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Poll
Who will win the world cup?
Australia [ 8 ]
Newzealand [ 4 ]
Srilanka [ 12 ]
South Africa [ 2 ]

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Responses:

From: Nerd on Sun Apr 22 13:57:05 2007.

poll add pannunga maams

Aus
SA
SL
NZ
From: ajaybaskar on Mon Apr 23 3:10:06 2007.

Just watched Paul Collingwood's catch in their match against WI. It was a blinder.... I think it will turn out to be the catch of the tournament.
From: Raghu on Mon Apr 23 5:11:49 2007.

Aussies, look in AWSOME form, but the LANKANs can beat them!
From: Movie Cop on Mon Apr 23 20:07:08 2007.

Right from 1983 world cup (except for '87) a team from Sub-continent has always reached the finals.

Finalists since '83 WC
*****************
'83 - India (Winner)
'87 - No team from subcontinent (though both Ind, Pak reached semis)
'92 - Pak (Winner)
'96 - SL (Winner)
'99 - Pak (Runner up)
'03 - India (Runner up)

'07 - Will SL make it to the finals and carry forward the sub-continet legacy?

Currently, SL is definitely a better side than NZ. But NZ had a great tournament so far except the game aginst Aussies. So, it makes tomorrow's game a very tough one to predict though SL will start as a "slight" favourites!
From: Movie Cop on Mon Apr 23 20:16:01 2007.

Raghu wrote:

Aussies, look in AWSOME form, but the LANKANs can beat them!

I agree! Right now SL is the only team that is capable of stopping the Aussies (not SA not even NZL after their pathetic showing in the league). Thanks to the presence of Murali no mateer what the match situation is he could always bring SL back into the game during his spell! But the finals will be played at Bridgetown which carries good bounce and some extra pace as opposed to most of the other carribean wickets. So, I'm afraid that the Bridgetown pitch will more be to the liking of the Aussies than the Sri Lankans. Ideally, SL would love a Grenada or Guyana kind of wicket to get the Aussies under the mat!

But still with Murali in the ranks, and Vaas in such a terrifc form, SL can still put Aussies under pressure if their batting clicks! So, to keep the counts even and the poll interesting let me vote for SL!
From: Sinthiya on Mon Apr 23 22:40:13 2007.

Good Luck Sri Lanka!!!
From: ajithfederer on Mon Apr 23 23:36:52 2007.

Paul collingwoods catch looked like an exact replay of his hayden catch in england
From: Raghu on Tue Apr 24 5:03:00 2007.

Sinthiya wrote:

Good Luck Sri Lanka!!!

Indeeed,

Lakalaklaklaka Lankans All da way,

Suraangani Suraangani Suranganika maalu thenave

vartaa
From: Nakeeran on Tue Apr 24 5:07:25 2007.

Raghuji

All the best If the Bond factor is tackled , SL will march ahead.

And dont forget, the MASTER BLASTER SANATH should fire today
From: Raghu on Tue Apr 24 10:06:26 2007.

Nakeeran wrote:

Raghuji

All the best If the Bond factor is tackled , SL will march ahead.

And dont forget, the MASTER BLASTER SANATH should fire today

Thanks NakeerarRe

yes Dude. Lakalakalka lankans all the way, MASTER BLASTER rulzzzzzzz
From: Raghu on Tue Apr 24 11:06:05 2007.

Jayasurya Gone
From: Nakeeran on Tue Apr 24 11:09:55 2007.

Naan edhavadhu vai vechale kandhal dhaan pole
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 11:23:51 2007.

All the very best to our Sri Lankan team !!

Movie cop and Nakeeran thanks for the wishes
From: crazy on Tue Apr 24 11:28:05 2007.

Thank God ....naan Jeyasurya meedhu predict pannala :perumoocchu:
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 11:31:22 2007.

Almost all the boundaries are either inside/outside edges !!
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 24 11:33:48 2007.

Hi Nerd,
Online streaming link tharamudiyumaa?
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 11:36:33 2007.

Here you go! yEn unga veetla varliyA

http://cricketlivevideo.blogspot.com/
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 24 11:43:50 2007.

Thanks

Yes inga varala, cable problem
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 11:44:32 2007.

sangakara yen apidi aadinar
From: aanaa on Tue Apr 24 11:44:46 2007.

I wish Srilankan would come
but have to face the reality too
Ausie - never beaten - strong hold.

Srilankan says they r keeping the trumph card
wait & see.
Today NZ vs Srilanka

could not under estimate NZ also
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 11:49:02 2007.

villan007 wrote:

sangakara yen apidi aadinar

aamaa that was totally unnecessary
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 24 11:49:48 2007.

villan007 wrote:

sangakara yen apidi aadinar

correct-aa thaan aadi irukkaar
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 12:10:02 2007.

Folks is the new patel, a son of deepak patel ??
From: thimuru on Tue Apr 24 12:26:33 2007.

jeyavardhane romba neram nina opponent teamku nalladhu
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 12:33:50 2007.

Evan a moderate 240 wud put kiwis into big trouble...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 12:35:30 2007.

u mean the opening offspin bowler of the nz team in 92 world cup

Nerd wrote:

Folks is the new patel, a son of deepak patel ??
From: thimuru on Tue Apr 24 12:51:18 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Evan a moderate 240 wud put kiwis into big trouble...

why?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Apr 24 12:54:04 2007.

Roshan wrote:

villan007 wrote:

sangakara yen apidi aadinar

aamaa that was totally unnecessary

Just like how Ganguly played against Srilanka
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 13:02:46 2007.

Lucky wicket

But Bond
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 13:03:04 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

u mean the opening offspin bowler of the nz team in 92 world cup

Nerd wrote:

Folks is the new patel, a son of deepak patel ??

Yes
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Apr 24 13:17:43 2007.

Maams,

D Patel born on 1958 and J Patel born 1980

so dipak was 22 when his son was born..unlikely but possible..

Got this info through Google... naina illa aNNatha-va irrukumnu nenaikiren

From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 13:24:23 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Maams,

D Patel born on 1958 and J Patel born 1980

so dipak was 22 when his son was born..unlikely but possible..

Got this info through Google... naina illa aNNatha-va irrukumnu nenaikiren Rolling Eyes

From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 13:27:52 2007.

perippa payyan adhu maadhiri yEdhAvadhu iruppAn.. irundhuttu pORAn.

btw, excellent batting by the lankans in the last few overs
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 13:34:11 2007.

Jayawardene and Dilshan are getting right on top of the kiwi attack! Especially I'm really impressed with Dilshan. He is one of the best players in the slog overs. SL made big blunder by sending him below Chamara in couple of games when they had very few overs left. this guy has the ability to score fast as well as hold the lower order together! Jayawardene has peaked at the rigfht time for the Lankans! A good toss to win for SL!
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 13:36:58 2007.

At the moment 260 looks imminent! they can even score 10-20 more than that if they could get some big hits going or if Dilshan is around till the end!

Btw, for the kiwis anything above 250 would be challenging especially when you have one Muralitharan who has got 10 overs in his hand! This is a tough one for the Kiwis!
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 13:39:02 2007.

211 -4 in 43.3 overs.. Pasanga 250 plus edupaingandu nambikai iruku.. SL win vry important to increase my point in Yorker.. Jayawardene 64..
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 13:44:34 2007.

2nd bad decsion
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 13:47:04 2007.

What a pathetic decision for Dishan! Looks like the umpires are making up for Kiwis poor day in the field! For Dilshan, the ball was missing the leg stump by a mile! Why such pathetic decisions in such a needle match!
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 13:48:15 2007.

Another extremely bad decision against Dhilshan and I cannot imagine how these kind of blunders can be made by umpires in such very crucial matches. Looks like umpires are also playing for NZ
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Apr 24 13:51:42 2007.

so final will be SL vs Aus or SL vs SA?
From: P_R on Tue Apr 24 13:59:41 2007.

Simon Taufel is good umpire. He seldom makes bad decisions. If I remember right, he won the ICC best umpire award, two years in a row. Wonder what's happening !
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 13:59:48 2007.

Last 10 overs 89 runs and one
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 14:00:40 2007.

Sanjeevi,
its SL vs SA it seems
anyway dunt undr estimate NZ yet.. The umpire seems to b their 12th man..
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Apr 24 14:02:39 2007.

Newzealand kevalamaana bowling
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:02:52 2007.

A CAPTAIN'S INNINGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Mahela !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations !!!!
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:05:16 2007.

Shane Bond is getting hammered left, right and centre
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 14:08:41 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Shane Bond is getting hammered left, right and centre

hes having a terrible day ... dropped mahela aswell
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 14:12:27 2007.

Mahela has probably played the innings of his life

Now it has come down to NZ's long batting order Vs Vaas n Murali
From: P_R on Tue Apr 24 14:13:32 2007.

289, a great score. But NZ has been chasing huge scores of late and they bat right down to number 8. So it will be an even match. May the better team -read the team better equipped to beat Aus - win today !
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:13:48 2007.

290 is the target finally
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 14:15:58 2007.

290 is an excellent target set by the lankans.....

NZ : You have a huge mountain to pull
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:18:55 2007.

thimuru wrote:

jeyavardhane romba neram nina opponent teamku nalladhu

Aama romba romba nallathu - 115 in 109 balls and unbeaten
From: manmadan on Tue Apr 24 14:19:37 2007.

289 excellent score by the lankan

289 is great score even though the stupid umpire gave 2 wickets that was not out
and they call him best umpire, more like worst umpire.

Lets see how sri lanka bowling goes
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Apr 24 14:22:33 2007.

Roshan wrote:

thimuru wrote:

jeyavardhane romba neram nina opponent teamku nalladhu

Aama romba romba nallathu - 115 in 109 balls and unbeaten

vidunga, thimuru srilankavoda pakkathu country team player nu nenaichu theriyama sollittaru
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 14:22:59 2007.

mahela playing like he's from other planet.. Huhu.. Shane Bond'ku etho problem iruku pole..

From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:23:05 2007.

manmadan wrote:

289 excellent score by the lankan Very Happy

289 is great score even though the stupid umpire gave 2 wickets that was not out Evil or Very Mad

and they call him best umpire, more like worst umpire.

Lets see how sri lanka bowling goes Cool

Now he will go back see the videos and try to be too smart. Possibility is that he might not raise his fingure this time even when there is a genuine out .

From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:24:29 2007.

Sanjeevi wrote:

Roshan wrote:

thimuru wrote:

jeyavardhane romba neram nina opponent teamku nalladhu ROTFL

Aama romba romba nallathu - 115 in 109 balls and unbeaten LOL

vidunga, thimuru srilankavoda pakkathu country team player nu nenaichu theriya sollittaru Crying or Very sad

From: kb on Tue Apr 24 14:31:09 2007.

jayawardene is a gud player one of his best innings..

but the ground is very small..
J oram,mccullum are some gud hitters..

it all depends on first 15 overs
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 14:35:04 2007.

kb wrote:

but the ground is very small..

Point!!

And yes first 15 overs are going to be very important for both the teams.
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Apr 24 14:36:58 2007.

kb wrote:

jayawardene is a gud player one of his best innings..

but the ground is very small..
J oram,mccullum are some gud hitters..

it all depends on first 15 overs

No there is another lankan (tamil he he) lion Muralidharan who can turn the match even after 15 overs

BTW Sun Music is playing superb golden IR songs
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 14:43:23 2007.

kb wrote:

J oram,mccullum are some gud hitters..

Mcmillan
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 14:47:05 2007.

vaas to fleming
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Apr 24 14:50:33 2007.

now parattai thalaiyan
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 14:51:14 2007.

now malinga is bowling...... his bowling action
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 14:52:32 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

now malinga is bowling...... his bowling action

fleming out
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 14:52:50 2007.

Fleming gone !!!!!!!
From: Sanjeevi on Tue Apr 24 14:54:46 2007.

malinga
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 15:36:01 2007.

Malinga's ball all rocket speed.. Even sangakara struggling to catch.. He must say 'intha parate talayan speed'e kuraika maatana?'
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 15:37:17 2007.

SL pull one bad decision back
From: P_R on Tue Apr 24 15:40:10 2007.

Taufel makes amends
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 15:42:08 2007.

Yeah it wasnt out but kootti kazhichi paarthaa kaNakku sariya varum

Umpires-ku irukku innaikku !

Commentator said - it wasnt out but a reward for ever persevering Chaminda Vaas
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 16:06:51 2007.

Styris caught of a Malinga no-ball. It's a lucky day for the Kiwis!
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 16:09:59 2007.

Thew ground is small and the outfield is fast plus more importantly the ball is coming more nicely on the bat. SL should not get complacent about the start they got in first 15 overs! they should try and get wickets atr regular intervals to ensure victory! Especially Styris is in such a fine nick throughout this WC. SL should try and get him as early as possible!
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:26:41 2007.

nz hitting back.......
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:29:55 2007.

Yabba !! Styris is gone finally But Dhilhara turned things bad
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:36:48 2007.

Mcmillan kku stomach upset pola.......... Mangalam
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:39:56 2007.

super abbuu ........ murali on a hatrick
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:42:17 2007.

Another wicket ! This time it is Jayasuriya
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:46:01 2007.

NZ prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuu...

jayasurya takes out fulton..

paratai engira azhagusundram has a economy rate of 1.80

singams enter final
From: P_R on Tue Apr 24 16:46:39 2007.

Lankans marching on to play the finals for the second time !
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 16:46:56 2007.

Breaking News.. Kiwis manager already booked flight ticket to New Zealand tomorow morning..
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:47:45 2007.

Feddy, Nerd and Villain ,

neenga ellaam yarukku support pannureenga ore kozappamaa irukku

neenga ellaam nallavangaLaa kettavangaLaa ?
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:48:01 2007.
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:48:52 2007.

nallavela mcmillan vanthu oru run adichaan.. illati enaku -30 points...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:49:13 2007.

India kku than

Roshan wrote:

Feddy, Nerd and Villain ,

neenga ellaam yarukku support pannureenga ore kozappamaa irukku

neenga ellaam nallavangaLaa kettavangaLaa ?
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:49:30 2007.

kb wrote:

NZ prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuu...

jayasurya takes out fulton..

paratai engira azhagusundram has a economy rate of 1.80

singams enter final

eppadippA ippdiyellaam sinthikireenga
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 16:49:50 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Feddy, Nerd and Villain ,

neenga ellaam yarukku support pannureenga ore kozappamaa irukku

neenga ellaam nallavangaLaa kettavangaLaa ?

I was rooting for NZ. Not with great intensity though. And definitely not because I hate SL Just that I like the Kiwis and their captain.

Anyway way to SL. Well deserved final birth

From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:49:58 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

India kku than LOL

Roshan wrote:

Feddy, Nerd and Villain ,

neenga ellaam yarukku support pannureenga Rolling Eyes

ore kozappamaa irukku Rolling Eyes

neenga ellaam nallavangaLaa kettavangaLaa ? Rolling Eyes

vandeeeeee maaataram.. vande maataram vande maataram

From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:50:08 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Feddy, Nerd and Villain ,

neenga ellaam yarukku support pannureenga ore kozappamaa irukku

neenga ellaam nallavangaLaa kettavangaLaa ?

kiwis

SL than win pannuvanga nu therium... but Fleming kaahavachu NZ cup vaanganumnu ninachen.. padupaaviga kavuthitanga
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 16:50:27 2007.

villan007 wrote:

But I thought u predicted SL in that game..
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:51:27 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

India kku than

ayyO innum kadantha kaalathulEyE irukkengaLE.. konjam nigazkaalathukku vaanga
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:51:34 2007.

eppadiyo... Final la aussies-a thOkadicha sari..
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:51:34 2007.

villa adichi thaaku murali moonu wicket...

eppadi naalaiki SA jeykuthu doi just kidding
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:53:23 2007.

Naan 2011 kku sonnein ....

Roshan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

India kku than

ayyO innum kadantha kaalathulEyE irukkengaLE.. konjam nigazkaalathukku vaanga
From: Movie Cop on Tue Apr 24 16:53:55 2007.

Brilliant bowling from Murali - all his 3 wickets are from his doosra!
NZL -

From: P_R on Tue Apr 24 16:54:26 2007.

Nerd wrote:

I was rooting for NZ. Not with great intensity though. And definitely not because I hate SL Very Happy

Just that I like the Kiwis and their captain.

Anyway way to SL. Well deserved final birth Thumbs Up!

Ditto here.

The socialist in me wanted NZ to win as SL already have won it once already. Now, that it is all settled. No more tentativeness. Go SL !

Thrash those greedy three time winners - socialist kicking in again.
They have done it before and they can do it again.

From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:54:37 2007.

mcmillaan oru 6 oru 4

vaanga sir vaaanga ellam mudinchapuram vaanga
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:54:52 2007.

Nerd wrote:

villan007 wrote:

But I thought u predicted SL in that game..

yea...

aasaipadrathu vera reality vera

Fleming deserves a WC
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:55:49 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan 2011 kku sonnein ....

innuma nambureenga

From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:56:33 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan 2011 kku sonnein Cool

....

