Official World Cup Dreamteam Team Selection, Scoring & Discussion Thread [Archive]

DIG

11th March 2007, 22:05

This thread is devoted to the 7 coaches who took part in the WC Cricket draft last month.

In line with comp rules, coaches can nominate, prior to ball 1 of the opening match (WI v Pak) 13th March, their best XI (who are candidates for various double points), and their keeper.

This post will show teams as selected for the pool matches. I've "defaulted" to the first XI drafted, but post any requested changes here. Everyone have a look, i think some coaches will want to tinker a bit.

Jeremias

Starting XI

Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Marlon Samuels
Shahriar Nafees
Mark Boucher (wk)
John Davison
Steve Tikolo
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Makhaya Ntini

Players #12 and #13:
Stephen Fleming
Anil Kumble

NWTRYX

Starting XI

Matt Hayden
Sanath Jayasuriya
Younis Kahn
Herschelle Gibbs
Michael Hussey
Jacob Oram
+Paul Nixon
Azhar Mahmood
Chaminda Vaas
Andre Nel
James Anderson

Players #12 and #13
Zaheer Kahn
Sreesanth

Cfc05

Starting XI

Graeme Smith
Ed Joyce
Virender Sehwag
Kevin Pietersen
Ross Taylor
Dwayne Bravo
+Brendan McCullum
Shaun Pollock
Farveez Maharoof
Rana Naved ul-Hasan
Umar Gul

Players #12 and #13:
Tillerkaratne Dilshan
Mitchell Johnson

DIG

Starting XI

Mahela Jayawardene
Ian Bell
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
+Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Scott Styris
Daniel Vettori
Ian Bradshaw
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath

Players #12 and #13:
Shoaib Malik
Kamran Akmal

Djibril Cisse

Starting XI

Chris Gayle
Upul Tharanga
+AB de Villiers
Robin Uthappa
Brad Hodge
Marvan Atapattu
Justin Kemp
Irfan Pathan
Nathan Bracken
Jerome Taylor
Shane Bond

Players #12 and #13:
Brendan Taylor
Andrew Strauss

Sublime

Starting XI

Lou Vincent
Ryan ten Doeschate
+Kumar Sangakkara
Shane Watson
Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly
Andrew Flintoff
Liam Plunkett
James Franklin
Andrew Hall
Muttiah Muralitharan

Players #12 and #13:
Imran Nazir
William Porterfield

Kahuna

Starting XI

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Mohammad Yousuf
Mark Gillespie
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

Players #12 and #13:
Andrew Symonds
Shahid Afridi

DIG

11th March 2007, 22:07

Team selections for the Group phase and finals:

JEREMIAS

My team:

Stephen Fleming
Marlon Samuels
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Shahriar Nafees
+Mark Boucher
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Makhaya Ntini

NWTRYX

Hayden
Jayasuriya
Gibbs
Hussey
Oram
+Nixon
Vaas
Nel
Anderson

cfc05

Graeme Smith
Ed Joyce
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen
Dwayne Bravo
Tillerkaratne Dilshan
+Brendan McCullum
Shaun Pollock
Farveez Maharoof
Mitchell Johnson

DIG

+Mahela Jayawardene
Ian Bell
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Scott Styris
Daniel Vettori
Ian Bradshaw
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath

Djibril Cisse

Chris Gayle
Upul Tharanga
+AB de Villiers
Andrew Strauss
Brad Hodge
Marvan Atapattu
Justin Kemp
Nathan Bracken
Jerome Taylor
Shane Bond

Sublime

William Porterfield
+Kumar Sangakkara
Shane Watson
Andrew Flintoff
Liam Plunkett
James Franklin
Andrew Hall
Muttiah Muralitharan

Kahuna

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Symonds
Mark Gillespie
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

DIG

11th March 2007, 22:07

SCOREBOARD

...................will go here

Here's a refresher on the rules and scoring.

***Rules & Scoring***

1. Top 7 highest Run scorers collect 2 pts per run.
2. 8th-11th highest run scorers get 1 pt per run.
3. Top 5 wicket highest wicket takers get 40 pts per wicket.
4. Any other wicket takers get 20 pts per wicket.
5. Must nominate one player as your wicket keeper.
6. Wicket Keeper also gets 24 pts per catch and per stumping (12 for runouts). All other players get 12 points per catch and per run out.
7. Maximum 2 players can be drafted from any one country per coach.
8. Any coach who drafts a player who gets replaced from country's squad prior to cup commencing, will get the replacement player instead (eg. Stuart Clark for Brett Lee).
9. Finally, there'll be a time limit between picks. If a full day (Midnight to Midnight) passes since the last pick, the delaying coach will automatically get the next highest available ICC ranked player as at start date of draft.

Players 12 and 13:

10. Players 12-13 get 1 point per run, 20 points per wicket, 12 points per catch/run out.
11. Your first eleven picked default as your starting XI - but you can change your starting XI by posting in THIS thread anytime until the first match commences, at which point it remains your starting XI throughout the tournament.

Jeremias

12th March 2007, 06:45

I think we should be able to nominate a captain who will get double points throughout the tournament. What do you think?

My starting XI:

Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Marlon Samuels
Shahriar Nafees
Mark Boucher (wk)
John Davison
Steve Tikolo
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Makhaya Ntini

12th and 13th man:

Stephen Fleming
Anil Kumble
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After being disappointing so far, Fleming gets demoted to 12th man.
Marlon Samuels gets promoted, and will bat reasonably in the middle of the order, at number 5. This comes after some very solid scores with both bat and ball from Marlon, and he adds to my already stong all-rounders.

Batting is extremely deep, with everyone up to and including my number 9, Steve Tikolo, capable of scoring well with the bat.

Bowling is less impressive, with Ntini the only strike bowler in the team, the others just a bunch of spinners. I have made a huge gamble with this, but the pitches over there are very unpredictable, and I reckon we might see the ball spin a very long way.

BRING IT ON!

NWTYRX

12th March 2007, 10:40

im going to change Zaheer Kahn and Sreesanth for James Anderson and Azhar Mahmood

cfc05

12th March 2007, 11:28

Guessing ill leave my side the same.. but will come back on later and see.

