2007 Cricket world cup thread

[Jay]

All kicks off tommorow with West Indes v Pakistan

Will anyone be watching the world cup?

[Mike]

I will probably watch bits but at the moment im so busy with college i won't have too much spare time.

[SiMoN!]

i will whatch out to see if england win

[Dan_]

I'll watch the highlights of the England games on the bbc site.

[BigSister]

ill probably just keep an eye on england and the other home nations

[Red Moon]

If you have ITunes on your computer you can catch up with all the action with Test Match Special podcast.

[InTheHood]

Netherlands to win the World Cup - or at least a game would be nice :cheer2:

[James]

I checked there and Scotland are in the same group as The Netherlands.

[Dan_]

A win for England today but the middle order got a bit lapse and the bowling from the 4th wicket onwards was not that good but at least it's a win and leaves us needing to beat Kenya now.

A sad day for cricket though with the death of the former England player and coach of Pakistan Bob Woolmer dying at the age of 58.RIP.

[BigSister]

I know Dan RIP :sad:
I dont really watch the matches but i get updates off the bbc website

[Dan_]

Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered in his hotel room on Sunday after the team's World Cup loss to Ireland, Jamaican police said.

A post-mortem examination found that Mr Woolmer's death was due to "asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation".

"In these circumstances, the matter of Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated as murder," Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said in a statement.

Police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

The statement was read by a police spokesman at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel - where Mr Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious by staff on Sunday morning.

Mark Shields, the deputy chief commissioner of Jamaican police, said there could be one or more people involved in the murder and urged the killer or killers to give themselves up.

Earlier, Jamaican police questioned members of Pakistan's cricket squad over the death.

After being intervewed for about an hour and fingerprinted, the team left for the resort of Montego Bay.

They are due to return to Pakistan on Saturday. They were not interviewed under caution.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6482981.stm
Shocking :sad:

[GiRTh]

Only in Jamaica.

It's a tragedy and a travesty.

[louise100]

what only in jamaica? :conf:

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by louise100
what only in jamaica? :conf: Only in one of the most corrupt countries in the world could a high profile sports manager be murder for money in the middle of a world cup tournament.

[louise100]

There are alot more corrupt country's than jamaica.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by louise100
There are alot more corrupt country's than jamaica. In fact, there are not that many more corrupt countries.

[louise100]

Ok! I think we will have to agree to disagree here, As your idea of jamaica and mine are quite diffrent, I just go by what my family over there living say and from what i have seen. :thumbs:

[GiRTh]

My family are Jamaican too. MMy parents live over there too. I'm not Jamaica bashing without reason. It's a great holiday resort but that doesn't make it a great place to live. My cousin is a police officer too so I know some nightmare stories involving corruption.

[louise100]

But there are as much violence and robbery, drug dealing in most other country's, It is very sad and very upsetting that Bob was killed in jamaica but it could of happened anywhere.

[GiRTh]

I doubt if this could have happened in the middle of the tournament in too many countries. I'm amazed at how slack the security must have been, but thats Jamaica for you. I wouldn't be surprised if someone was simply paid to do him.

[louise100]

what people do for money these day's!! It's sickening, But with the way thing's are going in london these day's, I feel my auntie and cousin's are safer over there.

[GiRTh]

Your family is probably safer in Jamaica, but probably out of the cities and holiday resorts.

[Dan_]

Good display by England against Kenya yesterday.Joyce and KP made it look pretty easy in the end and Collingwood did another solid job at the end.Anderson bowled well as did Flintoff but he seemed to be trying a bit too hard after the pedalo incident which ended in him bowling a few more no balls than usual.Into the super 8's now and that's all that matters.

Great game between the Aussies and the South Africans.

[Jay]

Yeah England batted and bowled very well, the only worry i have is Mahmood he seems to be giving runs away cheaply but hopefully he will improve.

[Dan_]

I'm suprised he was even included in the starting lineup, Plunkett has done a pretty decent job so far.

[Jay]

Originally posted by Dan_
I'm suprised he was even included in the starting lineup, Plunkett has done a pretty decent job so far.

Yeah i was surprised aswell, Plunkett has bowled very well and he's quite usefull with a bat aswell.

[Siouxsie]

i hate cricket

[Dan_]

Wrong thread for you then :bigsmile:

[BigSister]

What happens in the super 8 im confused

[Jay]

Originally posted by BigSister
What happens in the super 8 Im confused

Each team plays each other once, then whoever finishes in the top 4 goes into the semi-finals.

[BigSister]

ooooh intresting and exciting I doubt we will get in top 4 but ill cross my fingers

[Jay]

Lol probably not but you never no i guess.

[Red Moon]

Poor England we just lost by 2 runs...... :conf2:

[Dan_]

So damn close, if only one of the higher order batsman had stayed in longer we'd have won.

[Jay]

Saw the last few overs, what a finish it was Nixon and Bopara got us so close to winning, our first 2 wickets were dreadfull Vaughen going for 0 and Joyce for 10 i think Strauss should be recalled because Vaughen hasn't no runs at all and it's beyond a joke. 2 good partnerships today Bell and Pieterson, Bopara and Nixon.

[InTheHood]

Originally posted by InTheHood
Netherlands to win the World Cup - or at least a game would be nice :cheer2:

:dance2: Beat Scotland :dance2: