SL-NZ Semis!

Deepak: "hey Cricinfo why don't you post one of my comment on the page, i would like to take a screen shot of it and put it on my Facebook !! So plz one for me." People actually do that?

SJB: "I think it is English players bowling out there wearing NZ jerseys.." So fair, it's fair to say Sri Lanka's openers are beating them all, black and blue. Get the pun.
S Potnis: "Is that supposed to be a pun on skin colour? I'm black and I'm not ashamed of it. But unfortunately my girlfriend makes me apply Fair and Lovely thrice a day :("
Eh? It was a pun on the jersey colours of England and NZ. And, ewww!

Nathan McCullum and Dilshan exchange dinner plans for later near the bowler's end. Or so it seems. The umpire intervenes.

Southee to Tharanga, OUT, Ryder take a bow! Even fat men can fly says George Binoy! This Kiwi sure can fly. Was that Jesse Ryder or Jesse Owens? Here's what happened - it was a short ball outside off, enough width and room for Tharanga in his current form to flay at. Enough room for him to try and go aerial. Ryder was lurking at point. He moved quickly to his left, took off with as much grace as he is capable of and landed with a resounding thud. In the meantime, he caught the ball. And then he stood up with arms aloft, menacing beard and frown in place, like a WWE superstar. What a moment!

Kuldeep: "Maybe Dwayne Leverock has been conducting a "Catching For Fat People-101" class and Ryder has been his student!!!"
Mel: "If cows and Jesse can fly, can NZ win today?"

Bouncer from Southee, over-cooked and banged into his own half, it goes well over the batsman's head and Brendon takes off to collect it over his head. And its not called a wide. Even in the moon, given the lack of gravity there, that should have been wide.
Ashok: "7.1 ... Even in the moon, given the lack of gravity there, that should have been wide. Wrong analogy. Ball will bounce more on Moon as Gravity is less. Isn't it?"
Umm, that was my point. Even in the moon, that would have been wide though as a norm most balls would bounce a lot in the moon.
Science 101. The moon is lighter, and hence its ability to attract other objects towards itself, in other words gravity, is lesser.
Shyam: "Whats the big deal about that ryder catch? Kamran Akmal would have taken it 10 out of 10 times."
I have two responses to that comment.
1. Yes, Kamran normally takes the tough catches, it is the sitters that he drops.
2. Yes, in Bizarroworld.
Ankur: "Is the result of this match that obvious that people are discussing gravitation here?!"
On the contrary, the gravity of the situation is such that gravity is being discussed.
Manoj: "In moon it would be a noball because when a bowler jumps right before he delivers the ball, he jumps higher and lands further, crossing the crease."
Hmm, to avoid no-balls, his landing spot would have to be fixed.
Ravi: "Science 101: The moon is not "lighter", it has lesser mass. There is a difference."
Pardon me, for I have sinned.
Circe Magnifica: "Since when the situation is grave, you discuss gravity, would you discuss electrostatics and electrodynamics when the situation is electric? (Which, is almost always the case whenever anyone of the species Ravius Shastrius is commentating)" Great names, all round!
Biman: "@manoj: In moon bowlers can't get any swing or reverse swing. bcoz no air.."
Andy Zaltzman @Zaltzcricket on twitter: "Ghost of Isaac Newton responds to Jesse Ryder catch: "I might have been wrong about that apple on my head. Could have been coincidence."
Hahaha!