After a fantastic win by the Proteas yesterday, we have a double header today, starting off with a great game where the unbeaten Australians take on their neighbours New Zealand. The second game is a bit of a non-event with Bangladesh taking on Ireland.
Join us here for some chatter and updates.
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NZ 21 for 1 after 4 overs
good morning all, wow what a weekend of sport on our hands, are all ye Sb scores in, a hole bunch of them. great win for proteas to start WC. the game between two minos could just be as much exited as a game between top teams. more competetive. dude’s and dudie’s have a great friday…
NZ 49 for 2 after 10 overs
Picked Aus and Bangla to win today. It should be comfortably 😛
@franshark (Comment 2) : Howzit? Yeah got a great weekend coming up. Go sharks!!!!
66 for 4! Too many old men in this side!
@Rahul (Comment 6) : 😯
Kenya 73 for 6! Oops… I meant NZ!
@Rahul (Comment 6) :
Flip I thought this was going to be a good game. 🙁 My margins are much closer than the result of a 9 wicket win for Aus that it is going to be. 🙁
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) :
I went with tighter margins as well..
NZ 83 for 6 after 20 overs. Not looking good
I’ve got oz by 5 wickets, bangladesh by 4
100 for 6… Mini comeback.
Aus 35 runs or 4 wickets.
Bang 60 runs or 5 wickets.
Mine for today.
Australia
by 24 runs
or 6 wickets
Bangladesh
by 39 runs
or 5 wickets
Ponting puts 2 spin bowlers on when the pace attack took 6 wickets in 19 overs?
121-7 🙄
@McLovin (Comment 17) : typical! Bloggers curse…
@Rahul (Comment 18) :
@Rahul (Comment 16) :
Ponting has a bigger spread at the bookies so needs to get a higher score for NZ.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 20) : hehehe, a couple of indians and a plane waiting outside for him?
@Rahul (Comment 21) :
@Rahul (Comment 21) :
He has to pay for the TV he damaged after his run out earlier this week. 🙂
Even though I have Oz on bru for a win, really would like NZ to win this.
So Go New Zealand.
174-7
41 overs
175-8
196-8
44 overs
206-9
NZ
206 all out.
206 all out. 100 more than i thought they would get! Ponting should have left his pace attack on to get the last 4 wickets sooner!
Now I have a better chance to score some margin points on SuperBru
Aus to win by 5 wickets now.. Thank you..
I like this score better too 😛
ok now for NZ to take 5 ozies and bobs your uncle
Bangladesh won the toss & will bat first.
Aus 34-0
5 overs
Bangladesh
32-0 3 overs
i picked bangies with 21 runs, is it gonna be close?
@franshark (Comment 38) : Doubt it. 🙂
Aus heading for a 9/10 wicket win. Rapidly.
100 partnership from 84 balls.
Bang 68/3
12th over
Have hardly watched, but really thought this game would have been a lot closer.
Aus 121/0
16 overs
86 more needed
@McLovin (Comment 44) : Looking good, but not for my SB 😕
http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/zaltzman/archives/2011/02/spectatorunfriendly_experience.php
Those lorryloads of contraband nibbles missed out on being chomped on to the backdrop of a fairly routine match, but one illuminated by two innings of extreme class and an outstanding international debut by much-travelled legspinner Imran Tahir, who gave every impression of being the missing piece in South Africa’s team jigsaw.
This is not to say that, as in previous World Cups, when the pressure cranks into hyperdrive, South Africa will not find a way of dousing that jigsaw in coffee, or letting the Australians tear it up and throw it into a bin, or reading the instructions wrong and feeding it to a dog. But this was an imposing opening by the 1999 and 2003 Sporting-Blooper-Of-The-Year award winners.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Aus 133/1
Bangla 86/4
There are, however, extremely sound reasons why such seemingly completely inoffensive objects were rightly prohibited from entry into the stadium:
Water: Water has been scientifically proven to be extremely dangerous. The following people all drank water: Julius Caesar, Florence Nightingale, J Edgar Hoover, Elvis Presley, Jane Austen and Douglas Jardine. What are the only two things they all have in common? They all drank water. And they are all dead. Draw your own conclusions. Furthermore, there were potentially 40,000 people in attendance today. If they had each taken a 500ml bottle of water into the stadium, they would collectively have had enough water to fill a 20 cubic metre tank – enough in which to keep a small shark alive but angry for the duration of a 50-over cricket match.
