Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Chokers of the Cup>>>
South Africa faced Sri Lanka in their first Super 8 match, in Guyana today. The weather played its part, allowing the game to be played in mainly sunny conditions. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a modest total of 209, even though they ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Summary of the Aus game: South Africa won the toss and elected to field, a ploy used against Scotland, which led Scotland to their highest total in the World Cup. It is weird that SA decided to field, when we all know the motto: If you win the toss, bat ...
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
It is very sad news that Bob Woolmer has passed away. He was a fantastic coach, and a man that seemed very composed. When he was coach of South Africa, his record, according to his website, was: South Africa wins 73% of its one-day internationals, and 10 out of 15 ...
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
The game of the tournament so far, took place yesterday between the two minnows, Zimbabwe and Ireland. It was a fantastic game to watch, I didnt get to see all of it, but there was a century scored by Jeremy Bray for Ireland who posted 221. Zimbabwe, looked like they ...
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Saturday, March 10th, 2007
South Africa recieved their first clouting in the Caribbean, with Pakistan restricting SA to 199 and reaching the total with 3 wickets to play. The excuses have started, "It was a tale of two pitches," Mickey Arthur, South Africa's coach, told AFP. "When we batted it was wet and difficult, ...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
South Africa managed a 35 run victory against
Ireland, in their warm up match on Monday. The saying a miss is as good as a mile, comes to mind when the world can think of what could have been. I was nervously watching the updates which were rather delayed on ...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
South Africa have just finished their innings against Ireland, in the first warm up match against minnows, Ireland. This is Irelands first cricket world cup, and no doubt as the minnows they are going to be slaughtered. Smith won the toss and elected to bat, obviously looking to post around ...
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