The ICC Cricket World Cup Thread
 

Well, here we go again.

What a winter it's been for us, winning the Ashes, smashing records all over the place and then getting a kicking when we put our pyjamas on :eek:

We have players in form, Bopara back into the fold and Graham Swann can drive again (best excuse ever for drink driving :lol1:)

We're also, lets not forget, world champions in the briefest form of the game...T20.

Saying all that though.... Mark Waugh's spouting off about us probably not making the quarter's. Well if we struggle to beat Canada then he may have a point.

It will be interesting to see the West Indies perform, they only seem to like short games nowadays and even then only when they can be bothered.

India will be a threat on home soil, never write off the convicts and South Africa will once again do their best to avoid making the finals (the 2003 Donald v Klusener run out for instance).

I expect Ceylon will be a major force, probably finalists. Pakistan don't deserve it (the team not the poor fans who stick by them) but they probably feel ahrd done by as this should have been "their" world cup if it wasn't for the nutters shooting up the hotel :eek:

NZ have a poor run of form but you wouldn't would you :D

I'm just looking forward to the outcome of the Ireland v Holland game :lol1: I reckon Ireland will make the quarter's - you read it here first :luxhello:

Looking at the England warm up game there were a few players playing at odd numbers and a few who really shouldn't have been there imo, Bell, Colly, Wright.

Looks a bit of a mess to me, we should have used the 7 games in Aus to test our one day theories. KP announced he'd be opening during the WC, inspired decision or last throw of the one day dice ??

My money would be on SA or IND

If I'm pushed.... India.

SA! have you been drinking :eek:

We'll see about SA ;)

KP going well against PAK this morning, maybe the opener slot was inspired because Straussy has hit a wall recently, another low score this morning. Lets see if Wright can do any better today......

Group matches
 

Saturday, 19 February
08:30 India v Bangladesh - Mirpur

Sunday 20 February
09:00 Sri Lanka v Canada - Hambantota
04:00 Kenya v New Zealand - Chennai

Monday 21 February
09:00 Australia v Zimbabwe - Ahmedabad

Tuesday 22 February
09:00 England v Holland - Nagpur

Wednesday 23 February
09:00 Kenya v Pakistan - Hambantota

Thursday 24 February
09:00 South Africa v West Indies - Delhi

Friday 25 February
04:00 Australia v New Zealand - Nagpur
08:30 Bangladesh v Ireland - Mirpur

Saturday 26 February
09:00 Sri Lanka v Pakistan - Colombo RPS

Sunday 27 February
09:00 India v England - Bangalore

Monday 28 February
09:00 Holland v West Indies - Delhi
04:00 Canada v Zimbabwe - Nagpur

Tuesday 1 March
09:00 Sri Lanka v Kenya - Colombo RPS

Wednesday 2 March
09:00 England v Ireland - Bangalore

Thursday 3 March
09:00 Canada v Pakistan - Colombo RPS
04:00 Holland v South Africa - Mohali

Friday 4 March
08:30 Bangladesh v West Indies - Mirpur
04:00 New Zealand v Zimbabwe - Ahmedabad

Saturday 5 March
09:00 Sri Lanka v Australia Colombo - RPS

Sunday 6 March
09:00 India v Ireland - Bangalore
04:00 England v South Africa - Chennai

Monday 7 March
09:00 Canada v Kenya - Delhi

Tuesday 8 March
09:00 New Zealand v Pakistan - Kandy

Wednesday 9 March
09:00 India v Holland - Delhi

Thursday 10 March
09:00 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe - Kandy

Friday 11 March
08:30 Bangladesh v England - Chittagong
04:00 Ireland v West Indies - Mohali

Saturday 12 March
09:00 India v South Africa - Nagpur

Sunday 13 March
09:00 Australia v Kenya - Bangalore
04:00 Canada v New Zealand - Mumbai

Monday 14 March
09:00 Pakistan v Zimbabwe - Kandy
03:30 Bangladesh v Holland - Chittagong

Tuesday 15 March
09:00 Ireland v South Africa - Kolkata

Wednesday 16 March
09:00 Australia v Canada - Bangalore

Thursday 17 March
09:00 England v West Indies - Chennai

Friday 18 March
09:00 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Mumbai
04:00 Ireland v Holland - Kolkata

Saturday 19 March
03:30 Bangladesh v South Africa - Mirpur
09:00 Australia v Pakistan - Colombo RPS

Sunday 20 March
09:00 India v West Indies - Chennai
04:00 Kenya v Zimbabwe - Kolkata

Hhhmmmm thinking on the Ireland v Holland match a bit further.... whats Ryan Ten Doeschate's ODI average again? Higher than anyone in the England team did you say?

COME ON THE ESSEX BOY :lol1:

So, it looks like the names on the trophy already doesn't it.

Bangladesh didn't do badly but Sehwag was amazing.

You've got to give it to the Dutch, they're not doing badly so far :eek:

They have about as many South Africans as we do :lol1:

:)

Seems to be dragging this 50 overs zzzzzz

I can't help but feel proud of the Essex boy :D

Both of them :lol1: Well done Bopara, welcome back :thumb:

I think we must enjoy having our pants pulled down and our arses spanked in this form of the game.

I'd like to think Andy Flower will be geting the hairdryer out at half time, how the fook can you forget to have 4 players within the 30m circle !!

5/2 for Holland to win this game, every chance imo

loosk like england are playing to there usual standard then,,,, lol

Only three teams have gone on to lose a match after scoring more than 287, it's not looking good for us is it :eek:

I got 11/4 in the end, just for some interest of course ;)

It usualy has the reverse affect so if we can win they can thank me !

KP's going to do it by himself at this rate :D

now you've jinxed it,,,, lol

not for the 1st time..... d'oh

Easy chaps I've got 2 quid riding on this :lol1:

Woops!

we might have plenty of wickets but the overs are running out 7.5 per over required now.

not helped by the sherminator not hitting a single flipping boundary the useless fecker.

Easy :lol1:

:notworthy




:lol1:

A bit harsh, he hit one just before he was out ;)

Looks like the pressure is getting to Ponting!

What a ****

I read about this in the Aussie press yesterday the Sydney Telegraph reported he took aim with his bat after watching a replay of the run out as he walked back into the dressing room, although Aussie management said he threw his box into his kit bag which then bounced up onto the screen damaging a corner.

Probably a couple of pixels killed in the incident, ps lewis style, that said there was that clip on youtube of a guy sucessfully fixing dead pixels with a baseball bat, maybe Punter had seen that was only trying to fix it :)

Ponting is just not cricket.

Why do his management back him so much?

The 1st decent game of the tournament and it turns out to be worse than the games against the minnows :eek:

RIP to all the good memories of Windies cricket :cry: