.

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posted Apr 27, 2007

milinde007, that’s a very well written comment and I think you have a valid point about the lack of a friendly warning to Fernando. Koertzen could have handled the incident better. I don’t think, however, that the umpires had any ulterior motives, either behind that one, or the very poor dismissal decisions. After all, New Zealand suffered from them too and it hardly affected the outcome of the match.

The other umpire was Taufel, by the way, not Tufnell. I think “our Phil” would be an unlikely candidate for such a job.

Any road up, let’s hope there are no controversies in the final and that it’s a good game with a tight finish (for a change in an important match). The two best teams, by a mile, are in the final and I look forward to it.

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posted Apr 27, 2007

i think it will be a tight match both teams had a fantastic match but australia are unbeaten for 28 games but you cant regret srilankas talent vass,murali,malinga have been brilliant i think there may be and upset here i think sri lanks will beat the australia

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posted Apr 27, 2007

Tricky question......Srilanka is a great side...But greater are the Aussies. Looking for a rematch of 1996 WC final at the Gaddaffi Stadium, located at the cricket frenzy Lahore city. But Aussies are a champion side now....They are more of a Goliath....But Goliath also was finally felled. All the best for the Lankans..But I root for Aussies. They play hard and perhaps harder than team in this world and I want the hardworking and forthrights to win. I love this team to the core...

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posted Apr 27, 2007

Let's Look at the stats of the world Cup to understand who could win. Australia has 3 batsmen with an average over 70 (Clark Hayden Ponting). These players are in the first 4 batsmen. 1 with an average over 50 (Symonds)who the 5th batsman and 1 with an average over 30 (Gilchrist), who is the first batsman. Compare this with Sri Lanka. SL has nobody with an average over 70, 1 (Jayawardene) with an average over 60 and 2 (Silva,Jayasuriya) with an average over 40 and 3 (Arnold, Dilshan & Sangakkara) with an average over 30. Battingwise in the World Cup Australia is clearly superior.
Bowling wise Australia's top 4 bowlers (McGrath, Bracken, Hogg & Tate) have taken 83 wickets between them whereas SriLankas top 4 bowlers have taken only 61.
If Sri Lanka is going to win they will have to play extraordinarily well and Australia will have to play extraordinarily badly.
I don't see this happening to be honest.

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posted Apr 27, 2007

Interesting comments on McGrath vs Vaas.

Most seem to put them 50:50 and this head to head article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6595343.stm) rates them at 8 each.

One question: how is 13 wickets at 18 apiece anywhere near as good as 25 wickets at 13 apiece?

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posted Apr 27, 2007

captainAmeer, you are retarded. Those figures are ludicrous.

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posted Apr 28, 2007

yeah , coz it aint impossible

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