Roshan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

India kku than LOL

ayyO innum kadantha kaalathulEyE irukkengaLE.. konjam nigazkaalathukku vaanga Cool

OK 2011-il santhippOm

Nerd and Villain,

Thats fine

I too like Fleming

From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 16:56:42 2007.

u dint get the intended pun there

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan 2011 kku sonnein ....

innuma nambureenga
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:56:50 2007.

ghilli maaathiri league thothutu super 8 kulla vara mudiyaatha
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:56:54 2007.

kb wrote:

villa adichi thaaku murali moonu wicket...
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 16:57:12 2007.

kb wrote:

villa adichi thaaku murali moonu wicket...

eppadi naalaiki SA jeykuthu doi just kidding

neenga sonnalum, sollanaalum, naalaiki SA jeyikum.. Lets wait and see
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 16:57:47 2007.

kb wrote:

ghilli maaathiri league thothutu super 8 kulla vara mudiyaatha

nono..semifinal la thOthu final ku povaionga athula
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 16:58:26 2007.

namba aalunga semifinalukey varalaiya

From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 16:58:46 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Nerd wrote:

I was rooting for NZ. Not with great intensity though. And definitely not because I hate SL Very Happy

Just that I like the Kiwis and their captain.

Anyway way to SL. Well deserved final birth Thumbs Up!

Ditto here.

The socialist in me wanted NZ to win as SL already have won it once already.

Lets root for SA then

Even they have not won a world cup. I was rooting for India then NZ and now both of them are out of the tournament

From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 16:58:59 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Nerd wrote:

I was rooting for NZ. Not with great intensity though. And definitely not because I hate SL Very Happy

Just that I like the Kiwis and their captain.

Anyway way to SL. Well deserved final birth Thumbs Up!

From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:09:56 2007.

8th one down
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:12:33 2007.

4th wicket for murali
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:15:46 2007.

congrats lanksss
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 17:16:01 2007.

Villa, neenge Murali'ye choose panningala in yorker game..
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:16:54 2007.

ThalaNass wrote:

Villa, neenge Murali'ye choose panningala in yorker game..
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 17:17:01 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

congrats lanksss

Thanks Feddy FinalslEyaavathu engaLukku konjam support paNNunga
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:19:26 2007.

ayyo idhukellam thanks aa ...... u make me
may be my posts are a bit confusing but on any day i want the better team 2 win.......let it be aussies or kiwis or lankans...... (Pls note i dint include the indian team here)

Naan support panrarthunala mattum lankans (or) aussies jeichiduvaangala??

Roshan wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

congrats lanksss

Thanks Feddy FinalslEyaavathu engaLukku konjam support paNNunga
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:23:36 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan support panrarthunala mattum lankans (or) aussies jeichiduvaangala??
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:25:08 2007.

Oru pechuku sonnain paa summa ennoda ella postayum quote panni kelvi kekkatheenga

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan support panrarthunala mattum lankans (or) aussies jeichiduvaangala??
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:26:52 2007.
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 17:28:43 2007.

mcmillan-ku vaithuvaliyaam ba.. is this sufficient enough to ask for a rematch
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:29:37 2007.

villan007 wrote:
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:31:32 2007.

kb wrote:

mcmillan-ku vaithuvaliyaam ba.. is this sufficient enough to ask for a rematch

apdi iruntha namba aalunga super-8 la vandhirpangalae

From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 17:31:55 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Oru pechuku sonnain paa Banging Head

summa ennoda ella postayum quote panni kelvi kekkatheenga Embarassed

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Naan support panrarthunala mattum lankans (or) aussies jeichiduvaangala?? Smile

From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:33:06 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

why tension ? route potadhu miss aiducha ?
From: ThalaNass on Tue Apr 24 17:34:27 2007.

kb wrote:

mcmillan-ku vaithuvaliyaam ba.. is this sufficient enough to ask for a rematch

kadaisile, kiwi payaluvo ivalo ilu ilu nu vilaiyaduranuvo.. sikiram mudingappa, mani 5.30-ya aakuthu, manushan padukka veynaama?
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:34:27 2007.

adhu onnu dhan korachal

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

why tension ? route potadhu miss aiducha ?
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 17:36:05 2007.

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

why tension ? route potadhu miss aiducha ?

fruit slip aagi milka la drop aayiduthuuu
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 17:37:08 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

mcmillan-ku vaithuvaliyaam ba.. is this sufficient enough to ask for a rematch

apdi iruntha namba aalunga super-8 la vandhirpangalae

yeah we would have given a doctor certificate. dravid was not in his consciousness when he chose to bat first against bangladesh in that pitch
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:37:54 2007.

sollavae illai kb eppo??

kb wrote:

villan007 wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

why tension ? route potadhu miss aiducha ?

fruit slip aagi milka la drop aayiduthuuu
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:40:42 2007.

kb wrote:

fruit slip aagi milka la drop aayiduthuuu

apdiya ... ippo rendu perum ottukava irukeenga
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:41:41 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

fruit slip aagi milka la drop aayiduthuuu

apdiya ... ippo rendu perum ottukava irukeenga
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:42:06 2007.

10-wkt ku ippadilam kooda adalama... kalakurainga
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 17:46:01 2007.

aahaa 57 runs partnership
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 17:46:13 2007.

Finally it's all over
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:47:32 2007.

matter over

adhu eppidi nerd
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:48:13 2007.

way to go lions
From: Nerd on Tue Apr 24 17:49:28 2007.

Congrats SL. They played like true professionals today
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 17:49:28 2007.

it australia comes SL shud win..

if SA comes SA shud and will win
From: villan007 on Tue Apr 24 17:50:59 2007.

kb wrote:

it australia comes SL shud win..

if SA comes SA shud and will win

yEn intha pArapatcham ?
From: ajithfederer on Tue Apr 24 17:51:49 2007.

As i said already it was indeed a huge mountain for nz 2 climb.... IMO, srilanks have a great chance 2 win the cup if they bowl second in the finals...

Well all being said......good luck for lankss in the finals
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 17:54:51 2007.

SA oru vaati naachi vaangatum
From: Roshan on Tue Apr 24 18:05:21 2007.

Ok Good night to everybody nimmathiyaa thoongalaam ippo
From: manmadan on Tue Apr 24 18:28:56 2007.

Congratz to Sri lanka well deserved victory

jayawardene and murali

so whos gona be SL's opponent in finals SA or Aussies
From: kb on Tue Apr 24 20:19:48 2007.

naalai GIBBS polandhu katratha mattum gavaneenga..

vaada vaada vaangikada .. vaayala beeda potukada..
poda poda polachi poda
From: MADDY on Tue Apr 24 22:46:54 2007.

congrats SL

this is the most "kuppai" world cup that i have ever seen from 87' ..........

1. only 1 close match in the entire tournament so far
2. No memorable batting performances/records created
3. same goes for the bowling too unless u want to take that insignificant 4 wickets in 4 balls by Malinga
4. 1 player defines every world cup with their extraordinary performances throughout......87 - Gatting,92- Inzamam,96-jayasurya,99-steve waugh, 03- sachin T ......07 - none
5. No interesting incidents also - 87 - reverse sweep of gatting, 92 - rise of pakistan, 96 - art of pinch hitting, 99 - you've dropped world cup son, 03 - rise and fall of India, 7 - none (maybe woolmer's death )

this has been the most mokkai and kuppai WC which will be forgotten next month..........no wonder, experts were sad when India and Pakistan exited early.......their presence is required to spice up things

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292255.html

take a bow Stephen for making this "team without superstars into a superstar team" ........he is the best ODI captain ever IMO along with Hansie and Steve
From: sankara1970 on Wed Apr 25 3:02:41 2007.

The reason is u had high expectations of the World Cup and u imagined a lot.

The result, performance of team and players will be depending on the pitch conditions, adaptability of players, etc.

When India and Pak are eliminated, most of the cricket lovers, lost interest.

If u had made a modest approach, who should win Cup or at least reach Semi Finals, then u would not have been disappointed.

So far bowlers are dominating all matches. The team totals are within 250 runs mostly.

Generally, when many runs are scored, the fans enjoy.

The pitches are bowler friendly and if any batsman scores 50+ runs, then it is a big achievment.

But on the whole, this is the dullest of all World Cups.
From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 25 3:54:04 2007.

kb wrote:

it australia comes SL shud win..

if SA comes SA shud and will win

kb.. Thats my wish too
From: Nakeeran on Wed Apr 25 4:04:22 2007.

Raghu sir / Roshan / Crazy / JUSTICE MAAPS

HEARTY CONGRATS.

Way to go LION SL TO THE COVETED WORLDCUP 2007
From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 4:10:52 2007.

Nakeeran wrote:

Raghu sir / Roshan / Crazy / JUSTICE MAAPS

HEARTY CONGRATS.

Way to go LION SL TO THE COVETED WORLDCUP 2007

Thanks Nakeeran !!

A superb narration on Mahela's flamboyant innings by Cricinfo...

.... The progress of Jayawardene's innings was not unlike the shaping of a diamond. It was raw to begin with - carefully negotiated dot-balls, as he reached 17 off 47 balls, and, as the right environment was created slowly but surely, 23 runs came off as many balls; then, as the carbon crystal was almost worth its weight in carats, Jayawardene applied immense heat and pressure, carting 60 off 30 balls; finally, when the stone was done he cut and polished his gem, taking 15 off 5 balls, and left it out there for the world to admire.

Even Stephen Fleming, Jayawardene's opposite number, and a captain known to take on and target his counterparts, was moved enough to walk up and congratulate him immediately after Sri Lanka had ended on 289 for 5. The manner in which he built his innings, never once doubting what was best for himself as batsman or the team as captain, harked back to the mindset of Sri Lanka's World Cup winning captain, Arjuna Ranatunga. But the purity of his strokeplay, oozing class, not one shot played in anger, barely a desperate run scrambled, was reminiscent of that stylist, Aravinda de Silva.

I dont think it can be described any better than this .

http://content-sl.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292186.html
From: Raghu on Wed Apr 25 5:43:18 2007.

Excellent work by the Lankans, esp Mahela and Murali, great to see Mahela back in his usual form again!

I felt sorry for Fleming , he is such a nice guy, infact Kiwi team is the MOST decently behaved team in Cricket, they are a good bunch of ppl, friendly guys!!!
From: Raghu on Wed Apr 25 9:02:20 2007.

Fernando, this dude has a SERIOUS 'NO BALL' problem, I get scared when ever he bowls, cos he gives the MOST extras, shouldn't the lankans bring in Maharoof instead of Fernando?
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 9:45:04 2007.

I love the cricinfo commentators:

cricinfo wrote:

Nathan Bracken from the beautifully named Media Centre End. Full of history and tradition, that one
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 9:59:13 2007.

South Africa 17/2
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:17:16 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

South Africa 17/2

27/3
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:18:46 2007.

27/5 ....
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 10:20:05 2007.

cricinfo wrote:

The question now is will the spectators who are trying to get past the ICC security and branding police get into the ground before the South Africans are all out
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:21:06 2007.

27/5

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:21:30 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

cricinfo wrote:

The question now is will the spectators who are trying to get past the ICC security and branding police get into the ground before the South Africans are all out

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:23:03 2007.

27-6 aagirka vedniyathu..
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 25 10:29:40 2007.

Sa "-80 points"
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:34:13 2007.

SA is going to win the match for sure
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 25 10:35:25 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

SA is going to win the match for sure
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:39:40 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

SA is going to win the match for sure
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:41:23 2007.
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:45:44 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Gibbs is going to score first double century in a one day innings

wait and see
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 10:50:33 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

SA is going to win the match for sure
aasaiyE alai pOlE...
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:50:34 2007.

partner iruntha thana...

kemp is struggling to read hogg's googlies
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 10:54:47 2007.

villan007 wrote:

partner iruntha thana...

kemp is struggling to read hogg's googlies

Irunthaa mattum

ayyo ayyo
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 10:57:58 2007.
From: Nerd on Wed Apr 25 11:00:38 2007.

These aussies are awesome. They just lift themselves tremendously for the most important matches. I still can't forget shane warne's common common when he got a crucial wicket with SA were cruising towards their target in the 99 WC

From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 11:04:03 2007.

Nerd wrote:

These aussies are awesome. They just lift themselves tremendously for the most important matches. I still can't forget shane warne's common common when he got a crucial wicket with SA were cruising towards their target in the 99 WC Smile

yeah. But It looks like some of the wickets were due to stupidity by SA batsmen

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 11:06:09 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

yeah. But It looks like some of the wickets were due to stupidity by SA batsmen

smith , kallis , prince

pathetic shot selection
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 11:13:13 2007.

gibbs out
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 11:15:21 2007.

villan007 wrote:

gibbs out

Nothing to worry. The remaining runs in his double century will be scored by pollock
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 11:18:34 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

villan007 wrote:

gibbs out

Nothing to worry. The remaining runs in his double century will be scored by pollock
team-E double century adichA kooda paravAyillai
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 11:20:47 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

Nothing to worry. The remaining runs in his double century will be scored by pollock

From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 11:41:21 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

villan007 wrote:

gibbs out

Nothing to worry. The remaining runs in his double century will be scored by pollock ROTFL

team-E double century adichA kooda paravAyillai

From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 11:47:53 2007.

Pollock out
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 11:59:04 2007.

pitch is a very slow one
From: littlemaster1982 on Wed Apr 25 12:01:54 2007.

intha aussies-ai thatti kEtka yaarumE illaiya?

ennavo minnows kooda viLayaadura mAthiri wicket edukkaRAnga
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 12:10:50 2007.

kb wrote:

pitch is a very slow one

Australia mattum flat batting surface la adura mari polandhu kattuvainga
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 12:19:00 2007.

Australia match ellam ippadi one side aagi mokkaya podudhu ....!

Srilanka should win the worldcup!
From: crazy on Wed Apr 25 12:24:51 2007.

hayya
seems like i have predicted correctly this time ............hayya
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 12:27:53 2007.

Go go aussies
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 12:30:28 2007.

Poada Poada Podipayalae..
Buthi ketta Madapayalae.

Unakkum enakkum sanda
ippa udaya poaguthu manda
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 12:31:43 2007.

australia will easily win..

nel out
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 12:33:39 2007.

kb .....eppidi eppidi gibbs 100 aa??
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 12:35:04 2007.

indha Nel payya namma pasangala paathu enna mora morapaan ippo Mcgrath-a paathu eppo pathaalum ippadi moonja vachukiraan...!!
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 12:36:12 2007.

kb wrote:

australia will easily win..

nel out

pointu pocha ?
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 12:36:25 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

kb .....eppidi eppidi gibbs 100 aa??

yeah.. match fixed
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 12:37:05 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

australia will easily win..

nel out

pointu pocha ?

mc grath 3 wicket.. 90 points.. so nothing much
From: Nerd on Wed Apr 25 12:37:22 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

indha Nel payya namma pasangala paathu enna mora morapaan ippo Mcgrath-a paathu eppo pathaalum ippadi moonja vachukiraan...!!
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 12:40:13 2007.

ok finals is between australia and srilanka
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 12:41:02 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

ok finals is between australia and srilanka

enna oru kandupidippu
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 12:41:53 2007.

Naan discoverynnu sonneinaa ......

Thirumaran wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

ok finals is between australia and srilanka

enna oru kandupidippu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 12:42:32 2007.

Next is 20/20 world cup by September I think India will lift the cup
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 12:45:06 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Next is 20/20 world cup by September I think India will lift the cup
Cup aarambikkiradhukku munnAdi ellA captainum thottu photo eduthukkuvAnga. Appo lift paNNA thAn uNdu.

"We are confident" appidinnu vekkamillAma pEtti kuduppAnga. Namakkum nappAsai etti paarkkum. indha thadavai ushArA irukkaNum.
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 12:45:48 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Next is 20/20 world cup by September I think India will lift the cup

Do u mean Coffee Cup
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 12:46:51 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Next is 20/20 world cup by September I think India will lift the cup

sorry boss.. no chance.. we are not gud hitters as well as gud strike bowlers..

20 overs onnum kilika mudiyaathu

From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 12:48:24 2007.

kb wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Next is 20/20 world cup by September I think India will lift the cup Yes

sorry boss.. no chance.. we are not gud hitters as well as gud strike bowlers..

20 overs onnum kilika mudiyaathu Rolling Eyes

Relax please. Ethukku ippa tension aagareenga.

Ithellaam SS kku theriyaathaa

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 12:49:10 2007.

Thirumaran correct answer!!
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 12:50:26 2007.

mudichitAinga
From: Nerd on Wed Apr 25 12:54:00 2007.

150 runs eh? Aus will reach the target in

a) < 10

b) 10 - 15

c) 15 - 20
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 12:54:19 2007.

paravala ba! 44 over aadirukaanunga ....! Good show by Kemp 49*...so 150 is the target for Australia from 300 balls ....!
From: Thirumaran on Wed Apr 25 12:56:09 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

paravala ba! 44 over aadirukaanunga ....! Good show by Kemp 49*...so 150 is the target for Australia from 300 balls ....!

