Cricket World Cup 2007

[yerotsluap]

I will be looking to post my picks for each of the games in the world cup.

A few of my picks for the tournament

Winners
South Africa 5.50
Sri Lanka 7.50
Pakistan 13.00

Top runscorer
KC Sangakkara 15.00
GC Smith 15.00

Top Bowler
WPUJC Vaas 13.00
SM Pollock 15.00

[yerotsluap]

13/03/07
1.66 West Indies v Pakistan 2.20


And a seperate set of picks for each teams leading batsman in each game

West Indies
RR Sarwan 6.00

Pakistan
K Akmal 9.00

[tophatter]

Nice to see a thread for the World cup.

I think India will win the tournament with Sri Lanka been the dark horses. I dont think Australia will be able to make it a hatrick of wins.

[yerotsluap]

Pakistan set 242 to win by the Windies. Should be achievable due to very short straight boundaries that should play to the strengths of Inzy, younis and yousuf

[yerotsluap]

Not a very good start. Pakistan played some very strange shots

Match Results
0/1
0%
-1pt

Top Batsman
0/2
0%
-2pts

[sparkyminer]

I think the biggest problem was Inzamaan and Mohammad Yousuf only scoring 60-odd runs in 18 overs. They left the later batsmen far too much to do.

[yerotsluap]

Match Results
1.00 Australia v Scotland 34.00 Won by 203 runs
4.50 Canada v Kenya 1.20 Won by 7 wickets

Top Batsman
Australia ML Hayden 3.00
Scotland RR Watson 6.00
Canada GEF Barnett 4.00
Kenya MA Ouma 6.50

[yerotsluap]

15/03/07
Match Results
2.37 Ireland v Zimbabwe 1.57 Tie
41.00 Bermuda v Sri Lanka 1.00 Won by 243 runs

Top Batsman
Ireland AG Botha 8.00
Zimbabwe CJ Chibhabha 5.00
Bermuda DA Minors 6.00
Sri Lanka KC Sangakkara 5.50

[Win2Win]

When do the real games start?

[yerotsluap]

16/03/07
2.00 England v New Zealand 1.80 Lost by 6 Wickets
21.00 Holland v South Africa 1.00 Won by 221 runs

Top Batsman
England PD Collingwood 6.50
New Zealand R Taylor 5.50
Holland B Zuiderent 5.00
South Africa JH Kallis 4.50

[yerotsluap]

18/03

1.00 Australia v Holland 41.00 Won by 229 runs
1.01 England v canada 17.00 Won by 51 runs

Top Batsman
Australia ML Hayden 2.87
Holland TBM De Leede 10.00
England KP Pietersen 4.50
Canada GEF Barnett 4.50

[yerotsluap]

No Flintoff for England today dropped for disciplinary reasons. England really couldn't do anything else about it. The bloke got drunk after an abject performance on friday and then took a pedalo and capsized it at 4 in the morning

[Win2Win]

Hopefully the idiots lose :)

[yerotsluap]

results
6/9 Overall
66.66%
-3.79pts

Batsman
2/18 Overall
11.11%
-11.5pts

[yerotsluap]

21/03/07
6.00 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 1.12 Won by 198 runs (D/L Method)
1.14 Pakistan v Zimbabwe 5.50 Won by 93 runs (D/L Method)

Top batsman
Bangladesh T Iqbal 6.00
Sri Lanka KC Sangakkara 4.50
Pakistan Inzamam Ul-Haq 6.50
Zimbabwe S Matsikenyeri 6.00

[yerotsluap]

results
2/2
8/11 Overall
72.72%
-3.53pts

batsman
2/22 Overall
9.1%
-15.5pts

[yerotsluap]

23/03/07
2.00 India v Sri Lanka 1.80 Won by 69 runs
11.00 Ireland v West Indies 1.03 Won by 8 Wickets (DL)

India R Uthappa 6.00
Sri Lanka KC Sangakkara 4.50
Ireland NJ O'Brien 6.00
West Indies BC Lara 6.50

24/03/07
1.10 England v Kenya 7.00 Won by 7 wickets
1.57 Australia v South Africa 2.37 Lost by 83 runs

England A Flintoff 8.00
Kenya MA Ouma 6.00
Australia A Symonds 7.00
South Africa GC Smith 5.00

