Archive for April, 2007

Australia did it again

Australia have become the World Champions third time in a row after beating Sri Lanka in the Final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 which was played at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. After the rain delay the game was restricted to 38 overs. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Ruthless Adam [...]

Cricket, Sports

Midnight chaos

I was almost in deep sleep last night when I heard this sudden noise that woke me up. I felt like it was thundering so I kinda got up and sat half asleep and thats when I heard the sound of a plane. It clicked to me immediately that what I heard was not a [...]

General

Aussies storm in

Without any surprises Aussies have made their way into the Finals beating South Africa comprehensively in the Semi Final match, yesterday. Australian bowlers demolished the South African batting order with some tight bowling. So now it all comes to that grand Final where Australia and Sri Lanka will meet each other to battle for the [...]

Cricket, Sports

Sri Lanka power into the Finals

Sri Lanka have powered their way into the Finals of the ICC World Cup 2007 after beating New Zealand comprehensively in the Semi Finals, yesterday. Captain Mahela Jayawardena's century and Murali's 4 wickets were the highlights of the match. Mahela's innings was a well paced one. He initially played very defensively chipping in with ones [...]

Cricket, Sports

Wrapping up

The match played yesterday against England and West Indies in the Super 8 stage of the World Cup 2007 reminded me of the match played against these two during the Champions Trophy. I even blogged about that match with the title "Fireworks, too late" and yesterday it was the same case. England's hopes of qualifying [...]

Cricket, Sports

Mozilla Thunderbird 2

I just now upgraded to Mozilla Thunderbird 2 which was made available worldwide yesterday. I didn't really dig into its new features yet. Message Tagging, Message History, Improved Search and Easy Access to Web Mail Services are some of the new features in this release. There is some nice improvement in the look and feel [...]

FOSS

Down to four

As days pass by we are getting closer to witness the Grand Final of the ICC World Cup 2007 which will be played on the 28th of April 2007 at Kensington Oval, Barbados. After my last post I managed to get quality pictures of Channel Eye using a booster. So I was able to capture [...]

Cricket, Sports