J you have tried this a few times, no captains - it will obviosuly just be everyones first round choice!! which just gives a massive advantage to those who picked first. IE:you! lol

Im not to fussed, because pollock should be pretty good. But cant see how it adds anything to this comp.

NWTYRX

12th March 2007, 11:45

so, my team will look like this

Hayden
Jayasuriya
Kahn
Gibbs
Hussey
Oram
+Nixon
Mahmood
Vaas
Nel
Anderson

12th and 13th: Z. Kahn and Sreesanth

DIG

12th March 2007, 14:47

We've discussed captains already and said no. I'll update the first post as teams are posted - you can change as often as you like b4 2moro night's game start, but once that games started teams are locked until the end of the group phase.

Djibril Cisse

12th March 2007, 16:57

I will be changing my team, I would like to put Robin Uthappa at #4 and take out Andrew Strauss.

Chris Gayle
Upul Tharanga
+AB de Villiers
Robin Uthappa
Brad Hodge
Marvan Atapattu
Justin Kemp
Irfan Pathan
Nathan Bracken
Jerome Taylor
Shane Bond

12th Man: Brendan Taylor
13th Man: Andrew Strauss

Not an advocate for the captain getting double points, scoring system looks good, quite pleased with everything. Good work DIG

Sublime

12th March 2007, 20:48

Could you please swap Imran Nazir for Ryan ten Doeschate please. Just feel Ryan has a bit more to offer being an allrounder and in better batting form than Nazir.

DIG

13th March 2007, 08:04

Unless i change my mind tonight, think i'll stick with the XI as named.

Styris isn't doing much but i'm sure they'll play him, especially with Fulton injured, and i think these wickets might suit his little dibblydobblys.

Jayawardene is horribly out of form but he'll bat at #3 and is the captain so no danger of being dropped yet.

But all eyes are on that man TAIT!!!!

Kahuna

13th March 2007, 16:53

Starting XI

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Mohammad Yousuf
Shahid Afridi
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

I am not sure but I think I heard Afridi was out for the first two games but I'm not sure.

NWTYRX

13th March 2007, 17:23

yeah, Afridi will definitely miss Pakistan's first 2 group matches

Kahuna

13th March 2007, 17:41

yeah, Afridi will definitely miss Pakistan's first 2 group matches

Cheers for that,

For first two group matches

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Mohammad Yousuf
Shahid Afridi OUT
Mark GIllespie IN
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

I dont even think Gillespie will play but I can only hope.

DIG

13th March 2007, 18:36

Cheers for that,

For first two group matches

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Mohammad Yousuf
Shahid Afridi OUT
Mark GIllespie IN
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

I dont even think Gillespie will play but I can only hope.

OK, but this team will be locked in for all 3 group rounds, not just the first 2. Just to be clear. Otherwise we'd all be pre-chopping and changing based on when the good teams play the minnows.

I'd forgotten about Afridi's suspension.

Djibril Cisse

13th March 2007, 21:09

OK, but this team will be locked in for all 3 group rounds, not just the first 2. Just to be clear. Otherwise we'd all be pre-chopping and changing based on when the good teams play the minnows.

I'd forgotten about Afridi's suspension.

Vincent
Fleming
Taylor
Styris
Oram
McCullum
Vettori
Franklin
Gillespie
Bond
Patel

I'd contemplate playing that side if I was NZ, I know it's a batter short, but it allows for both Vettori and Patel to play, who will be very useful on the WI pitches. With their group, you wouldn't imagine they'd be chasing too many runs in their group.

But, I think they'll bat McMillan at 5 and drop Patel for the first game anyway, and see what happens, but either way, I expect Gillespie to play

But either way, I'm sure Gillespie would play.

DIG

14th March 2007, 08:43

Jeremias

14th March 2007, 08:52

I'm only going to compile thes scores after the group games are over, as i don't know who the top7/top5 will be for each side yet but here's an update on game 1.

J - Samuels was very good (63 runs) and Inzy chipped in too. Very good start.
NWT - Younis failed and Mahmood didn't play. Inglorious start to campaign.
cfc05 - Umar was ok while Bravo did well. Good start.
DIG. Sarwan 49, Shoaib 62 and Akmal 48 (4 catches) set DIG off to a flyer. On the downside though, Shoaib was not named in XI (grrrrr!!) so miss double points there and Bradshaw didn't play. May not play next game either given how well all the Windies bowled (****it!!).
DC - Gayle failed and Taylor didn't do much. Poor start.
Sublime - Nazir failed but was not a Sublime starter anyway, no big deal.
Kahuna - Chanderpaul, Lara and Yousuf all so-so. Could've been a better start for Kahuna but could've been worse too.

First of about 50 games so we've barely started yet.

2nite - Australia v Scotland. Jon Davidson v Kenya

Reasonably happy with my start.

Very happy with Samuels, especially considering I picked him up very recently and only 2 days ago put him in my first XI. Surprised he didn't bowl, though.

Inzy was solid, would have liked to see him score a few more runs. One catch as well which is a small bonus.

Really looking forward to tonight's matches, we might just see a huge score for me. Clarke and Ponting for the Aussies should do well with the bat, Clarke may surprise with the ball. Davison could score a heap as I expect himto be the best for Canada with both the bat and the ball. And Tikolo may do well leading his team with both the bat and the ball as well.

Djibril Cisse

14th March 2007, 10:55

Reasonably happy with my start.

Very happy with Samuels, especially considering I picked him up very recently and only 2 days ago put him in my first XI. Surprised he didn't bowl, though.

Inzy was solid, would have liked to see him score a few more runs. One catch as well which is a small bonus.

Really looking forward to tonight's matches, we might just see a huge score for me. Clarke and Ponting for the Aussies should do well with the bat, Clarke may surprise with the ball. Davison could score a heap as I expect himto be the best for Canada with both the bat and the ball. And Tikolo may do well leading his team with both the bat and the ball as well.

I think I have more of a right to be angry with Gayle not bowling :p

He is the #2 all rounder in the world, but he wasn't needed, oh well, Hodge and Bracken to fire tonight!

Jeremias

14th March 2007, 12:04

I think I have more of a right to be angry with Gayle not bowling :p

He is the #2 all rounder in the world, but he wasn't needed, oh well, Hodge and Bracken to fire tonight!

