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Post by Panda on Feb 11, 2015 15:43:58 GMT 1
This starts on Friday, taking place in Australia and New Zealand. Australia are favourites to win on home soil. Can South Africa challenge or will they choke yet again? Can the Asian teams do any damage on the Aussie pitches. Is there any possible outcome for England, other than scraping through the group and losing in the quarter-finals? Bizarrely, England are actually the top seeds for the tournament as the seedings and group allocation were based on the ODI rankings at the end of 2012, when England were ranked 1. They're now ranked 5. Once again, the ICC has expressed a desire to reduce the number of teams in the next World Cup from 14 to 10, with the top 8 in the world rankings qualifying automatically (with England qualifying automatically as hosts), and everyone else battling for the last 2 spots in a qualifying tournament. For this World Cup, there are two groups of seven teams, with the top four in each group going through to the knockout stages. Joining the 10 test-playing nations are Ireland, who are in their third consecutive World Cup; debutants Afghanistan; Scotland, who have qualified for the third time; and the United Arab Emirates, who make their first World Cup appearance since 1996. POOL A (current ODI world ranking in brackets) England (5) Australia (1) Sri Lanka (4) Bangladesh (9) New Zealand (6) Afghanistan (11) Scotland (-) POOL B South Africa (3) India (2) Pakistan (7) West Indies (8) Zimbabwe (10) Ireland (12) United Arab Emirates (-) FIXTURES: 14/02 - New Zealand v Sri Lanka 14/02 - Australia v England 15/02 - South Africa v Zimbabwe 15/02 - India v Pakistan 16/02 - Ireland v West Indies 17/02 - New Zealand v Scotland 18/02 - Afghanistan v Bangladesh 19/02 - UAE v Zimbabwe 20/02 - New Zealand v England 21/02 - Pakistan v West Indies 21/02 - Australia v Bangladesh 22/02 - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka 22/02 - India v South Africa 23/02 - England v Scotland 24/02 - West Indies v Zimbabwe 25/02 - Ireland v UAE 26/02 - Afghanistan v Scotland 26/02 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 27/02 - South Africa v West Indies 28/02 - New Zealand v Australia 28/02 - India v UAE 01/03 - England v Sri Lanka 01/03 - Pakistan v Zimbabwe 03/03 - Ireland v South Africa 04/03 - Australia v Afghanistan 04/03 - Pakistan v UAE 05/03 - Bangladesh v Scotland 06/03 - India v West Indies 07/03 - Pakistan v South Africa 08/03 - New Zealand v Afghanistan 08/03 - Australia v Sri Lanka 09/03 - Bangladesh v England 10/03 - Scotland v Sri Lanka 10/03 - India v Ireland 12/03 - South Africa v UAE 13/03 - New Zealand v Bangladesh 13/03 - Afghanistan v England 14/03 - Australia v Scotland 14/03 - India v Zimbabwe 15/03 - UAE v West Indies 15/03 - Ireland v Pakistan Quarter-finals: (which match is on which date depends on who qualifies for the knockout stages) 18/03 - 19/03 - 20/03 - 21/03 - Semi-finals: 24/03 - 26/03 - Final: 29/03 - Odds to win: 2/1 Australia 10/3 South Africa 11/2 New Zealand 10/1 England 11/1 India 14/1 Sri Lanka 20/1 Pakistan 28/1 West Indies 500/1 Bangladesh 1000/1 Zimbabwe 2000/1 Ireland 5000/1 Afghanistan 5000/1 Scotland 5000/1 UAE
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Post by Shireblogger on Feb 11, 2015 17:52:23 GMT 1
I can't see any outcome except an Aussie victory. But I suspect the rest of the competition is quite open.
I think England could make it to the semi-finals, and one strong performance there would put them in the final. I'd love to see New Zealand do well, and they could be (sort of) surprise finalists. India don't play enough outside the sub-continent, and will struggle. South Africa are definitely the unknown quantity.
Personally, I really enjoy seeing the minnows compete. Some of the best games in the past have involved wins for Ireland and the Netherlands, whilst Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were able to secure a place on the world stage via this competition.
But the competition is too long. There should be 4 groups of 4 teams, with only two qualifiers from each.
