1st Semi-Final: [New Zealand V Sri Lanka] - Sri Lanka win

[Straight Bat]

127/3

rr-4.3

 

[12thMan]

Silva 12 (23) Jayawerdene 23 (51)
SL 139-3 after 32 @ 4.34

 

[INZItheman]

These 2 have to bat till the 42/43 overs because if they go SL have no other batsman left.

Dilshan and Arnold are just 15-20 runs ppl.

 

[Noman]

out

 

[Straight Bat]

silva gone! LBW - bowled by bond

 

[Straight Bat]

Dilshan now in


Lanka really have to graft now

 

[Noman]

what a bad decision.Rudi is a very very bad umpire,, last match Sarwan was run out and Rudi didnt even consider to refer it to 3, umpire,,

And this decision against Silva in a semi final is a very bad one.. even local club umpire are better than this rudi,, how can he made such decision...Huge indside edge...

 

[ThaSiccSense]

A huge inside edge and the moron, Rudi gives him out, nonsense!!!!

 

[Noman]

Where is Aleem dar or Steve Buchnor..... Rudi is completely blind.

 

[Noman]

Rudi is even wearing ear piece..

 

[Noman]

rudi is the most experience umpire in the world.. He has umpired in 174 odi matches..And making such a bad decision,,, god knows how he has manage to umpire in 174 matches while being blind,.

 

[12thMan]

Rudi has umpired in most ODIs with 174. jug jug jiye
SL 161-4 after 36.2

 

[12thMan]

ICC was going to look for no edge for catches but not for LBWs???

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

The worse thing was he didnt even do his trademark slow death dismissal, he quickly raised the finger which gives me the impression that decision was intentional

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Rudi made a bad decision last time i saw him umpiring too, cant remember who it was but i think it was a lefty

 

[desidudecool]

upmiring has been very poor in the match so far.simon taufel did nt give 2 lbws.and now rudy proved that hes too old.

 

[Noman]

The worse thing was he didnt even do his trademark slow death dismissal, he quickly raised the finger which gives me the impression that decision was intentional

mee too. it gave me a impression of that it was an intentional decision.

 

[Straight Bat]

Rudi made a bad decision last time i saw him umpiring too, cant remember who it was but i think it was a lefty

don't worry about it too much - he'll make another shocker in no time

 

[desidudecool]

the concern for srilanka at this stage should be that this is still a good batting wicket.come the 2nd innings it might now slow as expected but we ll see.

 

[Noman]

upmiring has been very poor in the match so far.simon taufel did nt give 2 lbws.and now rudy proved that hes too old.

have to agree with you... but this one was the worst..Rudi is too old,, the icc needs to fine young umpires..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Crack shot for 4 by jayawardena of bond.

great wrsit work in the shot!

S.L 187/4

 

[Oxy]

at least there is some sort of atmosphere with the music...But I'm sure Malcolm Speed with come up with his usual drivel about how well staged the WC was, and blah blah blah....

If the small crowd all took in a drum - thats the noise guaranteed.

But its still a small, albeit loud crowd.

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.L 187/4

10 overs to go.. sri lanka need another 70 runs atleast here...

 

[Straight Bat]

50 up for Jayawardena - well played.

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

The umpiring has been pretty good in this world cup so far. You just wonder if the standards would have been the same had Pakistan and India still been in the cup (as both teams seem to be on the wrong end of most bad decisions).

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sri lanka building nicely here.

194/4 after 41 overs..

 

[desidudecool]

this is good batting wicket.srilanka should be looking to hurt the kiwis in the last 10.otherwise they would be relying too much on their bowlers

 

[Straight Bat]

199/4 after 42

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

I wanna see Dilshan fire today. Hes the only player who hasnt done much for Sri Lanka so far this World Cup.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lovely chipped legside shot for 4 by jayawardena.

203/4 now..

 

[ThaSiccSense]

FOURRRRRRRRR, 200 up, 203/4

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Jawardena looking good, nice lofted shot for 4 there.

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

The only thing missing from this Sri Lankan team is someone who can come in and hit big shots.

