jamiemaher85 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thought i would set up a thread for the upcoming world cup (don't know how intersted everyone else is in cricket though) For those who don;t know its held in the West Indies and begins on 13th March. The teams involved are as follows:- Australia, Bangledesh, Bermuda, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Kenya, Holland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe. The tournamennt begins with a group satges (and are as follows) Group A: Australia , South Africa , Scotland , The Netherlands Group B: Sri Lanka , India , Bangladesh , Bermuda Group C: New Zealand , England , Kenya , Canada Group D: Pakistan , West Indies , Zimbabwe , Ireland Each team plays each other once and you get 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for loosing. The top two teams from each group go through to the "super 8's" round. this is where it get slighlty more confusing Then each team in the "super 8's" play each other once (apart from the team you have already played in your own group) the top four teams then move onto the semi-finals. This is decided by another league table, with the points from the group stages carrying over. it then goes semi's(1st play 4th and 2nd play 3rd)- then its the final. i think thats about it. I reckon that Sri Lanka are going to be very strong in the competion, though south africa have been playing very well recently- (they are curently 1st in one day rankings/ australia are still 1st in overall rankings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 England have got a piss easy group havnt they, I'd expect us to go through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 No doubt England will go through. New Zealand are strong though, rated third in the world, so winning the group will be tough. There are only ten full ICC members (including Zimbabwe which is a bit of a joke currently) so most of the last eight are pretty obvious. The only possible upset IMO would be maybe in group B where Bangladesh (ranked 9) could push either India (5) or Sri Lanka (6). If you look at the bookies odds it's incredibly open...Oz still faves at 2-1ish but drifting all the time, SA about 4/5-1 and the other top six on 8/9/10-1. Anybody's really, just a question of getting on a roll (but sadly I don't think it'll be England). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 ^^^ we would really have to screw up badly to not progress to the super 8 round. cant see us winning it, but i suppose we cant really judge until we see how we start performing. If we can perform like we did in the tri-nations final then we may have a fair shot. all depends on injuries as well. Brett Lee has been withdrawn from the ozzies team- which is nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 the first named two in each of those groups should go through, think the others are there just to make up the numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 i don't know, it could be scotlands year. have a feeling they could walk it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xavier Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) the first named two in each of those groups should go through, think the others are there just to make up the numbers. Unfortunately true. The REAL WC starts only after the 1st group stages. But then again, these smaller teams do see their chance to shine in some glory. Does anyone remember the century that Canadian player scored against West Indies in 03? Indias game was going in parallel but i actually stopped watching our game to watch Canada post a score of almost 200. Of course, WI chased that in under 20 overs, but such moments arent forgotten. Kenya reached the semis of the last edition as well. Beat Sri Lanka in the quarters. I dont see any surprise package this time round but hopefully we might see a couple of surprise results early on. I'm excited! Edited February 23, 2007 by xavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xavier Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 If i was a betting man, id bet on the Lankans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 not a big cricket fan but i think i'll try to get into it this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Well you all be pleased to no the Aussies have lost 5 1 dayers on the trot whilst Losing Symonds, Lee & hayden to injury. Not only that the bowlers have been reg going for 80 odd lately from their 10. Wheels fallen off perhaps ? Say wickets will be slow, May suit Sri Lanka, India. My dark Horse is NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 When it matters the Aussies will perform IMO. Im not sure If they'll win it but they'll do well. Im going to go out on a limb and say England will win. We should have a bet between us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 My reg Bookie's suggest the following: ( Current Tournamnet winner odds ) AUSTRALIA 3.35 SOUTH AFRICA 4.50 NEW ZEALAND 7.00 WEST INDIES 8.00 INDIA 9.00 SRI LANKA 9.00 ENGLAND 10.00 PAKISTAN 10.00 ZIMBABWE 251.00 BANGLADESH 251.00 KENYA 251.00 IRELAND 501.00 BERMUDA 1001.00 CANADA 1001.00 NETHERLANDS 1001.00 SCOTLAND 1001.00 So much for my dark horse, the recent shellacking of Australia has firmed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 I really wish I understood the rules of the game. I'm going to try and make an effort to learn. The only problem is it's never on in the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 The rules are simple Joe, a team scores as many runs as they can in a limited amount of Overs, and try to bowl out the opposition before they reach the target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 very good news if your not from pakistan! Shoaib Ahktar and Mohammed Asif have been ruled out of the world cup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 very good news if your not from pakistan!Shoaib Ahktar and Mohammed Asif have been ruled out of the world cup! Injured or the drugs again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 they got injured while taking drugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 They shouldnt have had their bans overturned anyway so Im glad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 south africa for me, just a hunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Lots of suss spec over the Pakistani paceman - Lots of Sceptisism & reports oput of Pakistan Shoab was in london this week for private Drug tests, failed miserably & has wtidrawn coz of a sudden ankle inj. Love the got injured taking drugs pun. Shoab 4 one shold never be allowed to play again, the youngster needs close monitoring. I read with a chauckle that Shoab's repalcement is " Yasar Arafat "...Ohhh irony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 World Cup starts today, (there was a crazy opening cermony yesterday with about 5000 dancers) Could it be englands first world cup win this time? Probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny the Blue Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Bit of optimisum Jaime!! 'Course we can do it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 COME ON ENGLAND! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny the Blue Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Well done to the Windies!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 I know they're only playing scotland but the ozzies are doing pretty well 204-3 at the moment, and Ponting has hit 66 off 61 balls. I don;t like him, but he's good. Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny the Blue Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Well in Scotland, noble effort in the end. God luck to Ireland tomoro. Oh yeh and COME ONE ENGLAND!!!!! ENG ----------- ER----------LAND!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 What was the score in the Scotland v Australia match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Aussies got about 343 Scots got 203, beaten by more than 100 runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny the Blue Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Scotland were all out for 131, lost by 203 runs, still well done for takin 6 ausie wickets!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Are you on about Ireland Dunny. ? or have i got that horribly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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