I presume the whole tournament is on Sky Sports, without any terrestrial highlights packages ? Which means I won't be following it very closely.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2015 19:00:42 GMT 1
Which format ? 20/20 ?
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Post by Panda on Feb 11, 2015 19:25:58 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Feb 11, 2015 19:28:22 GMT 1
I can't see any outcome except an Aussie victory. But I suspect the rest of the competition is quite open. I think England could make it to the semi-finals, and one strong performance there would put them in the final. I'd love to see New Zealand do well, and they could be (sort of) surprise finalists. India don't play enough outside the sub-continent, and will struggle. South Africa are definitely the unknown quantity. I really fancy an Australia-New Zealand final. Second favourite with the the bookies at 8/1 after Australia-South Africa. I presume the whole tournament is on Sky Sports, without any terrestrial highlights packages ? Which means I won't be following it very closely. Live on Sky, highlights on ITV4.
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Post by Shireblogger on Feb 11, 2015 21:10:33 GMT 1
Live on Sky, highlights on ITV4. Thanks very much.
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Post by Panda on Feb 14, 2015 13:19:44 GMT 1
POOL A: New Zealand 331-6 (50 overs) (Anderson 75, B McCullum 65, Williamson 57; Mendis 2-5) Sri Lanka 233 all out (46.1 overs) (Thirimanne 65; Anderson 2-18) New Zealand win by 98 runs Australia 342-9 (50 overs) (Finch 135, Maxwell 66, Bailey 55; Finn 5-71) England 231 all out (41.5 overs) (Taylor 98*; Marsh 5-33) Australia win by 111 runs Steven Finn took a hat-trick with the last three balls of Australia's innings - the first England bowler to take a hat-trick in the World Cup, though all three wickets were skied catches as Australia looked to pile on the runs late on. It's the eighth hat-trick in World Cup history. James Taylor appears to have been denied a possible century by an umpiring error when Jimmy Anderson was run out at the non-striker's end after Taylor survived an lbw appeal. The rules suggest it should've been a dead ball when Taylor was given not out, and therefore Anderson couldn't be run out.
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Post by Panda on Feb 14, 2015 13:20:58 GMT 1
Tonight's highlights are on ITV1 rather than ITV4, clashing with Match of the Day.
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Post by rewardman on Feb 14, 2015 14:54:33 GMT 1
Uninspiring start for England.
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Post by Panda on Feb 15, 2015 14:47:04 GMT 1
POOL B: South Africa 339-4 (50 overs) (Miller 138*, Duminy 115*; Chigumbura 1-30) Zimbabwe 277 all out (48.2 overs) (Masakadza 80, Chibhabha 64; Tahir 3-36) South Africa win by 62 runs India 300-7 (50 overs) (Kohli 107, Raina 74, Dahwan 73; Khan 5-55) Pakistan 224 all out (47 overs) (Misbah-ul-Haq 76; Shami 4-35) India win by 76 runs Having been reduced to 83-4, David Miller and JP Duminy put on an unbeaten 5th-wicket stand of 256 for South Africa - a record in ODIs, beating the 226 by Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara for England against Ireland in 2013. So far, all four matches have been won by the team batting first, though of those four, only India won the toss. Team batting first 4-0 Team batting second Team winning toss 1-3 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 224 (Pakistan v India) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 5-33 (Mitchell Marsh, Australia v England)
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Post by Panda on Feb 16, 2015 15:06:41 GMT 1
Pool B: West Indies 304-7 (50 overs) (Simmons 102, Sammy 89; Dockrell 3-50) Ireland 307-6 (45.5 overs) (Stirling 92, Joyce 84, N O'Brien 79*; Taylor 3-71) Ireland win by 4 wickets Ireland cause the first shock of the tournament - not just because they won but the way in which they did it. It looked like they'd let the West Indies off the hook when they made over 300, having been 87-5. But Ireland achieved their target with relative ease, reaching 273-2 before a mini-collapse made things slightly nervy, but they still got there with 25 balls to spare and for the third World Cup in a row, have beaten a test-playing side in the face of the ICC's attempts to force the associate members out of the competition. Team batting first 4-1 Team batting second Team winning toss 2-3 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 224 (Pakistan v India) Highest successful run chase: 307-6 (Ireland v West Indies) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 5-33 (Mitchell Marsh, Australia v England)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 15:12:00 GMT 1
Well done, Ireland. Even third place in group is possible now.
