World Cup Cricket competition..

Greetings all,
Since the world cup cricket is starting in Feb, I was wondering which team you guys support .How about making a prediction and depending on the outcome, antipoints can be awarded or subtracted (the bad word.negged), for example if I say SA is going to win and they lose I must accept the negs from the guys who said they were going to lose, and also vice versa..Guys I mean this in good faith so please do not be offended by this suggestion. You have to actually make a post and state your choice to be able to award or neg somebody in the end. By taking part in this or post your choice you will automatically accept the responsibility to accept whatever points you are going to get.

So please let me know how you feel about this, shall we call it a competition?
Regards
vanman:)p.s.May the best team win..

I don't think that this post should have anything to do with antipoints. However, I support India.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

Ermm..i dont care what AP's i get.

IT IS INDIA !


errr..grrr..brr....india ;)

Its Gotta Be England...? or maybe not :(

Come on ENGLAND!!!!!!!

Has to be England all the way

SittingDuck

Well guys here is my four teams which I think should make it to the quarter finals..South Africa,..Australia..,England and Pakistan.My prediction for the winner.....SA.:)

lol, australia will win, no doubt.

well...my bet is on india...check out its batting line uo..:).....INDIA ALL THE WAY...

IMHO, South Africa and Pakistan both look brittle ATM (so does India for that matter). But India and Pakistan have this knack for hitting hot streaks without warning while SA doesn't. And England just doesn't figure anywhere on anyone's list. So my prediction for the semi-final is India, Pakistan, South Africa and Australia with an India-Australia or India-Pakistan final.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

What a question, lol.

Greece ofcourse, who else....ooops, hang on, greece is not even taking part :(

Oh well, i guess the rest of the world is lucky this year :p

Good luck to all :)

I completely agree with cgkanchi. India and Pak are the 2 most unpredictable teams. one day they r down in the dumps, the next day they emerge heroes. My heart beats for india (best batting line up), though pak has the best bowling i think (who can stand and face waqar, shoaib and wasim) though i think australia is also a good bet (their fielding is wht they depend on as i think their bowling is not as good but it looks good due to the astounding catches they take while fielding)

GO PROTEAS GO!

I live in the US and they never show cricket matches here so I have no idea of even who to pull for, much less what the game is really about. I have only seen some snippets before so I don't know the rules or the "teams" out there. It looks interesting and I wish I could find a carrier in this area that showed cricket matches.

Also, I would be careful about crossing that AP line as you come close to the collusion of the old AP crews that got banned a while back for something similar.




El Diablo

I would have to say that Australia will win, without a doubt. Their batting line-up is strong, Warne looks like he will be fit to bowl, and hopefully also McGrath, and their fielding is second to none.

Although, I think that Pakistan may also be hard to beat.

For all the AOers out their who arent too familiar, the Cricket World Cup this year is being played in South Africa, and the teams participating include:

Australia
England
Pakistan
India
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Holland
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
New Zealand
Kenya
Bangladesh
Canada

It is interesting to see that Canada has a team...

Shantz, I think Kallis,Pollock,Kirsten and also Gibbs are good contenders to face Wasim etc...
El Diablo haven't you guys got a satelite connection somewhere where you can acess the events or yeah........mmh....how can I forget the internet of coarse.

yah, but I don't want to pay for satellite since I'm getting my cable connection for free (legal even :) ). I guess I could try to find some kind of feed off of the internet... hmmm gives me something to do over the weekend.



El Diablo

Greetings all,
I was locked out a while back but I am fully able to communicate with you all again.I coud not believe how addictive AO became.IT FEELS GOOD.Well all I want to ask is how you guys feel about this issue of our cricketers playing in Zimbabwe.I know the country needs the foreign influx of money but still, don't you think it is rather dangerous considering the safety aspect and unstability of the country at the moment?Please let me know how you feel about this sensitive issue.I felt it was not nesessary to make a whole new post on this issue.

To me personally I think one's safety must be assured at all cost when visiting a neighbouring country.

regards
vanman:)

Really, vanman, i really believe there's no harm in playing in Zimbabwe.
Okay, tell me, are other countries not playing ? I'm sure everybody has had a strict analysis as to whether to go or not. I guess it's alright, they know it's a little dangerous, and hence, will provide tight security. Well, india is going.

