Who is going to follow the Cricket World Cup?

[Sentinel]

339, sounds like a good total.

[Dags]

Someone needs to have a good, hard look at the format of this competition. The one day game is already in trouble, lacking both the flash of T20 and intensity of a test match. To then have only 2 groups with 4 qualifiers from each means these matches just don't matter like they should. The final isn't until April... how is anyone supposed to get excited, and stay excited, for that length of time?

[Tennis sensation]

What a match.... It ends in a tie.

Who says ODI cricket is boring. Till the very last ball all the 3 results were possible. But no one deserved to lose, nor India nor England.

But I think the English side will be more disappointed than the Indians because they were cruising until they took the Batting Powerplay and then they allowed India to make a comeback

[Sentinel]

Quite a match. First Eng had the victory sealed, then suddenly no way Eng could make 30 runs in 2 overs.

2 sixes later it was doable.

Shahzad's opening sixer made it almost impossible for England to lose.

^^ What!!! the final isn't till April ???

[Dags]

^^^ Yes, April.

Tournament began on 19 Feb.

Knock-out phase begins 23 March.

Final 2 April.


Today's match was quite exciting, but with 4 sides going through it wouldn't really have mattered who won. The tournament doesn't really get serious for another 3 and a half weeks.

[Feña14]

Originally Posted by Tennis sensation

Sachin Tendulkar is on song at the moment. He is just destroying the English bowling. Looks like it will be another Tendulkar special.

Nah, a Strauss special!

I was pleasantly surprised with that today, actually. Losing our best ODI batsman in Morgan before the tournament started was a big blow, to then have our best bowler in Broad miss out against the hosts and favourites was too big of a gap to fill, or so I thought.

[jazar]

That England/India match was immense. I doubt there'll be a better game in the tournament.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by Dags

^^^ Yes, April.

Tournament began on 19 Feb.

Knock-out phase begins 23 March.

Final 2 April.


Today's match was quite exciting, but with 4 sides going through it wouldn't really have mattered who won. The tournament doesn't really get serious for another 3 and a half weeks.

yes, just checked the schedule. People are not excited here, some say the real matches will begin much later. I went to fetch milk at one stage when India was batting, and found the park full of kids playing cricket. I would have assumed they'd be at home watching.

[obsessedtennisfandisorder]

UNBELIEVABLE MATCH! TENDULKAR,STRAUSS ET AL>>>all AWESOME!!!

50 OVER GAME IS AWESOME..I don't join those joinging the 50 over bashing wagon.


the problem is some asocaite countries and countries like mine(NZ) have fallen off the pace so clearly only 5 contenders for the WC maybe 6 with pakis coming back.

ICC needs to do more to help out the non-superpowers..eg regular first-class fixtures etc.

[SempreSami]

That's what you get for picking seven batsmen and four 'bowlers', Dhoni.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

yes, just checked the schedule. People are not excited here, some say the real matches will begin much later. I went to fetch milk at one stage when India was batting, and found the park full of kids playing cricket. I would have assumed they'd be at home watching.

How dare you do that

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by sureshs

How dare you do that

LOL, please note that my entire family is shocked that i am even aware that a cricket match is going on. This is a first in my life, after hating cricket all along.

Stuff happens !

[VaththalKuzhambu]

Originally Posted by obsessedtennisfandisorder

50 OVER GAME IS AWESOME..I don't join those joinging the 50 over bashing wagon.

I have not been an ardent follower of cricket with the exception of the 96 WC and the current one. However, I do feel that 50 overs per side is one too many. I also feel that 20 overs per side is one too less. 35 overs per side would have been ideal.

On the other end of the spectrum, there still are people who complain that the one day match format killed the test format, supposedly the true form of the sport. When was the last time anyone, other than the umpires, followed every ball of a test match? Not even the team captains, I would suppose.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by Sentinel

LOL, please note that my entire family is shocked that i am even aware that a cricket match is going on. This is a first in my life, after hating cricket all along.

Stuff happens !

Nowadays, whenever I watch cricket on that free channel we are getting, I look at it in tennis terms. I am always trying to see at what point the batsman has his bat back - before the bounce, after the bounce, etc. I am also comparing the bowling movement to serving action.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by VaththalKuzhambu

I have not been an ardent follower of cricket with the exception of the 96 WC and the current one. However, I do feel that 50 overs per side is one too many. I also feel that 20 overs per side is one too less. 35 overs per side would have been ideal.

On the other end of the spectrum, there still are people who complain that the one day match format killed the test format, supposedly the true form of the sport. When was the last time anyone, other than the umpires, followed every ball of a test match? Not even the team captains, I would suppose.

Dude, when we were growing up, we would follow every ball on our "transistor" - and if we missed one, we would badger somebody else to tell us.

[VaththalKuzhambu]

Originally Posted by sureshs

Dude, when we were growing up, we would follow every ball on our "transistor" - and if we missed one, we would badger somebody else to tell us.

Surely, you cannot be one of those who glue their merriam-webster dictionary-sized transistor to the ear while traveling on public buses and trains. The facial contortions of those people were horrible as they reacted to every well-left stroke during a test match.

[bharat]

Originally Posted by obsessedtennisfandisorder

UNBELIEVABLE MATCH! TENDULKAR,STRAUSS ET AL>>>all AWESOME!!!

50 OVER GAME IS AWESOME..I don't join those joinging the 50 over bashing wagon.


the problem is some asocaite countries and countries like mine(NZ) have fallen off the pace so clearly only 5 contenders for the WC maybe 6 with pakis coming back.

ICC needs to do more to help out the non-superpowers..eg regular first-class fixtures etc.

but credit to the middle order/tail end of england, after strauss and bell were gone, i was pretty sure India won

even though they were loosing wickets, they kept the runs going

[SempreSami]

Originally Posted by VaththalKuzhambu

I have not been an ardent follower of cricket with the exception of the 96 WC and the current one. However, I do feel that 50 overs per side is one too many. I also feel that 20 overs per side is one too less. 35 overs per side would have been ideal.

On the other end of the spectrum, there still are people who complain that the one day match format killed the test format, supposedly the true form of the sport. When was the last time anyone, other than the umpires, followed every ball of a test match? Not even the team captains, I would suppose.

Bollocks, I was up all night watching the Ashes.

[Tennis sensation]

In about 10 days of World Cup action we have seen
1) Two individual scores of 150+
2) Two Hat-tricks
3) A century by a player of an associate nation
4) A tied match

I think ODI cricket needed this kind of action.

Let;s see what;s in store for us next?

[Feña14]

Originally Posted by Tennis sensation

In about 10 days of World Cup action we have seen
1) Two individual scores of 150+
2) Two Hat-tricks
3) A century by a player of an associate nation
4) A tied match

I think ODI cricket needed this kind of action.

Let;s see what;s in store for us next?

They should just let England play every game, by far the most exciting team in the competition!