Feb 11th, 2007 - About Today's Cricket

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Hey buddies Today, February 11th 2007.. I am starting my discussions with my fav sport.. Cricket India Vs Srilanka.. Srilanka scores a thrilling win and leads the Series.. India's unfortunate day started off with the same, to reprise an old joke, india had many players unfit for the game, Rahul Dravid was forced to pick a default team with no leading front line bowlers which was the initial worry!!India wont the toss n elected to field, the Srilankan innings was broken up into two distinct, disparate halves, the first from overs 1-15 was a period of Indian dominance, but the srilankan middle order batsman stayed calm n Sangakkara's splendid century n Dilshan's with his half century gave Srilankan a supporting/ defending total of 256 for 8 in 50 Overs... India started the game in control though Uthappa and Dravid got out in early overs.. Sachin n Ganguly provided a solid platform scoring half century each, for the youngsters to follow.. India had the game under control until 45th over, with score of 235-5... but due to lethargic reaction show by the batsman, india was forced for a thrilling finish where Dhoni and Kumble batting, 11 runs were need of 6 balls of jayasuriya's bowling.. but the tigerish fielding n tight bowling of part-time bowlers made it impossible for india.. Srilanka won the match by 5 runs..:-) so where did things go wrong for india?? whom to blame?? indian batsman or bowlers who didnt know to bat?? Indian Selection squad is in complete confusion in selecting indian team for the world cup.. who all will get into the team?? On the Other Side, it was Australia Vs England... England is in splendid form scored 246-8 in 50 overs Australia, world champions were not inform with less confidence losing the last game against england couldnt show their form again.. they were able to score only 152 for 8 in 27 overs.. Rain washed the game, England won by 34 runs ( D/L Method ) England won the series 2-0 what is the reason for Australians not performing well?? batsman out of form?? over confidence??Pakistan Vs South Africa, Pakistan showed one of its poor performance today also, they were allout for 107.. SA'ns who are in full confidence won the match easily by 7wickets.. gr8 come back from the SA'ns after loosing the first game... the series s levelled 1-1 now Pakistan?? lack of form?? over confidence??WHO WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP?? WHY???Please post ur views also.. lets discuss...