Impossible Target.

Pollock is going to take hat-trick in the very first over he bowls
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 12:57:12 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

Impossible Target.

Pollock is going to take hat-trick in the very first over he bowls
ippidi usuppEthi usuppEthiyE udambai ranakaNaLam aakittainga

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 13:03:36 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

paravala ba! 44 over aadirukaanunga ....! Good show by Kemp 49*...so 150 is the target for Australia from 300 balls ....! LOL

Impossible Target.

Pollock is going to take hat-trick in the very first over he bowls Boo

No 5 wickets in 5 balls

Malinga a.k.a Parattai engira azhagusundhram (Thanks KB

) 4 wicket edukalam namma Pollock edukka koodatha??

From: ksen on Wed Apr 25 13:10:31 2007.

Totale 150 - idhula Hayden eppidi century adikka mudiyum

SS
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:11:29 2007.

ksen wrote:

Totale 150 - idhula Hayden eppidi century adikka mudiyum

SS
From: ksen on Wed Apr 25 13:12:07 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Malinga a.k.a Parattai engira azhagusundhram (Thanks KB ) 4 wicket edukalam namma Pollock edukka koodatha??

Panju mittaai thalaiyan
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Apr 25 13:13:10 2007.

ksen wrote:

Totale 150 - idhula Hayden eppidi century adikka mudiyum

SS

Hayden century adikka maatar-nu oru option irruke
From: ksen on Wed Apr 25 13:16:53 2007.

ellaam sadhi vElai nadakkudhu
Naan yaar pEra pOttaalum avan duck aagaraan Naan exam maadhiri villainai paathu bit adichirukkanum

villain : oorkaarangala paathu indha siri sirikka koodaadhu

From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 13:19:55 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Thirumaran wrote:

Impossible Target.

Pollock is going to take hat-trick in the very first over he bowls Boo

ippidi usuppEthi usuppEthiyE udambai ranakaNaLam aakittainga

Avatar-a pArthaalE theriyuthu PR

From: kb on Wed Apr 25 13:21:20 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ksen wrote:

Totale 150 - idhula Hayden eppidi century adikka mudiyum

SS

Hayden century adikka maatar-nu oru option irruke
From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 13:25:14 2007.

Today in the afternoon one of my friends was asking me who I think would win today ( he was rooting for SA). I told him, I dont mind who wins, but I dont think a team which lost against B'desh deserves to be in the finals. sonna maathiriyE - SA displayed it's pathetic form and for the n'th time proved - it is one of the most unpredictable teams.
From: ksen on Wed Apr 25 13:25:45 2007.

Gavaskar century adikaravaraikkum wait panra maadhiri Ponting will declare only after Hayden hits century
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:26:38 2007.

ksen wrote:

villain : oorkaarangala paathu indha siri sirikka koodaadhu

ipdi sirchirkanumo ? ...
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:28:21 2007.

Roshan wrote:

I dont think a team which lost against B'desh deserves to be in the finals..

ithunala than India super-8 kullaye varala

rOsakaara pasanga
From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 13:29:36 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

I dont think a team which lost against B'desh deserves to be in the finals..

ithunala than India super-8 kullaye varala

rOsakaara pasanga

aamA kavarimaan parampara

From: kb on Wed Apr 25 13:32:12 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Today in the afternoon one of my friends was asking me who I think would win today ( he was rooting for SA). I told him, I dont mind who wins, but I dont think a team which lost against B'desh deserves to be in the finals. sonna maathiriyE - SA displayed it's pathetic form and for the n'th time proved - it is one of the most unpredictable teams.

australia kooda thaan bangladesh kitta thothuchi

athu pona maaasam.. neenga solrathu intha maasam-a

From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:32:13 2007.

ksen wrote:

Gavaskar century adikaravaraikkum wait panra maadhiri Ponting will declare only after Hayden hits century

hayden duck out aavanumnu vEndikonga..

naan hayden 99 la out aavanumnu vendikren
From: kb on Wed Apr 25 13:33:44 2007.

villan007 wrote:

hayden duck out aavanumnu vEndikonga..

naan hayden 99 la out aavanumnu vendikren

naan australia-la ellarum 10 run-la out aaganumnu vendikaraen
From: ksen on Wed Apr 25 13:35:22 2007.

villan007 wrote:

hayden duck out aavanumnu vEndikonga..

naan hayden 99 la out aavanumnu vendikren
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 13:36:25 2007.

Thoroughly Professional performance by aussies
From: Nerd on Wed Apr 25 13:40:57 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Thoroughly Professional performance by aussies

sollittaarubA
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:42:45 2007.

ellathukm feddy enna killukeeerraya pOitara... avara nOndrathuliya kuri ya irukainga
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 13:42:45 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Avatar-a pArthaalE theriyuthu PR Razz
koodiya seekkiram Greame Smith-ai indha pose-la paakkalaam
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 13:42:56 2007.

Nerd gaaru, enaku rating ellam koduka teriathu

Nerd wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Thoroughly Professional performance by aussies

sollittaarubA
From: Ramakrishna on Wed Apr 25 13:46:30 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Thoroughly Professional performance by aussies

Match mudinjiduchaa

From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 13:46:42 2007.

kb wrote:

Roshan wrote:

australia kooda thaan bangladesh kitta thothuchi Rolling Eyes

athu pona maaasam.. neenga solrathu intha maasam-a Wink

I thought this thread was for discussions on World Cup 2007

From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 13:47:56 2007.

Batting started
From: Roshan on Wed Apr 25 13:48:49 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Roshan wrote:

Avatar-a pArthaalE theriyuthu PR Razz
koodiya seekkiram Greame Smith-ai indha pose-la paakkalaam

vidunga .. Rahul Dravid-E alattikalla.. appuRam eppadi Greame Smith
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 13:49:11 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

Match mudinjiduchaa
idho innum oru anju- pathu nimisham
From: villan007 on Wed Apr 25 13:51:09 2007.

ghilly out
From: ThalaNass on Wed Apr 25 13:55:16 2007.

SA will win d match but Hayden will score century
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 14:13:26 2007.

happadaa........eppadio overku oru 4 avathu adichidurangaa
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 14:45:49 2007.

57/2 after 12 overs.........
From: ajithfederer on Wed Apr 25 16:17:01 2007.

Aussies

Best of luck 2 both srilanka and australia for the finals.....
From: MADDY on Wed Apr 25 23:06:34 2007.

wow, god is so great...........finals-ukku endha team-ayumae support panna mudiyadha padi pannittaru

finals paakaradhae doubt-a dhaan..... , esp after the one-sided matches that are rampant
From: joe on Wed Apr 25 23:09:24 2007.

World Cup innum mudiyalliya?
From: joe on Wed Apr 25 23:10:47 2007.

Yenpa Maddy,
Sub continent team-kku support pannuppa!

Atleast antha team-layavathu oru thamizhan irukkarulla!
From: joe on Wed Apr 25 23:17:46 2007.

Asian fans celebrate

http://theevu.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-post_25.html
From: P_R on Wed Apr 25 23:38:15 2007.

Why we love to love Lanka
From: Roshan on Thu Apr 26 0:41:02 2007.

joe wrote:

Yenpa Maddy,
Sub continent team-kku support pannuppa!

Atleast antha team-layavathu oru thamizhan irukkarulla!

moonRu thamizhans - Russel Arnold ( Tamil Catholic) and Farveez Maharoof (Tamil Muslim)
From: Roshan on Thu Apr 26 0:52:53 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Why we love to love Lanka

That was lovely PR ! Thanks for sharing Not only the team - generally Sri Lankans are like what has been said there Thankfully the team demonstrates that to the world and thats why we love them - regardless of them winning or losing.

From: joe on Thu Apr 26 0:55:00 2007.

Roshan wrote:

joe wrote:

Yenpa Maddy,
Sub continent team-kku support pannuppa! Smile

Atleast antha team-layavathu oru thamizhan irukkarulla! Very Happy

moonRu thamizhans - Russel Arnold ( Tamil Catholic) and Farveez Maharoof (Tamil Muslim)

Thanks for the info

From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 6:40:13 2007.

and don't 4get Jehan Mubarak, another Tamil Muslim, but he is not in the team at the moment.
From: Roshan on Thu Apr 26 8:16:52 2007.

Raghu wrote:

and don't 4get Jehan Mubarak, another Tamil Muslim, but he is not in the team at the moment.

Yes Raghu. I was talking about him today with one of my colleagues - who was a classmate of Jehan Mubarak at Royal College.
From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 9:14:06 2007.

Ponting is as arrogant as ever, read this ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6594469.stm

this is why Australia should loose!!!!
From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 9:28:26 2007.

Jamaica - New Zealand teams are used to wondering �What if?� and they will be doing it again after their fifth defeat in a World Cup semi-final.
What if some of Upul Tharanga�s streaky shots had found fielders? And what if Mahela Jayawardene been run out during a nervy Sri Lanka start which saw Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara throw their wickets away?
What if pace spearhead Shane Bond had not produced his worst performance of the competition and what if spinners Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel had taken advantage of the considerable turn on offer?
What if Scott Styris and Craig McMillan had been able to bowl more than one over between them and what if Styris had not got caught when he and Peter Fulton were going well?
Too many questions. Sri Lanka deal in answers and deserve their place in the World Cup final.
They have the best bowling attack in the tournament � one that would worry even Australia - and a brave and attacking skipper in Jayawardene.
Jayawardene batted quite magnificently to make one of the finest one-day centuries for Sri Lanka since Aravinda de Silva's in the 1996 final, punishing bowling which towards the end was devoid of control.
Opposite number Stephen Fleming had spoken repeatedly in the last few days about the weakness he felt existed in Sri Lanka�s lower order - but his men failed to expose it and Jayawardene received just enough support to all but take the game away from them.
Even two shocking lbw decisions against Chamara Silva and Tillakaratne Dilshan could not prevent the Sri Lankans posting a total 50 runs in excess of what many thought would be enough.
New Zealand had to achieve the third highest chase in World Cup history but they rely on efficiency rather than genius and that wasn't good enough against a powerful attack.
They were utterly bamboozled by a fantastic opening spell from Lasith Malinga in which he was unplayable.
The only concern for Sri Lanka was when Dilhara Fernando was warned twice for running on to the danger area and was targeted by Fulton and Styris. But once the latter fell, following the bold decision to replace Muttiah Muralitharan with Dilshan, the underdogs crumbled spectacularly.

Kiwis may think they play Murali better than most but they had no clue about dealing with his doosra in a devastating burst of three wickets in six balls.
With arguably the two most unorthodox bowlers in the world at his disposal, in Murali and Malinga, Jayawardene can look forward to Saturday�s final with confidence.
Yes the Aussies look unstoppable right now, and South Africa were heading for a comfortable win until Malinga�s late burst in Guyana gave them palpitations before they scraped home.
But I for one would not bet against this multi-talented team securing Sri Lanka�s second World Cup triumph.
From: ThalaNass on Thu Apr 26 9:30:05 2007.

Tamizhargale, support Sri Lankans to destroy the ever arrogant aussies.. lets pray..
From: thimuru on Thu Apr 26 10:10:52 2007.

Raghu wrote:

Ponting is as arrogant as ever, read this ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6594469.stm

this is why Australia should loose!!!!

whats arrogant there?...do u expect them to fear srilankan team?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Apr 26 10:30:27 2007.

Yes thimiru even I was wondering...!
From: thimuru on Thu Apr 26 10:32:13 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Yes thimiru even I was wondering...!

infact srilankans gave some arrogant intrerviews when they came to india..like whitewashing etc
From: Nakeeran on Thu Apr 26 10:32:46 2007.

Raghuji

Its not arrogant ITS SELF CONFIDENCE . Aussies have been great achievers.

Mind U, this is the 3rd straight finals .

Amazing consistency.

Ability to win crunch situations

Never say die attitude.

Sum up aussies.

I wished that Greg Chappell imbibes some aussie quality on Indians but it became disaster .

Now, they will have a definite game plan for Muthaiah .

From: P_R on Thu Apr 26 10:44:08 2007.

Roshan wrote:

That was lovely PR ! Thanks for sharing Very Happy

Not only the team - generally Sri Lankans are like what has been said there Cool

Thankfully the team demonstrates that to the world and thats why we love them - regardless of them winning or losing. Smile

Though SL has always had its stars it has hardly been a star-dependent team. So many matches have been won by 'lesser mortals' like Dilshan, Maharoof etc.

I think there has never been a more cheerful World Cup win than '96. SL no doubt dominated the tournament, but nearly everyone was charmed by the way they went about with it.

They creamed India twice. Everyone remembers Jayasuriya's brutal attack in Delhi, but the match India seemed to think they hand pinned them down by knocking out the top four. Ranatunga and Tillekeratne stayed on to prove, the game is just about keeping your cool and not getting daunted. They ambled to the win.

In the semifinal in Kolkata, India celebrated as if they already won the match after they got both openers in the first over forgetting that Lanka's best batsman ever was yet to walk in. That is one of de Silva's best innings ever. You can't see any pressure on him at all. He batted as if nothing went wrong and it became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 11:06:27 2007.

NakerarE

Self confidence: means belive in them self that they can win

but

Arrogant: means, thinking that ONLY they can win them...

any way,.let's just wish for the Lakalaklak Lankans
From: mgb on Thu Apr 26 11:08:05 2007.

PR: Dilshan is not a lesser mortal he has done extremely well against really good teams.. just bcos he is less talked about, dont brand him that way..
From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 11:18:48 2007.

Sanath Jayasuriya - The Master Blaster from Matara

- B.V.Swagath

Talking about Sanath Jayasuriya...my mind dwindles back to the big semifinals at the Eden Gardens in the 1996 Wills World Cup. Sri Lanka were batting first in this high pressure game and shivers started in my mind as Sanath Jayasuriya walked in with little Kaluwithrana. I was unable to digest the way this Lankan opener had ended the career of my then favourite cricketer � Manoj Prabhakar at the Kotla and the career of this bowler was ended in just 4 overs of bowling to Sanath Jayasuriya! Jayasuriya had got out for a duck this time and that was a big relief for me and the entire Indian population. Even after 8 years, shivers with the same magnitude cross my mind whenever Sanath Jayasuriya is batting against India.

So what makes this man so intimidating? What makes this man cause sleepless nights to many opening bowlers in the World? Its because of the way Sanath bats with utmost disrespect to the bowlers, an amazing hand-eye co-ordination and the shining and powerful forearms which send the ball flying to the ropes at lightning speed. Sanath Jayasuriya changed the face of an otherwise submissive Sri Lankan Cricket to roaring levels with the small island becoming the World Champions in 1996. A shrewd tactical move by the smart Arjuna Ranatunga of having Jayasuriya to open the innings has paid rich dividends and this must be one of the turning points in Lankan Cricket.

Cricket in Sri Lanka was at one stage restricted to only Colombo and Kandy, and for an aspiring cricketer to come from a small remote village of Matara was always an uphill task. But a determined Sanath Jayasuriya came through all these initial hurdles and was all set to climb new heights in World Cricket. He was initially in the National side as an orthodox left arm slow bowler who could play some neat cameos in the slogs. Asanka Gurusingha in a tour of New Zealand in 1992 was injured during practice and that gave Jayasuriya to open the innings for the first time. Jayasuriya made a thunderous 87, but after Gurusingha was fit, he had to revert back to the lower middle order. But the brainwork of Ranatunga struck at the right time and Sanath Jayasuriya was going to open with the explosive Romesh Kaluwithrana during the 96 World Cup. The two openers were given an open license to go after the bowling from ball1. From that tournament to today, what has happened with Jayasuriya and Sri Lanka, the whole world knows!

Some of the breathtaking batting records are with this Master Blaster from Matara. He holds the record for the fastest fifty in One Day Internationals, a pulverizing half century coming in just 16 balls off a Pakistani attack at Padang, Singapore. He also held the record for the fastest hundred in ODIs which was broken by another bludgeoning batsman Shahid Afridi. Jayasuriya blasted Chris Harris for 28 runs in an over and that became the record for the most expensive over in ODIs. He has the record for the most number of sixes in a one day innings � 12 in total against Pakistan. Sanath has a special love and affection for the Indian bowling attack just like the former Pakistani great Saeed Anwar. A monumental knock of 340 at Premadasa was what Sanath gave the Indian bowlers in test matches and a whirlwind 189 at Sharjah in One Dayers. Thanks to Sourav�s back of the hand slower delivery, Sanath Jayasuriya�s innings ended at 189 or it could have been an individual score of 220 or so. The latest record which has encouraged Cricketfundas.com to write a tribute on this Master Blaster is the HIGHEST RUN GETTER for Sri Lanka in One Dayers surpassing the record of the great Aravinda De Silva.

