Cricket Ping!
Sorry that I've been so lax in posting the second round results so far.
March 27 - West Indies v Australia - Australia won by 103 runs
March 28 - South Africa v Sri Lanka - South Africa won by 1 wicket, with 10 balls remaining
March 29 - West Indies v New Zealand - New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 64 balls remaining)
March 30 - Ireland v England - England won by 48 runs
March 31 - Australia v Bangladesh - Australia won by 10 wickets (with 49 balls remaining)
April 1 - West Indies v Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka won by 113 runs
So here are the standings:
Australia 3-0-0
New Zealand 2-0-0
Sri Lanka 2-1-0
England 1-1-0
South Africa 1-1-0
West Indies 1-3-0
Ireland 0-2-0
Bangladesh 0-2-0
My initial feeling is that Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand will advance, the remaining spot will be a fight between Sri Lanka, England, and West Indies. Ireland and Bangladesh, should be extremely proud of themselves that they made it this far.
Telling that this thread fizzled out. Down to its last ludicrous moments in the pitch darkness at the Kensington Oval, this was a truly awful World Cup.
Australia were superb, but if a tournament can barely keep the interest of cricket lovers, what message does this send about the game to non-fans?
And over all this hangs the presence of Bob Woolmer.
Cricket has been badly tarnished. I’m sure I’m not the only one with aun unpleasant taste in my mouth.
Thanks, though, for your work on the thread!