Cover Points : T20Ihttp://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/archive/tags/T20I/default.aspxTags: T20IenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)Semi Final brings Pakistan a full circlehttp://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/archive/2009/06/18/semifinal-brings-pakistan-a-full-circle.aspxThu, 18 Jun 2009 20:08:00 GMTa9c053ce-f388-4613-8a89-d938c24a54e8:12966gchakravarthy0http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=12966http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/commentapi.aspx?PostID=12966http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/archive/2009/06/18/semifinal-brings-pakistan-a-full-circle.aspx#comments<p>&nbsp;A tale of the PowerPak v. the Safferers:<br /></p><ol class="statuses" id="timeline"><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine latest-status" id="status_2227108779"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Albie in the Finals!!! Steyn alive, charging like a Jacques ... for one Morkel, made it to Botha Finals&quot; - Younus Khan</span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2227108779" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published"> 23 minutes ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2227108779" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2227031427"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Will this be Pakistan&#39;s Doom(iny)? </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2227031427" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">29 minutes ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2227031427" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226996179"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Wasim bowling to Wessels ... in the commentary box!! Oh! It&#39;s a *** comment followed by a *** comment. It&#39;s all crappening here ... </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226996179" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">31 minutes ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226996179" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226948480"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Akram WAZ a great bowler, but &#39;IM a crappy commentator. &quot;Suppperb bowling ... supperb bowling ... suppperb bowling ...&quot; </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226948480" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">35 minutes ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226948480" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226885316"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Full-of-crap Wessels is silent now!! </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226885316" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">40 minutes ago</span></a> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226885316" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226354056"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Says one green to another ... you&#39;re blue! ABD falls to AfriD and in comes JPD</span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226354056" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published"> about 1 hour ago</span></a> <span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226354056" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226318078"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Said one charger to another ... you&#39;re out of juice! But Gibbs checks the ball from Afridi after it has bowled him. Is this a sign of more hapless allegations to come?</span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226318078" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published"><u> </u>about 1 hour ago</span></a><span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226318078" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226218098"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Pakistan take a catch ... AMIRacle! Graemey innings ends. Maybe just as well for the Saffers! </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226218098" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">about 1 hour ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226218098" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2226162000"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Umer Goal! </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2226162000" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">about 2 hours ago</span></a><span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2226162000" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2225657795"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Empty Wessels is making too much noise. </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2225657795" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">about 2 hours ago</span></a><span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2225657795" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2225383610"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">JP TooMany</span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2225383610" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published"> about 3 hours ago</span></a><span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2225383610" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2225343708"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Roll off van Der Nerve !! </span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2225343708" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">about 3 hours ago</span></a><span></span></span></span><span class="actions"><div><a class="fav-action non-fav" id="status_star_2225343708" title="favorite this update">&nbsp;&nbsp;</a><a class="del" title="delete this update">&nbsp; <br /></a></div></span></li><li class="hentry status u-FrontFootTalk mine" id="status_2224759546"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Can Y. Khan do an I. Khan in the cricket World Cup?</span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://twitter.com/FrontFootTalk/status/2224759546" class="entry-date" rel="bookmark"><span class="published"> about 3 hours ago</span></a><span></span> </span></span></li></ol><img src="http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12966" width="1" height="1">T20ISouth AfricaICCPakistanJacques KallisYounus KhanWorld CupWorld T20AfridiUmer GulRoelof van der MerweShahid AfridiForesight is 20-20http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/archive/2009/06/04/foresight-is-20-20-tttt.aspxFri, 05 Jun 2009 04:22:00 GMTa9c053ce-f388-4613-8a89-d938c24a54e8:12735gchakravarthy0http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=12735http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/commentapi.aspx?PostID=12735http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/cover_points/archive/2009/06/04/foresight-is-20-20-tttt.aspx#comments<div align="justify"> <p>Alright. It is the 9th of June, 2009 and the preliminary stages of the World Cup T20 have just concluded.<br /></p> <p>(Maybe the calender is still showing 5th of June and maybe the World Cup has just started in all earnest! So what&#39;s your point??? Just stick with the post, will ya ...)</p> <p>Here&#39;s how the teams stack up:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="border-collapse:collapse;width:257pt;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;width:99pt;">Team</td> <td style="width:44pt;">P</td> <td style="width:22pt;">W</td> <td style="width:26pt;">L</td> <td style="width:24pt;">T</td> <td style="width:23pt;">NR</td> <td style="width:19pt;">PTS</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;">GroupA</td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>India (A1)</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">3</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Ireland (A2)</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">3</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Bangladesh<span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;">GroupB</td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Pakistan<span> (B1)</span></td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Netherlands<span> (B2)</span></td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>England<span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;">GroupC</td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Australia<span> (C1)</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3<br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Sri Lanka<span> (C2)</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3<br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>West Indies<span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3<br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;">GroupD</td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> <td><br /></td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>South Africa<span> (D2)</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">4</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>New Zealand<span> (D1)</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> </tr> <tr style="height:12.75pt;"> <td style="height:12.75pt;"><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Scotland<span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td align="right">2<br /></td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">If anyone had predicted that the Super 8 would include Ireland and the Netherlands ... they&#39;d have been laughed into oblivion.</div><div align="justify">Are you laughing? <br /></div><img src="http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12735" width="1" height="1">T20IWorld CupNetherlandsIreland