With the advent and success of T20-the cup-o-noodle version of cricket, many opined that ODIs were all but out and dusted. Till now this WC has consigned such fears to RIP. The matches featuring the top teams were fought on an even keel, barring a couple of mediocrities. All matches involving England were a treat to watch. Their opening encounter against the Dutch went down to the penultimate over, though England always had the upper hand in the chase. When everyone felt that the high scoring tied encounter against India was a topper, the brave Kevin O’Brien from Ireland transformed his bat into a magic wand to surprise the Englishmen, quelling their challenge to help Ireland end up on the right side of the finishing line. The fastest hundred (off 50 balls) by KOB, and the highest successful run chase, both World Cup records are now held by Ireland, by far. To add to these nerve wrecking encounters, England dished out yet another end of the seat humdinger which ended in their favour. In their match against the Proteas they were never in the game since the first over. The South Africans known for their excellent bowling never allowed the Brits to relax and ultimately bundled them out for 171 runs in 45.4 overs. Favorites at the end of England’s innings, South Africa seemed to be running over England when their chase resumed. At 124 for 3, South Africans were firm favorites to end up on the winning side. A couple of wickets to James Anderson turned t
Sachin gave a disastrous performance in the macth against Bangladesh? lol, not taking any sides but i feel sehwag ki maa.has more cricketing sense than you do :p however, contrary to most of the posts here, i feel you are kinda funny, not too much but kinda ok funy ^^
why on the earth you thought of putting this show and name it on cricket. U guys have no sense and knowledge of cricket. You made a good fun of yourself.
@Rediff admins: Seems you don't get enough articles to publish on your site and just to fill pages you put such crap on this site.
Re: Manu and Abhishek : One of the worst clip
by mohit anand on Feb 23, 2011 02:44 AM
why is the guy in white kurta so jittery, he keeps moving his hands and body
Why sachin should get retired? Do u have capability to take his place then score 100 ( half of the to score) against the worst side of cricket( he score against top side SA)....He should play unless and and untill he fill like playing..And by the way he dont required suggestion from paplu taplu like u.
Re: yes
by rakesh lingayat on Feb 22, 2011 04:37 PM
If anyone can score 200 runs recently in one ODI inning why he should retire. & my friend no one has reached there.
Re: yes
by Against Pseudos on Feb 23, 2011 07:09 AM
Zero H:
The entire Indian team should retire from all forms of the game as there are a lot more young players out there... . I hope you agree with my statement that logically follows yours... :)
