spindles

Actually this whole world cup has been very anti-climatic. I'm struggling to think of too many games that really came down to the wire (I know there were a couple, but the tournament has been going on too long with too many one sided games).

All may be forgiven if the final is a real contest. Maybe Sri Lanka's decision to rest Vaas and Murali for the earlier game against Oz might be a masterstroke.

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Laugh-O-Matic

Aaaand, Aussies win. Well played.

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How you bore me, Florrie,
With those eyes of vacant blue;
You'll be very sorry, Florrie
If I marry you.
Though I'm easy-goin', Florrie,
This I swear is true,
I'll throw you down a quarry, Florrie,
If I marry you. - Saki.

spindles

And the tournament almost ended in a complete farce with Umpires deciding they should "come back tomorrow" to complete the last 3 overs with Sri Lanka needing 70+ for victory. Instead it ended in the dark - the TV cameras make it possible to see what is going on - but when they unenhanced the picture, you couldn't even see the players.

While it is nice to win, I'm worried that there really wasn't a decent contest - the Aussies didn't look troubled in any of their games.

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Stick

Yep. While I like it - a lot - when Oz wins, I prefer the win to come at the end of a hard fought contest,
not like the other teams are just schoolboy elevens out for a hit on a Saturday afternoon.

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