MUNI THE BOSS

1. Every team has these bludgeoners who love to see in full cry. The sound of willow hiting the meat and disappearing in the night skies is thrilling, to put it mildly. The Powerplay carnage is what fans drool over.


(Tim Holt was born in Northern Ireland in 1952. He found his love for cricket when he was sent to South Africa between 1964 and 1966. He is an unashamed cricket purist who feasts on Test cricket. His passion for the game cuts across geographical boundaries and into the domestic competitions. Tim, who has a background in journalism and teaching, has lived and worked in many places across the world). 2. Like the team total of 500, an individual score of 250 is very much in the realms of possibility with some of the maulers at this World Cup.
3.The precocious talents from Bangladesh have been showing signs that they are ready to leave a mark in world cricket. There is no better platform to do that than the World Cup.
They have match winners in Shakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal and a few others. Familiar conditions will be to their advantage. What could let them down is only lack of self-belief and self-discipline.
4.The last thing you want is an epic game on knifes edge won by intervention of weather or Duckworth & Lewis system. Mother Nature, please be kind to us in this World Cup!

5.An encounter between the two iconic rivals in the final of the World Cup would be the perfect climax to the mega event in the subcontinent. It will be a spectacle that will be charged with unbelievable electricity… just what the marketing gurus would have liked to see and the fans to feast upon.
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For Christ sake, someone need to show some innovation with Powerplays - batting or bowling. Why have a batting Powerplay in the latter overs when you could utilise it better earlier in the game? Why use the bowling Powerplays in the same way everyone else does when you could be revolutionary and gain a possible edge? I think, captains need to do some out-of-the-box thinking.

7.We Irish are great at using wooden things against the English. I mean throughout our history we've used Shillelagh's with great 'dexterity' against them. Why not wield another form of willow against them and pull off an iconic victory? It will be great for the Irish economy, especially in the Temple Bar Zone of Dublin!. 8.Apologies to Aussie fans who would be hoping for a miraculous victory by Ricky Ponting’s team for a fourth triumph in a row. Australia’s stranglehold on the World Cup has become boring for objective cricket fans. A change in fortunes will inject much life, similar to England turning the tables on Australia in recent Ashes series. Now that Australia aren’t the dominant force they undoubtedly were till not long ago, there is every chance of seeing the emergence of a new champion team in the 2011 edition of the World Cup.
9.9. The Revolutionary Shots!
The Dil Scoop
The Reverse Sweeps for 6
The Windmill Shot
The Switch Hit

All great theatre …and who knows what new ones we will unfold in this edition of the World Cup!
he World Cup is but a sleep away, and what everyone yearns to see unfolding in the days ahead depends on individual biases related to players and nationality. However, there are a few things that will fans from all sections might agree.