Sri Lanka beat Scotland by 148 runs in Hobart Sri Lanka 363 for 9 (Sangakkara 124, Dilshan 104, Mathews 51, Davey 3-63) - Scotland 215 (Coleman 70, Mommsen 60, Kulasekara 3-20, Chameera 3-51) Kumar Sangakkara became the first man in ODI history to score centuries in four consecutive innings, and the first to make four hundreds in one World Cup
South Africa beat UAE by 146 runs in Wellington South Africa 341 for 6 (De Villiers 99, Behardien 64*, Naveed 3-63) - UAE 195 (Patil 57*, Anwar 39, Morkel 2-23)
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by three wickets in Hamilton New Zealand 289 for 7 (Guptill 105, Shakib 4-55) - Bangladesh 288 for 7 (Mahmudullah 128*, Soumya 51)
England beat Afghanistan by nine wickets (D/L method) in a rain affected match at the SCG England 101 for 1 (Bell 52*, Hales 37) - Afghanistan 111-7 (Shafiqullah 30)
Enjoying the world cup. Starting to get into it now England are out. I'm still fuming over KP's omission from the side and loved seeing England get dumped out. Hate to say it as I love cricket and followed England very closely since I was a kid, always backing them until the bitter end. Brendon Taylor's knock yesterday was immense. Hoping Ireland can beat Pakistan today. I wonder why it is so dead here. Especially for the world cup. Wasn't the cricket section pretty active on the original 606 or am I imagining it? I wonder where everyone went? Is there a particular cricket forum that's super active?
The European champs have set a target for Pakistan. Probably not good enough to qualify for the next phase... It probably won't rain now. The Windies have won.and are in pole position despite having been destroyed by the euro champs.
India beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in Auckland India 288 for 4 (Raina 110, Dhoni 85) - Zimbabwe 287 (Taylor 138, Williams 50, Yadav 3-43, Mohit 3-48, Shami 3-48)
Australia beat Scotland by seven wickets in Hobart Australia 133 for 3 (Clarke 47) - Scotland 130 (Machan 40, Starc 4-14, Cummins 3-42)
West Indies beat UAE by six wickets in Napier West Indies 176 for 4 (Charles 55, Carter 50*) - UAE 175 (Aziz 60, Javed 56, Holder 4-27)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets. Sharfraz got his ton... But it took him all day. The European champs come unstuck on the world stage. Being the best in the continent is no real comfort.
Pakistan were so much in control they could afford to waste about 5 overs to let that guy get his ton, Umar Akmal was blocking everything, I was willing him on to go for a big 6 just to see the reaction of yer man wanting the ton.
For a while I thought they were ****ing about to try and screw over the Windies. Ireland lacked in the bowling line up to really threaten. On pitches like that, Boyd Rankin might've helped... But who knows. It was his choice to try and compete for a worse team.
Pakistan's reward for 3rd is Australia. The Windies have got New Zealand. I'm sure they will be happier, although I wouldn't back them to win. Should be plenty of runs.
I stuck money on South Africa and India to win it, India were 10/1 at the start of the tournament, I thought that was mental?!? Australia are rightfully favs to win it but will hopefully slip up somewhere along the line.
10/1 is mental. They will beat Bangladesh easily enough, then luck plays a part. Their semi is a day/night game, as is the Final, in Sydney, then Melbourne. The toss could be crucial.
Pakistan beat Ireland by seven wickets in Adelaide Pakistan 241 for 3 (Sarfraz 101*, Shehzad 63) - Ireland 237 (Porterfield 107, Wahab 3-54)
World Cup quarter-finals: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Sydney, 18 March Bangladesh v India, Melbourne, 19 March Australia v Pakistan, Adelaide, 20 March New Zealand v West Indies, Wellington, 21 March
