Champions Trophy 2006 - Underrated

pasag · 24-07-2008, 09:08 PM

With the 2008 version going ahead, I think it's time to pay tribute to what was really a very good tournament that often gets lost in discussion between the dire WC, Twenty20s, IPL and so on.

For me, off the top of my head it had:

- Very low scoring games
- Dew factor and conditions that threw a spanner in the works, making many games unpredictable
- In fact many of the games were unpredictable and exciting
- WI doing well
- That ball from Bracken to Gayle
- Watto!
- Hilarious podium pushing controversy leading to animal painting

Enough rambling, very fun tournament for mine that doesn't get mentioned enough.

Jono · 24-07-2008, 10:09 PM

Guess this came in response to TC's post.

You're right, but if only WI hadn't collapsed in such a ridiculous fashion in the final, the tournament could have been awesome, rather than very good.

GIMH · 25-07-2008, 01:30 AM

Yeha, it was a good tournament, we were a joke mind you. Though I believe we did chase down the highest score of the tournament, or the highest successful chase anyway.

dontcloseyoureyes · 25-07-2008, 01:49 AM

Was a high quality tournament imo. Bracken to Gayle was the best ball I've seen live, hands down.

BoyBrumby · 25-07-2008, 02:21 AM

Nah:

1) Any tournament that Oz wins is gash.

2) See point 1.

QED.

Richard · 25-07-2008, 04:29 AM

I thought it was an excellent tournament indeed, the format was good and worked according to plan, which is always a good start. And a few things worked in its favour meaning much of the cricket (except when England were involved) was very interesting.

I wasn't a big fan of the amount of seam in the pitches - often teams were bowled-out inside 40 overs or near-as-damn-it. I'd prefer see innings that last the course, but I suppose with better batsmanship they might have. But obviously that's far better than the sort of tournament where 320 repeatedly plays 210 and occasionally plays 321.

nightprowler10 · 25-07-2008, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes

Was a high quality tournament imo. Bracken to Gayle was the best ball I've seen live, hands down.

Video?

dontcloseyoureyes · 25-07-2008, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by nightprowler10

Video?

It's (sadly) not on ut00b. I'd up it if I had it but I don't.

silentstriker · 25-07-2008, 05:57 AM

Best picture ever. I especially love the expressions of the first two guys in the foreground.

four_or_six · 27-07-2008, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasag

With the 2008 version going ahead, I think it's time to pay tribute to what was really a very good tournament that often gets lost in discussion between the dire WC, Twenty20s, IPL and so on.

For me, off the top of my head it had:

- Very low scoring games
- Dew factor and conditions that threw a spanner in the works, making many games unpredictable
- In fact many of the games were unpredictable and exciting
- WI doing well
- That ball from Bracken to Gayle
- Watto!
- Hilarious podium pushing controversy leading to animal painting

Enough rambling, very fun tournament for mine that doesn't get mentioned enough.

- Watson's dismissal of Flintoff after hitting him in the grill with a bouncer. Never cheered an Aussie getting out and Englishman before an never since.

_Ed_ · 27-07-2008, 09:36 PM

It was an excellent tournament, and the 2004 one even more so.

The last two Champions Trophies >>>> the last two World Cups, IMO.

Richard · 28-07-2008, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by _Ed_

It was an excellent tournament, and the 2004 one even more so.

Seriously? The 2004 event was a fiasco in so many ways. Sure, there were some decent moments (the denounement of the final, the England-Australia semi, the India-Pakistan group game, and one or two others) but I could never look past the fact that the tournament was an accident waiting to happen. There was so much wrong with the scheduling, there were too many teams involved, the crowd-control regulations left all sorts to be desired, and this contributed to poor atmospheres, several very poor games, and an overall tournament that, as Matthew Engel so succinctly put it, "did cricket far more harm than good, all of which was obvious and avoidable".

It may have been better than some other ODI tournaments of recent times, but it wasn't a patch on the 2006/07 Champions Trophy for mine.

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The last two Champions Trophies >>>> the last two World Cups, IMO.

Agreed on that mind. CT 2004, poor as (IMO) it was > WC2003.

GIMH · 28-07-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by silentstriker

Best picture ever. I especially love the expressions of the first two guys in the foreground.

Forgive me for my memory lapse but it's very hot and I can't think, what was that all about again

pasag · 28-07-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Forgive me for my memory lapse but it's very hot and I can't think, what was that all about again

On the podium when accepting the CT trophy Pawar was hanging around and Australia wanted to do their celebrating thing so Martyn gave him a bit of a push/nudge off the podium. Blew up into a controversy and needless to say the animals were the ones to suffer

GIMH · 28-07-2008, 10:05 AM

LOL yes I remember that shenanigans, somewhat humorous

24-07-2008, 09:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
pasag RTDAS Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Looking for milksteak Posts: 31,679	Champions Trophy 2006 - Underrated With the 2008 version going ahead, I think it's time to pay tribute to what was really a very good tournament that often gets lost in discussion between the dire WC, Twenty20s, IPL and so on. For me, off the top of my head it had: - Very low scoring games - Dew factor and conditions that threw a spanner in the works, making many games unpredictable - In fact many of the games were unpredictable and exciting - WI doing well - That ball from Bracken to Gayle - Watto! - Hilarious podium pushing controversy leading to animal painting Enough rambling, very fun tournament for mine that doesn't get mentioned enough. __________________ Rest In Peace Craigos 2003-2012

25-07-2008, 01:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,622	Yeha, it was a good tournament, we were a joke mind you. Though I believe we did chase down the highest score of the tournament, or the highest successful chase anyway. __________________ Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they’ll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists, will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.

25-07-2008, 01:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
dontcloseyoureyes BARNES OUT Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WILDCARD, BITCHES Posts: 27,719	Was a high quality tournament imo. Bracken to Gayle was the best ball I've seen live, hands down. __________________ The one, the only CW Black Code: 47.3 W Coppinger to Heads Smacked the ball straight into the groin of Iwuajoku who has fallen over, miraculously with the ball still caught in his scrotal area! Out! TO OUR FOREFATHERS

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BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,646	Nah: 1) Any tournament that Oz wins is gash. 2) See point 1. QED. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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24-07-2008, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jono Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virat Kohli Posts: 47,544	Guess this came in response to TC's post. You're right, but if only WI hadn't collapsed in such a ridiculous fashion in the final, the tournament could have been awesome, rather than very good.

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_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,111	It was an excellent tournament, and the 2004 one even more so. The last two Champions Trophies >>>> the last two World Cups, IMO.

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GIMH Eternal Optimist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Shake my tree where's the apple for me? Posts: 43,622	LOL yes I remember that shenanigans, somewhat humorous

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