http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:46:26 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171887 Well, I, for one who watched the match amidst ariel bombardment and total black out due to the attack, think that we gave them quite a fight. We all knew that Australian team was the best. But we hoped that SL team would put up a good show. It was not to be! 171887@desicritics.org Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:46:26 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171643 sl cud have won had they got gilly early. But u never know punter mite have played big innings, so I wud say aussies continue their domination. 171643@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:12 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171528 The Aussies, sans Gilly, hardly looked the superpower that they were throughout the cup. the Lankans fought hard. Good show.No problem at all. Match ended in a sad way though, 171528@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:45:50 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171462 even if the match was carried on to the next day nothing would have changed,australians were too good for the lankans,IMO lankanks got only to blame themselves as they rested their top bowlers in a super eight game against Australia and eventually lost had they played with full strength they would have been able to access their strengths and weaknesses against aussies and the second mistake they made was that they concentrated too much on hayden and forgot about the guy called gilchrist and did he make them pay 171462@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:01:50 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171438 oops sorry ,i meant Kerala :-D 171438@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:24:46 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171437 what do Tamils know about football anyway? all the best footballers come from india. 171437@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:20:59 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171434 Not true at all. Gilcrhist was unbeatable. You give the Sri Lanka sort of excuse. The umpire was biased against the Australians to begin with. This said, the whole game is idiotic. Its time we switch to football like the rest of the world. 171434@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:10:45 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171432 Wrong,the point is -at the end of the day the weather won.Sri Lanka were chasing pretty good before it started to rain.I think Sri lanka would have won the match and the cup 171432@desicritics.org Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:08:05 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171429 The point remains that Australia's performance - Gilchrist especially - was sensational and exhilirating. Yes, the match could have been played another day but the Aussies would have won regardless. Sri Lanka was all hyped up. There was only one real team this time and it was Australia - all the way. While the Sri Lankans in their ugly jingoism would make excuses ad nauseum on the lines of what you mention here, Australia proved that they were invincible. This is terrific. It taught the hardliners in Sri Lanka a lesson with their President on the stand as the rebels back home struck military installations with their airforce for a third time and Colombo airport shut down for a third time...... Politics and sports are inter-twined in our country - so I loved the result yesterday. 171429@desicritics.org Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:48:51 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/04/28/222351.php#comment-171428 Good article. Vote for this article on http://www.bestofindya.com 171428@desicritics.org Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:46:24 EDT