After the dust settles on the opening weekend of the Cricket World Cup we head straight into a week filled with cricket that should be better viewing than we have seen so far.
Today sees the defending champions Australia taking on minnows Zimbabwe, which should be yet another one sided affair, something we seen quite a bit of so far this tournament. The first real competitive match only happens on Thursday, when South Africa take on the West Indies, so in the mean time, this will have to do.
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Hope Qz get to bat first. Could see 400 scored then. π
@McLovin (Comment 1) :
Could make some points in the fantasy league today..
Hey McLovin!!
Howzit going boet?? π
@wpw (Comment 3) :
Wes?!?!
Long time no see boet.. you well?
@wpw (Comment 3) : Well thanks. And you?
Australia have won the toss and have elected to bat first
Aussie team:
SR Watson, BJ Haddinβ , RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, CL White, DJ Hussey, SPD Smith, MG Johnson, JW Hastings, JJ Krejza, B Lee
Zim team:
BRM Taylor, CK Coventry, T Taibuβ , SC Williams, CR Ervine, E Chigumbura*, P Utseya, SW Masakadza, AG Cremer, GA Lamb, RW Price
great to see u guys talk about cricket too, hope tdays match is a better contested afair, boring so far.
@franshark (Comment 9) :
I really doubt it.. But we can hope..
Right.. we are off..
Watson and Haddin taking strike..
Aus off to a really slow start. Less than 3 an over.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 4) : @McLovin (Comment 5) :
I cool man. Just very busy at work so hardly find time to blog!! π π
Australia off at a snails pace:
Aus 28/0 after 10 overs
More like 5 day cricket at the moment.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……
@McLovin (Comment 15) :
Did you see Ponting’s comment that the minnows don’t deserve to be at the World Cup?
They are batting slower than the Canadians did yesterday!!
Consecutive fours from Watson ups the scoring rate a bit..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 16) : They are. π
Though I do agree with Ponting. And by the sounds of it the minnows might not be at future world cups.
@McLovin (Comment 18) :
I agree to a certain degree, but to tell them off before they play is like a death wish..
Four boundaries in the 14th over is more like it.
Aus 49/0 after 14 overs
Aus lose their first wicket..
Haddin goes for 29
Aus 61/1 after 18.5 overs
maybe they should chose the first 6 teams on the odi rankings and make the others(minos) play out for 2 last spots. that way we get better quality games from the start.
2015 will only have 10 teams instead of 14.
Australia playing a test match??? π
@Ben (Comment 24) : Not sure what they are trying to achieve, other than messing up my SB. π
@McLovin (Comment 23) :
That will make for more games that are actually worth watching..
Good move..
@McLovin (Comment 25) :
You are doing quite well in the SB.. well done..
Today I cannot see my margin coming through, unless Aus bowl really REALLY well..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 27) : More luck than anything else.
Picked Aus by 193 runs for this one. π³
@McLovin (Comment 28) :
I went for 108 runs..
Halfway in the overs and they haven’t even scored as many runs..
Watson goes to his 50 off 69 balls
Aus 99/1 after 25.5 overs
Watson out for 79 from 92 balls
Aus 140/2 after 31.2 overs
Ponting run out in the next over for 28
Aus 144/3 after 33 overs
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 32) : hahahaha. He looked so annoyed…hehehe.
@Puma (Comment 33) :
Im not watching.. Im reading the game.. lol
i got aus by 78.so far so good
@juba_fan (Comment 35) :
My prediction seems to be a bit far fetched..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 34) : I am but only a bit. Saw Ricky getting run out. Zim players really celebrated..hehe. Ricky went off swearing to the crowd…hahahahaha. π
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 6) : okay my margin won’t be big enough yet again. π
I have Oz by 30 runs.
Jeepers would love to see Zim beating Oz… π Probably wont happen.
172/3 after 40 overs.
@KSA Shark Β© (Comment 38) : at this rate Maybe Zim WILL win.
I can’t see what I did on SB. Can’t get in from my phone. π
@KSA Shark Β© (Comment 41) :
You went for Aus by 33 runs..
WHOOOOHOOOOOOO π Zim take a wicket with the last ball of that over.
White gone.
Oz 207/4 after 45 overs
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 42) : Thanks.
HEY I might be in with a shout at this rate.
227/4 after 47 overs. run rate 4.80 at the moment.
241/4 after 48 overs. run rate 5.02 now. Zim getting smashed in the last 3 overs.
Is there something wrong with the pitch or is Aus just batting poorly ?
Oz 253/4 after 49 overs. run rate going up now. 5.16
@Pokkel (Comment 47) : Not sure really, only started to watch when Ricky got run out. They smashing Zim everywhere at the moment.
Aus get to 262/6 after the 50 overs
Oz 262/6 after 50 overs. Run rate 5.24
Zim needs 263 to win. Not sure if they can, have not watched them for a long time so have no idea how good there batsmen are.
Try to catch up later.
Cheers everyone.
@Puma (Comment 52) : cheers.
Zim have started their chase..
Time for Mitchell to take 8 wickets and score me some points..
Zim to collapse to 70 all out. π
@McLovin (Comment 55) :
You would love that!!
Im holing they get to 150..
Go ZIM!!!!
I’ll take a lot more pleasure from the Aussies losing than getting points on Superbru!
@Pokkel (Comment 57) :
Agree 100%!!!
Zim 40-2
@McLovin (Comment 59) :
Johnson strikes!! Points!!
40-3 π
@McLovin (Comment 61) :
I will eat my hat if you get the bonus point!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 62) : I’ll eat my onderbroek….
@McLovin (Comment 63) :
Haha! π
@McLovin (Comment 63) : I should stop saying that. There’s going to come a day when one of these unlikely events happen. π³
Another Johnson wicket!! Woohoo!!
73-4
Looks like no margin or bonus points for me this time.
And no eating of hats and/or underwear. π
@McLovin (Comment 67) :
I’m still in with a bit of a chance..
Hoping they can hold out for a few more runs..
88-5
hey dude’s work done for the day, 140 all out will please me, went for oz by 110 on sb
Got Aus by 75 I think. π³
no sharkworld pool for cricket?
96-6
@franshark (Comment 72) : We’re playing in Rich’s pool. Code: NESTAMIR
another 40; come on zim, 96/6
104-7
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 74) : Thats punters pool, yes i’m there!
161/8 with 9 overs left
Another 30 – 40 runs would be nice π
yea.i got aus by 76
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 78) : Need another 60 runs. Had Aus by 45 π― π³
167/9, 7.2 overs left,
Zim all out for 171. Aus win by 91 runs.
(Not that cricket actually matters) π
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 82) :
My margin selections are about as good as Superbru’s calculation of the points system. π
i made it in the 10-20 margin.
eish don’t want to jinx me but i think i’m doing just fine on all my pools