Sanath took over as captain of the Sri Lankan team from Arjuna Ranatunga after the World Cup debacle of 1999. Those were real difficult times for Sri Lankan cricket and Sanath held the players together which gradually progressed into a team which had the talent and the ability to be a formidable one in its own way ! His captaincy improved and flourished from match to match and season to season. Under Sanath's captaincy, Sri Lanka did win many titles/trophies like the Morocco Cup, Sharjah Cups on a few occasions and he also helped Lanka to reach the World Cup 2003 Semi-Finals, before bowing out to the Aussies. And during his stint as captain, the highlight of this man was to lead from the front which inturn motivates his team-mates to win matches and indeed he was a successful captain.

The trouble with Sanath Jayasuriya is if he fails with the bat, he still can make his presence felt with his intelligent left arm turners. And when he clicks with the bat and the ball, then Sri Lanka would only have cakewalk victories. Sanath Jayasuriya is a marvelous fielder with deadly accurate throws which has and had run out many batsmen and has changed the outcome of quite a few matches. A man who shows no mercy to bowlers early on in a one-dayer !A man who helps his team set unchasable targets with his whirlwind starts and who could make mockery of targets of 300 and above. With all these qualities, Sanath Jayasuriya would just walk in to the list of All Time Greats.
From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 11:20:44 2007.

mgb wrote:

PR: Dilshan is not a lesser mortal he has done extremely well against really good teams.. just bcos he is less talked about, dont brand him that way..

and he is ONE of the BEST fileder inthe WORLD
From: P_R on Thu Apr 26 11:21:43 2007.

mgb wrote:

PR: Dilshan is not a lesser mortal he has done extremely well against really good teams.. just bcos he is less talked about, dont brand him that way..
mgb note the quote marks around lesser mortals
From: Roshan on Thu Apr 26 11:24:05 2007.

thimuru wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Yes thimiru even I was wondering...!

infact srilankans gave some arrogant intrerviews when they came to india..like whitewashing etc :oops:

That's really shocking as Sri Lankans do not conduct themselves in that manner anywhere - never with Indians as I am quite aware that both teams share a very good off field relationship. Please provide the source or at least refer as to where it was said. That would be helpful.

BTW, hope you enjoyed Mahela's innings ( now popularly known as "how to change gears in 50 overs" ) against NZ
From: Nerd on Thu Apr 26 11:25:58 2007.

Nakeeran wrote:

Raghuji

Its not arrogant ITS SELF CONFIDENCE . Aussies have been great achievers.

Mind U, this is the 3rd straight finals .

Its their FOURTH Nakee
From: P_R on Thu Apr 26 11:27:13 2007.

Yeah in fact, Mahela in particular is prety cheerful. In the series against India last month he lost the toss to Dravid and for the post-toss sound byte he said: " last time I won the toss but lost the match, let's see hope it is is better this way"
From: manmadan on Thu Apr 26 11:49:45 2007.

Raghu wrote:

Ponting is as arrogant as ever, read this ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6594469.stm

this is why Australia should loose!!!!

yea arrogant idiot i hope sum1 smash the ball in his face and get him injured.

From: ajithfederer on Thu Apr 26 11:51:24 2007.

One of the most stupidest decisions to bowl 1st after winning the toss in Kolkata on an ever turning track in the second innings of a day night encounter......

Indian captains toss decisions (where half the match is won in toss itself) especially in world cup have always been Banging Head

and still they continue

1) A crucial encounter against Australia in 99 world cup in super 6 stage (Aus batted 1st and thwarted india out of the tournament)

2) Finals of 2003 world cup (Australia hammered india)

3) Not to forget the lost match against bangladesh in 2007 world cup(BD blasted india)

Prabhu Ram wrote:

In the semifinal in Kolkata, India celebrated as if they already won the match after they got both openers in the first over forgetting that Lanka's best batsman ever was yet to walk in. That is one of de Silva's best innings ever. You can't see any pressure on him at all. He batted as if nothing went wrong and it became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

From: manmadan on Thu Apr 26 11:53:06 2007.

Very big game on saturday fight for the cup
Lots of individual fights

jaysuriya vs hayden
sangakara vs ghilcrist
jayawardene vs pointing
malinga vs tait

and so on

Aussies are definatley favourites but lankans can still rip them apart if they play @ full potential. Lot depents on murali and jaysuriya!
From: Raghu on Thu Apr 26 12:05:18 2007.

Manmadhan,

All the 5 Top batsmen MUST get 50+ at any cost and Vaas & Malinga should do the first damage and Murali SHOULD come in the middle and PSIN the HELL out of the Kangaroos!

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 26 12:27:15 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Nakeeran wrote:

Raghuji

Its not arrogant ITS SELF CONFIDENCE . Aussies have been great achievers.

Mind U, this is the 3rd straight finals .

Its their FOURTH Nakee LOL

And all the 4 times the opponent from Sub Continent

From: Thirumaran on Thu Apr 26 12:28:24 2007.

Raghu wrote:

All the 5 Top batsmen MUST get 50+ at any cost

Match fixing

From: Nerd on Thu Apr 26 12:29:51 2007.

Thirumaran wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Nakeeran wrote:

Raghuji

Its not arrogant ITS SELF CONFIDENCE . Aussies have been great achievers.

Mind U, this is the 3rd straight finals .

Its their FOURTH Nakee LOL

And all the 4 times the opponent from Sub Continent
Wink

But SL were the only ones to deny them of the cup.

What are the odds this time ?

60-40 in favor of the aussies

From: manmadan on Thu Apr 26 14:30:59 2007.

Raghu wrote:

Manmadhan,

All the 5 Top batsmen MUST get 50+ at any cost and Vaas & Malinga should do the first damage and Murali SHOULD come in the middle and PSIN the HELL out of the Kangaroos!

hopefully a jayawardene or jaysuriya century will boost us through.

biggest threat hayden danger man, need to get him out fast.

From: Movie Cop on Thu Apr 26 14:51:31 2007.

My mind says Aussies but my heart says SL
But certainly Sri Lankans are the worthy finalists. More importantly, to me, they are the only team in this WC who could carry the fight to the Aussies and give them a run for their money! I hope this final turns out to be the ending of David versus Goliath epic!

Well, I guess, I don't have to be too explicit in calling out who is "Goliath" and who is "David", should I?
From: kb on Thu Apr 26 16:03:52 2007.

malinga and murali will be the two threats two australians..

ivanga rendu perum bowling pota balla entha pakkam poguthunnu avingalukkey theriyaathu

sangarkaara will click.. he has the class..
From: Movie Cop on Thu Apr 26 16:22:05 2007.

kb wrote:

malinga and murali will be the two threats two australians..ivanga rendu perum bowling pota balla entha pakkam poguthunnu avingalukkey theriyaathu

That was a very good one, KB! I can't control my laughter after reading it! Yes, Murali and Malinga might be a big threat because of their unorthodox blowing actions eswpecially Malinga... It will be difficult for the Aussie batsmen to read their line early!

Well, the best bet for SL is to bat first put some decent total on the board (250+) and then hand over to Murali, Malinga & Vaas to do the rest! It all depends on the toss!

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 1:17:06 2007.

kb wrote:

malinga and murali will be the two threats two australians..

ivanga rendu perum bowling pota balla entha pakkam poguthunnu avingalukkey theriyaathu :oops:

sangarkaara will click.. he has the class..

From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 4:48:25 2007.

kb wrote:

ivanga rendu perum bowling pota balla entha pakkam poguthunnu avingalukkey theriyaathu

aaha, Ithuku thaan solrathau romba SUPER* padam paakakoodathenu

and Sanga better click with the bat
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 5:15:07 2007.

Moody tells Australia to mind their own business

Cricinfo staff

April 27, 2007

Lasith Malinga is back after missing part of the Super Eights with an ankle problem � Getty Images

Tom Moody, the Sri Lanka coach, says Australia should keep out of the debate over Sri Lanka resting three bowlers during the Super Eights to keep them fresh for the finals. Ricky Ponting said Sri Lanka, who face Australia in the decider on Saturday, missed a chance to maintain their momentum when they left out Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga for the match on April 16, but Moody said the issue had nothing to do with Australia.

"The return shot is why does Sri Lanka have to be told who to play against Australia?" Moody, who won two World Cups with Australia, said in the Courier-Mail. "What is it to do with Australia who we play in a game which is essentially a dead rubber?

"The cricket world did not stick their nose into the fact that half the Australian team didn't tour New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Series. That was Australia's choice. It is the way you prepare your players for a long World Cup." Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting had games off during the CB Series while Ponting and Adam Gilchrist did not tour New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Series.

Moody was confident Sri Lanka could spring an upset in the final, despite predictions the pacy and bouncy pitch would suit the Australians. "I think we can win," he said. "What Australia has done has no relevance to Saturday. If Sri Lanka bring their A game it is good enough to beat Australia.

"The Sri Lankans have a huge amount of respect for Australia but are not in awe of the contest. They actually welcome that. During my time with the team it has never seemed they were in fear or starstruck about Australia."
From: ThalaNass on Fri Apr 27 5:41:53 2007.

my heart says it will be an thrilling encounter with both teams to score 300+
if SL got Malinga,Vaas,Murali, then Aussie got their own version in Mcgrath,Tait,Bracken and Hogg..

Sl's minus point is that didnt have proper all rounder whereas Aussie got two world class all rounders in Watson and Symonds.. that can be very cruciaL..

one thing is sure, a team with more aggressive in batting,bowling and fielding all together will be crowned as champions and hopefullY it is The Lankans..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 6:55:09 2007.

Srilanka should and must win!! Go Go Lankans! Treat Aussies as minnows!
From: thamizhvaanan on Fri Apr 27 7:02:29 2007.

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers?
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:04:45 2007.

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers?

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 9:08:08 2007.

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers?

Depends....
From: thimuru on Fri Apr 27 9:11:30 2007.

Raghu wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers?

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!

ungaloda naatu patrukku

From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:13:44 2007.

thimuru wrote:

Raghu wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers? Wink

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!

ungaloda naatu patrukku Not Worthy

Ungaloda Nattu patrai vida vaa

From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:14:29 2007.

thimuru wrote:

Raghu wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers? Wink

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!

ungaloda naatu patrukku Not Worthy

Ungaloda Nattu patrai vida vaa

From: thimuru on Fri Apr 27 9:16:27 2007.

Raghu wrote:

thimuru wrote:

Raghu wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers? Wink

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!

ungaloda naatu patrukku Not Worthy

Ungaloda Nattu patrai vida vaa Laughing

pona thadava naanga finalists...andha nambikkaila sonnom!

adhuvum srilankaku podhu maathu potadhanala konjam extra nambikkai irundhuchu

From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:23:45 2007.

thimuru wrote:

Raghu wrote:

thimuru wrote:

Raghu wrote:

thamizhvaanan wrote:

Sridhar, wud u dare bet on SL if u were playing yorkers? Wink

I would, rather than daring to bet on the Aussies!

ungaloda naatu patrukku Not Worthy

Ungaloda Nattu patrai vida vaa Laughing

pona thadava naanga finalists...andha nambikkaila sonnom!

adhuvum srilankaku podhu maathu potadhanala konjam extra nambikkai irundhuchu Embarassed

Thimuru,

India or Sl, v r all Bro's lets defeat the Aussies.. and kill their EGO!

From: thimuru on Fri Apr 27 9:24:47 2007.

raghu,

tommorow match will be interesting!

if srilanka bats first and jayasurya clicks....aussie avlothan!
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:26:59 2007.

thimuru wrote:

raghu,

tommorow match will be interesting!

if srilanka bats first and jayasurya clicks....aussie avlothan!
,

Yes but, Jayasurya, Mahela, Murali , vaas and Malinga have to click to beat the aussies, the whole of the SL team has 2 click, Aussies are too confident, that may b the cause for their downfall soon,
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 9:32:12 2007.

I want Australia to bat first then Srilanka has good chance to win. Because Australia can chase any target.

If Australia bat first and say they score 300+ runs .... Lankans can figure out their target to win the world cup that gives them better idea and some plans. If Jayasurya and Tharanga fires in the first 15.... thats enough, I strongly beleive that Sangakara, Mahela, Chamara, Dilshan and Arnold can make the rest.

My brothers should make it, If India failed to win then it should be Srilanka or Pakistan.....Go Go Lankans!!
From: thimuru on Fri Apr 27 9:35:21 2007.

the difference between other teams and srilanka is aussies fear murali!

murali factor is gonna make lankans feel strong
From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 9:43:20 2007.

thimuru wrote:

the difference between other teams and srilanka is aussies fear murali!

murali factor is gonna make lankans feel strong
,

100% correct, but the Aussies have not faced the Slinga(Malinga) at all, so that would b interesting !!!

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 9:52:42 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

I want Australia to bat first then Srilanka has good chance to win. Because Australia can chase any target.

If Australia bat first and say they score 300+ runs .... Lankans can figure out their target to win the world cup that gives them better idea and some plans. If Jayasurya and Tharanga fires in the first 15.... thats enough,

SL shud bat first... aus 300+ adichitainga na avlotahn...sOli mudunjuthu

Jayasurya pressure situation la vilayadamaatar

From: Raghu on Fri Apr 27 10:06:16 2007.

hmm

I also feel SL should bat first and get 300+ and bowl let Vaas, Malinga and Murali do the damage to the Aussies!
From: joe on Fri Apr 27 11:23:01 2007.

If SL wants to win ,If they field second they should restrict Aussies before aussies reach the target .If they bat second they should cross the target before end of 50 overs ..That is all

From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 11:27:44 2007.

joe wrote:

If SL wants to win ,If they field second they should restrict Aussies before aussies reach the target .If they bat second they should cross the target before end of 50 overs ..That is all Rolling Eyes

Rombo varushamaa cricket ipdi thaane aadittu varaainga

From: joe on Fri Apr 27 11:30:04 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

joe wrote:

Rombo varushamaa cricket ipdi thaane aadittu varaainga

Appadiya! Enakku cricket theriyathunnu en friend sollitirukkaan .avana koopittu kaaturen

From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 11:30:57 2007.

joe wrote:

Ramakrishna wrote:

joe wrote:

Rombo varushamaa cricket ipdi thaane aadittu varaainga

Appadiya! Enakku cricket theriyathunnu en friend sollitirukkaan .avana koopittu kaaturen Very Happy

From: Nerd on Fri Apr 27 11:33:13 2007.

Joe sir nErA tasmac-lErunthu post panraaru pOla
From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 11:45:07 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Joe sir nErA tasmac-lErunthu post panraaru pOla

Southafrica thothathula Joe sirkku enna varutham
From: joe on Fri Apr 27 11:52:42 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Joe sir nErA tasmac-lErunthu post panraaru pOla

Raghu thampi oru karuththu sonnar . 4 per click pannina (Nayagan dialogue maathiri irukka?) Srilanka win pannirumnnar ..Sari Naalu perum mouse-m kaiyuma click panna link kidaikkama alayuranga polannu solla ninachen ..But athukku pathila ,namakku therinja solution sollanamnnnuuuu....Thampi ..innoru cutting poduppaaa.
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:06:49 2007.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 12:14:20 2007.

joe wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Joe sir nErA tasmac-lErunthu post panraaru pOla LOL

Raghu thampi oru karuththu sonnar . 4 per click pannina (Nayagan dialogue maathiri irukka?) Srilanka win pannirumnnar ..Sari Naalu perum mouse-m kaiyuma click panna link kidaikkama alayuranga polannu solla ninachen ..But athukku pathila ,namakku therinja solution sollanamnnnuuuu....Thampi ..innoru cutting poduppaaa. Smile

Anna vanakamna!!

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:19:38 2007.

cutting na odana coreeta aajar ayidreenga
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 12:21:31 2007.

villan007 wrote:

cutting na odana coreeta aajar ayidreenga

Cutting... Step cutting, Disco cutting ....

Aaama Villa...! Enna innum predict pannama irruka?
From: kb on Fri Apr 27 12:22:53 2007.
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:25:13 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Aaama Villa...! Enna innum predict pannama irruka?

pannalam

theevira sindhanai..australia va srilanka va nu

ponting , jayawardena kooda indhalavu yosika maatanuva
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:25:30 2007.

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 12:27:59 2007.

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu?

Roshan,

oru 1/4-il 3 large irrukku .... adhula oru large 90 cutting-nu solluvaanga.....! Munnadi Tamizhnaatu culture idhu...Ippo illa....Munellam neraya villan maadhriyana kudimagangal...oru cutting vaangi mooka moodittu gapu-nu oru adi adipaanga...appo bodhai sattunu yerum
From: kb on Fri Apr 27 12:28:14 2007.

cutting pota neraiya cutting edge technology moolaiki ettumaam

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 12:28:54 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Aaama Villa...! Enna innum predict pannama irruka?

pannalam

theevira sindhanai..australia va srilanka va nu Rolling Eyes

ponting , jayawardena kooda indhalavu yosika maatanuva LOL

.... idhu idhu idhathaan naan edhirpaarthen

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:31:40 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Aaama Villa...! Enna innum predict pannama irruka?

pannalam

theevira sindhanai..australia va srilanka va nu Rolling Eyes

ponting , jayawardena kooda indhalavu yosika maatanuva :lol2:

aamaa orE kozappamum tension-umA irukku

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:35:18 2007.

