The 2007 Cricket World Cup

I've gone for South Africa as I think they can still get better and as they haven't been beaten for some time that's quite ominous.

so i choose pakistan and its not just because im pakistani. In their past two ODI series they have clearly shown what they are capable of. they are on a 7 match unbeaten winning streak and i know its not as good as SA but pakistan could increase that win streak.

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so your voting twice? that explains a bit

It's not 'cheating' to vote twice but it defeats the object so it's bye bye poll, I'm afraid.

Originally posted by zubeee i never voted twice for Pakistan you know, one for aus and one for pak! opps sorry if thats not fair. i am sure its been happening in lots other polls too but if you are going to ignore them and make a big deal out of this one then why cant you simply change the format of voting!(or atleast inform people about this through some warnning or something before you accuse them of someing they are unaware of)

I want the polls disabled as they're being abused. I'm not an administrator though, so I don't have the power to disable them. All I can do is delete the polls where people have clearly been messing about.

thats a great shame that the polls have been abused & inacurate.

explains the best captaincy poll

Zubeee must be a schizo - voting for two sides huh.....I wouldn't bet my life on who wins in the West Indies , but I'll guarantee there's only ONE winner!!

that's true, the poll system does need improvment, but i think all of this should be discussed in the place called "website comments" in the thread "polls". i'm just suggesting (not ordering) this to everyone even myself because i know that i made a post related to the polls stuff in this thread which should not have been made here. anyway i don't want anyone to take this personally or think that i'm being bossy.

this is about the world cup, and i would like to see talk about the world cup.

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well, than lets get back to the cricket talk, i think SA will win the world cup because they are on a role, they are doing really well, and SL seem to falling because they just got white washed by india (4-0).

india are also improving and i think it might be because of tendulkers' return or ganguly finally being axed. tendulker is without a doubt the star player of india, and ganguly was just an obstacle in india's success.
but now that india0 is back on the right path, its possible that maybe india will have a chance at the world cup if they continue to play this way.

pakistan might also have a chance, they are also on an unbeaten streak, though quite a small one, it could get bigger, its right now 7 wins in a row and when they face england, that will be their chance to make the winning streak bigger. pakistan is a young side but they do have some experienced players like inzamam, shoaib, and mohammad yousaf/yousaf youhana.
though here are the problems with the pakistani side:
inzamam is too fat and needs to go on a diet, he is also getting old.
shoaib is too fat for what he does, he is also unfit (same thing i guess).
youhana is just fine.

now an analysis on the rest of the team:
Sami has a temper problem and will go crazy if he gets a single boundary on him. he needs to control his bowling.
younis khan needs to be more consistent.
shabbir needs to keep his action proper.
danish kaneria is fine, he just needs to be consistently taking wickets.
and the rest just need more consistency (shahid afridi, salman butt, abdul razzaq,kamran akmal, rana naveed-ul-hassan, shoaib malik)

that's a whole lot of things that pakistan can do to improve, but if they can do that then they will get better. i think the younger players will polish by the world cup, but i don't think that shoaib will be fit or Inzamam won't be fat.

I tHINK SOUTH AFRICA SHOULB WIN THE 2007 world cup. they are really starting to look like a world class side

Originally posted by vize I tHINK SOUTH AFRICA SHOULB WIN THE 2007 world cup. they are really starting to look like a world class side

i think you are right, look at SA these days, they are on a roll. 12 wins in a row! they also have a lot of "young guns," who are polishing up.

players like mcgrath, warne, gillchrist, hayden etc.

yup, no doubt about that, by the world cup i think McGrath and Warne should be gone for sure. those 2 are the teams major bowling anchors. McGrath is the guy who destroys the top order and lets shane finish the job. the other bowlers are just there. lee gets sloged all the time, and MacGill only plays ODIs well.

the australian batting order might last a bit longer because ponting and gilchrist will be here for a while.

after the ashes, warne said he plans to be around for the next ashes which will be in 18 months and just before or after the world cup i think. so maybe warne will be around for the 2007 world cup but McGrath, even though he is a year younger he is a fast-medium bowler which means he needs more fitness.