> The Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Thread !

Sandeep

Ya.. As such, chances of losin against Bangladesh r quite low.. Unless Match is fixed...

knoughtyd

Captain Habibul Bashar believes that Bangladesh has the potential to enter the super eight stage.

"Our target is the second round (super eight)," Bashar told a news conference on the eve of his team's departure for the Caribbean on Sunday.

"Beating Sri Lanka and India will be a tough job, but not impossible," Bashar said, who heads a 15-member squad for the mega event to be held in March-April.

"We went twice to the World Cup without any expectations," Bashar said. "Now, we have beaten big teams. We are a much better and mature side."

tats a Stiren Warning...

Safin

yes beating both this indians and sri lankans is not tough. On off days even the netherlands can beat either

and off days = plenty for both sides

Bluffmaster

@Safina : How do u Like ur quotes in d quotes section along with d Greats

Bluffmaster

India trounce Netherlands by 182 runs

India defeated the Netherlands by 182 runs in their first warm-up game in the lead-up to the Cricket World Cup at Trelawny in Jamaica on Tuesday.Chasing a target of 301 runs, Holland batsmen committed hara-kari as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.After setting an uphill target of 301-run to win, the Indians bowlers bundled out their opponents only for 118 runs in 37.5 overs.

Bluffmaster

Bangladesh stun Kiwis in World Cup warm-up

Bangladesh secured a stunning pre-World Cup warm-up victory over New Zealand at the 3Ws Stadium on Tuesday.

Set 227 for victory, the rank outsiders made it with two wickets in hand after tail-ender Mashrafe Mortaza blasted two successive sixes off James Franklin in the penultimate over.

Bangladesh had looked behind the clock for most of their run-chase after Jacob Oram, nursing a broken finger, had battered 88 in the New Zealanders' 226 all out.

They started in style with 17-year-old Tamim Iqbal tearing apart the Kiwi attack with a quick-fire 46 from 48 balls including a huge six off Daniel Vettori.

His fellow opener Javed Omar weighed in with 45 but after those two had departed the Bangladesh innings lacked momentum until the late assault from fast bowler Mortaza.

He hit 30 from 14 balls including three sixes, one of which came off the bowling of New Zealand spearhead Shane Bond.Mortaza had also shone with the ball, claiming four for 44.

Earlier, the hefty 28-year-old Oram had repaired the New Zealand innings at 75 for six when he and Brendon McCullum blasted a seventh-wicket 105-run partnership.

medpal

this is infact a wake up call for Indian team.

bangladesh can bite the tail of this indian team easily.

tendulkar played a missed a lot looked like he was toying with dutch bowlers but could not succed much

anyways both tendya and dravid were smooth in batting.

from the few curtain raisers it looks like slower bowler will win the matches, so be prepared for low scoring, boring matches, with some part timers taking fifers.

this does not augur well for lovers of game.

i like either slam bang high scores of a fiery spell by a pacer at the top unrattling the opposition.

Agnel

^^ not for too long, this indian team is gonna play some really good cricket.

Slam Bang is good, but low scoring games are good for the game and the bowlers. Australia used to have such low scoring games and they all used to be thrillers.
Slam Bang, you get to know who'll win pretty soon.

Safin

hey i have made it to the official quotes of FE

i am honoured