20/20 world cup sweepstake

[DUNK619]

Pakistan 87-4

Needing 99 off 7.2 overs

cheers gooooo england

[DUNK619]

have england won it yet?

[Rooky9]

Yeah. Good win. Played really well, about three poor overs from 40.

[kinboshi]

England through to the next round no matter what happens in the Pakistan v Netherlands game.

[Longy]

England through to the next round no matter what happens in the Pakistan v Netherlands game.

Try explaining that to Kevin Pietersen.

Better performance all the way round, won't be running down the bookies with a fistfull of cash to wade in on England, but much improved.

[Matt50]

dino1980 - Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland and Holland

Longy - Australia

ChipRich - India

Matt50 - Sri Lanka

Blatch - New Zealand

Rooky9 - West Indies

TightEnd - England

maldini32 - Pakistan

Bongo - South Africa

Any ideas what punishments we can get the shrewdies to do to Chip Rich as he has failed to pay up?

[TightEnd]

think Sri Lanka at 9/2 3rd favourites look a great bet in this

two superb spinners, and spinners are I think key in this..taking pace of the ball on worn pitches as the whole comp is only being played at 3 venues, Malinga is tough to hit at the death too

Bat a way down too


South Africa 5/2, India 3/1 of course strong teams I'll take Sri Lanka at a bigger price

[Woodsey]

think Sri Lanka at 9/2 3rd favourites look a great bet in this

two superb spinners, and spinners are I think key in this..taking pace of the ball on worn pitches as the whole comp is only being played at 3 venues, Malinga is tough to hit at the death too

Bat a way down too


South Africa 5/2, India 3/1 of course strong teams I'll take Sri Lanka at a bigger price

Agree with everything you said apart from batting way down, that is their fragility IMO. Fairish price though bearing that in mind.

[TheChipPrince]

think Sri Lanka at 9/2 3rd favourites look a great bet in this

two superb spinners, and spinners are I think key in this..taking pace of the ball on worn pitches as the whole comp is only being played at 3 venues, Malinga is tough to hit at the death too

Bat a way down too


South Africa 5/2, India 3/1 of course strong teams I'll take Sri Lanka at a bigger price

Look out for their helmets too!

A mate of mine from Uni set up a company after he left involving inovative cricket designs, gloves/pads/helemts etc, and he's managed to get Sri Lanka to wear the helmets in the World Cup...

Also several county cricketers now too I think...    www.ayrtek.com

[Matt50]

The draw was made with the help of Tighty and Kev giving me random numbers and is as follows:

dino1980 - Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland and Holland

Longy - Australia

ChipRich - India

Matt50 - Sri Lanka

Blatch - New Zealand

Rooky9 - West Indies

TightEnd - England

maldini32 - Pakistan

Bongo - South Africa

Everyone has now paid.

I am quite pleased with having Sri Lanka, should get a decent run out of them.

[Matt50]

think Sri Lanka at 9/2 3rd favourites look a great bet in this

two superb spinners, and spinners are I think key in this..taking pace of the ball on worn pitches as the whole comp is only being played at 3 venues, Malinga is tough to hit at the death too

Bat a way down too


South Africa 5/2, India 3/1 of course strong teams I'll take Sri Lanka at a bigger price

Look out for their helmets too!

A mate of mine from Uni set up a company after he left involving inovative cricket designs, gloves/pads/helemts etc, and he's managed to get Sri Lanka to wear the helmets in the World Cup...

Also several county cricketers now too I think...    www.ayrtek.com

I noticed Sangakkara wearing a different helmet last night - it appeared more streamline like the one cyclists wear.  I would imagine that it is lighter than the normal helmets as well.

[TheChipPrince]

think Sri Lanka at 9/2 3rd favourites look a great bet in this

two superb spinners, and spinners are I think key in this..taking pace of the ball on worn pitches as the whole comp is only being played at 3 venues, Malinga is tough to hit at the death too

Bat a way down too


South Africa 5/2, India 3/1 of course strong teams I'll take Sri Lanka at a bigger price

Look out for their helmets too!

A mate of mine from Uni set up a company after he left involving inovative cricket designs, gloves/pads/helemts etc, and he's managed to get Sri Lanka to wear the helmets in the World Cup...

Also several county cricketers now too I think...    www.ayrtek.com

I noticed Sangakkara wearing a different helmet last night - it appeared more streamline like the one cyclists wear.  I would imagine that it is lighter than the normal helmets as well.

Yeah its a carbon fibre/kevlar shell, a fair bit lighter, and 3 times a strong...

He's having a problem though with attracing 'names' to wear it, basically their first question is not ''how strong/safe is it?''

Its  ''How much will you pay me to wear it''

[TightEnd]

Last eight


two groups, two through


S Africa
India
England
WIndies

NZ
S Lanka
Pakistan
Ireland


Liking the S Lanka bet a lot

[Blatch]

More than happy with NZ's easier draw for the super 8's

Playing well against SA currently too.

[Matt50]

Are any newspapers/websites running a 'dreamteam' for this years comp?

I know Metro are.

I entered 5 teams into the Metro comp, and out of about 21,000 entries i currently have 1 of my teams in 9th place!!!!

Trouble is there is only prizes for the top 2.