-inv

I am agreed with vanman and invader. I think there is no harm to play in Zimbabwe as long as we are not playing in Pakistan (one of the worst place on earth not to mention).
And guys I didn't mean to offend any country here but I think India is going to win. I am not saying this because I am from India but they have the best team so far.

I believe "Australia, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand/West Indies" will qualify for the super-sixes, what say ?

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Originally posted here by SoggyBottom
Warne looks like he will be fit to bowl,

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LOL....Shane Warne was suspended from playing cricket for 12 months after being found guilty of taking a banned diuretic.....


We might be a team of drug taking cheats but at least there's no "chuckers" in our side! ;)



C'mon Australia!

Cheats are worse than chuckers,
confirm ...lol

The Final would have to be Australia vs India or Pakastan.. Australia to win.. best Lawn Bowlers out there (now the Kiwi's can laugh.).. I long for the day the West-Indies have a decent team again.

Cheers

Watchout the GREAT BATTING lineup of INDIA and u will get your answer

Well bat21, the great batting line-up has faltered too badly recently to boast about it anymore.
Let's just take a break, and agree that Australia has an upper-edge in the world cup, and that india is a close follower, we all remember the Sharjah cup where australia was thrashed by india, and indians are generally good finishers in recent times than compared to earlier.
Too early to comment on the final, but i'd take a bet with undertaker that it wont be pakistan in the final !
Bah, it'll be a miracle even if they could make it to the super-sixes.

-inv

Edit : keep track of this thread, and ya shall know my predictions will come true :p

well looks like u all havent seen the west indies at the moment they seen to b doing very well but i say if it comes down to it australia and india well b the ones to watch for near the end hope i dont offend to many people but if i do we will see come final time

Well guys I fully agree on the issue of taking a forbidden substance, but Shane has not done this intensionally so, I think since this is susch a important part of cricket(the world cup), I mean couldn't they have looked at all the reprecussions this would have may have been able to come up with a better solution like taking it further after the world cup.What is cricket without Shane Warne factor.

Anyway my final for the super sixes is west india,pakistan,india,south africa,england and sri lanka.

In the history of world cup, no host has won the cup. Also, those teams with the best opening pair has always won the cup.

In this world cup, the best opening pairs are Sachin -sehwag (india), gilchrist-hayden (australia) , kirsten -gibbs(sa) and gayle-hinds(wi). But looking into the current form of other players also, I predict a windies -india final (war between sachin and lara)

cheers

New Zealand will kick everyone's arse!

Go Kiwi's

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Originally posted here by turboneum
New Zealand will kick everyone's arse!

Go Kiwi's

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LOL>..A typically lame Kiwi response...:D


<Kiwi Accent> Cheers, bro.....</Kiwi Accent>

lol turboneum, in your dreams. There is only one team and guess which is that one will take the world cup?

Greetings all,
So what do you guys say about Kenya? I reckon the fact that any team playing on their home field always has to be considered a factor in the end result. Personally I wish them all the best.

vanman:)

Well vanman,

Yeah they are fighting well and the odds against them at every competition are very high, so not even the Kenyan captain will bet on his team. They are rookies giving their best, so that's good, but you cannot count them as a team yet.

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New Zealand will kick everyone's arse!

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We can't wait.


-inv

Bye bye England. Bye bye South Africa........Bye bye Pakistan! :D

Well INDIA is still there in the CONTEST , bad news for rest of the Teams

AUSTRALIA WILL WIN!!!!!, its the only logical answer

what's cricket?

lol... just kidding. i'm rooting for the Aussies.

why isn't the US in this tournament? is it because we suck or because we don't have a team?

America has a team. I guess they just suck? ;)


Seriously, I think it's because all of the Countries involved are members of the Commonwealth...



IMHO, the only good thing about Cricket is the copius amounts of alcohol consummed whilst watching. Well, that's how we do it in Australia....I've actually been to "one day" games, woken up the next day, and not remembered who won!

I am late, but now I am and all world also clear that to day australia and India will fight in final
and obviously India will win the cup

The black horses in the cup - kenyans

the semifinals australia vs newzealand, india vs Srilanka (my hope)

Anybody remember what happened in Eden gardens on 1996 world cup. Tears of vinod kambli and millions of india. (some bottles are also thrown at the field).


The finals Australia Vs india

Now remeber the sharja cup final on sachins 25th birthday

Sachin ya MacGrath

wait and see