Four teams for the semi-finals!

[Choora]

You have 2 follow a discussion to be able to come up with a sensible reply, i don't have 2 mention the name of the venue every time 2 enable you 2 stick 2 the point.

The whole discussion started when Bizzare came up with following statement:

"Actually I was responding to YOUR comment about pitches in NZ. And I do believe England would have done better on that pitch. Can't be worse than the ones we played on and Hussain got a fantastic ton I seem to recall! "

Note the word "that pitch" .He was talking about a particular test match at a particular venue!!

 

[aussie_beater]

Hang on...which nationality are you?

How does that matter ? Sharks don't realy care .....I am an Indian, if you must know.

Sorry they can't swim as well as us Brits...being surounded by Water helps a lot...but being drunk and not being able to spell doesn't

Don't know about the swimming part.... but the English team could have used a drink and mispelled the word deluge and see if that gave any comfort

 

[Rik]

I didn't mention anything about Hussain's Ton, that was another Brit, anyway you can claim you can mention the pitch but not the venue...no one mentioned the Venue...

 

[Choora]

I didn't mention anything about Hussain's Ton, that was another Brit, anyway you can claim you can mention the pitch but not the venue...no one mentioned the Venue...

When did i claim that you started all that ?? i mean had you done so you would have known better!
Yes noone mentioned the venue, nor was it essential 2 do so.Everyone knows where India played the first test match, those who doesn't even know this simple fact shouldn't even post anything related 2 that test match!

 

[Rik]

When did i claim that you started all that ?? i mean had you done so you would have known better!
Yes noone mentioned the venue, nor was it essential 2 do so.Everyone knows where India played the first test match, those who doesn't even know this simple fact shouldn't even post anything related 2 that test match!

Therefore you can't complain about anything I said...

 

[Choora]

Therefore you can't complain about anything I said...

Certainly the below mentioned statements were avoidable as it did not contributed to the discussion that was taking place.
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I'm sorry, but if you are going to continue with your tactic of telling people to get their stats right then you had better get yours sorted too

Tuffey indeed played against England for New Zealand in January and took career best figures of 6-54 in the last Test of the Series to win the Test for New Zealand and draw the Series.

It's not hard is it
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Anyway i have nothing more to say on this topic.

 

[vandemataram]

Comming back to the original topic, i think NZ stand a very good chance of making it to the semis.

The 4 likely could be
Aus
SA
NZ
India.

Others that can pose a problems to the stronger teams can be
WI and SL.

 

[Neil Pickup]

The last time he tried to correct your grammer, he made several spelling mistakes himself!!

:rolleyes:

I would be surprised if SL made the semis the way things are going at the moment, the whole team seems bereft of confidence - they are sorely missing Murali, and I'm not sure that even he can make enough differene by February.

 

[vandemataram]

If SL are to make any impression in the comming WC, then Murali will have to play extremely well for them.Wonder if Muralia can perform on Afrikan pitches?

 

[Neil Pickup]

In Kenya he has 10 wickets in 5 ODIs @ 17.40
In Zimbabwe, 7 in 5 @ 19.57
In S.Africa, 23 in 16 @ 27.00
(and vs S.Africa, 36 in 24 @ 22.77)

In Africa, 40 in 26 @ 23.30.
Compared to his total of 297 in 200 @ 23.28

I would say from this that bowling on African pitches doesn't affect him that much...

 

[marc71178]

But that doesn't take into account that 10 of those games were against Zimbabwe and Kenya!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Yes, I knew someone was going to point that out...

But a fair proportion of his other games will have been against lesser sides, hence the average of ~23.

That's why I put his average against SA there (22.8). I know that doesn't prove much as it includes neutral and SL games, but even taking the 27 he averages in South Africa, it's still effective.

 

[marc71178]

That's all very well, but surely more appropriate would be his average in South Africa against South Africa?

That is a decidedly unhealthy (for him) 31.46.

Maybe Sri Lanka will be the real flops of this Tournament?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Erm.. couldn't find that.

I only looked at the Career Summary page on StatsGuru, lazy me.

What odds on Sri Lanka not making the Super Six? NZ and WI are in form currently and Sri Lanka aren't, it seems very plausible to me.

 

[marc71178]

To me that group is more clear than the other Group.

 

[TendulkarMark2]

To me that group is more clear than the other Group.

If SL regain their form and Murali starts doing the magic then it can be a problem, otherwise SA,NZ and WI will be in the super six easily!

 

[marc71178]

Thing is, Murali is SL, and they don't really have any other world class players with bat or ball.

Jayasuriya is for me a waste of time.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Do the names Aravinda DeSilva and Chaminda Vaas ring a bell.

 

[marc71178]

Yes, but I said world class - neither of those are anywhere near world class.

 

[aussie_beater]

Yes, but I said world class - neither of those are anywhere near world class.

Are you saying that going by current form or on overall career ? For DeSilva I'd agree with you on his current form as he is in the twilight of his career.

But there is no denying that he was one the best batsman of the nineties and by far the best batsman that SL has ever produced.