Classic!
Aus 136/2
@McLovin (Comment 48) : Ireland are gonna win.
Imran Tahir was superb on his international debut. However, as a proud Englishman, I find it more than a little disappointing that South Africa should resort to recruiting so many players from outside their own country.
LOL
New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov)
Australia 181/3 (31.0 ov)
New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov)
Australia 198/3 (32.4 ov)
Australia require another 9 runs with 7 wickets and 17.2 overs remaining
New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov)
Australia 207/3 (34.0 ov)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 96 balls remaining)
@KSA Shark © (Comment 15) :
MARGIN POINT FOR ME!!!!!
Bang are CRAWLING! 🙄
@klempie (Comment 57) : They can’t be any slower than the fools at Superbru who have still not updated the last result. 👿
@KSA Shark © (Comment 58) : LOL RR just dipped below 4.
Bang all out for 205. LOL
Now Ireland needs to be all out for 140 runs max!
I got a Margin AND a Bonus Point on SB for the AUS Game. 😎
Now if only SB would sort their shit out so that I can see what wicket margins the other guys picked.
Bangladesh to win this IMO.
Ire 6/0 after 1.1 overs 🙄
12/0, 3.1 overs
23/1, 5.5 overs.
36/1 and 9 overs.
40/2, 9.3 overs
62/2. 14.5 overs
75/2, 17.4 overs.
76/3, 18.4 overs.
Ireland must not score another 70 runs. Come on Bangladesh.
Ireland 170/8
C’mon Bangladesh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ireland 171/9
166 would have given me a spot on pick.
176 will still give me a max margin point.
175/9 😳
176/9 🙁
For run victories
Within 10 runs: 0.7 pts
Within 11 – 20 runs: 0.5 pts
Within 21 – 30 runs: 0.3 pts
@KSA Shark © (Comment 77) : Please help me KSA. Who’s the wing that played for the cheetahs about 5 years ago? Fredericks was the other wing?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 77) :
So 176 has come and gone. 🙁
let’s get them out before 186 please.
178/9
@Ben (Comment 78) : Let me think but I’m not sure.
I would say Philip Burger but that might have been JUST before his time.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 80) : Before Burger and demas?
178 ALL OUT!!!!!!
Bangladesh win by 27 Runs.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 80) : Never mind. I was thinking of Gavin Passens. Thanks anyway
@Ben (Comment 83) :
okay cool
I have moved from 32nd to joint 10th in the last 2 days. 😎
And now i’ll probably start sliding down again. 🙂
I’ve got 9 from 9 (100%) but I’m like 2/3rd’s down the log 🙄 May I get some margin or bonus points please.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 86) :
I didn’t get any in the 1st round but have got 4 margin points (3 x 0.5 & 1 x 0.3) and one BP (0.2) in the 2nd round
GSP’s in both rounds.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 87) : The competition aint over yet 😈
Superbru haven’t got a frikken CLUE!!!!!!!!
The Yellow cap is for the best performance in the round right?
Whindy got 7.3 in round 2 I got 8.0 and he has the Yellow cap. And there is probably someone who scored more than me.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) : 😆
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 90) : You know if we, as amateurs, can run our competitions properly, why can’t these professionals run theirs properly?
Frikken idiots.
Oh on that note. I see tank lanning has been fired by Supersport as a commentator for revealing information that was supposed to be confidential.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 91) : 😯 What was the info 😛
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 92) :
SuperSport has axed rugby commentator and Sport24 editor Andrew “Tank” Lanning for sending out a tweet during a closed workshop regarding the utilisation of players during a World Cup year.
“The tweet was: ‘SA Rugby to ‘manage’ the Springboks during the Tri-Nations. I think it’s a good thing,'” Lanning told News24 on Friday.
Expert opinion suggests that the focus for SA rugby should be on the Rugby World Cup rather than the Tri-Nations. However, SA Rugby is contractually bound to field the strongest team for the Tri-Nations and any hint of resting top players would be viewed as a breach of contract.
“SA Rugby asked me to delete the tweet and told SuperSport about it. SuperSport thought I had breached trust and cancelled my meeting with them in Johannesburg without reason.
“I called them childish,” Lanning said.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 93) : Now I know where he gets the nickname from 🙄
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 94) :