The ICC Champions Trophy 2006 Thread !

Thread Updated with Pics and Current Standings ! Lol... Currently India Has the Best Net run rate of the lot !

Glad to hear that, someone would be mighty unhappy with that

Thanks mate, keep us posted on the Champions Trophy

Wow that was a gr8 match, new zealand clearly deserved to win! some excellent repair work by scott styris and stephen flemming ..

But whats wrong with the indian batting ????????? or is the wi bowling too good????

What a match we had today ! I am certainly dissapointed but India did fight back in the end ! I guess luck was not with india today , had we won dat toss maybe things cud have been different but nevertheless we shd take all the postives frm this match and go with a confident mindset in our next crucial encounter ! It is surely gonna be tough battle to conquer so lets Hope for the best !

P.S : Thread Updated !

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No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one.

And England is back on top! Loved the way they have played today. Simply bad luck for 'Indies, specially when they brought Bravo in to bowl right after he got away with that 'catch' of his from Yardy, lol. Both Strauss and Bell batted quite well for opening round, dissapointed at Collingwood for going out on duck, and I didn't expect much from Flintoff anyways, should've stuck with bowling. Michael Yardy got out, but wasn't really out, he needs another chance to prove his worth imo. And Pieterson ofcourse, definitely the man of the match.

They'll be definitely getting my cheers when they tour Australia, and now its onto India vs Australia for who will go onto the Semi-Finals tomorrow

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Poor performance by the indians today. The two key-points India missed at scoring, imo, were :
1. 30-45-Overs. Sehwag gave a magnificient start, and even slowed down and played maturely later on, but onwards Dravid and Kaif things went just a little too soft. If only they had realised it then playing it safe won't pay in the end.
And then ofcourse, you have them sending Raina instead of Dhon-Irfan-Bhajji. Bet they could've put on at least 20 more runs on the board which would've definitely boosted the the Indians bowlers even around the end. With 250, they slowed down Australia so they only finished up with 4-5 overs to spare. Now a difference of 20 runs would've made a difference.

2.The Indian opening bowling. Pathan and Patel were bad. They let the shell open.

Besides, that, Shreesanth was excellent, and so were the spinners, they played well and it was nicely planned by Dravid to slow them down.

Anyways, looking forward to the remaining ICC matches bnow, each one will be a guaranteed entertainer and the Ashes tour is gonna be the one to watch after ICC finals.

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Thread updated ! Now dat India is out ....there is no point for me to watch the remaining matches.....nd God forbid if dat Gangully's Pepsi ad apperas during any of the remaining matches....i swear i am gonna break dat God damm TV ! Really wats the point in doin the Oooh aa now .. !

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No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one.

oh ya dere iz a point in doin d ooh ahh: OOH AHH AUSTRALIA!!
nd for india: aaya india!! gaya india...
hey could we rewind 2 d match btw eng and thw windies? gayle was given d man of d match award. i seriously feel pietersen shuld have got it. . gayle did get 3 wkts and score a century, but could he save his team? NO!! Why do u think they overlooked pietersen tho he saved england?

final for me is between Australia and SAfrica... lookin 4ward 2 another awesum amtch

Pieterson played magnificiently, he was the reason England won and definitely he should've got the man of the match.

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That was just simply SUPERB batting performance from New Zealand's tailenders.
If Vettori hadn't given up with that risky shot he got out on, I'm pretty sure NZ would have won.

I hope both NZ's batsmen and the entire Indian team is taking lessons, from both how New Zealand have played from being at 35/6 at one point, and how Australia have been performing as well.

Anyways, a must-see match tomorrow.

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