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Shout for LBW there ooooooooooooooooooohh i thought Rudi was gonna give that!!!

 

[Noman]

I really think Sri Lanka should aim for 260,, this is a batting wicket,, I aam not sure how muc Vass will be able to swing the the new bowl,, nx found it hard.

 

[Noman]

Shout for LBW there ooooooooooooooooooohh i thought Rudi was gonna give that!!!

Mee too

 

[Straight Bat]

250 is a must atleast I think

 

[Noman]

Jakob OraM ON here,, I think he is the bowler Sri Lanka can hit him out of the park.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sri lanka need to up the ante here...

211/4 latest...

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Whats the point of Russell Arnold? he hardly bowls and he's rubbish with the bat surely Mahroof would have been a better choice.

 

[Straight Bat]

what a shot
666

 

[Amjid Javed]

Brilliant shot gun barrell six from jayawardena!

 

[Rob H]

big shot straight down the ground the the maximum. That's a superb shot by the skipper.

 

[ThaSiccSense]

Jayawardene SIXER!

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

SIX!!! what a shot, Sri Lanka need Jayawardena to stay till the end.

 

[desidudecool]

in a way its good that silva got out because dilshan can score runs quickly in the death overs.so can jaywardene now as hes set now.great 6

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sri lanka 219/4 - 44 overs

6 overs to go..

 

[ThaSiccSense]

Whats the point of Russell Arnold? he hardly bowls and he's rubbish with the bat surely Mahroof would have been a better choice.

Hes a good batsman.

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Ball change. Rudi thinks this ball is easy to hit, time to replace it

 

[desidudecool]

Whats the point of Russell Arnold? he hardly bowls and he's rubbish with the bat surely Mahroof would have been a better choice.

yeah i was thinking the same but arnold is good in a crisis situation when srilanka loses heaps of wickets too early.

 

[Easa]

What a captain's innings by Jaywardene, fantastic stuff !!

218/4, after that 6.

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Hes a good batsman.

He's ok at best. If he's not gonna bowl then they should have gone for Attapattu instead, his cover drive alone warrants him a place in the squad.

 

[Rob H]

full toss and that's gone for 6. Bond makes a howler.

 

[Amjid Javed]

another six! poor effort from bond on boundary!

227/4

 

[infamous9383]

full toss for six

 

[ThaSiccSense]

Bond muffs a catch goes for SIX

 

[Straight Bat]

bond isn't having a good game.

 

[infamous9383]

dilshan gets one past styris for 4

 

[Straight Bat]

4 more!

great over so far

 

[Amjid Javed]

what a deft shot for 4 by dilshan.

sublime placement!

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Four more, hahaha!

 

[desidudecool]

comeon srilanka yes .great batting

 

[infamous9383]

233/4

5 overs to go

 

[Rob H]

233/4 off 45. Good platform this is.

 

[Noman]

He's ok at best. If he's not gonna bowl then they should have gone for Attapattu instead, his cover drive alone warrants him a place in the squad.

) ) ) ) ) lol

 

[Amjid Javed]

233/4 after 45 overs..

275-280 maybe here?

 

[infamous9383]

dilshan gone lbw

 

[Amjid Javed]

Oram Strikes.

Dilshan gone lbw.

 

[Straight Bat]

dilshan gone

LBW

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Gone, Dilshan gone!

 

[Rob H]

Well that's a shame, he was looking very promising Dilshan.

That's a shocking decision though.

 

[Straight Bat]

omg!!!

BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Another Shoking decision, this time Taufel!

 

[Amjid Javed]

what a fking awful decision!

absoloute shocker! was missing leg stick by miles!

 

[infamous9383]

simon taufel gets the decision wrong, i call for his sacking

 

[12thMan]

Dilshan out LBW. bad decision
SL 233-5 after 45.1

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Let me get out my Taufel effigy ...

 

[desidudecool]

uff what a horrifying decision by taufel going down the leg dilshan out lbw.thats why you need arnold when umpires are being morons to strengthen the batting

 

[Faisal Akhtar]

Would have missed another set of stumps!

 

[Sheikh]

2 horrible decisions today. Please, please can we use some technology?