ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

[Tee]

Aside from Australia the only teams that can win IMO are West Indies, South Africa and on the very outside Sri Lanka.

[Jayesh87]

Aside from Australia the only teams that can win IMO are West Indies, South Africa and on the very outside Sri Lanka.

you forgot India dumbass :whatever:

[Red Chilli]

Aside from Australia the only teams that can win IMO are West Indies, South Africa and on the very outside Sri Lanka.

If Symmonds doesn't play for Australia then I'd say they are not the run away favourites you make them out to be.
As it's a group system, then strange quirks do happen and I reckon there are more than 4 teams in with a shout including:

Aus
SA
India
Pakistan
NZ
WI
England
Sri Lanka

[Tee]

**** off

Having a bitch fit?

Sorry to offend you but India just have not performed to the level required. They needed 38 runs off 9 overs with 6 wickets in hand, and lost!

Can they handle the pressure as well as the Aussies?

[Tee]

Symonds is in the Aussie squad but will miss some of the early games. I think they have enough quality and character to get through without him though.

[DeeGame]

India World Cup squad:

Rahul Dravid (captain),
Virender Sehwag,
Sachin Tendulkar (vice captain),
Saurav Ganguly,
Yuvraj Singh,
Robin Uthappa,
Mahendra Dhoni (wicket-keeper),
Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper),
Anil Kumble,
Harbhajan Singh,
Irfan Pathan,
Munaf Patel,
Zaheer Khan,
Santhakumar Sreesanth,
Ajit Agarkar.

[DeeGame]

Symonds is in the Aussie squad but will miss some of the early games. I think they have enough quality and character to get through without him though.

Hence why they lost their last 2 games without him :whatever:

[Matt]

What would be you England first XI then lads?

Mine: (not necessarily batting order)

Vaughan (capt)
Strauss
Bell
Pieterson
Flintoff
Collingwood
Nixon (wkt)
Giles
Plunkett
Hoggard
Anderson

Not Selected:

Solanki, Panesar, Loye, Cook

For me it'd have to be:

Joyce
Vaughan
Bell
Pietersen
Collingwood
Flintoff
Bopara
Nixon
Plunkett
Andersen
Panesar

Obvious omission is Strauss but I really liked the look of Bopara the time he played and he'd maybe be better suited batting at 7. Strauss has had a crap tour and his fair share of bad luck along the way but it'd be harsh to drop Joyce and with KP hopefully coming back the top 6 picks itself.

You'd also get some overs out of Bopara and Collingwood with the 3 quicks and Monty doing the rest.

Job's a good 'un

[animal magic]

my england squad would be

anderson
bell
broad
collingwood
dalrymple
flintoff
joyce
mahmood
nixon
panesar
pietersen
plunkett
strauss
vaughan
lewis

[captainfog]

Here is my starter for 10....or 15

I think Broad could be our star of the world cup - he is class. I was at the 2020 final and he was in a class of his own.

Obviously KP will be key to our success, but when all is said and done we are **** and will not do very well at all. Success in the one dayers in australia will do nothing except provide people with false hope.


1. JM Anderson
2. IR Bell
3. RS Bopara
4. SCJ Broad
5. G Chapple
6. R Clarke
7. PD Collingwood
8. AN Cook
9. JWM Dalrymple
10. A Flintoff
11. AF Giles
12. MJ Hoggard
13. EC Joyce
14. A Khan
15. J Lewis
16. MB Loye
17. SI Mahmood
18. PA Nixon (wicketkeeper)
19. G Onions
20. MS Panesar
21. KP Pietersen
22. LE Plunkett
23. MJ Prior (wicketkeeper)
24. CMW Read (wicketkeeper)
25. OA Shah
26. VS Solanki
27. AJ Strauss
28. CT Tremlett
29. MP Vaughan
30. MH Yardy

[captainfog]

my england squad would be

anderson
bell
broad
collingwood
dalrymple
flintoff
joyce
mahmood
nixon
panesar
pietersen
plunkett
strauss
vaughan
lewis

I worry he will be found out on the Windies wickets which will not suite his type of bowling and I think there is a real possibility he will be targeted and dispatched all around the park.

Too old and too slow

[animal magic]

I worry he will be found out on the Windies wickets which will not suite his type of bowling and I think there is a real possibility he will be targeted and dispatched all around the park.

Too old and too slow

maybe but he is just back up for me rather have him than gough

[Colemere]

So you're going for 2 keepers.

No Hoggard, Giles or Cook

I think Giles deserves his place ahead of Dalrymple because he is a tight bowler when he needs to be, not particularly threatening but tight.
Mahmood's bowling is too loose for me, I'd rather have Hoggie.

I like the selection of Broad, I'd love to see how he copes.

With Mahmood's superior pace and bounce he will be much more of a threat, Hoggard only offers a threat when the ball swings and the white ball doesn't do that as much.

As for having two keepers, if one gets injured what else are you going to do? The idea of taking more than 11 players is to take back up.

[Red Chilli]

With Mahmood's superior pace and bounce he will be much more of a threat, Hoggard only offers a threat when the ball swings and the white ball doesn't do that as much.

As for having two keepers, if one gets injured what else are you going to do? The idea of taking more than 11 players is to take back up.

You can replace injured players with the ones not selected

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Its the Aussies or Pakistan tourno