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu?

idhuku bathil solra thaguthi enga senior sridharku mattume ulladhu
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:35:32 2007.

SS, kb,

"Cutting"-ku viLakkam thanthaRku nanRi. naaLaikku Umpires "cutting" pOttuttu varAma irunthA sari .

From: joe on Fri Apr 27 12:36:42 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu? Rolling Eyes

Roshan,

oru 1/4-il 3 large irrukku .... adhula oru large 90 cutting-nu solluvaanga.....! Munnadi Tamizhnaatu culture idhu...Ippo illa....Munellam neraya villan maadhriyana kudimagangal...oru cutting vaangi mooka moodittu gapu-nu oru adi adipaanga...appo bodhai sattunu yerum LOL

Aaha..enna araaichi ..aazhntha karuththukkal ..aiyyappadu theernthathu ..Aayiram poRkaasugal Umakke

From: kb on Fri Apr 27 12:36:52 2007.

it all depends on how they play under pressure..
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:37:47 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu?

idhuku bathil solra thaguthi enga senior sridharku mattume ulladhu

neenga solRathu sarinnu avarOda bathilla irunthu therinjukittEn

From: Nerd on Fri Apr 27 12:37:59 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu? Rolling Eyes

oru 1/4 il moonu large - Right

oru quater-ai paathiyA cut panninA, adhu dhAn cutting

i.e. oru quarter 180 ml, adha paadhiya cut pannA 90 ml.. That is called a cutting

So, finally oru cutting = 1 1/2 larges

<<Dig Ends>>

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:38:27 2007.

Roshan wrote:

SS, kb,

"Cutting"-ku viLakkam thanthaRku nanRi. naaLaikku Umpires "cutting" pOttuttu varAma irunthA sari .

nalla vela england finals ku varala.. flintoff lam cutting potu vandhalum vandhiduvar

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 12:39:16 2007.

Nerd wrote:

oru 1/4 il moonu large - Right

oru quater-ai paathiyA cut panninA, adhu dhAn cutting Exactly

i.e. oru quarter 180 ml, adha paadhiya cut pannA 90 ml.. That is called a cutting LOL

So, finally oru cutting = 1 1/2 larges

<<Dig Ends>>

maams , kalakkal

From: joe on Fri Apr 27 12:41:23 2007.

Nerd,
aaha .ThavaRana paatukku Paandiyan ParisaLikku munnar thakka samayaththil vantheer ..Umakke poRkaasu.

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:42:29 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Roshan wrote:

romba naaLaa oru santhEgam.. yEn athaRku "cutting" enRu peyar vanthathu? Rolling Eyes

oru 1/4 il moonu large - Right

oru quater-ai paathiyA cut panninA, adhu dhAn cutting Exactly

i.e. oru quarter 180 ml, adha paadhiya cut pannA 90 ml.. That is called a cutting LOL

So, finally oru cutting = 1 1/2 larges

<<Dig Ends>>

ahA Nerd neenga ithula rombavum kaithErnthavarpOl theirgirathE..

From: kb on Fri Apr 27 12:43:52 2007.

90 cutting theriyum.. but oru quater 180ml ippa thaan theriyum

information is wealth..
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 12:48:26 2007.

kb wrote:

90 cutting theriyum.. but oru quater 180ml ippa thaan theriyum

information is wealth..
From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 13:01:26 2007.

Kamal in liquor-shop in Kaakki Sattai: "enakku indha milli ellaam theriyaadhu.....enakku oru litre kudu"
From: joe on Fri Apr 27 13:09:49 2007.

"Naattula kudimagangalukku ethu mukkiyamaa thevai"

"URuKaai"

-Kalakka povathu Yaaru
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 13:10:17 2007.

/Dig

Nerd maams thaan ellatha vida periyavar-nu ippo theridha

End Dig/

Alright .... ! Finals pathi pesungappa!!
From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 13:10:59 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

/Dig

Nerd maams thaan ellatha vida periyavar-nu ippo theridha

End Dig/

Alright .... ! Finals pathi pesungappa!!

try panrom
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 13:16:31 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Alright .... ! Finals pathi pesungappa!!

naalaioda intha thread-a lock panna poreenga apurem enna
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 13:17:32 2007.

aamA cutting-a vittuttu batting pathi pEsuvOm ...
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 27 13:18:08 2007.

Becks: thappu enga nadanthAlum naan anga varuvEn adhu en thappilla

neenga dhAn guru. light-A ungaLukku silip aayiduchu innaikku, avLodhAn

Finals: Aus has been the #1 team in the tournament and SL the #2. So its going to be one hell of a contest
From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 13:19:54 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Alright .... ! Finals pathi pesungappa!!

naalaioda intha thread-a lock panna poreenga apurem enna

2011 la India win panna naalailarnthe discussions start
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 13:21:03 2007.

Lock ellam panna maaten... irrundhaalum namakku pinadi vara sangadhigal ennada indha pasanga Cricket-a pathi pesama Cutting pathi pesuraanga-nu sollitaa
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 13:23:52 2007.

Question to all Srilankan fan's...

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?
From: Ramakrishna on Fri Apr 27 13:24:45 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Question to all Srilankan fan's...

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?

evlo mark question ithu
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 13:25:00 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Becks: thappu enga nadanthAlum naan anga varuvEn adhu en thappilla

BGM pdungappa
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 13:27:13 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?

i dont think he has done well in chasing a target
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 13:35:25 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Question to all Srilankan fan's...

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?

SS, no not most of the time. He needs a free hand, free mind and a good support from the other end. aRuthalaa calculate paNNi - situation analyse paNNi bat paNNuvathu avarukku konjam kashtam. Though he has the talent he doesnt have that much of a patience. But against WI in super 8, he handled it well during such a situation, but again it was first batting. If it had been the second batting - things would have been different I feel.

I always recall his 340 - run against India in Colombo. Every one thought that he would break Lara's record but the moment his long standing partner in that innings, Roshan Mahanam departed he ended up losing his concentration and throwing his wicket. He is quite sensitive in that way .
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 13:37:53 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Becks: thappu enga nadanthAlum naan anga varuvEn adhu en thappilla

neenga dhAn guru. light-A ungaLukku silip aayiduchu innaikku, avLodhAn

Nerd that was a good one
From: Nerd on Fri Apr 27 13:39:10 2007.

Roshan: That dialog is from an ajith dud movie, janA I think
From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 13:40:03 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Question to all Srilankan fan's...

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?
What about the century against the Windies in the super eights. They were 35/2 and the statistics may not reflect how difficult the batting conditions were. But Jayasuriya and Jayawardene put on a great partnership edging the Windies out. Jayasuriya calls it one of his best centuries.
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 13:41:02 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Roshan: That dialog is from an ajith dud movie, janA I think

Yeah Jana ! I remember. Anyway timing-A atha sonneenga .. adhaan pArAttu

From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 13:50:03 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

SS, kb,

"Cutting"-ku viLakkam thanthaRku nanRi. Razz

naaLaikku Umpires "cutting" pOttuttu varAma irunthA sari . Embarassed

nalla vela england finals ku varala.. flintoff lam cutting potu vandhalum vandhiduvar Confused

Hahaha... that was amazing ly hilarious

Man u guys make the laugh all round!

Oh, btw, on a sertious note, Flintoff indha world cup la batting, bowling vitutu neraiya cutting podaruthule busy irunthutaaru paavam

Flintoff cutting pottu cutting pottu England-ukku vechaaru paaru aapu

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 13:57:37 2007.

Movie Cop wrote:

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

SS, kb,

"Cutting"-ku viLakkam thanthaRku nanRi. Razz

naaLaikku Umpires "cutting" pOttuttu varAma irunthA sari . Embarassed

nalla vela england finals ku varala.. flintoff lam cutting potu vandhalum vandhiduvar Confused

Hahaha... that was amazing ly hilarious Laughing

Man u guys make the laugh all round! Laughing

athellaam naan aRivupoorvamA oru kELvi kEttathaala

Anyway.. how is your situation now? innamum heart says SL and brain says OZ-a?

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:01:15 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Question to all Srilankan fan's...

Jayasurya is capable of handling pressure situation? If yes any examples?

What about the century against the Windies in the super eights. They were 35/2 and the statistics may not reflect how difficult the batting conditions were. But Jayasuriya and Jayawardene put on a great partnership edging the Windies out. Jayasuriya calls it one of his best centuries.

Very true and deifinitely that was one of his best innings. But as I said earlier had it been second batting chances might have been high that he wouldnt have made it happen.

From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:20:14 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Anyway.. how is your situation now? innamum heart says SL and brain says OZ-a?

Regardless of which team we support - Yes, Australia are the favourites to lift the cup, no doubt!
Sri Lanka is a good ODI side peaking at the right time but the reason is Aussies have been doing this "anhiliation" business for how many years now? They are like ODI winning machines & the Lankans . Most cricket fans across the world including myself are rooting for SL because of the fact that they don't want Aussies to continue their world domination!
All the best for SL - as I said earlier toss wil play a crucial role for SL if they were to make upset! SL should bat first and put a fighting total on the board. then they have the great Murali to get the Aussies under the mat. So far, the aussies were not tested in this tournament since they never had a close finish game. But the SL had two close finishes. they lost the first one (agianst SA) but prevailed in the other (against Eng)... That would give some confidence to the SL if they can manage to take the game to the wire...

So, bottomline, SL should play out of their skins if they were to upset the Aussies! Go Sri Lanka! Go Murali!
From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 14:20:26 2007.

Bucknor to stand in the finals

I guess it is more of a sentimental decfision to let him stand in the Carribean final.Of late he has been far from the best. Hope Bucknor doesn't sodhappify.

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:26:58 2007.

Movie Cop wrote:

Roshan wrote:

Anyway.. how is your situation now? innamum heart says SL and brain says OZ-a? Rolling Eyes

Regardless of which team we support - Yes, Australia are the favourites to lift the cup, no doubt!
Sri Lanka is a good ODI side peaking at the right time but the reason is Aussies have been doing this "anhiliation" business for how many years now? They are like ODI winning machines & the Lankans . Most cricket fans across the world including myself are rooting for SL because of the fact that they don't want Aussies to continue their world domination! Smile

All the best for SL - as I said earlier toss wil play a crucial role for SL if they were to make upset! SL should bat first and put a fighting total on the board. then they have the great Murali to get the Aussies under the mat. So far, the aussies were not tested in this tournament since they never had a close finish game. But the SL had two close finishes. they lost the first one (agianst SA) but prevailed in the other (against Eng)... That would give some confidence to the SL if they can manage to take the game to the wire...

So, bottomline, SL should play out of their skins if they were to upset the Aussies! Go Sri Lanka! Go Murali! Smile

True if Aussie win - the World Cup tournament would become stale and fans would lose interest. There should be an end to this one side show ! Lets hope it happens.

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 14:27:26 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Aha Villain - mudivu paNNiteengaLaa? First round-la unga vetRi kaNippu intha muRaiyum sariyaaga amaiyum ena nambukiREn Very Happy

Need to say that your post has boosted my confidence more.

I feel niether Jayasuriya nor Heyden would be clicking this time (SS, contestla illEnnaalum opinion kodukkalaam thAnE.. Rolling Eyes

)

The presence of Tom Moody is an advantage for the lankans...
I'm hoping he'd provide some counter attack techiniques..

and the M factor... malinga and murali.. wud be crucial..

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:28:07 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Bucknor to stand in the finals

I guess it is more of a sentimental decfision to let him stand in the Carribean final.Of late he has been far from the best. Hope Bucknor doesn't sodhappify.

PR, Aleem Dar eppadi?

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:31:15 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

Aha Villain - mudivu paNNiteengaLaa? First round-la unga vetRi kaNippu intha muRaiyum sariyaaga amaiyum ena nambukiREn Very Happy

Need to say that your post has boosted my confidence more.

I feel niether Jayasuriya nor Heyden would be clicking this time (SS, contestla illEnnaalum opinion kodukkalaam thAnE.. Rolling Eyes

)

The presence of Tom Moody is an advantage for the lankans...
I'm hoping he'd provide some counter attack techiniques.. Rolling Eyes

and the M factor... malinga and murali.. wud be crucial..

mmm makes sense ! naangaLum avara romba nambi irukkOm. As for bowlers I am depending more on Vaas than Malinga for early breaks.

From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 14:32:16 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Bucknor to stand in the finals

I guess it is more of a sentimental decfision to let him stand in the Carribean final.Of late he has been far from the best. Hope Bucknor doesn't sodhappify.

PR, Aleem Dar eppadi? Rolling Eyes

Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel are considered the best of the young lot.
But we saw how Taufel himself had a bad day in the semis. So we'll just have to hope the day goes well tomorrow.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Apr 27 14:33:07 2007.

How about Umpire Jayaprakash PR & Others remember him?
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 14:34:58 2007.

Roshan wrote:

As for bowlers I am depending more on Vaas than Malinga for early breaks.

I guess the aussie openers will play vaas cautiously.. and wud try to attack Malinga and thats his chance

From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:37:23 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

As for bowlers I am depending more on Vaas than Malinga for early breaks.

I guess the aussie openers will play vaas cautiously.. and wud try to attack Malinga and thats his chance Cool

athuvum sarithaan..

From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 14:37:43 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

How about Umpire Jayaprakash PR & Others remember him?
Of course Kumble 7 Jayaprakash 3
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:38:04 2007.

When I read the news in Cricinfo today evening - I was shocked to see Aleem Dar there!

Steve Bucknor is a good/experienced umpire to be there. But sometimes he also tends to make mistakes on big occasion matches... So, hope the umpires don't mess up by making bad decisions!

From: kb on Fri Apr 27 14:38:33 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Roshan wrote:

As for bowlers I am depending more on Vaas than Malinga for early breaks.

I guess the aussie openers will play vaas cautiously.. and wud try to attack Malinga and thats his chance Cool

ada paavi ivlo yosipiya nee.. andha maari nee

From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 14:38:59 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

How about Umpire Jayaprakash PR & Others remember him?
Of course Kumble 7 Jayaprakash 3
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:39:35 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

How about Umpire Jayaprakash PR & Others remember him?

Jayaprkasah was pathetic! He has won lot of Test matches for India under home conditions!
From: P_R on Fri Apr 27 14:42:25 2007.

Movie Cop wrote:

When I read the news in Cricinfo today evening - I was shocked to see Aleem Dar there!

Aleem Dar is a good umpire. Watch him standing up to Aussie appealing pressure.
From: Roshan on Fri Apr 27 14:44:04 2007.

Ok I am leaving now.. got to sleep well and get ready for the BIG DAY !! PR, Movie Cop , Villain, SS, Joe and other friends .. thanks for your good wishes. mikka mikka naNRi. Highly appreciated.
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 14:47:02 2007.

kb wrote:

ada paavi ivlo yosipiya nee.. andha maari nee
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:48:27 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Watch[/url] him standing up to Aussie appealing pressure.

Thanks for the AD link, PR!
The reason I had concern about AD was he is relatively new to the panel... and there are lot more experienced umpires in the lineup... Id din't had a chance to closely follow last year's Ashes - but that certainly was some very good umpiring under extreme pressure!

From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:50:51 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Ok I am leaving now.. got to sleep well and get ready for the BIG DAY !! PR, Movie Cop , Villain, SS, Joe and other friends .. thanks for your good wishes. mikka mikka naNRi. Highly appreciated. Very Happy

Hope you get dream tonight that SL wins the WC!

and hope that your dream comes true on Sunday morning right at the dawn!

From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 14:56:54 2007.

kb wrote:

ada paavi ivlo yosipiya nee.. andha maari nee

KB,
Ennakku oru yosaney varudhu...
Indha WC-la India first round exit... So, adhutha WC-la Sachin Tendulkar-ukku badhila Sachin Vijay-ye annupa laama?
From: kb on Fri Apr 27 15:05:55 2007.

Movie Cop wrote:

KB,
Ennakku oru yosaney varudhu...
Indha WC-la India first round exit... So, adhutha WC-la Sachin Tendulkar-ukku badhila Sachin Vijay-ye annupa laama?

epidi sreeshanth vijaykum senthu kutthaatam podraangannu maatum gavaneenga

neenga vijay veetu-ku kal adi vaangi thara try panreenga
From: Movie Cop on Fri Apr 27 15:26:10 2007.

kb wrote:

neenga vijay veetu-ku kal adi vaangi thara try panreenga

hehehe... just kidding KB
From: villan007 on Fri Apr 27 15:26:55 2007.

kb wrote:

neenga vijay veetu-ku kal adi vaangi thara try panreenga
From: Sinthiya on Sat Apr 28 0:12:47 2007.

All the best to Sri Lanka!!
From: thimuru on Sat Apr 28 5:14:12 2007.

no simon toefel in finals...
From: thimuru on Sat Apr 28 5:18:09 2007.