It doesn't really matter with the bowling as Samuels was able to do very well with the bat...pity Gayle wasn't :p

My players will do better than yours tonight! :D

Djibril Cisse

14th March 2007, 14:34

It doesn't really matter with the bowling as Samuels was able to do very well with the bat...pity Gayle wasn't :p

My players will do better than yours tonight! :D

We already discussed this on MSN, you players will only do a lot better than mine if Australia bat first, if not, I have Bracken, and you dont :p and he'll tear through Scotland with Tait, then we wont be chasing more than 65 runs, so Gilchrist and Hayden will get them easily...

Tikolo and Davison will be useless :p

DIG

14th March 2007, 17:18

Neither of you have Tait, who'll take 14 wickets tonight and 700 for the series!!!

With McGrath too my team will be happy to chase tonight, like DC's side.

........although away from this i'd love to see if the Aussies can set 400+

Djibril Cisse

14th March 2007, 21:09

We wont get 400, the pitches are too slow, and in the first 10 overs when the ball is hard, with Scotland only having medium/fast bowlers at the best, the ball wont come off the bat, so, we'll struggle to get 400, but I think that we could set a score of 75 and it would be enough, having said that, if we bat first, 340 looks good

DIG

15th March 2007, 07:02

DIG

15th March 2007, 07:17

DAY 2

Jeremias - Massive day for Jeremias who must surely be leading so far. Ponting (113) and Tikolo (136) were huge contributors. On the downside, Clarke (15) and Davison (8) failed. Great start though J.

NWTRYX - Hayden (72) got NWTYRX out of first gear, but Hussey (4) offered nothing.

cfc05 - MJ didn't play so no addition to yesterday's score.

DIG - McGrath (72) and Tait (52) were solid to continue DIG's good start. Is probably 2nd at the moment.

Djibril - Not much overnight for DC, Hodge 29 and Bracken just 12. Hodge is also sweating over Roy's return by all reports.

Sublime - Only Watson 30 played overnight

Kahuna - Gilly was very good with 70.

(All points quoted are without the top 7/top5 bonuses. eg. Jeremias will actually get 113x2 = 226 for Ponting......actually it's a good thing we didn't have the captain rule, would've been even 3 or 4 times his actual which is just too much).

2nite - Sri Lanka v Bermuda and Ireland v Zimbabwe

Jeremias

15th March 2007, 09:57

Had a pretty good night with Ponting and Tikolo shining. Punter 113 with the bat, Tikolo a half century with the bat and 2 wickets with the ball...huge scoring for me.

Davison was very disappointing, as was Clarke. Clarke will bounce back for sure. Hopefully Davison will as well...

Djibril Cisse

16th March 2007, 06:13

World Cup is ****e!

Sri Lanka didn't play Atapattu and Taylor took 3 catches for Zimbabwe, but I didn't have him in my XI.

Stupid Sri Lanka

DIG

16th March 2007, 07:22

Day 3

Jeremias - no action today meaning the rest of us can catch up a bit.

NWTRYX - Disappointing day really, Jayasuriya 22 and Vaas 20 failed to cash in on Bermuda.

cfc05 - Maharoof's 4 wickets was a great return, but Dilshan only got 12.

DIG - My faith in Jayawardene paid off with his 85 runs (97 points) overall. But can he carry this form into the tougher India and Bangy games? DIG's possibly in front now.

Djibril Cisse - Tharanga contributed 30, Atapattu didn't get a game but sub Zimbo Taylor did best with 72 in the classic tied match just completed.

Sublime - Sangakkara was huge overnight, including keeper bonuses he'll get 148. Murali chipped in with 40 but sub Porterfield failed to trouble the scorers for Ireland.

Kahuna - Malinga offered 60 but Fernando didn't get a game.

Seems we missed a couple of the Sri Lankan preferred starters in Silva and Arnold.

Tonight - much more action with the Kiwis facing up to the Poms while the Dutch take on the Saffies.

I can't promise to do these updates on the weekends, but will see how i go. After every team's played once i'll put together a running total (without bonuses) to get a better picture.

Djibril Cisse

16th March 2007, 07:26

DIG

16th March 2007, 09:16

I hate Sri Lanka!!

Sick of them!

Now Taylor is making runs too, but he's not in my XI, and he would have been had Sri Lanka mentioned to me that Atapattu would not bloody play!

Taylor is god!

Go The KOOKAS!
ah the frustration.

Tonight will be huge though, heaps of players for everyone. I'm looking for Kallis, Vettori, Bell and Styris to fire up.

Sublime

16th March 2007, 15:28

I'm already starting to rue some of my selections! A couple of good performances have made me a little happier though... Tonight is a big one for me, 5 players in action i believe. Big totals fingers crossed!

NWTYRX

16th March 2007, 15:30

im off to a inglorious start to my campain. 1 wicket and about 100 runs from 5 players

Djibril Cisse

16th March 2007, 20:10

AB De Villiers to make 600 tonight

Sublime

17th March 2007, 08:02

AB De Villiers to make 600 tonight

Good prediction ;) hehe

In other news i had an awful awful day. A couple of ducks, and hardly any wickets. The best performance was from my Dutch star. Ugh!

NWTYRX

17th March 2007, 09:17

well, i significantly improved

Oram 62 plus 1 wicket, Gibbs 70 odd, Nixon 42 plus 1 catch, Anderson 2 wickets

DIG

17th March 2007, 09:58

Day 4

Mixed bags for all overnight.

Jeremias - Boucher made 75 but strangely took no keeper catches. I haven't heard why Ntini didn't play.

NWTYRX - Gibbs Sobersesh knock meant 72 pts, Oram 83, Nixon 42 plus a catch and Anderson 40 meant a pretty good day for NWTRYX. Only Nel (0) failed.

cfc05 - Graeme Smith racked up 111 in an all-round effort, KP 60 and keeper McCullum took 4 grabs. On the flipside no 3 draft pick Pollock only got 32 while Taylor did nothing.

DIG - Men of the metches Styris 139 and Kallis 140, kept DIG's campaign rollocking along. But Vettori 0 and Bell 5 put a dampener on things.

Djibril - miserable day, God Devilliers got a duck and a runout, while Kemp and Bond took 2 wickets each. Strauss didn't play.

Sublime - Simulation king Ten Doeschate made 57, Plunkett 49 and Franklin 52. But like most other teams, there was disappointment too, Vincent and Flintoff made 0 and Hall took the 1 wicket.

