෴‡‡‡|| Cricket World Cup 2015 ||‡‡‡෴ |Australia & New Zealand| Feb14-Mar29 | Part-II

Ridila™

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  • Jun 7, 2013
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    ඇයි එන්නද.?
    Unta dinanna bari unata kamak na
    Final ekedi ape un support karanne NZ walata

    :dull::dull::dull:

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    අනිවා බං මේ පාර නිව්සීනල්ඩ් උන් ඩිසර්ව් අනිවා කප් එක ගන්න නම්. :yes::yes:
     

    kmc madushan

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  • Feb 20, 2011
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    chockers kiyanen ai bn ??


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_(sports)


    In sports, a "choke" is the failure of an athlete or an athletic team to win a game or tournament when the player or team had been strongly favored to win or had squandered a large lead in the late stages of the event. Someone who chokes may be known as a "choker" or, more derisively, as a "choke artist." Choking in sport can be considered a form of analysis paralysis.

    Cricket

    The South African national Cricket team has gained a reputation as a frequent choker at global cricket tournaments conducted by the International Cricket Council. Despite being consistently one of the best-performing nations in all forms of cricket since its return from isolation, the Proteas have never progressed beyond the semi-final stage at a World Cup, nor won a game during the knock-out stage of the tournament.[30][not in citation given] This reputation arises largely from two events:

    In the 1999 Super Six Stage, Herschelle Gibbs dropped eventual centurion Steve Waugh after which Australia went on to win the match,[31] then a shambolic run-out involving Allan Donald and Lance Klusener in the semi-final also against Australia ended South Africa's second innings with the scores tied. Australia progressed on the basis of its superior run rate through the tournament.
    In the Proteas' final game of Cricket World Cup 2003's group stage (which was effectively a knock-out match, as they had to win to progress to the super six), South Africa tied the rain-affected game against Sri Lanka which they could have won, after they misinterpreted the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule tables shortly before the match was called off.
    In addition to surrendering commanding positions in the above matches, South Africa suffered upset losses against the West Indies in 1996 and New Zealand in 2011.[32] South Africa's win in the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy remains their only international tournament victory to date.

    The English national Cricket team, despite being consistently among the top half dozen ranked teams in international cricket, have only won one global tournament so far, the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, and are noted for having thrown away winning positions in several high-profile games, including:

    In the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy final, England had put themselves into a dominant position by reducing the West Indies to 147/8 chasing a target of 218, but failed to prevent tail-enders Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw from putting together an unlikely partnership of 71 to win.
    In the 2013 Champions Trophy final against India, England batted second and got into a position of needing just 20 runs off the last 16 balls, with six wickets in hand, but lost four wickets in the space of eight balls and lost the match by five runs.[33]
     

    giggee

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    Most times we say pressure of chasing in a knockout game is so high . Today it was the fielding side got panicked

    3 run out chances missed
    3 catching chances missed

    Apart from those 3 run out chances few half chances was there too:)

    Magical biwling from morkel:cool:
    A good Leggy means a lot can SLC c ever understand that?:frown:

    can we produce players who gets job done under pressure :cool:

    Im glad we came home to let this match happen:cool: