A Sri Lanka sit 7 th in the table...a win over SA would improve their outside chance of qualifying for the semi finals
CWC 19 : Sri Lanka V South Africa
- Thread starter Sarge
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A rare South Africa win would be helpful for England ... Sri Laanka win today would put them on the same amount of points ( and games played) as England
SA won the toss and chose to bowl
Durham usually favours the team that is chasing
Durham usually favours the team that is chasing
first ball of todays play is a wicket
Karunaratne gone for a golden duck!
eventful opening over ...SL 6-1
Karunaratne gone for a golden duck!
eventful opening over ...SL 6-1
Avishka gone for 30
10 overs in 67-2
10 overs in 67-2
Perera bowled out for 30 half way through 12 over... superb length that was
72-3 after 12 overs
72-3 after 12 overs
15 overs ... drinks/rehydration break
82-3
82-3
Keep this going, Saffers. We’re rather relying on this!
SL 100 runs up ... then Matthews goes for 11 .... SL 100-4 after 22 overs
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
111 for 5.
How on EARTH did England manage to lose to Sri Lanka?
How on EARTH did England manage to lose to Sri Lanka?
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
That game was their WC Final. They've been awful inbetween
Foley
Level: Colin Harrington
(260 Apps, 30 Gls)
Even so. They are awful.
I am more and more worried about England !
15 overs left ....135-5
SA bowling been impressive , an abundance of dot balls ... and, SL struggling with SA pace bowlers
as @Foley said above, how on EARTH did England lose to Sri Lanka? .... & yes , youre probably right @Gary Baldi
SA bowling been impressive , an abundance of dot balls ... and, SL struggling with SA pace bowlers
as @Foley said above, how on EARTH did England lose to Sri Lanka? .... & yes , youre probably right @Gary Baldi
JP Duminy took a wicket with his first ball ! ...bad & costly shot choice by da Silva , bowled and gone for 24
11 overs remaining now 159-6
SL, the way theyve been playing so far today, will be hard pushed to get many more than 220 IMO
11 overs remaining now 159-6
SL, the way theyve been playing so far today, will be hard pushed to get many more than 220 IMO
Mendis went first ball of the 40th over, for 18 .... now down to the last 9 overs of their innings,SL currently 166-7
Perara caught on 21 .... 188-8 ... 4 overs left
invasion of the killer bees? 
Udana gone for a battling 17 .... then Lakmal dropped (on 3) ... 198-9 ... 6 balls left of the innings
All out 203 .... 3 balls spare
England need SA to do a decent job with the bat next
England need SA to do a decent job with the bat next
If the opening over is any indicator, SA should win this match .... 9-0
20-0 after 3 overs
Malinga gets De Kock out for 15 .... 31-1
10 overs ...53-1
!5 overs- 79-1 ... 125 to win (& 'help' England)
It's possible that South Africa bungle this still, but not looking likely.....
…..which just further emphasizes that England had absolutely no business losing to Sri Lanka. They've been a rank bad team in every other game they've played. It was just a straight-up bottle job chasing a small total against one of the worst teams in the tournament, and there's a good chance that it costs us a place in the semis.
It does make me angry that England have been so good for such an extended period of time in this form of the game, but now - the only time when it really counts in a four-year cycle - they're screwing it up. If they don't beat India on Sunday, and do crash out of the tournament, then it's time for a mass cull of the one day leadership...….heads must roll!
…..which just further emphasizes that England had absolutely no business losing to Sri Lanka. They've been a rank bad team in every other game they've played. It was just a straight-up bottle job chasing a small total against one of the worst teams in the tournament, and there's a good chance that it costs us a place in the semis.
It does make me angry that England have been so good for such an extended period of time in this form of the game, but now - the only time when it really counts in a four-year cycle - they're screwing it up. If they don't beat India on Sunday, and do crash out of the tournament, then it's time for a mass cull of the one day leadership...….heads must roll!
Public decapitation of Bayliss perhaps a good start point... should England crash out.... though a win against either India or NZ should see England scrape into the semi finals?
SA reach 100 in the 19th over
I don't think so.
I think Pakistan are playing well now, and will beat Bangladesh (as well as Afghanistan). Don't get me wrong, Bangladesh are a good side - but Pakistan have a much better bowling attack, and now seem to have remembered how to bat.
So I'm expecting them to end up on 11 points. Which means at a minimum England need a Win and a Tie or NR. And I don't see any rain in the current forecast!
By the way, in case anyone hasn't seen this statistic, these are Pakistan's results from the 1992 World Cup (the only other one to have ever adopted this format):
Loss, Win, Rainout, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Win, Win, Win - Champions.
And here's their results from this year's tournament so far:
Loss, Win, Rainout, Loss, Loss, Win, Win...…..
They'd have to win one more game this time round to repeat the feat (there's 10 teams vs. 9 in 1992) but it's spooky so far.
Loss, Win, Rainout, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Win, Win, Win - Champions.
And here's their results from this year's tournament so far:
Loss, Win, Rainout, Loss, Loss, Win, Win...…..
They'd have to win one more game this time round to repeat the feat (there's 10 teams vs. 9 in 1992) but it's spooky so far.
23 overs in ...126-1.... 78 needed
