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Shame on you Collingwood
Did you guys keep eye on the England-New Zealand ODI match yesterday as the Euro semis was on.
England skipper Collingwood stole the wicket of Elliot but couldnt seal the win. NZ need 38 odd runs from 58 balls then.
Elliot was flat on the ground after a shoulder charge by bowler Sidebottom, who attempted to gather the ball. Ian Bell threw the ball to the other end and Kevin Pietersen completed the run out.
Collingwood should hv allowed Elliot to continue but he choose not to do so and entire New Zealand camp was upset.
The skipper was just thinking of a win at all cost and brought disrepute to the sport.
However last man Gillespie hung in there with Mills and Kiwis registered and memorable win on the last ball.
None of the NZ players came out to shake hands with the English side. Collingwood even went right up to opposition dressing room but no one came out.
Collingwood that was a disgraceful behavior and certainly that wont make any Britisher proud...even if u had won.
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mafiriyals said
What do you expect from ...What do you expect from Brit's & Oz's :)
britexpat said
Itsmejackal.. ...That's why we let Newzealand win on the last ball!
itsmejackal said
yeh u can say that...it ...yeh u can say that...it hurts isn't it...heeeeeeee
britexpat said
Didn't you see the match ? ...We Brits are real sportsmen.. Winning is not the most important thing..
tallg said
Sounds just like Richie ...Sounds just like Richie McCaw's constant flouting of the offside law at the breakdown whenever he plays rugby for NZ.
If the umpire/referee doesn't penalise you for it, then keep doing it while you can get away with it.
mafiriyals said
We Brits are real ...We Brits are real sportsmen.. Yes you invented.
Cricket - Never won a Major International Competition. Never will. at least during my life time.
Football - Not even in the European Cup. need I say anymore.
Real sprotsmen Ha :))))))))))))))
britexpat said
mafiriyals.. ...our role is to invent and nurture.. Keep the natives busy and happy.
We play the game for fun, not for the winning..
By the way, England did win the 1966 worl Cup.
We are also the World Tiddlywinks champions.
mafiriyals said
England did win the 1966 ...England did win the 1966 worl Cup. Yes 42 years ago. what an achivement and not qualifing for EURO another achivement :)
We play the game for fun - well then play computer games :)You have been trashed by every nation exept bangladesh and present day Zimbabwe.
What a proud sporting nation :))
britexpat said
mafiriyals ...Whether 42 years ago or yeaterday.. we did win it..
it is better to have played and lost, then never to have played at all.
bakamuna said
they dnt give full 3 tests ...they dnt give full 3 tests for many countries knowing they may lose instead give the 2 match series so it can be a draw .... :)
mafiriyals said
But most of the time end up ...But most of the time end up with 2-0 trashing :)
bakamuna said
yes thats true....when great ...yes thats true....when great bowlers like wasim akram reverse swing they say ball tampering :) but how come righ hand to changing left hand becomes legal..then a bowler can change aswell right..
mafiriyals said
I still can remember Allan ...I still can remember Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis stumps were cartwheeled by Wasim Akram in sucessive deliveries in one of the world cup finals in Australia :)
mafiriyals said
One false shot, and a World ...One false shot, and a World Cup lost
Jayaditya Gupta
Gatting sweeps, Australia clean up, 1987
Background
Gatting takes aim for a spectacular misfire © Getty Images
The first World Cup outside England was a mixed success. For every packed house that India and Pakistan, the hosts, played to, there was the surreal sight of Zimbabwe and New Zealand playing in a near-empty Eden Gardens. That same stadium was the venue of the final; this time, 100,000 people were on hand to demonstrate, ominously for the rest of the cricketing world, India's sheer demographic advantage. The crowd was squarely behind Australia, not least because their opponents, England, had - against all odds - knocked India out in the semi-final. Australia, winning the toss, opted to bat and put up 253, thanks largely to David Boon's 75. In reply, England were coasting at 135 for 2, captain Mike Gatting and Bill Athey at the crease, when Allan Border stepped up for his left-arm orthodox.
Moment
Border was no mug with the ball - the very next season he was to take 7-46 against the West Indies in the Sydney Test. Gatting was not known for his risk-taking daredevilry and conventional wisdom had it that, with his team comfortably placed, the captain would face his opposite number's first ball with some circumspection. Yet as the ball pitched around his off stump, something snapped in Gatting and he got down on his haunches - a not inconsiderable feat - and effected a reverse-sweep. Except it didn't quite come off; the ball hit his shoulder and flew up and behind to Greg Dyer, who was so surprised he almost dropped it. Magic for Australia, Tragic for England.
Boundary view
The crowd sighed; England were running - as much as Gatts could run - away with it and the Aussies, whom Calcuttans had taken to its their hearts, were seemingly staring down the barrel. And now they were bringing on their best batsman; this final couldn't possibly get any worse. We were all wrong, of course, and when Gatting played that shot, and the ball ballooned up and over to Dyer, there was a cathartic roar that had wrapped in it all the injustices suffered by the good Bengali: The Raj itself, the transfer of the capital (political) to Delhi, Partition and the flight of capital (financial) out of Bengal, maybe even a premonition of Ganguly being axed.
What happened next
England's innings faded into the November dusk, Lamb unable to spark a revival. For Australia, though, the spontaneous celebration and brilliant fireworks that followed - how Calcutta cheered the underdogs - were a precursor to World domination. Blame it all on Gatting.