Kahuna - Poor day for Kahuna, but it was mainly his lesser lights playing anyway, Collingwood scored 31, Monty 20 and Prince batted too low to get a bat, just a run-out to his name. Gillespie missed.

Tonight it's the Bangys vs India, while the Irish take on the Pakis, and may go alright if they get over the combination of their tie hangover and st patricks hangover!

I'll try to put some spreadsheets together to work out an official update after 8 games (every country played once).

Jeremias

17th March 2007, 10:27

Reasonable day for me again. Not happy with Ntini not playing, hopefully he isn't injured. Very happy with Boucher who batted magnificently, scoring the quickest 50 in World Cup history. Hopefully he continues the form throuh the competition. Would have liked him to take a few more catches, though.

Looks like I may have a very big scoring night tonight, though-I am represented in both games, particularly strongly in the Bangladesh vs India match. Mortaza and Nafees for Bangladesh should be their best players, and Tendulkar will be hoping for a big batting innings, hopefuly he gets a bowl as well-he is usually handy with the ball. May take a few catches as well. Inzamam could have a batting field day vs the Irish, too.

DIG

17th March 2007, 11:17

Dravid and Dhoni for me 2nite, plus me paki subs Shoiab Malik and Kamran Akmal.

DIG

18th March 2007, 09:59

AFTER FIRST ROUND OF GAMES

Including all current bonus points:

1. DIG 1270
2. Jeremias 1056
3. cfc05 1022
4. Sublime 940
5. NWTYRX 787
6. Kahuna 584
7. Djibril Cisse 480

By team (excuse the crappy formatting).

Jeremias

Starting XI

Sachin Tendulkar 7
Inzamam ul-Haq 84
Ricky Ponting 226
Michael Clarke 30
Marlon Samuels 126
Shahriar Nafees 2
Mark Boucher 150
John Davison 16
Steve Tikolo 248
Mashrafe bin Mortaza 160
Makhaya Ntini 0

Players #12 and #13:
Stephen Fleming 7
Anil Kumble 0
1056
NWTRYX

Starting XI

Matthew Hayden 132
Sanath Jayasuriya 44
Younis Khan 30
Herschelle Gibbs 144
Michael Hussey 8
Jacob Oram 166
Paul Nixon 108
Azhar Mahmood 0
Chaminda Vaas 40
Andre Nel 0
James Anderson 80

Players #12 and #13
Zaheer Kahn 35
Sreesanth 0
787
Cfc05

Starting XI

Graeme Smith 198
Ed Joyce 12
Virender Sehwag 84
Kevin Pietersen 120
Ross Taylor 0
Dwayne Bravo 176
Brendan McCullum 96
Shaun Pollock 32
Farveez Maharoof 178
Naved Ul Hasan 34
Umar Gul 80

Players #12 and #13:
Tillakaratne Dilshan 12
Mitchell Johnson 0
1022
DIG

Starting XI

Mahela Jayawardene 182
Ian Bell 10
Ramnaresh Sarwan 98
Jacques Kallis 268
Rahul Dravid 28
+Mahendra Singh Dhoni 72
Scott Styris 266
Daniel Vettori 0
Ian Bradshaw 0
Shaun Tait 92
Glenn McGrath 132

Players #12 and #13:
Shoaib Malik 74
Kamran Akmal 48
1270
Djibril Cisse

Starting XI

Chris Gayle 4
Upul Tharanga 60
AB de Villiers 12
Robin Uthappa 18
Brad Hodge 98
Marvan Atapattu 0
Justin Kemp 80
Irfan Pathan 0
Nathan Bracken 12
Jerome Taylor 44
Shane Bond 80

Players #12 and #13:
Brendan Taylor 72
Andrew Strauss 0
480
Sublime

Starting XI

Lou Vincent 0
Ryan ten Doeschate 114
Kumar Sangakkara 224
Shane Watson 48
Yuvraj Singh 94
Sourav Ganguly 132
Andrew Flintoff 12
Liam Plunkett 98
James Franklin 92
Andrew Hall 40
Muttiah Muralitharan 80

Players #12 and #13:
Imran Nazir 6
William Porterfield 0
940
Kahuna

Starting XI

Adam Gilchrist 128
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 50
Brian Lara 98
Paul Collingwood 62
Mohammad Yousuf 74
Mark Gillespie 0
Ashwell Prince 12
Dilhara Fernando 0
Harbhajan Singh 0
Monty Panesar 40
Lasith Malinga 120

Players #12 and #13:
Andrew Symonds
Shahid Afridi
584

If anyone wants the spreadsheet i can email, just pm me your address, it's a bit messy but you can see where bonus points are etc.

DIG

18th March 2007, 10:14

The above results didn't include the Paki Ireland game as that was their 2nd.

Day 5

Jeremias - Tendulkar and Nafees failed to break double figures while Kumble didn't play. Mashrafe was the superstar with his 4 wickets to keep J's score ticking along.

Overnight tho, Inzy failed also - so only 1 out of 5 went well, not good.

NWTYRX
Sub Zaheer 35 was ok, but Sreesanth didn't play.

Younis Khan made a duck vs the Irish but took a catch.

cfc05
Sehwag's poor form continued but his 2 wickets were handy.

Rana didn't play and Umar scored buggerall too overnight. Miserable night for everyone with Pakis it seems.

DIG
Dravid only made 14 and Dhoni a duck, but his 2 catches and stumping helped redeem.

Shoiab made 9 plua a wicket, and Akmal 27 plus a stumping, so DIG extended the lead a little after this game.

Djibril Cisse
Uthappa 9 failed and Pathan didn't even play. Has no Pakis.

DC's gotta start making some runs soon - just 96 total so far.

Sublime
Yuvraj 47 and Ganguly 66 did the job for Sublime in the Indian's 1st outing.
Subs Nazir 24 and Porterfield 25 chipped in as well. A good night night for sublime given so many others failed in the upset games. Campaign is on track.

Kahuna
Harbhajhan did nothing and Yousuf just 15. Kahuna's well behind the leaders but does have Afridi and Symonds to return.

All of us with Paki players could be ruing this by the looks of things, can't see them making the next round....or can they??

