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Post by Panda on May 8, 2010 23:07:27 GMT 1
Pietersen is flying home tonight to be with his pregnant wife (Jessica from Liberty X!) who is due to give birth. Providing there are no complications (and no volcanic ash) he will fly back to the West Indies the day before England's semi-final (assuming we don't get the highly unlikely turn of events that would prevent England going through).
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Post by paulgilb on May 9, 2010 23:22:40 GMT 1
Group F:
Australia (168/5) beat Sri Lanka (87) by 81 runs
West Indies (169/6) beat India (155/9) by 14 runs
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Post by paulgilb on May 10, 2010 22:29:16 GMT 1
Group E:
Pakistan (148/7) beat South Africa (137/7) by 11 runs
England (153/7) beat New Zealand (149/6) by 3 wickets (5 balls remaining)
England and Pakistan thus go through.
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Post by paulgilb on May 11, 2010 22:36:50 GMT 1
Group F:
Sri Lanka (167/5) beat India (163/5) by 5 wickets (0 balls remaining)
India are thus eliminated
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Post by paulgilb on May 12, 2010 17:05:54 GMT 1
Group F:
Australia (109/4) beat West Indies (105) by 6 wickets (22 balls remaining)
Semi-finals:
England v Sri Lanka tomorrow
Australia v Pakistan on Friday
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Post by paulgilb on May 13, 2010 22:34:24 GMT 1
1st semi-final:
England (132/3) beat Sri Lanka (128/6) by 7 wickets (24 balls remaining)
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Post by Panda on May 14, 2010 0:22:21 GMT 1
Complete dominance from England. They deserve to be in the final with Australia, though Pakistan always seem to get stronger as a tournament goes on...
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Post by paulgilb on May 14, 2010 23:36:26 GMT 1
2nd semi-final:
Australia (197/7) beat Pakistan (191/6) by 3 wickets (1 ball remaining)
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Post by Shireblogger on May 15, 2010 11:04:20 GMT 1
Extraordinary innings by Mike Hussey (60 runs from 24 balls), to salvage what looked like a certain defeat for the Aussies.
Could be an exciting final.
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 16:30:49 GMT 1
England have won the toss and have put Australia in to bat in the final.
Teams:
ENGLAND Lumb Kieswetter (w) Pietersen Collingwood (c) Morgan Wright Bresnan Yardy Swann Broad Sidebottom
AUSTRALIA Warner Watson Clarke (c) D Hussey White M Hussey Haddin (w) Smith Johnson Tait Nannes
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 16:31:55 GMT 1
Watson gone for 2 in the 1st over!
2-1
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 16:40:07 GMT 1
Warner run out in the 2nd over!
7-2
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 16:43:37 GMT 1
Haddin caught behind! (though he didn't actually hit it)
8-3 (3rd over)
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Post by Shireblogger on May 16, 2010 16:46:45 GMT 1
Are you getting excited ?
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 17:00:41 GMT 1
Are you getting excited ? As excited as I can be about a game I won't get to see a single ball of.
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 17:04:30 GMT 1
34-3 (7 overs)
Just two boundaries for Australia so far...
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 17:13:57 GMT 1
Clarke caught by Collingwood!
45-4 (10th over)
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Post by Shireblogger on May 16, 2010 17:18:57 GMT 1
Are you getting excited ? As excited as I can be about a game I won't get to see a single ball of. Funnily enough, Twenty20 isn't a bad format to follow via the BBC's website.
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 17:32:05 GMT 1
As excited as I can be about a game I won't get to see a single ball of. Funnily enough, Twenty20 isn't a bad format to follow via the BBC's website. I generally follow matches there anyway, whilst listening to the radio coverage. Australia fighting back. 92-4 (15 overs)
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Post by Panda on May 16, 2010 17:36:41 GMT 1
Cameron White gone, caught by Broad!
95-5 (16th over)
Here comes Mike Hussey...
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