World Cup Final: India v Sri Lanka

[brod]

India v Sri Lanka
ICC World Cup FINAL
Mumbai

INDIA WON BY 6 WICKETS (with 10 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka 6/274
DPMD Jayawardene 103* (88 balls)
KC Sangakkara 48 (67)
TM Dilshan 33 (49)
KMDN Kulasekara 32 (30)
Yuvray Singh 2/49 (10 overs)
Z Khan 2/60 (10)
India 4/277 (48.2 overs)
G Gambhir 97 (122 balls)
MS Dhoni 91* (79 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
V Kohli 35 (49 balls)
SL Malinga 2/42 (9 overs)

[stampy]

if this is given not out because "he hit it". it is a **** joke

Clearly didnt hit it IMO

AND OUT. SEE YA SEHWAG

i was listening to michael vaughan when he got out, he called sehwag a selfish ****, asked for the review without consulting the non striker and it was plumb, vaughany is a funny guy to say the least, not bad for a to and from

[FlyingHigh]

Congratulations to India.

Played a good, steady game and deserved to win. Certainly didn't offer too many chances with the bat, just one from Gambhir at a very important time when he was about 30, and would have made them 3-70 or 80.

However I'd be pretty unhappy if I were a Sri Lankan fan because there were a few holes in their game that could have been easily fixed that could have changed things:
-scoring only hanfdul of runs in the first 5-6 overs, when you'd be hoping for 20-25, and this was about what their total was short in the end
- their ground-fielding was atrocious, despit what the commentators wanted to say. Australia even on an average day wouldn't have given away 15 of the runs they did.
- the captaincy seemed to lack a bit of spark and was happy to drift along with the game a bit.
- why did Murali and Randiv, the two-offspinners, persist virtually all night with bowling around the wicket to the right-handers?
- The two medium pacers Perrera and Kulasekara were very ordinary when all they had to do wasbe a steady back up Malinga.

[spell_check]

And they dropped Mendis, who the English commentators could not work out why you'd drop your most economical bowler for someone who wasn't in the squad to start with. Russel Arnold was saying it was because Sri Lanka had noticed that the other sub-continent teams had worked him out, so it was a horses-for-courses tactic.

He played in every match before that one, so even thought he may not say it, he would be feeling peeved that he wasn't there, being their best bowler economically.

[Media Park]

India v Sri Lanka
ICC World Cup FINAL
Mumbai

INDIA WON BY 6 WICKETS (with 10 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka 6/274
DPMD Jayawardene 103* (88 balls) singlehandedly kept SL in it
KC Sangakkara 48 (67)
TM Dilshan 33 (49) the wicket that to me ended the game
KMDN Kulasekara 32 (30)
Yuvray Singh 2/49 (10 overs) great for a part timer, yet again
Z Khan 2/60 (10)
India 4/277 (48.2 overs)
G Gambhir 97 (122 balls) most important innings after the two masters fell early
MS Dhoni 91* (79 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH the third best innings of the match
V Kohli 35 (49 balls)
SL Malinga 2/42 (9 overs)

[FlyingHigh]

And they dropped Mendis, who the English commentators could not work out why you'd drop your most economical bowler for someone who wasn't in the squad to start with. Russel Arnold was saying it was because Sri Lanka had noticed that the other sub-continent teams had worked him out, so it was a horses-for-courses tactic.

He played in every match before that one, so even thought he may not say it, he would be feeling peeved that he wasn't there, being their best bowler economically.

That was a very strange decision too, especially when so much of the tournament the focus was on spin and they played 2 1/2 off-spinners, and two medium pacers who weren't worth a pinch of poop.

[Lightning McQueen]

At least the two best teams played off in the GF, let's face it, they both done their homework in good time, they had the most flexibility and batsmen that could chip in with some tidy overs.
Well done both teams, well done organisers, whether the general public thinks it went on too long, I think the ICC gave all participating nations every opportunity to prove their worth and make the finals.
8/10 would be my rating of the tournament, there was room for improvement but nevertheless it was enjoyable.