Jeremias

18th March 2007, 11:59

Had a bad night scoring wise, with Mortaza my only decent player, who was excellent :D

Looking for some better scoring tonight, and I reckon I will get it with Ponting and Clarke-especially since we are playing the Dutch. They may not end up getting to bat, though.

:D

Sublime

18th March 2007, 12:31

Seems as though you've missed adding the points to my subs for last night? Every point counts when you're already this far behind hehe.

DIG

18th March 2007, 18:21

Seems as though you've missed adding the points to my subs for last night? Every point counts when you're already this far behind hehe.
Nah i deliberately didn't include the Pakis v Ireland stats in the comp-to-date update scores as it was their 2nd game. Wanted to get a clear picture of standings after every country had played once.

Don't worry, before the super 8s i'll do another update and the calculations will be from scratch too. I doubt i'll get the time to do an update after the 2nd round of group games but will see.

If Ireland makes the next round, as seems likely - you'll have the only irish guy porterfield, left in this comp for an extra 7 games. Great foresight!

Sublime

18th March 2007, 19:29

Aah yes, my mistake, just making sure. :) He'd wanna get some sort of score soon though, even if he does make it to the next rounds or else he'll still be not much use to me! hehe

NWTYRX

18th March 2007, 20:37

yeah, i had another shocker, and now 2 of my 13 are not going through to the Super 8's

DIG

19th March 2007, 07:19

Day 6 Update

Jeremias - Clarke had a huge one, 93 runs plus a catch and a runout. Ponting made 23, Davison chipped in also with 21 and a catch.

With his Bangys looking a big chance to progress, J's sitting pretty.

NWTRYX - A bland night all-in-all, Hayden 29+catch was handy but Hussey only made 2 plus a catch. Anderson took the 1 wicket and Nixon made 23 + a stumping.

cfc05 - Joyce (66) was very good but KP 5+catch wasn't. MJ missed again. None of us wanted Hogg which has cost us.

DIG - No star efforts overnight but is probably still leading, tho J would've eroded most of it. McGrath took 2 wickets and Tait 1, Bell made 28 plus a catch.

I'm sweating over the Indians now, if both them and Pakis are knocked out, I'll have just 9 left for the super 8s, including Bradshaw.

Djibril Cisse - Hodge Hodge Hodge! 123 and surely won't be dropped for Roy now....surely?? Bracken took 2 wickets but Strauss was overlooked for Bopara this time. DC's campaign finally gets into 2nd gear.

Sublime - must be tearing his hair out after a loaded up Freddie Flintoff was found drowning in his own puke in the water. No points there. Ryan Ten Doeschate got more wickets (2) than runs (1) and Watson made just 12no. Plunkett took 2 wickets.

Kahuna - Gilly was good - 57 plus stumping and runout. Roy missed as expected. Panesar took 1 wicket and Collingwood made 62 plus a runout. Not a bad day all in all.

Tonight - Bermuda vs India and Windies v Zimbabwe.

cfc05

20th March 2007, 08:47

Good boy virenda!!!

Djibril Cisse

20th March 2007, 10:37

Yeah, while Sehwag was showing us that he can actually remembers how to play cricket, Uthappa was promoted to open the batting, and was caught for 3 by a diving one hander at slip by Dwayne Leverock. But oh well.

Oh well, after losing my real cricket finals, I have lost a bit of interest in this, as I'm not very happy with the game of cricket at the moment.

Djibril Cisse

20th March 2007, 10:49

While im here though, I just had a look at my score, and it seems that my batsmen are terrible, aside from Hodge, who made runs.. Sooner or later they'll step up, and if I start liking cricket again, I'll brag about it, but if not... I'll just let them play.

As it stands right now, Australia and West Indies are the only two teams guaranteed of a place in The Super 8's (with South Africa to join them when they beat Scotland tonight). So I currently have four players going through to the Super 8's :D

Overnight scores: Uthappa 3, Pathan DNP, B. Taylor 50, C. Gayle 40, J. Taylor 2 wickets

Tonight: AB De Villiers (vs. Scotland) & Shane Bond (vs. Kenya)

DIG

20th March 2007, 10:56

Day 7 update

Jeremias - Tendulkar 57, Kumble 60, Samuels 40. Super day for Jay.
NWTYRX - Zaheer 40, Sreesanth DNP.
cfc05 - best day so far, Virendar 114 and Bravo 49.
DIG - miserable. Dhoni 41, Sarwan 12, Dravid 7 and Bradshaw DNP. Probably lost the lead now and looking grim for the super 8s. I think the best of my team is behind it. If India fail to beat Sri Lanka and progress, i'm gone.
DC - B Taylor 50, J Taylor 40, Gayle 40, Uthappa 15, Pathan DNP. Pretty good day but still well behind.
Sublime - Yuvraj 83 and Gangoolies 89 cashed in v Bermuda, double these and it's a massive charge from Sublime overnight.
Kahuna - Lara 44, Chanderpaul 21 and Harbjajhan didn't play.

2nite:
South Africa v Scotland. Kenya v New Zealand. Go the Kenyans!

Djibril Cisse

20th March 2007, 11:28

Did I mention I hate cricket!

Sublime

20th March 2007, 15:16

Finally, my best day so far. Still have a long way to go though! Come on gys, pull your fingers out! And Mr Flintoff, please stop drinking and drowning, its not good for my fantasy :mad:

Tonight i have Andrew Hall, Lou Vincent and James Franklin. All haven't done much yet, so another big night for me, and i could hopefully move back into contention. Gotta make the most of the matches against the minnows thats for sure.

cfc05

20th March 2007, 15:40

Got Smith and Pollock to hopefully smash the scotts!

And Taylor will bat high V the kenyas and hopefully improve on his 0... McCullum to take 5 catches, lol.

Djibril Cisse

20th March 2007, 16:34

Cricket is ****!

cfc05

21st March 2007, 13:50

Another so-so night for me... think i averaged about 50 a player.

Smith played a good knock and 91, as did Taylor with 80 odd.

Pollock (number 3 draft pick) only got one wicket again and was left 0 not out at the end.

McCullum didnt do much.

Sublime

21st March 2007, 23:14

So... does a caught and bowld get points for the wicket AND the catch? :D

Jeremias

22nd March 2007, 06:47

So... does a caught and bowld get points for the wicket AND the catch? :D

Yeah I reckon it should for sure...

