no i feel that both teams batting was hammered by the other teams bowling....Pace Setter said:Hammered as in "lost by a large margin," which wasn't really the case today
It is a bit startling, but it is also good for the game in my opinion. There is nothing wrong with a bit of healthy competition once in a while.Pace Setter said:Compared with modern-day ODI scoring rates, yes. The point I raised originally, was that, compared to India last year (who were hammered on the overall scorecard), and England the year before, Pakistan made a decent game of it-they were in with some sort of chance for the most part. The contrast here with scorecards of the last two years at the ground (in the final) is (a bit) startling.
If you have cable tv you will see Aus vs New Zealand this month, i think England may be coming down too. The first ever Twenty20 international match will be played between NZ and Aus also! I cant wait.Supra said:New Zealand should come here again, they r a great ODI side and i regret not watching them...pakistan did well and theyve improved heaps,..after Inzy got out i knew it was gonna b downill from there
slip said:NZ were just here. Is the chapell-hadlee series an annual thing?
next world cup is 2007 i think australia is gonna be in trouble. gilly will be 35 no offence to haddin but he is not nearly as good as gilly. McGrath is getting old now except for clarke i think the team will all be between 31-36, and i dont think there are that many obvious replacements coming through
Theyd probably be around the same age but would probably last longer as they dont have the extra body stress of bowling or wicket keeping that players like Gilchrist and McGrath haveishq said:How old will Sachin and Lara be by then?