Prabhu Ram wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

How about Umpire Jayaprakash PR & Others remember him?
Of course Kumble 7 Jayaprakash 3

really?
From: manmadan on Sat Apr 28 5:30:58 2007.

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14439607

By Moviebuzz | Saturday, 28 April , 2007, 10:30

Today (April 28) is ICC World Cup Cricket Finals between Australia, the number one team in the world and Sri Lanka the underdogs, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Everybody in Kollywood, is rooting for Mahela and his men from the emerald isle. It is like potboiler, can the underdogs create an upset win over the arrogant and overconfident Aussies? Well all Kollywood stars are going to be in front of their television sets along with millions of others in Tamilnadu.

There is a genuine sympathy wave for the Lankan's as Muttiah Muralidharan (a Tamilian) is an ardent fan of Kollywood films . Our Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Pokkiri is the biggest Tamil hit in Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasurya has even told Murali that the next time around when he is in Chennai, he wants him to arrange a meeting with Vijay!

All Sri Lankan players have a lot of personal friends in Chennai. Remember Murali's wife Madhimalar is a resident of Chennai, and the world's second highest wicket taker is a frequent visitor to the city. Early this year while the Sri Lankan team was in transit through Chennai, the bus that was carrying them from the airport to the hotel broke down. The players got down from the bus and walked to their hotel (The Trident). The team was mobbed by the people on the road and in vehicles passing through!

So today Chennai will not sleep as they will be watching the Lankan lions taking on the Kangaroos. The advance booking in city theatres on Saturday evening is at an all time low, and all the films released this week has already reported a dismal opening.
From: manmadan on Sat Apr 28 5:32:47 2007.

best of luck lankans smash the aussies and retreive the cup.
From: joe on Sat Apr 28 5:50:18 2007.

All the best SriLanka .
From: Roshan on Sat Apr 28 10:46:45 2007.

All hopes are washed out. It's raining cats and dogs in Kingston. Really frustrating
From: ThalaNass on Sat Apr 28 10:50:42 2007.

Roshan wrote:

All hopes are washed out. It's raining cats and dogs in Kingston. Really frustrating

Malai varuthu Malai varuthu kudai kondhu vaa..
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 11:16:01 2007.
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 11:24:22 2007.

ellarum minus point-a
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 11:27:10 2007.

oh no
From: joe on Sat Apr 28 11:33:26 2007.

Inniku illinna NaaLaikku nadakkuma?
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 11:43:26 2007.

joe wrote:

Inniku illinna NaaLaikku nadakkuma?

just checked weather.com .. tmw full day scattered showers

i am sure.. it wont be a 100 overs match..
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 11:45:56 2007.

Looks like it is going to rain tomorrow as well. World cup will be *shared* bettween aus and Sl, looks like
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 28 11:49:52 2007.

Oh no! Even the finals is turning out to be a damp suib in an already dour WC!

Btw, if the game dosn't start in another hour or so, there is no point reducing this game to a 30 or a 25 over side game... Instead the umpires/officials should call off play today and start afresh with 50 overs a side tomorrow!
If today is washedout & the game is played tomorrow - will there be a re-toss?
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 11:52:21 2007.

Yes. There will be a re-toss
From: thilak4life on Sat Apr 28 11:53:31 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Looks like it is going to rain tomorrow as well. World cup will be *shared* bettween aus and Sl, looks like

Thamizh singam Muthiah muralitharan champion medal vAnginAl podhumappa!!!
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 11:54:52 2007.

Match is going to start. 38 overs a side
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 11:57:28 2007.

what the heck
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 12:07:21 2007.

expected rain again
From: Movie Cop on Sat Apr 28 12:09:33 2007.

Botham just gave another pitch report... He says that the ptch is a flat one wit true bounce. so, he says with reduced overs it will be advantage for SL as they know exactly how much to get!

But my point is - if any interuption comes during SL innings then the DL rules will come into play which could turn out to be to their disadvantage! Anyways, I'm not a big fan of reduced overs game that too on a WC final! Why don't the officials/organizers have the game played 2 days and continue on with 50 overs!
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:17:18 2007.

meesic started
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:31:05 2007.

Come on Lankans!! descent start...
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 12:32:43 2007.

thilak4life wrote:

Thamizh singam Muthiah muralitharan champion medal vAnginAl podhumappa!!!
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:34:44 2007.

bledy hayden
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:34:47 2007.

Vaas is surprisingly expensive today but Malinga a.k.a PEAS is doing too good
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:37:23 2007.

vaanga Af!! Engga namma Cutting Poduvor Sangam (CPS) aalunga yaarayum kaanom
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:40:26 2007.

How many overs have fielding restrictions for this game?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:41:46 2007.

15 overs power play... each bowler max 8 overs
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 12:42:07 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

vaanga Af!! Engga namma Cutting Poduvor Sangam (CPS) aalunga yaarayum kaanom
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:42:55 2007.

thanks sridar Neenga CPS membersaae thedureenga .....Naanum namma VVS ae thedurein
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 12:43:45 2007.

Nerd wrote:

Looks like it is going to rain tomorrow as well. World cup will be *shared* bettween aus and Sl, looks like

ennadhu
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:44:17 2007.

vaada villa....innaiki match irrukaadhu nimadhiya thoongittu paritchai mudichittu naalaaikku jolly-a paakalamnu nenachen
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:45:17 2007.

Thevai illadha shock .........Athan match armabichirichuae

villan007 wrote:

Nerd wrote:

Looks like it is going to rain tomorrow as well. World cup will be *shared* bettween aus and Sl, looks like

ennadhu
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 12:45:28 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

vaanga Af!! Engga namma Cutting Poduvor Sangam (CPS) aalunga yaarayum kaanom

vanthuttEn SIR

stream pOyiduchu

Anyway yeh PEAS is awesome today !!
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 12:45:45 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

innaiki match irrukaadhu nimadhiya thoongittu paritchai mudichittu naalaaikku jolly-a paakalamnu nenachen

vidunga adutha sem la paathukuvom
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:47:24 2007.

Watson, Symonds should not bat atlast, they are more worst and dangerous than Hayden or Clarke or Ponting

Vaanga Nerd
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 12:48:25 2007.

hayden
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 12:48:43 2007.

How many players are playing their last match today?
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:50:07 2007.

Engae namma hub sinthanai selvar PR??

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:50:45 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

innaiki match irrukaadhu nimadhiya thoongittu paritchai mudichittu naalaaikku jolly-a paakalamnu nenachen Sad

vidunga adutha sem la paathukuvom Confused

Indha match kellam Exam-a kotta vida mudiyaadhu...Vizhundhu Vizhundhu

padichadhellam waste-a poodum...!! Konja neram paathuttu thoonga vendiyadhu thaan

From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 12:54:36 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

How many players are playing their last match today?

adhula unaku enna sandhosam
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 12:55:38 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Ramakrishna wrote:

How many players are playing their last match today?

adhula unaku enna sandhosam

appothaan Indians can try to win more matches
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:56:13 2007.

Arnold, McGrath .... are playing their last match
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 12:58:14 2007.

Enna wicket-ey vizha maatengudhu
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 12:58:55 2007.

Innum oru rendu round adinga

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Enna wicket-ey vizha maatengudhu
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:02:02 2007.

aarambichutangapa..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:02:24 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Innum oru rendu round adinga

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Enna wicket-ey vizha maatengudhu

ok

Ghilli semma tuningla irrukuraru pola ...
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:05:26 2007.

Murali vandhachu .....

ippo adra paapom
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:06:20 2007.

Thanga Thamizhan Murali
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:07:55 2007.

Gilly

i am the only one predicted gilly

yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hi sridhar,villian
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 13:08:21 2007.

Muraliya kooda assault-a face panraanga
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:09:39 2007.

Welcome RD
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:10:17 2007.

rockydeva wrote:

hi sridhar,villian

vaanga vaanga
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:10:40 2007.

murali
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:12:03 2007.

vahthuttumulla

Murali will take wicket..

gilly 50 runs (hayya bonus 25 points yenakku)
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:12:47 2007.

Ghilcrist ...
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:13:50 2007.

Gilchrist 50 in all three world cup finals
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:15:11 2007.

AF , thats why i predicted gilly

Sridhar , apeessssa, vEda
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:16:11 2007.

Look at the six...baab re ...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:17:10 2007.

veetla thaan irruken RD....This match is turning to be another one sided
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:17:42 2007.

dilshan-a naaradichutainga
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:18:09 2007.

may be sridhar...

but i am having faith in JAYASURYA and DILSHAN..
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:18:46 2007.

villan007 wrote:

dilshan-a naaradichutainga

i think u predicted DILSHAN..
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:19:27 2007.

rockydeva wrote:

villan007 wrote:

dilshan-a naaradichutainga

i think u predicted DILSHAN..

no .. malinga
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:19:47 2007.

alava 19 run koduthirukaan dilshan
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:21:54 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

alava 19 run koduthirukaan dilshan
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:22:13 2007.

villian some one predicted DILSHAN
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:22:52 2007.

Gilly another six (flat one)
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:22:56 2007.

fernando ball-ium six adkiran ghilly
From: thamizhvaanan on Sat Apr 28 13:23:22 2007.
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:23:38 2007.

Gilly yenakku points vari vazhangaran
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sat Apr 28 13:25:40 2007.

Ok guys bye....
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:25:59 2007.

why isnt vaas bowling??
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:26:31 2007.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ok guys bye....

good luck for the xam
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:26:49 2007.

good luck in ur exam

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ok guys bye....
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:26:49 2007.

bye Sridhar..

vaas-ayum naradichuttan gilly
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:28:49 2007.

Gilly another 6
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:29:00 2007.

rd , unga pount egura povuthu
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:29:40 2007.

amA villian.., but i predicted SRILANKA..
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 13:31:43 2007.

chinna pasangaLA thaa.. yaar kitta

38 overs 300 looks highly probable
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:32:55 2007.

NERD, jayasurya mEla nambikai vaippOm
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:34:55 2007.

wicket-e vizhamaatenguthe
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:35:50 2007.

JayaSuryavukku vizhum, ana bowling thara matEngaranga..
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 13:36:52 2007.

This match is so similar to the final of 2003 world cup
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:38:14 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

This match is so similar to the final of 2003 world cup
From: thamizhvaanan on Sat Apr 28 13:38:33 2007.

Aus

Ponting.. come soon
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:38:53 2007.

ranmakrishna
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:39:55 2007.

Similar to 99 also

Ramakrishna wrote:

This match is so similar to the final of 2003 world cup
From: sivank on Sat Apr 28 13:40:06 2007.

Kolai thaan, gilchrist ippadi oru mattadi adikiraare. SL thaanguma
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:40:59 2007.

18 overs more with the rest of the batting line up
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:42:15 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

18 overs more with the rest of the batting line up

kashtam than

namma support panra team ellam manna kavvuthe
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:42:31 2007.

sivank wrote:

Kolai thaan, gilchrist ippadi oru mattadi adikiraare. SL thaanguma

SIVAN annE kan pOdathEnga..

nAn gilly predict pani irrukEn
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 13:43:14 2007.
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:43:24 2007.

why was vaas taken off from the bowling attack
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:43:47 2007.

hayden malinga ball la six
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:44:41 2007.

powerplay taken... vaaNavedikai aarambam
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:44:47 2007.

Correction PEAS ball la

villan007 wrote:

hayden malinga ball la six
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:45:11 2007.

Ghilly hundred
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 13:45:20 2007.

gilly 100 (bonus 50 points hayyyaaa)
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:46:24 2007.

Gilchrist 8 fours and 6 sixes
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 13:49:25 2007.

SL good luck
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 13:52:28 2007.

Last world cup final India bowled better
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 13:54:37 2007.

ghilly polandhu katran
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 13:56:39 2007.

hayden's loss won't make any difference
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 13:56:46 2007.

hayden out
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 13:57:19 2007.

400 varumaa
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:06:40 2007.

300-350
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:07:07 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

300-350

athu nichayam
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:08:06 2007.

I wished it was a 50-over game kandippa world record thaan
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:12:52 2007.

Ponting is keeping strokes
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 14:14:06 2007.

10 overs 46/0. aanaa ippO

They are THE best beyond any doubt and they deserve each and every piece of thing the world cup is made of

aanaa can SL repeat a SA thing (chasing down 429 )

From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:15:01 2007.

Nerd wrote:

10 overs 46/0. aanaa ippO Shaking With Fear

They are THE best beyond any doubt and they deserve each and every piece of thing the world cup is made of Cool

aanaa can SL repeat a SA thing (chasing down 429 LOL

)

Jayasurya ponaa thundu thaan. Sangakaara, Jayawardane are not aggresive enough.

From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 14:15:10 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ponting is keeping strokes

hes a slow starter... poga poga paarunga
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:16:04 2007.

10 overs more i am not expecting more than 300
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:18:04 2007.

INNORU 6
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:18:14 2007.

all in the hands of jayasurya only.
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 14:20:17 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

INNORU 6

followed by a four

ivingala adakave mudiathu... .. adutha WC la India vandhu thOkadicha than undu
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:21:30 2007.

murali doing an excellent job
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 14:21:37 2007.

Gilchrist 200 easy-A adikkalAm
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:22:17 2007.

if it was 50 overs i would say 300

Nerd wrote:

Gilchrist 200 easy-A adikkalAm
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 14:24:18 2007.

all going in AUS way
From: rockydeva on Sat Apr 28 14:24:33 2007.

gilly out
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 14:24:45 2007.

ghilly outu
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 14:25:19 2007.

Gilchrist superb innings
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:25:58 2007.

villan007 wrote:

ghilly outu
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 14:30:51 2007.

inimE avaru out aanaa enna illEnnA enna.

Australia can declare their innings
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 14:32:01 2007.

Amir khan-a koopidugappa... aussie thOkadika avaru team than coreetu
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 14:32:44 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Amir khan-a koopidugappa... aussie thOkadika avaru team than coreetu

ARR BGM odavaa?
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Apr 28 14:40:46 2007.

Is there ANY chance SL will win?
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 15:08:05 2007.

ghilly all the way
From: crazy on Sat Apr 28 15:36:28 2007.

cha ellam pocchu............again Aussie
From: Wibha on Sat Apr 28 16:06:30 2007.

aysies i want a draw
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 16:13:26 2007.

Wibha wrote:

i want a draw

velayadatheego maami
From: Wibha on Sat Apr 28 16:14:38 2007.

actually i don't want either to win so thought draw wud b better

enaku vendiya contries ellamea totiduthu
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 16:15:53 2007.

Wibha wrote:

enaku vendiya contries ellamea totiduthu

adhe problem than inga ellathukum
From: Ramakrishna on Sat Apr 28 16:57:14 2007.

good fightback by Srilanka, but they have a weak lower order
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 17:08:39 2007.

jayasurya and sangakkara
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 17:10:46 2007.

Sanath & sangakara played well..Atleast for the first time in this WC ponting was a bit tensed... adha vechu aarudhal pattuka vendiyathu than
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 17:14:40 2007.

Cricinfo nakkaling ranjit fernando

Ranjit Fernando has just come up with another howler on TV, his 532nd of the competition, claiming Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 on Duckworth-Lewis. Even Botham sounded as if he had had enough ...
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 17:19:06 2007.
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 17:20:48 2007.

kb wrote:

kavala padatheenga.... 2011-il kOppai namakE

From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 17:22:20 2007.

ajithfederer wrote:

Cricinfo nakkaling ranjit fernando ROTFL

Ranjit Fernando has just come up with another howler on TV, his 532nd of the competition, claiming Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 on Duckworth-Lewis. Even Botham sounded as if he had had enough ...

Yeh I was watching

SL, good fight I should say but the aussies outplayed them in every department

From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 17:22:27 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

kavala padatheenga.... 2011-il kOppai namakE
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 17:24:26 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

kavala padatheenga.... 2011-il kOppai namakE

indha australian cricket team maathiri oru indian team-a remake panna mudiyaatha
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 17:27:38 2007.

kb wrote:

indha australian cricket team maathiri oru indian team-a remake panna mudiyaatha
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 17:34:47 2007.

adhula paarungaa...eppidi intha australia ella matchuleyumae mae nalla velayadraanga
From: Nerd on Sat Apr 28 19:27:28 2007.

Its finally over and the best team has won

Star of the day was Gillie. He was the difference between Aus and SL today. Bad weather dint help SL much and thats a pity. Text-book umpiring was rather irritating today
From: kb on Sat Apr 28 19:45:35 2007.

kool.. australia rocked
From: Tia on Sat Apr 28 19:46:51 2007.

This is SOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATING! grrrrrrrrrrr! brrrrrrrrrrrr! rahhhhhhhhhh!

i supported england...but i knew they were never gonna win...so then i supported sri lanka

i wudnt have cared if sri lanka lost earlier on....BUTTTTTTTT

WE CAME TO THE FINALS AND LOST! nothin can be more annoying or frustrating than that.....its bugging me like maddddd!

atleast lankaz the 2nd best now!
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 19:54:46 2007.

