Friday, April 27, 2007

Semi-Finals...

In the past, WC Semi-Finals, have been fascinating to watch...

1992 ---- SA vs England. It is at this match when the Duckword-Lewis Method became very famous.
1992 ---- Pak vs NZ. A young lanky lad called 'Inzy' stole the match away from the tournament
favourites NZ.
1996 ---- Pressure, Bad Luck, call it whatever, WZ lost the match in the last few minutes of the
closing stages to Australia.. What a match it was!!!
1996 ---- Ind Vs SL. Well it wasn't exactly a close match, but it was dramatic with the crowd
playing a part in deciding the winner.
1999 ---- Aus vs SA.. Termed as the "Match of the millenium" by many... It was indeed
heartbreaking for the SA..
2003 ---- Aus vs SL. Some lusty blows from Bret Lee at the end of the innings set the match for
Aus.

And now it's time to stage the 2007 WC semis...
Arguebly the four best teams in WC had qualified to the Semis. The stage was set for a grand WC final rounds.

But... NewZealand and SouthAfrica had other plans... They both haven't won a WC yet or rather haven't even qualified to the finals yet.. They both wanted to create history and they at the end did create it...

What a one-sided game both were... Rather than stating that SL and Aus won, I would say, NZ and SA gifted the match to their opponents...

I just hope that the final wouldn't be one-sided...

1 comment:

Bijesh said...

in the end only one team will win, so the finals will also be one-sided. :D wonderful observation, huh?