25/03/07
1.03 Bangladesh v Bermuda 11.00 Won by 7 wickets (DL)

[yerotsluap]

28/03/07
1.83 South Africa v Sri Lanka 2.00 Lost by 1 wicket

South Africa G Smith 4.50
Sri Lanka M Jayawardene 6.00

[Win2Win]

Great play by the Aussies yesterday, pleasure to watch :)

[presto]

the windies arn't today, :ermmm
run rate of 2 an over after 11 overs - when chasing a big total, 20 for 3 wickets :(

.........................
on a seperate note, it's a shame to see a poor crowd attendance and no atmosphere at such an event - the organisation seems terrible from what the commentators have been saying:

no use of surrounding car parks, people have to use a park and ride scheme away from the ground. - just a shame the busses didn't appear at the close of play, leaving people to walk 2km back to there cars :rolleyes:

crackdown on food / drink / musical instruments - have to be bought inside the ground (massive ques) putting people off.

no cheaper tickets available ($90 starting price) pricing out the majority of locals. and leaving poor attendances (even in the WI matches).

[mathare]

I think the infrastructure is to blame for the lack of parking etc.

But the organisers (not the ICC) are definitely to blame for the prices of food and drink inside the grounds and ticket prices. I was surprised to see prices as high as they are I have to admit. The West Indies have put a lot of money into hosting this tournament but the locals have been priced out of it, which is a shame as they love their cricket and create a great atmosphere at games

[yerotsluap]

results
4/6
12/17 Overall
70.59%
-4.57 pts

batsman
0/10
2/32 Overall
-25.5 pts

[yerotsluap]

29/03/07
1.72 New Zealand v West Indies 2.10 Lost by 7 wickets

New Zealand JDP Oram 8.00
West Indies MN Samuels 5.50

[yerotsluap]

1.06 Englnad v Ireland 9.00 Won by 48 runs

England PD Collingwood 10.00
Ireland AG Botha 8.00

[yerotsluap]

results
1/2
13/18 Overall
72.22%
-5.51pts

Batsman
1/4
2/36 Overall
5.55%
-19.5pts

[yerotsluap]

31/03/07
1.02 Australia v Bangladesh 12.00 Won by 10 Wickets

Australia RT Ponting 3.75
Bangladesh Habibul Bashar 7.00

[yerotsluap]

02/04/04
8.00 Bangladesh v New Zealand 1.07 Won by 9 Wickets

Bangladesh Habibul Bashar 7.00
New Zealand CD McMillan 7.50

[yerotsluap]

04/04/07
3.00 England v Sri Lanka 1.40 Won by 2 runs

Sri Lanka KC Sangakkara 4.50
England KP Pietersen 4.00

[yerotsluap]

Results
3/3
16/21 Overall
76.19%
-5.02pts

Batsman
1/6
3/42 Overall
7.14%
-21.5pts

[yerotsluap]

08/04/07
4.00 England v Australia 1.25

England PA Nixon 21.00
Australia A Symonds 9.00

[yerotsluap]

Nice to see the usual England start to an innings

[presto]

just seen this on soccer AM.

remember when england played bangladesh in the crunch game and needed 3 to win from the last ball. well they should have had 2 balls - as the umpire miscounted in one over.

................. not that it probably matters :rolleyes:

[Win2Win]

Don't know about you lot, but this has gone on so long, I've completely lost interest. It should all be over within 3-4 weeks, that way folk could also have booked holidays.....the way it is now, no one will book for the latter stages, having no idea who is in or out.....stupid ICC....no idea of marketing.

[yerotsluap]

17/04/07
1.53 South Africa v England 2.88

K Pietersen 3.85
J Kallis 4.6

[Win2Win]

What a bunch of USELSS pillocks.

[presto]

just seen pictures of the final - looked like later on they were playing in pitch black :ermmm - what a joke this world cup has been.

[Win2Win]

It was a farce from the start, 2 months......ticket prices costing a months wage for the locals....empty grounds :headbange ......and then to cap it all off, the umpires decided to prove beyond doubt they wanted to look as important as Premiership referees, and Cheltenham/Aintree starters :Blacklistnonono:

...and what use are the Super 8's? No matter how they played it, if it had only been a month long, which it should be, Sri Lanka & the Aussies would still have been in the final, no matter what format.

...and get rid of that Sri Lankan who throws like a girl :laugh