Gaayu u made my day

Tia wrote:

i supported england...but i knew they were never gonna win...
From: Tia on Sat Apr 28 20:04:37 2007.

its only in cricket... all other sports england rocks!

i got a q....who started cricket? was it england?
From: ajithfederer on Sat Apr 28 20:10:45 2007.
From: madhu on Sat Apr 28 21:34:42 2007.
From: villan007 on Sat Apr 28 22:19:29 2007.

Tia wrote:

its only in cricket... all other sports england rocks!

i got a q....who started cricket? was it england?
From: Wibha on Sat Apr 28 22:26:01 2007.

aussies dese guys r on drug or s'thing?
From: thimuru on Sun Apr 29 0:03:11 2007.

Tia wrote:

its only in cricket... all other sports england rocks!

i got a q....who started cricket? was it england?

which sport?football?
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 2:18:22 2007.

Australia DESERVES THIS

I dont think any other team INCLUDING INDIA, would have been JUSTIFIED winning this title, even if had, they did gotten till finals.

GOOD SHOW AUSSIES.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 2:20:16 2007.

Looks like the POLL talks more on sentiment than reality
From: kb on Sun Apr 29 3:16:40 2007.

i was happy for australian win today only because of one man.. GHILLY. gentleman of the game..
From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 3:32:44 2007.

Aus .......

SL
From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 3:37:36 2007.

cha ellam mazhai panna...........velai ........

next WC appo yaarachum AUS'ku nalla paadam karpikkanum
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 4:16:28 2007.

2011-le santhippoM.. soNtha manNilachum INDIA jePiyiPaainGala iLle..??
From: kb on Sun Apr 29 4:43:21 2007.

ThalaNass wrote:

2011-le santhippoM.. soNtha manNilachum INDIA jePiyiPaainGala iLle..??

jeykilaina.. groundlaiya adi vizhum.. thappika mudiyaathu
From: Ramakrishna on Sun Apr 29 4:46:19 2007.

kb wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

2011-le santhippoM.. soNtha manNilachum INDIA jePiyiPaainGala iLle..??

jeykilaina.. groundlaiya adi vizhum.. thappika mudiyaathu

super 8 pona pothum
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 4:56:07 2007.

kb wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

2011-le santhippoM.. soNtha manNilachum INDIA jePiyiPaainGala iLle..??

jeykilaina.. groundlaiya adi vizhum.. thappika mudiyaathu

kb, add 1 more word.. serupADI..

From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 4:58:02 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

kb wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

2011-le santhippoM.. Crying or Very sad

soNtha manNilachum INDIA jePiyiPaainGala iLle..?? Twisted Evil

jeykilaina.. groundlaiya adi vizhum.. thappika mudiyaathu Rolling Eyes

super 8 pona pothum Rolling Eyes

RK, appo super 8-lam irukaathunnu ninaikaren.. the ICC will reduce the lenght of the tournament.. we can expect some drastic changes then..

From: thimuru on Sun Apr 29 5:15:10 2007.

1999 - pakistan in finals - naayadi

2003 - India in finals -kaatadi

2007 - srilanka - dharma adi

australiaku sub continent team-a finalsla veluthu vangaradhe velaya pochu
From: kb on Sun Apr 29 5:16:55 2007.

ThalaNass wrote:

kb, add 1 more word.. serupADI..

serious itha ninacha thaan bayama irruku..

sachin shud retire b4 next worldcup..

chennai-la nadakara matchla eliminate aananganna.. yosikaama.. serupa kaluti erivaanga

sachin mela pattuchina.. chennai naasama poyidum

From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 5:17:41 2007.

thimuru wrote:

1999 - pakistan in finals - naayadi

2003 - India in finals -kaatadi

2007 - srilanka - dharma adi

australiaku sub continent team-a finalsla veluthu vangaradhe velaya pochu

So next WC final Bangladesh

From: kb on Sun Apr 29 5:18:39 2007.

crazy wrote:

thimuru wrote:

1999 - pakistan in finals - naayadi

2003 - India in finals -kaatadi

2007 - srilanka - dharma adi

australiaku sub continent team-a finalsla veluthu vangaradhe velaya pochu

So next WC final Bangladesh RedJump

athu enna adiya irrukum.. paeyi-adi

From: thimuru on Sun Apr 29 5:19:26 2007.

kb wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

kb, add 1 more word.. serupADI.. Laughing

serious itha ninacha thaan bayama irruku..

sachin shud retire b4 next worldcup..

chennai-la nadakara matchla eliminate aananganna.. yosikaama.. serupa kaluti erivaanga

sachin mela pattuchina.. chennai naasama poyidum Evil or Very Mad

chennai crowd tha decent!

when did they behave that way?

its mumbai and calcutta crowd

From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 5:20:30 2007.

kb wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

kb, add 1 more word.. serupADI.. Laughing

sachin-ku chennai makkals meyle tani pasam vera.. ore nalule nasam panniduvainge..

crazy..

From: kb on Sun Apr 29 5:22:28 2007.

thimuru wrote:

chennai crowd tha decent!

when did they behave that way?

its mumbai and calcutta crowd

avinga chennaiya vida mosam-ba.. kolithinaalum koluthuvaanga

deiva kuththam aagipogum

From: thimuru on Sun Apr 29 5:23:29 2007.

kb wrote:

thimuru wrote:

chennai crowd tha decent!

when did they behave that way? Twisted Evil

its mumbai and calcutta crowd

avinga chennaiya vida mosam-ba.. kolithinaalum koluthuvaanga

deiva kuththam aagipogum Shaking With Fear

namma pasanga paavam....oru vidha bayathodaye vilayaduvanuga

From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 5:25:11 2007.

kb wrote:

crazy wrote:

thimuru wrote:

1999 - pakistan in finals - naayadi

2003 - India in finals -kaatadi

2007 - srilanka - dharma adi

australiaku sub continent team-a finalsla veluthu vangaradhe velaya pochu

So next WC final Bangladesh RedJump

athu enna adiya irrukum.. paeyi-adi

NO ....iam 100% sure ...........Aus wont make it to the final next time

I wish any sub continent's country to make it to the Final
maybe SL and India

From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 5:26:17 2007.

northies avalO mattama..???
From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 5:29:49 2007.

ThalaNass wrote:

northies avalO mattama..???

.......we already have had enough discussions about northies/ southies
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 5:35:31 2007.

crazy wrote:

ThalaNass wrote:

northies avalO mattama..???

.......we already have had enough discussions about northies/ southies
From: kb on Sun Apr 29 6:35:00 2007.

INDIAN cricket- 2007..

india vs bangladesh.. 2 test and 3 one day matches starts may 10th

india vs england .. 3 test and 7 one day matches starts july 19th.

inbetween one oneday match against scotland on aug 16th

twenty20 worldcup championship starts on september 11 in SouthAFrica.. ends on sep24.

india vs australia dec 26th.. 4 test matches.. one twenty20 and
common wealth bank tri-series.. india vs australia vs srilanka

4 head to heads and 3 finals

sachin,ganguly rested for bangladesh oneday internationals
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 29 7:33:32 2007.

kb wrote:

sachin,ganguly rested for bangladesh oneday internationals

matha series ku aachu edupaingala
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 29 7:34:02 2007.

kb wrote:

india vs bangladesh.. 2 test and 3 one day matches starts may 10th

Pay back time
From: kb on Sun Apr 29 7:39:04 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

sachin,ganguly rested for bangladesh oneday internationals

matha series ku aachu edupaingala

sure.. england series edupaanga..

it will be interesting to see the team selection for bangladesh one day..

hope they have learnt from worldcup failure..

kaif and raina.. sure-a irrupaanga
From: ThalaNass on Sun Apr 29 7:50:15 2007.

Yuhuu.. Kaif to return.. Wait 4 tis m0ment
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 13:10:42 2007.

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

india vs bangladesh.. 2 test and 3 one day matches starts may 10th

Pay back time

BIG DEALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

kaN ketta piragu....
sooriya uthayam...enthappakkam aanal...
enakenna pOdi!

From: Ramakrishna on Sun Apr 29 13:11:57 2007.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

villan007 wrote:

kb wrote:

india vs bangladesh.. 2 test and 3 one day matches starts may 10th

Pay back time Twisted Evil

BIG DEALLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

kaN ketta piragu....
sooriya uthayam...enthappakkam aanal...
enakenna pOdi!

Mad

kavithai

From: villan007 on Sun Apr 29 13:13:48 2007.

yaanaikum adi sarukumngov..

naama nammala nambalaina vera yaar nambuva
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 29 13:20:48 2007.

kb wrote:

twenty20 worldcup championship starts on september 11 in SouthAFrica.. ends on sep24.

20-20 India Champion is Tamilnadu with captainship of Dinesh Karthik. Remember Chappel told about Dinesh Karthik that he is captainship material.

From: thimuru on Sun Apr 29 13:21:57 2007.

Sanjeevi wrote:

kb wrote:

twenty20 worldcup championship starts on september 11 in SouthAFrica.. ends on sep24.

20-20 India Champion is Tamilnadu with captainship of Dinesh Karthik. Remember Chappel told about Dinesh Karthik that he is captainship material.

firist of all chappel is a coaching material?

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 29 13:34:58 2007.

Best wishes to Australia

What a professionalism in cricket

They played four consecutive WC final and won last 3 times

Coming to Indian team,

Ippadiyae ponal, ippovae naam muzhichukkalaina cricket will become another hockey?

Heard about the fight between Suresh Kalmadi & Mani Sankar Iyer in 2014 olympics issue. Shame Shame on Indian sports. MS Iyer told, I am against to spening more money in India and he has expressed his oppose in this matter. Koreans have printed this MS Iyers speech and sent to 45 Olympic committee member countries. Finally S.Korea won to conduct 2014 olympics.

Polics politics politics and Indian politics and unawareness is eating Indian Sports future

MS Iyer why this half-baked person is Indian Sports Minister? Who selected him? If he was not studied along with Rajiv Gandhi, what would be his present status?

Ippadiyae pona 2110 la kuda India Olympics la egg than vangum

PS: Now India is trying to get offer for 2020 olympics

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 29 13:38:33 2007.

thimuru wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

kb wrote:

twenty20 worldcup championship starts on september 11 in SouthAFrica.. ends on sep24.

20-20 India Champion is Tamilnadu with captainship of Dinesh Karthik. Remember Chappel told about Dinesh Karthik that he is captainship material.

firist of all chappel is a coaching material?

I don't want to argue in such topic

but Dinesh karthik has impressed Chappel.

From: villan007 on Sun Apr 29 13:41:47 2007.

Sanjeevi wrote:

PS: Now India is trying to get offer for 2020 olympics

ivanunga kadasi varaikum try than pannuvanunga
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 13:47:50 2007.

villan007 wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

PS: Now India is trying to get offer for 2020 olympics

ivanunga kadasi varaikum try than pannuvanunga
From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 29 13:53:58 2007.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

villan007 wrote:

Sanjeevi wrote:

PS: Now India is trying to get offer for 2020 olympics

ivanunga kadasi varaikum try than pannuvanunga

but sirikuratha vida nama ellarum ithuku vetka padurathan sala siranthathu. enna naan sollurathu
From: villan007 on Sun Apr 29 14:04:48 2007.

namma innathukuba vekka padanum
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 14:06:33 2007.

sANJEEVI,

Enna panrathu..

vekka pattu vekka pattu.... vekka pattu vekka pattu... vekka pattu...........

ippo vekka padanamnnu ninaicha kooda

siripu thaan varathu

From: Sanjeevi on Sun Apr 29 14:11:48 2007.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

sANJEEVI,

Enna panrathu..

vekka pattu vekka pattu.... vekka pattu vekka pattu... vekka pattu...........

ippo vekka padanamnnu ninaicha kooda

siripu thaan varathu Laughing

oru pattae compose panniduvinga pola

From: crazy on Sun Apr 29 14:14:38 2007.

sp akka..........
From: Shakthiprabha. on Sun Apr 29 14:23:27 2007.
From: manmadan on Sun Apr 29 14:56:33 2007.

Wot a rubbish world cup final organisation.

The rain totally killed the game.
Hard luck for Sri lanka from beginning to have lost the toss

Dropped lots of catches

We were on a roll firing sanga and jaysuriya 110-1 in 17 overs then rain comes again slows down the pace. Wickets fall. Overs reduced. totally poor management of ICC. They should have reserved match for another day.

The last 5 overs of the game sri lanka were playing with no daylight with low vision and how can they play without seeing ball properly.

Oh well nothing can be changed now the aussies win again

If aussies win next WC aswell i think ppl will lose interest in cricket..
From: manmadan on Sun Apr 29 15:01:48 2007.

sad way for sanath, murali and vaas to finish their ODI game this way.

SL will take long time to re build up a team as strong as this in the future.
From: aanaa on Sun Apr 29 16:13:38 2007.

first congrats to Aussie
but SL failed to feild at the beginning
totally lost Gilchrist 149.
that's the first mistake.

dass/murali never took a wicket. shame.

poor light condition
ICC rules has to be changed
From: aanaa on Sun Apr 29 16:14:09 2007.

how can SL bat in poor light?
From: aanaa on Sun Apr 29 16:15:15 2007.

manmadan wrote:

If aussies win next WC aswell i think ppl will lose interest in cricket..

agreed
no one ever watch.
something has to be done
From: Raghu on Mon Apr 30 5:46:29 2007.

Tom Moody, Sri Lanka's coach, was disappointed at his team's loss to Australia in the final of the World Cup but is confident they will still be a force to reckon with in international cricket. Moody also predicted a bright future for the team even though a lot of senior players are in the twilight of their career.

"We have made a significant progress as a group in the last couple of years and if we continue to maintain the professionalism there's no reason why Sri Lanka can't compete on a regular basis with teams like Australia," he said. "Sri Lanka can walk away from this World Cup feeling very proud of what they have achieved. It was very hard to get to this point."

Moody contributed much of Sri Lanka's success to wide range of talent at their disposal. "Sri Lanka has got depth and talent which needs the right opportunity and perseverance. They play the game with a lot of passion and pride. They play the game hard.

"We found ourselves in strong positions many times because the players we had in the reserves are capable of playing in the first eleven. The main reason we reached the final was that we had a good bench-strength," he added.

Sri Lanka reached the final of a World Cup for only the second time. Their first instance resulted in a happier ending when they defeated Australia in 1996 to lift the trophy. Sri Lanka had won eight of their ten matches in this year's tournament before succumbing to a Gilchrist-powered Australia.

"I think we were only half-a-yard away from winning the World Cup. We were very close, so I think this team is capable of winning the next World Cup. There's no reason why Sri Lanka won't continue its upward curve.

"A lot of hard work had gone into it. I think they had an exceptional World Cup and to find themselves in the final against the best team in the world is a great achievement."
From: Raghu on Mon Apr 30 5:52:02 2007.

I feel really proud as a Lankan !! though v lost.

We have played exceptionally well, all the way to the Finals, with really tight games againts SA & ENG,..etc

but i feel the following factors have helped the AUSSIES in lots of ways

1) The TOSS
2) Bad weather
3) Poor umpiring, Mahela was NEVER out, dumb LBW decision...

4) Fernando, what an idiot!, NO ball specialist.. and he dropped ghilly on 49, that waould have been a turning point for lanka
From: crajkumar_be on Mon Apr 30 17:54:23 2007.

manmadan wrote:

The last 5 overs of the game sri lanka were playing with no daylight with low vision and how can they play without seeing ball properly.

This had no bearing on the match whatsoever. The match was already won by the Aussies when the idiots (umpires, match ref and officials) asked play to be resumed. If 20 overs are bowled, D/L rule says the match can be decided. There was no need to resume play or replay it the next day and even Jayawardane knew and accepted this.
The Australians weren't lucky. The simple truth is they are the best by a mile and outplayed a very good Lankan team. They would have had a chance had they got Gilchrist cheaply

From: manmadan on Mon Apr 30 18:11:09 2007.

crajkumar_be wrote:

manmadan wrote:

The last 5 overs of the game sri lanka were playing with no daylight with low vision and how can they play without seeing ball properly.

This had no bearing on the match whatsoever. The match was already won by the Aussies when the idiots (umpires, match ref and officials) asked play to be resumed. If 20 overs are bowled, D/L rule says the match can be decided. There was no need to resume play or replay it the next day and even Jayawardane knew and accepted this.
The Australians weren't lucky. The simple truth is they are the best by a mile and outplayed a very good Lankan team. They would have had a chance had they got Gilchrist cheaply

They were lucky for all thew points raghu mentioned above i dont wana repeat.
yea it was very fair giving jayawardene out wasn't it ??

and ovcoarse was fully raining while the lankans batting innings. While australia batting no rain bright blue sky..

No point arguing now its over.

From: karthik_sa2 on Tue May 1 2:08:42 2007.

Quote:

The TOSS
2) Bad weather
3) Poor umpiring, Mahela was NEVER out, dumb LBW decision...