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Post by rewardman on Feb 16, 2015 19:28:21 GMT 1
Wow!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 20:59:05 GMT 1
Scotland playing up their chances now - I think they will need more than a stroke of luck..
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 17, 2015 0:45:06 GMT 1
Well done Ireland!
Should be Ireland v WI.
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Post by Panda on Feb 17, 2015 15:56:42 GMT 1
POOL A: Scotland 142 all out (36.2 overs) (Machan 56, Berrington 50; Anderson 3-18) New Zealand 146-7 (24.5 overs) (Williamson 38; Davey 3-40) New Zealand win by 3 wickets Team batting first 4-2 Team batting second Team winning toss 3-3 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 142 (Scotland v New Zealand) Highest successful run chase: 307-6 (Ireland v West Indies) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 5-33 (Mitchell Marsh, Australia v England)
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Post by Panda on Feb 18, 2015 14:54:11 GMT 1
POOL A: Bangladesh 267 all out (50 overs) (Mushfiqur Rahim 71, Shakib 63; S Zadran 2-20) Afghanistan 162 all out (42.5 overs) (Nabi 44; Mortaza 3-20) Bangladesh win by 105 runs Table: played-points (net run rate) 1. New Zealand 2-4 (2.62) 2. Australia 1-2 (2.22) 3. Bangladesh 1-2 (2.10) 4. Sri Lanka 1-0 (-1.96) ------------------------------------- 5. Afghanistan 1-0 (-2.10) 6. England 1-0 (-2.22) 7. Scotland 1-0 (-3.04) Team batting first 5-2 Team batting second Team winning toss 4-3 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 142 (Scotland v New Zealand) Highest successful run chase: 307-6 (Ireland v West Indies) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 5-33 (Mitchell Marsh, Australia v England)
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Post by Panda on Feb 19, 2015 14:20:43 GMT 1
POOL B: UAE 285-7 (50 overs) (Anwar 67; Chatara 3-42) Zimbabwe 286-6 (48 overs) (Williams 76*; Tauqir 2-51) Zimbabwe win by 4 wickets Table: 1. India 1-2 (1.52) 2. South Africa 1-2 (1.24) 3. Ireland 1-2 (0.62) 4. Zimbabwe 2-2 (-0.50) ------------------------------- 5. UAE 1-0 (-0.26) 6. West Indies 1-0 (-0.62) 7. Pakistan 1-0 (-1.52) Team batting first 5-3 Team batting second Team winning toss 5-3 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 142 (Scotland v New Zealand) Highest successful run chase: 307-6 (Ireland v West Indies) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 5-33 (Mitchell Marsh, Australia v England)
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Post by Panda on Feb 20, 2015 14:39:14 GMT 1
POOL A: England 123 all out (33.2 overs) (Root 46; Southee 7-33) New Zealand 125-2 (12.2 overs) (B McCullum 77; Woakes 2-8) New Zealand win by 8 wickets Table: 1. New Zealand 3-6 (3.59) 2. Australia 1-2 (2.22) 3. Bangladesh 1-2 (2.10) 4. Sri Lanka 1-0 (-1.96) ------------------------------ 5. Afghanistan 1-0 (-2.10) 6. Scotland 1-0 (-3.04) 7. England 2-0 (-3.95) Team batting first 5-4 Team batting second Team winning toss 5-4 Team losing toss Highest score: 342-9 (Australia v England) Lowest score: 123 (England v New Zealand) Highest successful run chase: 307-6 (Ireland v West Indies) Highest individual score: 138 not out (David Miller, South Africa v Zimbabwe) Best bowling figures: 7-33 (Tim Southee, New Zealand v England)
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Post by o on Feb 20, 2015 18:05:07 GMT 1
Oh how embarassing! I saw the highlights of the uae v zimbabwe game and really though uae were going to win it, but sadly not, wow at Ireland though!
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