Two groups (A and B) with three teams each, play a round robin league. Top 2 teams from each group qualify to the super 4s. Another round robin. The top 2 reach the final. The points from the initial group stage are carried forward to the super 4.
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I don’t mind when people boo me. The more they do it, the more I’m going to play hard. Actually, it gives me pleasure that everyone knows me at the ground. It inspires me to do well.
                                                                                           – Harbhajan Singh
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That’s very brave of you, Haar-bhajan. Booing inspires you to do well. Does it inspire you to do well against Australia only? Doesn’t it inspire you to play well against other countries, say, Sri Lanka?
Anyway, are these men your friends, Bhajji? They’re quite brave, too.

Watch Harbhajan Singh dance.

The World Cup was today treated to a great game of cricket in the Super 8’s. Following on from Ireland and Zimbabwe’s tie, and Sri Lanka’s narrow loss after 4 wickets in 4 balls from Malinga to South Africa, the World Cup finally got interesting with a real edge-of-the-seat affair. Ironically, it was a situation that should have never occurred, for either side, and I suppose that’s the joy of cricket.
England came in to the game knowing that anything other than a win was likely to signal the end of their World Cup. We were once again treated to the …read more

You’d rightly be feeling a little bit miffed at the moment. You can’t escape the hype surrounding Shane Warne and his 700th test wicket. Heck, I’m as guilty of it as anyone. Yes, 700 wickets is a huge feat and no doubt his impending retirement has added to the hype, but it seems one or two people have mysteriously forgotten about another famous spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, whose match-winning 6 for 87 vs New Zealand went largely unnoticed.
Warne might be on 704 wickets after Day 1 of the 4th Test, but Murali is hardly slouching, currently hovering around the 680 wickets …read more

Check out this video of Muttiah Muralitharan getting run out against New Zealand. The dozy twonk leaves his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakarre on scoring a hundred whilst the ball is still live. Brendan McCullen was well within his rights and the umpire was correct to give him the finger. Captain Mahela Jaywardene protested the decision, saying the dismissal was not within the spirit of the game, but Stephen Fleming retorted saying that had the ball gone for overthrows then the Sri Lankans would have taken it. Personally I think Jayawardene’s protestations were not within the spirit of the game.
Two …read more

Regular readers of Six and Out will notice that posts here have been a little thin on the ground recently. There are a number of factors at work here, I have all the usual excuses of too much work, not enough time, yahda yahda yahda. But largely I’ve been struggling to think of new ways to describe my feelings towards the state of English cricket.

Get off my land. Ooo-ar. Oh, sorry. Flashback. Former life. Anyway. There’s something about the current England one-day side that bothers me. It just doesn’t feel like an England side. Well, it does, in as much as the side keeps changing and it’s still a bit pants when it actually comes to playing cricket, but some of the new faces… I’m just not feeling them. I’m getting a bit protective, broody even, over my England side. All these new upstarts in England shirts, though, walking about like they own the place, when they’ve not been there 5 seconds. Grrr.
With the …read more

Sri Lanka have beaten England in a Twenty20 match at The Rose Bowl in Hampshire. Sri Lanka posted 163 all out, a score that looked gettable. England managed 161-5 falling short by just a couple of runs. In amongst it, the experienced cricketers in both sides ultimately showed that experience is important in cricket.

Day 4 of the final test match between England and Sri Lanka. We’ll be chasing over 300 – and it’s a hard one to call. I don’t see England having a snowball’s chance of getting the runs and winning, but salvaging a draw would require batting for 2 days, which also seems unlikely – when you consider that the English batsmen will be facing The Little Wizard – Muttiah “Murali” Muralitharan.
On a wicket that will be heaven sent for his style of spin bowling, don’t be surprised if he walks away with all 10 second innings wickets.

England are on top. End of Day 1, Sri Lanka bowled out for 141, England 130 odd for 3. But it’s not all tea and crumpets just yet. In fact, England being in command after day 1 seem a little familiar. I’m not going to be counting anyone’s chickens in this match… England need to bat all day tomorrow and really cement a position. But the biggest question of the day : Melinga the Slinger? Where the heck did this guy learn to play cricket?
Experience ought to warn us though that a good first day rarely means something in English …read more