Cricket
West Indies vs South Africa
West Indies 231
South Africa 285/6 (104 ov)
End of day 2
More to follow
Soccer
On 24 June 2006, in Leipzig, Argentina and Mexico met in a pulsating Round of 16 encounter at that year’s FIFA World Cup™. The South Americans went through with a 2-1 win, with the Mexicans’ hopes of a quarter-final place dashed once again. Four years on, Javier Aguirre’s men are desperate for revenge and have the chance to test themselves against arguably the tournament’s form team. But will they be able to handle charismatic coach Diego Maradona and mercurial maestro Lionel Messi?
England vs Germany
Germany 4-1 England
Goals by Germany- Close (20), Podolski(32), Muller (67,70)
England – Upson (37)
Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Argentina
C Tevez (24:59)
G Higuain (32:12)
C Tevez (51:26)
Mexico
J Hernandez (70:40)
Krauts clobber Poms, 4 / 1
I see the Ama-Blomme-Blomme are 145 / 4 at lunch on day 2
Finally we get a soccer thread. Thanks gbs. Yip Poms were got a hiding. Now hope Arg or if Mexico make it smack em Germans next week. Too arrogant for me they are. Also hope Holland make it tomorrow night.
Pleased Ghana made it through too.
@ Puma:3 – Sorry for my English up there….hahaha.
Deutschland uber alles. England were over rated and crap.. They were shown up today for the pretenders that they are,for all the talent that they have they didnt live up to their potential..
Hell but the cricket is pedestrian, will force me to watch soccer.
Batsman’s strike rates around 30, eish can it really be that difficult or are we batting ourself into a hole?
AB de Villiers 28* (89b 1×4)
AG Prince 23* (80b)
SJ Benn 21-3-41-3
DJ Bravo 10-6-8-0
Bravo 10 overs for 8 runs , aaaagh come on……..
I think its a difficult pitch to bat on but we are not trying to score fast enough..
Last 10 ovs 12/0 RR 1.20
Remember we used to play this negative in those struggling years against Australia. You set yourself up for failure this way, rather play to try and break the shackles.
So the least productive session of the match, both in terms of runs (58) and wickets (1).
Wasn’t as drab a session as the figures might make it sound.
WI could have got AB had they challenged Steve Davis’s decision in the 56th over. Apart from that scoring runs wasn’t generally easy. While South Africa has inched towards a lead, West Indies have hung in
25 Shot by Carlos Tevez(Argentina) right-footed from centre of penalty area (12 yards), save (parried) by Oscar Perez(Mexico). Headed goal by Carlos Tevez(Argentina) (top-left of goal) from left side of six-yard box (6 yards).Argentina 1-0 Mexico. Assist by Leo Messi(Argentina) from left channel.
33 Goal by Gonzalo Higuain(Argentina) left-footed (bottom-left of goal) from left side of six-yard box (6 yards).Argentina 2-0 Mexico.
AB has been let off twice by Steve Davis, and on both the occasions West Indies haven’t had the confidence to challenge the decision. Both of them would have been overturned had they asked for the replays
Looking much better now
Last 10 ovs 38/0 RR 3.80
52 Goal by Carlos Tevez(Argentina) right-footed (top-right of goal) from left channel (25 yards).
Argentina 3-0 Mexico.
71 Goal by Javier Hernandez(Mexico) left-footed (top-left of goal) from centre of penalty area (12 yards).Argentina 3-1 Mexico. Assist (pass) by Gerardo Torrado(Mexico) from left channel.
Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Current partnership 133 runs, 52.0 overs, RR: 2.55 (Prince 55, de Villiers 66)
South Africa 278/5 (99.0 ov)
Benn to de Villiers, OUT, 89.0 kph, short and wide, he goes for the cut, Benn’s extra bounce gets a healthy edge, and Ramdin takes a nice catch, straightforward decision for Taufel
AB de Villiers c †Ramdin b Benn 73 (189b 6×4 0x6) SR: 38.62
Last Bat AB de Villiers c †Ramdin b Benn 73 (189b 6×4 0x6) SR: 38.62
Fall of wicket: 279/6 (100.1 ov); Partnership: 134 runs, 53.1 overs, RR: 2.52 (Prince 55, de Villiers 67)
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