Reading the early comments in the thread, I thought we were looking at a disaster. In fact, WI are 205-5 after 47.4 overs, will get to 220 or so and should have a good chance to win the match from there. Make England look good? I don't think so based only on a look at the card.

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Their early progress was nothing short of terrible. They way that scorecard reads is down to the performance of one ramnaresh sarwan.

Wi should win this match easily, though 2 horrible drops by Lara...sad for him to end his career like this, such a magnificent batsmen, afraid he couldnt do much for his team as captain though.

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Fair enough: at least someone turned up for WI though, which is more than can be said for the mighty, mighty England against South Africa.

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West Indies won by 99 runs.

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That's all of six months ago.

The WI team are a bunch of amateurs coming from an amateur setup.

One day, you'll see them and say yeah they are doing well. Then, the next time they'll be listless and ineffective.

In their hearts, I am sure every single one of them wants to win and no one will be more upset with their failure.

However, AUS, SL, NZ and SA are professional setups who came prepared to win. Bingo! They are the semi-finalists.


Interesting, if you have not read it before. The same focusing on Lara continues to obscure that the West Indian decline has been happening from before he even made his debut!!

I alway wonder what people expected Lara to do when Richardson, Walsh, Adams, Hooper and Chanderpaul could not do it!!

Brian Lara has now retired from all forms of cricket.

Just to be clear: that is all forms of international cricket, according to his announcement. With some luck those back at home (Where is that, incidentally? Is he Trinidadian?) might still see him playing for a while.

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Yes. That's international cricket.

Tests and ODIs.

But with the peculiarities of WI cricket, Trinidad & Tobago vs Jamaica is also international.

so he's not facing England now?

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