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April 24, 2007, 12:19 AM
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Match thread WC2007: First semifinal - NZ vs SL
This will be a pretty epic clash - SL won the first round and look to be the team in better form. Malinga the Slinga being back will be a huge bonus for them. Plus Jayasuriya, Jayawardene and Silva are all averaging 50+.
NZ were hammered by OZ last match but they have shown an ability to bounce back from thrashings and be competitive in subsequent matches. Styris is in great form (averaging an absurd 92 with the bat and has 9 wickets @ 26 with the ball) and with Bond back (12 wickets @ 12 in the WC) NZ will have an extra edge to their bowling attack.
Should be a great contest.
SL: Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Chamara Silva, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Russel Arnold, 8 Chaminda Vaas, 9 Muttiah Muralitharan, 10 Dilhara Fernando, 11 Lasith Malinga.
NZ: Stephen Fleming (capt), 2 Peter Fulton, 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Craig McMillan, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 James Franklin, 9 Daniel Vettori, 10 Jeetan Patel, 11 Shane Bond.
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April 24, 2007, 01:22 AM
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Good one OZGOD.
My teams for this WC are BD and SL. Now that BD is out, SL is my final choice
Go SL Go!
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April 24, 2007, 01:49 AM
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Go SL.... all the best....
is Malinga fit to play?
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April 24, 2007, 02:07 AM
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Malinga the Slinga is fit to play. So is 007 for NZ.
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April 24, 2007, 02:18 AM
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Is that the final 11?? I am not sure if jeetan patel will be there in the team...
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April 24, 2007, 02:23 AM
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Very even match-up, perhaps the 2 best Bowling Attacks in the world and no doubt the 2 best spin-pace combos. Vettori-Bond vs Murali-Vass.
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April 24, 2007, 08:14 AM
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It will be a good game. Lets go SL.
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April 24, 2007, 08:22 AM
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Something went wrong for Cricinfo.
All articles and news items got vanished from the home page.
They haven't started the live commentary yet.
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April 24, 2007, 08:25 AM
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Moderator BC Editorial Team
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miraz
They haven't started the live commentary yet.
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Starts late today it seems. 14:30 GMT.
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April 24, 2007, 08:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miraz
Something went wrong for Cricinfo.
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They haven't started the live commentary yet.
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Sabotage by the India-rooted journalists?
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April 24, 2007, 08:27 AM
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Quote:
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Starts late today it seems. 14:30 GMT.
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Thanks for the info but what happened to their homepage?
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April 24, 2007, 08:49 AM
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No idea. Maybe overload ?
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April 24, 2007, 08:54 AM
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Jamaica always start the games an hour late. In groups game of WI and Pakistan, same thing happened.
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April 24, 2007, 09:02 AM
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So is the start time 10:30 AM Eastern time?
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April 24, 2007, 09:06 AM
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Yes
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April 24, 2007, 09:07 AM
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Srilanka won the toss and batting.
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April 24, 2007, 09:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Miraz
Something went wrong for Cricinfo.
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They haven't started the live commentary yet.
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No problem.....Everything is back to normal!
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April 24, 2007, 09:27 AM
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SL is batting and hope Jaya survive the first push from Bond.
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April 24, 2007, 09:43 AM
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Jaya is done by Franklin for only 1 runs.
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April 24, 2007, 10:13 AM
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sri lanka don't have many power hitters but if they score 240+ they will definitely win
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April 24, 2007, 10:29 AM
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Sri Lanka is getting a lot of lucky breaks today!
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April 24, 2007, 10:33 AM
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Sangakkara gone!
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April 24, 2007, 10:38 AM
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tharanga's really getting lucky here lol
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April 24, 2007, 11:27 AM
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C'mon Sri Lanka you can do it!
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April 24, 2007, 11:57 AM
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What a slow match thread considering its semifinal.
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