# Cricket World Cup 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076 "2011-02-21T02:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/282 "2011-03-25T20:31:07Z")
Well that was a turnaround. I went to bed all grumpy for nothing. I guess losing 4 straight against Bangladesh on this vey ground a few months ago was good for New Zealand. Kind of hard to believe they’ve made the semis after losing something like 13 ODIs in a row before the tournament - maybe they’ve got their losses out of the way for the year? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/283 "2011-03-26T04:55:08Z")
I would love to see Vettori hold that trophy for all he has contributed to NZ cricket. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/284 "2011-03-26T09:46:06Z")
35/2 in 11 overs. England in trouble. They really need the luck of the Irish today. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/285 "2011-03-26T09:57:27Z")
Just read this n Cricinfo: Mills was fined 60% of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which is a Level 2 offence relating to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players”. He was also fined a further 60% of his fee for breaching Article 2.2.11 of the code, a Level 2 offence which relates to conduct that is “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”. How do you get fined 120% of your match fee? And come on Sri Lanka. Dream come true for the sub-continent with all three teams there - if it happens that way. Bangladesh were very unlikely to ever make it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/286 "2011-03-26T10:34:22Z")
This is a pretty weak capitulation by England. If no-one tries anything they will lose anyway. Someone has to take some risks. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/287 "2011-03-26T10:36:21Z")
86/2 in 24. Good recovery. They can still get to about 250-260 if the build on this. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/288 "2011-03-26T11:42:35Z")
SL have dropped Morgan repeatedly. He’s the only one of our bats that look fluent. Naturally he’s not English. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/289 "2011-03-26T11:46:17Z")
> [@Cumbrian](#): > > SL have dropped Morgan repeatedly. He’s the only one of our bats that look fluent. > > Naturally he’s not English. Without putting too fine a point on it, not many are. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/290 "2011-03-26T11:58:46Z")
Two in two balls. Sri Lanka back on top. Trott is going to be crucial. They finally got Morgan. Don’t fancy England’s chances here at all - they’re going to have to bowl and field very well. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/291 "2011-03-26T12:37:46Z")
Murali looks injured…bowled his heart out today though. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/292 "2011-03-26T12:51:42Z")
230 to get for SL. The TV guys in the UK keep battering on about the fact that this is a reasonable score - apparently the average first inning score on this ground is less than 200 - which suggests that this is a decent total. The pitch is also quite slow. Still don’t like it much though - Sri Lanka should knock this off. Murali is clearly injured. Hobbled in today. Wonder if they will risk him in the semi (should they get there). ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/293 "2011-03-26T12:58:50Z")
Murali is not the force he was a few years ago. I didn’t see a lot of the England innings- that which I did see didn’t suggest much wrong with the pitch. How could you ever write England off in this tournament? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/294 "2011-03-26T15:00:54Z")
131 for nowt. I confidently predict that England are going to lose this one, definitely. Absolutely. There can be no doubt. It would require a choke of extra-RSA magnitude for us to stand a chance. Ain’t going to happen. Is it? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/295 "2011-03-26T16:02:38Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/296 "2011-03-26T16:10:08Z")
bugger! that is all. Ah well, the India - Pakistan game is going to be a corker I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/297 "2011-03-26T16:13:00Z")
Well, that got somewhat exciting at the end, but only to see if Tharanga could get his century. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/298 "2011-03-26T16:16:46Z")
Wow, how many did England need. 350? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/299 "2011-03-26T17:18:19Z")
Eh, another curb-stomping, but after all the chopping and changing the England team were looking like Theseus’s ship and I for one wasn’t expecting great things. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/300 "2011-03-26T18:51:51Z")
England missed Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/301 "2011-03-27T23:55:49Z")
So now we have Sri Lanka - New Zealand as the appetiser to the epic Pakistan - India game on Wednesday night. Some random trivia: - Three of the semi-finalists came from Group A, and three of the semi-finalists are from the sub-continent. - Sri Lanka have three batsmen amongst the top 5 runscorers at the cup. - We have a ‘Paper-Scissors-Rock’ situation from the three Group A sides: New Zealand beat Pakistan in pool play, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka beat New Zealand. But can any of them beat India? My picks: New Zealand stumble to a loss in Colombo. India’s batsmen wilt against Pakistan and the chase goes down to the wire (assuming Pakistan show up with their A game). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076.md?page=16)