4) Fernando, what an idiot!, NO ball specialist.. and he dropped ghilly on 49, that waould have been a turning point for lanka

true..even i hate this fernando. mahela's decision clearly going down the leg. also i felt jayasurya was unlucky.after the drizzle the pitch got worse and ball kept very low.it was almost the second pitch on to stumps.i don understand y a big tournament like world cup scheduled to be played in rainy seasons

From: karthik_sa2 on Tue May 1 2:12:34 2007.

but as someone said no point in talking about it now.aussies r truly invincible but its a great note that srilnaka the only team that showed courage and put up a brave fight against them in final
congrats aussies and congrats lankans too
From: Roshan on Tue May 1 4:31:56 2007.

Manmadhan, Raghu and other SL supporters vidunga - there is nothing to regret. No point talking and please dont even consider that a "FINAL" was played. It was all obvious what happened out there including bad umpiring decisions. Dhilhara is the least bothering factor. With all difficulties and obstacles SL passed 200 in 33 overs. It is not a win even the Australian's can be contented with. I only feel sorry and ashame for the game cricket.

From: Raghu on Tue May 1 6:11:02 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Manmadhan, Raghu and other SL supporters vidunga - there is nothing to regret. No point talking and please dont even consider that a "FINAL" was played. It was all obvious what happened out there including bad umpiring decisions. Dhilhara is the least bothering factor. With all difficulties and obstacles SL passed 200 in 33 overs. It is not a win even the Australian's can be conented with. I only feel sorry and ashame for the game cricket.

indeed

all my work pals also agreed with thepoints you have raised, and they are all english, not Sri lankans

From: Roshan on Tue May 1 7:00:52 2007.

Raghu wrote:

Roshan wrote:

indeed

all my work pals also agreed with thepoints you have raised, and they are all english, not Sri lankans

I know Raghu. More than Sri Lankans - the non-Sri Lankan supporters are feeling sad and disappointed with the whole episode. Till now I've been receiving mails and text messages from my subcontinent colleagues and friends and it's all about how disappointed they feel. naan avangaLukku ARuthal solla vEndiya nilai

At the end - it's not a matter of winning or losing - it's all about how the game was played. And we Sri Lankans can certainly be proud about it !!

More than anything Sri Lankan cricket is the one and only thing that brings the entire nation together. So lets celebrate

Cheers to Captain Mahela and his team !!!!

From: manmadan on Tue May 1 10:31:26 2007.

Roshan wrote:

Raghu wrote:

Roshan wrote:

indeed

all my work pals also agreed with thepoints you have raised, and they are all english, not Sri lankans

At the end - it's not a matter of winning or losing - it's all about how the game was played. And we Sri Lankans can certainly be proud about it !! Thumbs Up!

More than anything Sri Lankan cricket is the one and only thing that brings the entire nation together. So lets celebrate Clap

Cheers to Captain Mahela and his team !!!! Victory

yea SL team definatley deserves a

for being superb throughout the tournament.
The SL vs SA and SL vs England was most entertaining matches. Very close games.

From: Ramakrishna on Tue May 1 11:54:53 2007.

manmadan wrote:

Though it was a good try by Srilanka, Australians were lucky nu solrathellaam nonsense. They played brilliant cricket.

From: Roshan on Tue May 1 13:16:05 2007.

That's called Sri Lankan spirit Manmadhan BTW, our team is arriving in on Thursday morning by Emirates Airlines via Dubai. BCCSL has arranged a grand welcome from the airport to Indipendence Square - where a ceremony has been organised. Wish the team a safe journey.

From: Raghu on Wed May 2 5:14:12 2007.

Ramakrishna wrote:

manmadan wrote:

Though it was a good try by Srilanka, Australians were lucky nu solrathellaam nonsense. They played brilliant cricket.

ilaingo, Had SL won the toss and batted first they kangarros would have been history, and what a dumb LBW decision for mahela!! Kangaroos WERE lucky!!!

From: Raghu on Wed May 2 5:16:53 2007.

Roshan wrote:

That's called Sri Lankan spirit Manmadhan Very Happy

BTW, our team is arriving in on Thursday morning by Emirates Airlines via Dubai. BCCSL has arranged a grand welcome from the airport to Indipendence Square - where a ceremony has been organised. Wish the team a safe journey.

The team is in LONDON at the moment, Emirates cancelled all the flights to SL, due to LTTE arieal strikes

,

so the Lankan team is coming via a different air line..

From: mgb on Wed May 2 6:44:47 2007.

Raghu.. super 8 matchla australia srilanka-va beat pannadhum luckdhaana

From: Madavan on Wed May 2 8:22:54 2007.

mgb wrote:

Raghu.. super 8 matchla australia srilanka-va beat pannadhum luckdhaana Confused

I'll answer this.

It is a copy-paste of my writings from anothe forum with some modifications.

Quote:

Even Australian captain will agree to this that one day matches are more like gambles.

In '99 WC, Aus lost to Pakistan in the league stage and one would imagine the final to be a good contest, but it was all over after first half of the play.

I don't deny the fact Australia beat SL fair and square in the Super 8 or the fact Australia is undisputedly the best team for more than a decade by a mile.

Australia were favourites to win the final against SL; they have the best batting line up and varied bowling attack. But all the victories prior to final count for nothing when they are in the field playing the final.

SL were the underdogs and earned the appreciation of world through their professionalism, positive attitude and enthusiasm. A bad decision by umpire against underdogs can deprive them of a win. A bad decision won't cost Australia dear such is their dominance.

Coming to the final, toss never decides the winner. Australia have the best-ever opening combo, the best no 3 batsman, the second best finisher in Hussey and one of the finest bowler in Mcgrath. SL had to face "the" giant. All of a sudden, the rain poured in and the match is reduced to 38 overs. I don't see the point in selecting two best teams via 50 overs matches and deciding who the best by a 38 over game. The more rain, shorter the game. The minimum over a side must play to finish an ODI game is 20 overs. How do you expect a side to change tactics in a short period of time and play the giant of the game? Australia can because they are the best team. Quality batsman like Dravid, Kallis, Sarwan, Chandrapaul etc will be liabilities in a reduced game.

My next point is the DL method. It was the second instance where this method ousted SL. The first one being against the same opponent in the semi-final in 2003. There can be close games like the ones we had this time. (SL vs ENG, SL vs SA, ENG vs WI). DL method can easily change winners. In the game SL vs ENG, had the rain poured right after Eng lost 6th wicket, SL would win by some 20 runs by DL method, but it didn't happen. It was a very close game which was decided after the last ball.

Vaas and Malinga had no swing in their opening spell and Vaas's biggest weapon is the swing(both ways) and the ball only started swininging at the later part of Australia's innings. SL were on the track. At one point, Ponting got frustrated of the big partnership Sanath and Sanga were building. They hit all bowlers, from Watson to Mcgrath. Momentum swung to SL's way and Ponting's body language was a proof of it. Then came the rain.. and SL were only about ten runs short of the required D/L method target. You need to have watched the match to have an idea of what happened. Sanath was often looking at the heaven to guess the possibility of more rain. What target should they have in mind when chasing the impossible? They needed to have a better run-rate at that point lest the match is stopped and should keep the wickets in hand lest the match continues. It will have the batsman in twominds. Sanath eventually came down the track to hit the ball over the fence.. no prize for guessing what happened. Ball kept low and hit the stumps. It is not a cook-up story, you can watch the match again if you don't agree with me or for that matter cricinfo live commentary is not too bad. They have mentioned the lack of bounce after the first drizzle. That was the defining moment and what happened later had no bearing on the result. It was an unfair match and SL played in the worst circumstance.

Reiterating it. Australia is the best team, they could have beaten SL had they played a 50 over game but you never know. SL's record against Australia is not bad. Recalling one instance for you. SL last played Aus in a VB series which included SA. SL ousted SA in Australian condition which is more suitable for SA than SL and SL entered best-of-three finals and beat Australia in the first final, lost the second, and the third too. But the scorecard doesn't tell you what really happened. SL had a pretty good chance but Sanath dropped a dolly.. it was a very easy chance but a bad day on the field left us with no cup. At the end of 2006, Eng beat Australia thice in a row. Australia were playing many one-sided matches in that tournament and their coach bragged/begged ENG and NZ to give Australia a fight but they actually beat them.
Even if they lost the final, they are the champions. WCup is jut a tag. In final, both teams should have been given fair chance to have a go.

I know what happened at the end. Australia won it again. Had SL beat Australia in a similar fashion, how would you call it? how'd others call it? Because favourites won it, there is no complains. If you can affirmatively say Australia would have defeated SL, please elaborate me why there is a final? Australia were easily the best team, and ICC could have handed the Cup to Australia after the super 8s.

Actually, Mahela was gracious in defeat, he did not complain about the bad weather. He sang praises of Gilchrist. A healthy percetaage of cricket pundits and fans have really appreciated SL players for their gestures and approach to the farce. I know what other captains would do in similar conditions. For eg. Ponting getting furious at Duncan Fletcher for his bad-running between the wickets in 2005 Ashes and making statements to reduce the contribution of substitute players.

I'm not complaining about anything here. I'm only insisting that we are the only team that challenged Australia.. that too in the worst circumstance.

It was not only that. The human rights launching a cricket ball campaign to protest against the human rights condition in SL was the worse. It can upset our innocent players.

They have done us proud. I'm proud of them and happy that they showed others, they are second only to Australians.

I apologize for the long post and anything that is rude in there.

From: selvakumar on Wed May 2 9:22:59 2007.

Ada pongayyaa !
I thought that Murali - Vaas - Sanath etc will blast the aussies & will win the cup like 96. What a great disappointment

Selva - Ini nee ethayaavathu nenappa

I feel that SL was slightly unlucky !
From: villan007 on Wed May 2 12:13:33 2007.

selvakumar wrote:

I feel that SL was slightly unlucky !

From: Roshan on Wed May 2 12:40:30 2007.

Madavan wrote:

mgb wrote:

Raghu.. super 8 matchla australia srilanka-va beat pannadhum luckdhaana Confused

I'll answer this.

It is a copy-paste of my writings from anothe forum with some modifications.

Quote:

Nice post Madavan

. Makes lot of sense . Thanks

From: Roshan on Sat May 5 12:59:32 2007.

How legal was Adam Gilchrist�s �hidden ball�?

Two days after Adam Gilchrist�s slaughter of the lambs in the finals of the 2007 World Cup, cricket�s fans and fanatics are still coming to terms with the onslaught that fetched 149 off just 103 balls and took the truncated game away from the Lankans even before they began their reply.But, how legal was the wicket-keeper�s innings?And, as a direct corollary, therefore, how authentic is Australia�s �Cup triumph?

By Gilchrist�s own admission, he had �something� in his left glove all through his knock. In fact, upon reaching the century, Gilchrist first doffed his bat towards his teammates in the pavilion, acknowledged the applause of the spectators, and then kept repeatedly pointing to his left batting glove with his right hand.

�I had a little message, to wave to someone at home in Australia about something in my glove,� he is quoted as saying at the post-match media conference.

The intended recipient of that little message was his batting coach and former Western Australia player Bob Meuleman, also a noted squash player. Turns out that upon Meuleman �s advice, Gilchrist had been carrying a squash ball in his left, bottom hand to help him with his grip.

�His (Bob�s) last words to me before I left the indoor training centre where I train with him in Perth were, �Well, if you are going to use it (squash ball), make sure when you score a hundred in the final you show me and prove to me you got it in there�. I had stayed true to that.�
That�s as clear a confirmation that Gilchrist had the squash ball in his left glove to help him with his grip during his stupendous knock. But that�s also where questions over the legality of Gilchrist�s innings, or the seeming lack of it, come in.

Can a batsman carry an object�in this case, a squash ball�not connected with cricket to help him on the field? Did he secure the prior permission of the umpires? Was the fielding side captain aware of the use of the squash ball? Did Mahela Jayawardene approve its use?
And, above all, and in a manner of speaking, did Gilchrist�s �hidden ball� give him an unfair advantage in knocking the daylights out of the Lankan bowlers?

These are hypothetical questions, of course, but cricket�a sport governed by mighty �Laws� not lowly rules�is always full of ifs and buts that leaves cricket haters plain mystified but keeps cricket lovers breathlessly debating the whys and wherefores till kingdom come.

Law 3 of cricket deals with the umpires. Subsection 6 of law 3 deals with the conduct of the game, implements and equipment. It reads as under:

Before the toss and during the match, the umpires shall satisfy themselves that

(a) the conduct of the game is strictly in accordance with the Laws.

(b) the implements of the game conform to the requirements of Laws 5 (the ball) and 6 (the bat), together with either Laws 8.2 (size of stumps) and 8.3 (the bails) or, if appropriate, Law 8.4 (junior cricket).

(c) (i) no player uses equipment other than that permitted.

(ii) the wicket-keeper�s gloves comply with the requirements of Law 40.2 (gloves).

The well-known Karnataka umpire M.R. Suresh, citing Tom Smith�s New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring, the manual on the implementation of cricket�s laws that umpires use, says the list of permitted external items for a batsman are a helmet, leg guards (pads), hand gloves and, if visible, fore arm guards.

Spectacles and jewellery are classified under clothing items.

Gilchrist�s squash ball was, therefore, neither a piece of protective equipment, nor a clothing item, and was most certainly not visible to either side or the umpires.

In other words, Law 3 (6) (c) (i) specifically prohibits a player from using equipment other than that permitted. And nowhere in cricket�s 42 laws is there a mention of a squash ball as a permitted item.

If Dennis Lilee�s aluminium bat and Ricky Ponting�s graphite-coated bat could be deemed illegal, if Hansie Cronje�s earpiece experiment was not OK, if Scott Styris had to remove all the bandage from his right hand before he could bowl in the Super 8 match, can Adam Gilchrist�s �hidden ball� pass muster?

No law can, of course, take the sheen away from Gilchrist�s knock. Batting with a normal grip against the world�s best bowlers is tough enough, batting with a squash ball in one of your gloves is worse. To score 149 scintillating runs is, well, incredible.

And, as a �walker�, Eric Gilchurch is among the fairest cricketers to have ever graced the field.

Still, two questions arise: if the using a squash ball isn�t OK as per the laws of the game, is his innings legal, does it count? And if it doesn�t count, can Australia claim to have won a hopelessly one-sided and farcical victory?

http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/how-legal-was-adam-gilchrists-hidden-ball/
From: Roshan on Sat May 5 13:16:33 2007.

Further questions on "Ghilli's Hidden Ball" ;

1) Gilchrist never used the squash ball in the past and also in any of the other 10 games prior to the finals. Did the squash ball help?

2) Gilchrist was out of form and didnt score many runs in the whole World Cup tour apart from the finals. Did the squash ball provide Gilchrist the required assistance to bring him back to form?

3) The World Cup final was between Sri Lanka and Gilchrist (not Australia). All other in-form Australian batsmen were struggling to score except the out-of-form Gilchrist who had this squash ball to enhance his grip or did it?

4) Most of his shots, mainly his eight sixes, were massive and cleared the grounds. Did the squash ball help?

5) The number of sixes hit by Gilchrist amounts to eight in the finals, compared to two in the previous 10 games. Is it because of the squash ball?

6) Gilchrist's average without the last innings would have been a mere 30.40 compared to the 45.30 after the finals. Did the squash ball help to boost his average?

7) Gilchrist's strike rate without the last innings would have been 91.57 compared to the 103.89 after the finals. Again, did the squash ball provide that extra power?

Was Ghilli's innings illegal?

http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,21670701-952,00.html
From: kb on Sun May 6 0:22:59 2007.

http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11347362/Squash_Ball.jpg

ivlo periya ball epidi kaila vachikittu.. bat vera pudika mudiyum
From: thimuru on Sun May 6 1:23:46 2007.

roshan...did u mean only squashball made gillie play well?
From: Roshan on Sun May 6 2:24:19 2007.

Thimuru,

I did not mean anything. I have just posted what I read in the papers and net. intha news ellaam India-vil irunthu thaan muthal muthalil veLichathukku vanthirukkiRathu and now the fire is caught up with the entire subcontinent. Australian mediavum ithai ippa ezhutha aarambichutaanga.

Besides, if you read the above articles properly - you would realise that no body is claiming that the squash ball was the "only" reason for Ghilli's performance , rather it talks about the legality of using such an object.

=====================================================================
If Dennis Lilee�s aluminium bat and Ricky Ponting�s graphite-coated bat could be deemed illegal, if Hansie Cronje�s earpiece experiment was not OK, if Scott Styris had to remove all the bandage from his right hand before he could bowl in the Super 8 match, can Adam Gilchrist�s �hidden ball� pass muster?
======================================================================

Ithuthaan kElvi..

kb,

unga santhEgam nyaymaanathuthaan. enakkum, innum palarukkum intha santhEgam innamum irukku but Ghilli-yE use paNNathaa othukittaaru. adhaan pirachinaiyE.

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