DIG

22nd March 2007, 07:18

sure does!

I'm pretty flatstick for time this week so may not get those daily updates thru.

Who has Nazir tho? :eek:

Sublime

22nd March 2007, 11:47

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Haha he's only on my bench but its a handy few points for me ;) Completely unexpected with his recent form though. lol

Sublime

22nd March 2007, 11:49

If i get time i'll sit down and work out the scores, but i'm pretty busy with work so i may not get a chance. Will see what i can do though.

Jeremias

22nd March 2007, 18:59

Guys I reckon I'm screwed for the Super 8's-not sure I will be able to field a full team. What do we do in that case-is it tough luck or do we let people draft undrafted players into their team?

Sublime

22nd March 2007, 21:02

Hmm this is a tough one. I think perhaps we'd just keep everything as it was but if everyone agreed i'd have no problem with people 'filling' their sides up. Would need to work out a way of doing it though. If anything i'd suggest the 'reverse draft order' as used in Yahoo Fantasy Leagues, that would seem to be the fairest way i'd imagine.

cfc05

22nd March 2007, 21:05

Defiantely tough luck!!! otherwise i would of made chnages before the world cup!!

We picked these side to last the whole thing, hence we didnt pick bangies and other minows - cause we thought they wouldnt make it to the super 8's!

What Digs rules stated, so i dont reckon we should change them now.

BTW i have two pakis gone and Mithchell Johno who wont play, so im screwed aswell.

Sublime

22nd March 2007, 21:09

Fair point there, tough titties is a good philosophy. Changing the rules would suck, well said.

Djibril Cisse

23rd March 2007, 13:48

Very much tough titties!

The 13 picked is your 13, if you only have 6 participants in the Super 8's stage, that's unfortunately, but when picking your 13, you should have thought of that :p

Go the Aussies!

Jeremias

23rd March 2007, 16:58

DIG

23rd March 2007, 17:50

**** you!

You'll take any opportunity to beat me, hey DC?

:D :p :thumbsu: ;)
Don't worry man, i reckon i'll have 9 max for the super 8s as well!

In hindsight maybe we should've gone to 15 players, likes of C Silva, Smith and Hogg were never picked up.

If Sri Lanka beat India, and they should, except that the indians have more motivation (1. cos need to win to make super 8, and 2. need to win or their houses will be bombed by crazy fans), then no Dravid or Dhoni and DIG's campaign will be derailed.

Sorry for the lack of daily updates, just mental at work lately, plus i've got Dreamteam Draft Night on sunday to think about now.

But will get the official updated results out after super 8s, people can post their teams for the 2nd half of the comp from any time now and i'll add them to post #2 of this thread.

Djibril Cisse

23rd March 2007, 18:57

I'll take the players who are in teams that have advanced into my lineup for the 2nd part of this competition. :D :thumbsu:

Gayle
Tharanga
de Villiers
Uthappa
Hodge
Atapattu (not required as yet)
Kemp
Pathan (not required as yet)
Bracken
Taylor
Bond

Strauss (not required as yet)
Taylor

Brendan Taylor is out, but I would like to thank him for supplying some valuable points.

Bold = Advanced
Underline = Eliminated
Italic = Need to win to advance

cfc05

24th March 2007, 17:38

Think we are all in a bit of trouble now... but it all adds to the intrigue of this type of comp. No point in changing the rules.

Guessing a few people are praying Bermuda can beat the Bangers and save India.... Sehwag could be saved for me in that case, however it would mean some of you others will have 2 kept in.

Good bye to two quick bowler in Gul and Ul-Hasen for CFC, bowling attack looks very bare now.

Ohh the fun begins tonight... MASSIVEGAME~!

Pollock to stand up

Djibril Cisse

24th March 2007, 17:56

I am seething at the omission of Hodge from the Aussie side for the inclusion of an unfit Symonds, what a joke

Jeremias

25th March 2007, 09:44

Had a BRILLIANT night for scoring last night.

Ponting-91 runs
Clarke-92 runs, 1 catch
Boucher-22 runs
Ntini-1 wicke, 7 runs
Tikolo-76 runs, 1 wicket

That will be avery high score for me, and I need it. Considering I won't have enough players to fil a team by the Super 8's stage of the competition, some of my players will need to pick up the slack-and it looks like that's exactly what they are doing.

:thumbsu:

cfc05

25th March 2007, 15:58

I was ok....

Smith 74
Joyce 75
Pieterson 53
Pollock - well that prediction backfired...0/81.

Djibril Cisse

25th March 2007, 19:13

AB de Villiers 92, Bracken 2 wickets, Kemp did ****e all

Strauss DNP again...

Not a very good night for me, oh well..

Hopefully Bermuda can upset Bangladesh and India can make it through!

DIG

26th March 2007, 08:47

OK everyone, we're at the halfway mark. Post your teams for the second half, before the first super 8 game (Tues night our time).

I've got 9 left with the Indians and Pakis out, will need to decide on a new keeper too with both Dhoni and Akmal out. Haven't checked the scores lately but i'm sure i would've lost the lead a while ago. (to J? or sublime?)

I'll pump out the results this evening and those points will be locked away. The results after the finals will award the double points for top 7 runmakers/top 5 wickettakers per team for the super 8s plus finals and that will be added to what you've scored so far to determine the winner....

NWTYRX

26th March 2007, 12:01

my team will be the same, but with out Mahmood, Younis Kahn, Sreesanth and Z. Kahn

so;

Hayden
Jayasuriya
Gibbs
Hussey
Oram
Nixon
Vaas
Nel
Anderson

Jeremias

26th March 2007, 12:24

My team:

Stephen Fleming
Marlon Samuels
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Shahriar Nafees
Mark Boucher (wk)
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Makhaya Ntini

Only 8 players left-**** I'm lucky Bangladesh made it through! :eek:

Surely we should have a draft so payers that don't have a full starting 11 will be able to have one...

cfc05

26th March 2007, 12:42

Why? i would of changed my whoel strategy then - surely you knew this comp went further than the initial knock out stage and longevity would be a key??

Otherwise i woulda picked Hogg over Johnson... i honestly thought back then Hogg would start, get pumped then Johno would come in - obviously backfired, but if your system was the original rules i would have hogg! What if's will come into it.... shouldnt change rules half way through imo!

