The way Pakistan were catching to Tendulkar you'd be forgiven for thinking a few of the players had some money on him getting a ton in the game

Actually given the way Misbah picked up at the end after dropping anchor they might have had a chance if Afridi and Razzaq hadn't thrown their wickets away.

Aren't 'Pakistanis are all on the take' jokes wearing rather thin these days?

They start to wear thin then sure enough, another bung/bribery/gambling/corruption story involving Pakistan cricket appears. Therefore jokes/comments are eternally justified

If the Pakistan team were on the take some of the England squad must be coming home very rich men, given their performances in this tournament...

Ah but the England team are like Bruce Grobbelaar. You never quite know what you're gonna get or can believe they can be that e or that brilliant. Therefore, hard to pin down for taking bungs

Sri Lanka's National Anthem sounds like an Easten European entry to the Eurovision Song Contest!.

Sri Lanka win the toss and bat first.

SL 275/6 (50)

Not going to be easy for India, I'd make SL slight favorites with that total.

Sehwag going early (and arrogantly wasting a review) was a massive plus for Sri Lanka, Sachin is getting going now though - a big innings from him and this will be a close one.

Two games on the trot he's done that now, unforgivable. Would serve him right if someone who's well set gets a stinker when they've got no reviews left.

My initial reaction to SL's total was that it would more than likely be enough. After 10 overs of India's reply at 41-2 I was even more sure but a good recovery now from Gambhir & Kohli leaves the prospect of a tight finish if they can keep this up. I really hope for a thriller after the farce of the last final.

India 182/3 need 93 from 92 balls.

After the early wobbles its now looking like a comfatable win for the indians unless the lankan bowlers improve.

Looking good for India now, a couple of quick wickets would turn it on its head though.

If Sri Lanka do pull it off we might be hearing more about the toss incident.

India win by 6 wickets.

Congratulations to them on winning their 2nd World Cup and becoming the first Host Nation to win the trophy.

Well that's one way to win a world cup, a six launched into the stands - it's been an infinitely better tournament than the last one that's for sure.

.......And that's why I play village cricket and don't make much from gambling on cricket!!

I remembered this quote when India got to the final. Fair play for bringing it back up!

I enjoyed this WC much more then 2007, a lot more close games with something in the pitches for both batsmen and bowlers, roll on 2015 and a few all nighters watching England win their first World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Thankfully the Cricket World Cup has now ended.

Lock/move/delete this thread quickly before anybody else posts anything as laughable as this.

What a great ending to the tournament,you can't get better than hitting a 6 to win the world cup in your home country.

Can't believe there's now six days before I see a competitive game of cricket again. What am I going to do until the IPL starts?

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No more Cricket World Cups then. Just more Champions Trophies instead. Truly, the ICC are a bunch of s

Shane Watson on a one-man mission to render the ICC decision nonsense. 185* off 96 balls v Bangladesh.

Just been reading about that, what an inngs