My team:

Graeme Smith
Ed Joyce
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen
Dwayne Bravo
Tillerkaratne Dilshan
+Brendan McCullum
Shaun Pollock
Farveez Maharoof
Mitchell Johnson

Basically have 9 left aswell.... Joohnson wont play, Maharoof may not either.

Sublime

26th March 2007, 15:56

William Porterfield
+Kumar Sangakkara
Shane Watson
Andrew Flintoff
Liam Plunkett
James Franklin
Andrew Hall
Muttiah Muralitharan

Well i just lost Vincent for the whole world cup. Bond broke his wrist in a net session. Plunkett got dropped for last match, hopefully just getting rested because its ridiculous if Mahmood gets picked ahead of him! :p Porterfield won't do much either so i could be down to as few as 6 players hehe. They all had wanna pull their fingers out!

Djibril Cisse

26th March 2007, 19:18

Chris Gayle
Upul Tharanga
AB de Villiers
Andrew Strauss
Brad Hodge
Marvan Atapattu
Justin Kemp
Nathan Bracken
Jerome Taylor
Shane Bond

Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Brendan Taylor are gone.

If only Hodge, Strauss and Atapattu were going to play, I'd be only 1 player short of a full team, as it stands, I'll only have 7 players playing in the Super 8's, and Justin Kemp will probably bowl 20 overs for the rest of the tournament, which sort of takes away his all rounder status...

Oh well, 7 players, hopefully they can do the job.

DIG

26th March 2007, 19:35

OFFICIAL SCORE UPDATE AFTER GROUP PHASE.

........and it's tighter than a nun's fanny at the top here:

Jeremias 2981
Sublime 2925
cfc05 2876
DIG 2856
NWTRYX 2085
Kahuna 1975
Djibril Cisse 1973

Djibril your score includes 2 points for Jerome taylor being your 7th highest run scorer. :p :eek:

I'll try to do another update after the super 8s - that way we can see the standings going into the 2 semis and the final.

J - bad luck on the players, we can't draft now otherwise some will be angry as they might've gone likes of Tikolo etc earlier.

We'll all have around 8 by the looks of things - maybe we should've drafted more than 13 at the start - i thought we'd all have about XI for the Super 8s but this just means this comp's tested us more than we expected!

DIG

26th March 2007, 19:37

I can email the file to anyone who's interested.

Jeremias

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Sachin Tendulkar 64 40 0 0 0 40 144
Inzamam ul-Haq 74 0 48 0 0 74 196
Ricky Ponting 227 0 0 0 0 227 454
Michael Clarke 200 0 24 12 0 200 436
Marlon Samuels 118 0 0 12 0 118 248
Shahriar Nafees 14 0 0 0 0 14
Mark Boucher 97 0 12 0 0 97 12 0 218
John Davison 81 40 0 0 0 81 40 242
Steve Tikolo 155 80 60 0 0 155 80 530
Mashrafe bin Mortaza 7 120 0 0 0 120 247
Makhaya Ntini 7 20 0 0 0 20 47

Players #12 and #13:
Stephen Fleming 133 0 12 0 0 145
Anil Kumble 0 60 0 0 0 60
2981

NWTRYX

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Matthew Hayden 190 0 24 12 0 190 416
Sanath Jayasuriya 137 20 12 12 0 137 20 338
Younis Khan 37 0 36 0 0 37 110
Herschelle Gibbs 89 0 24 0 0 89 202
Michael Hussey 11 0 12 0 0 23
Jacob Oram 101 20 12 12 0 101 20 266
Paul Nixon 65 0 12 12 12 65 12 12 190
Azhar Mahmood 2 0 0 0 0 2
Chaminda Vaas 19 80 24 0 0 19 80 222
Andre Nel 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Anderson 0 100 0 0 0 100 200

Players #12 and #13
Zaheer Khan 16 100 0 0 0 116
Sreesanth 0 0 0 0 0 0
2085

Cfc05

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Graeme Smith 232 20 24 12 0 232 520
Ed Joyce 141 0 12 0 0 141 294
Virender Sehwag 164 40 0 0 0 164 40 408
Kevin Pietersen 121 0 12 0 0 121 254
Ross Taylor 85 0 0 0 0 85 170
Dwayne Bravo 53 100 24 12 0 53 100 342
Brendan McCullum 58 0 60 0 0 58 60 0 236
Shaun Pollock 7 40 12 12 0 40 111
Farveez Maharoof 9 100 12 0 0 100 221
Naved Ul Hasan 11 0 12 0 0 23
Umar Gul 11 80 12 0 0 80 183

Players #12 and #13:
Tillakaratne Dilshan 50 40 12 12 0 114
Mitchell Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0
2876

DIG

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Mahela Jayawardene 138 0 24 12 0 138 312
Ian Bell 49 0 12 0 0 49 110
Ramnaresh Sarwan 97 0 12 0 0 97 206
Jacques Kallis 176 20 12 12 0 176 396
Rahul Dravid 81 0 0 0 0 81 162
+Mahendra Singh Dhoni 29 0 60 24 0 29 60 0 202
Scott Styris 178 60 12 0 0 178 60 488
Daniel Vettori 14 100 24 0 0 100 238
Ian Bradshaw 0 20 0 0 0 20 40
Shaun Tait 0 100 0 12 0 100 212
Glenn McGrath 0 120 0 12 0 120 252

Players #12 and #13:
Shoaib Malik 92 20 12 0 0 124
Kamran Akmal 42 0 36 12 24 114
2856

Djibril Cisse

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Chris Gayle 60 40 12 0 0 60 40 212
Upul Tharanga 120 0 12 0 0 120 252
AB de Villiers 154 0 24 24 0 154 24 0 380
Robin Uthappa 30 0 12 0 0 30 72
Brad Hodge 152 20 0 0 0 152 324
Marvan Atapattu 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Kemp 13 40 12 0 0 13 40 118
Irfan Pathan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nathan Bracken 0 80 12 0 0 80 172
Jerome Taylor 2 80 0 0 0 2 80 164
Shane Bond 0 60 0 0 0 60 120

Players #12 and #13:
Brendan Taylor 87 0 48 12 12 159
Andrew Strauss 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973

Sublime

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Lou Vincent 101 0 0 36 0 101 238
Ryan ten Doeschate 128 40 24 0 0 128 320
Kumar Sangakkara 147 0 60 0 0 147 60 0 414
Shane Watson 44 20 12 12 0 44 132
Yuvraj Singh 136 0 0 0 0 136 272
Sourav Ganguly 162 20 0 0 0 162 344
Andrew Flintoff 0 40 12 0 0 40 92
Liam Plunkett 29 60 0 0 0 29 60 178
James Franklin 0 80 24 12 0 80 196
Andrew Hall 8 120 0 0 0 120 248
Muttiah Muralitharan 0 120 24 0 0 120 264

Players #12 and #13:
Imran Nazir 190 0 12 0 0 202
William Porterfield 13 0 12 0 0 25
2925

Kahuna

Starting XI
RUN WICK CA RO ST RUN BONUS WICK BONUS KEEP catch BONUS KEEP STUMP
Adam Gilchrist 145 0 24 24 24 145 24 24 410
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 142 0 12 0 0 142 296
Brian Lara 81 0 24 0 0 81 186
Paul Collingwood 111 40 12 12 0 111 40 326
Mohammad Yousuf 55 20 0 0 0 55 20 150
Mark Gillespie 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashwell Prince 22 0 0 12 0 22 56
Dilhara Fernando 0 20 0 0 0 20 40
Harbhajan Singh 17 0 0 0 0 17 34
Monty Panesar 0 40 0 12 0 40 92
Lasith Malinga 0 140 12 0 0 140 292

Players #12 and #13:
Andrew Symonds 18 0 0 0 0 18
Shahid Afridi 15 60 0 0 0 75
1975

DIG

26th March 2007, 19:39

Steve Tikolo (1st) and Graeme Smith (2nd) are the 2 highest scorers incl bonuses, the only two over 500.

DIG

26th March 2007, 20:52

DIG Super 8 plus Finals lineup.

+Mahela Jayawardene
Ian Bell
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Scott Styris
Daniel Vettori
Ian Bradshaw
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath

Down to 9, but Bradshaw's still no certainty. Mahela becomes my keeper given i've lost both Dhoni and the backup Kamran.

DIG

26th March 2007, 21:08

Team Numbers:

cfc05 - 10, 9 likely
Kahuna - 10, 9 likely
Djibril Cisse - 10, 7 likely
NWTRYX - 9, 8 likely
DIG - 9, 8 likely
Jeremias - 8, 8 likely
Sublime - 8, 8 likely

Kahuna

26th March 2007, 22:00

Starting XI

+Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Symonds
Mark Gillespie
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

Only 9 likely as Fernando hasn't been playing in the early games.

NWTYRX

26th March 2007, 23:07

im actually thinking that only 8 of my 9 will play, with Nel no certainty

Djibril Cisse

27th March 2007, 10:54

Djibril Cisse

27th March 2007, 11:01

Too bad, I cant be bothered sorting it all out.

Sublime

27th March 2007, 16:27

I think that DIG is probably in the best position going into the super 8's. Pretty solid lineup still!

Djibril Cisse

27th March 2007, 16:59

DIG doesn't have AB de Villiers, so I am in the best position :D

Djibril Cisse

27th March 2007, 17:33

Gayle will come good aswell... but, I'm very worried about the three players who wont play

Sublime

27th March 2007, 17:48

DIG doesn't have AB de Villiers, so I am in the best position :D

You have a good point there. AB has single handedly guided you into a commanding last place so far ;)

cfc05

27th March 2007, 21:16

Still fairly happy with my situation...equal amount of players left as Dig - 20 points up on him.

Pollock to fight back!

DIG

28th March 2007, 07:52

Hayden's awesome form is keeping NWTRYX in touch with the leaders.

No update today with game to continue into tomorrow. Hayden's the only big scorer so far though - 158 runs.

http://www.cricinfo.com/worldcup2007/

I'm not as confident with my lineup as some of yous! Styris is playing above himself, Mahela still looks dodgy and Bradshaw will hardly play now. Really need Kallis to make some big, slooooow hundreds for me.

Sublime looks to have lost most of his bats - may struggle a bit from here unless Flintoff can fire up.

Djibril Cisse

28th March 2007, 14:30

Taylor didn't take a wicket, Gayle has not batted yet, Hodge DNP and Bracken has not bowled yet...

So, I've had a pretty lackluster day, unless Bracken can take 8 wickets... I will be struggling

Djibril Cisse

28th March 2007, 14:49

Gilchrist (Kahuna) 7 runs
Hayden (NWTYRX) 158 runs
Ponting (Jeremias) 35
Clarke (Jeremias) 41
Symonds (Kahuna) 13
Hussey (NWTYRX) 9
Watson (Sublime) 33
Hogg (Not selected) 5

Powell (not selected) 2 wickets
Taylor (Djibril Cisse) 0 wickets
Collymore (not selected) 0 wickets
Gayle (Djibril Cisse) 0 wickets
Bravo (cfc05) 2 wickets
Samuels (Jeremias) 1 wickets

Ramdin (not selected) 2 catches
Samuels (Jeremias) 1 catch
Sarwan (DIG) 1 runout

cfc05

28th March 2007, 16:25

NWTYRX

28th March 2007, 16:35

haha, yes... i can't believe my number 1 pick has made probably 20 runs in the tournament so far

Djibril Cisse

28th March 2007, 17:42

Who would of thought Hayden would dominate for NWTYRX only to be cancled out by Hussey's miserable world cup to date.

Bravo taking two is probs the best outcome i could of hoped for so far in this game... hopefully he make a few with the bat and a few catches can be taking by Australias (sub) Johnson.. lol does that count

And you gotta remember Hayden didn't exactly set the world alight against The Minnows, he decided that he would come to the party against South Africa & West Indies, and good on him. Bravo has been more than handy, he will get more wickets as the tournament goes on, and will make runs... as for Johnson, I'm sure if Australia needed a fielder, Hodge will be first choice to go on the field.

haha, yes... i can't believe my number 1 pick has made probably 20 runs in the tournament so far

Hussey is allowed to have a bad run, he has been so good since coming into the side, it was bound to happen, so what if Australia win the World Cup without Hussey actually doing anything at all, we know that when he plays in 2nd and final World Cup in 2011, he will dominate and then retire!