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    Posted: 12 December 2010 at 9:07am
The ICC World Cup 2011 is just 68 days away as AUS will begin their defense for a 4th consecutive title and their 5th over all, such has been the Australian dominance that they have not lost a WC game in the last two editions.... can somebody finally stop them!

India are likely to go into the tournament as favorites and look in ominous form, they will be hard to stop, Sri Lanka have a well settled team and one of the tournament favorites. South Africa have a complete team, no weaknesses really but can they win in the sub continent? Pakistan as always unpredictable and in controversies but can they fight against all odds and surprise the cricketing world once again?! England are in terrific form as well but like RSA, can they win in the subcontinent remains the question.

West Indies and New Zealand are struggling but they are good ODI teams and I think they both have an out side chance, more so the west indies. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will be looking to make an impact given their spin heavy bowling attacks.

Should be a really exciting tournament.

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              Bangladesh
New Zealand               England
Pakistan               India
Sri Lanka               South Africa
Zimbabwe               West Indies
Canada               Ireland
Kenya               Netherlands


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Group B is the tough one - BD will have the home advantage and one of the regular test playing nation will have to make way for BD.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Sledger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 December 2010 at 10:16am
Quite right , Group B is a toughie.  If Bangladesh make it through it'll be West Indies who will miss out.  Group A's quailifiers will be the top four in Sam's list - I don't see any upsets in that group unless Zim beat the Aussies !
          
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Post Options Post Options   Quote zuhair_abbasi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 December 2010 at 10:28am
Teams with more spinners (even half decent will do) will have a clear advantage over pace heavy attacks. Pakistan, India, SRL, BD, England to to some extent NZL have this base covered. Safricans have to look another one to partner Botha, bringing back VDM would not be a bad idea. Have no idea what the Oz side will look like - they will for sure have any of Beer, Xavier, X, Y, Z to accompany Hauritz.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote sam_ahmed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 December 2010 at 5:15pm
Group B is clearly the tougher one. Luckily for Pakistan their road to the QF's shouldn't be that difficult. Actually if the Kiwis continue to play the way they are doing right now, ZIM may fancy their chances. but otherwise Group A looks pretty much straight forward to me!

In group B, BAN will create headaches and also don't forget IRE are capable of causing an odd upset too, WI usually play good cricket in the subcontinent. Group B is REALLY tough!
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Surprise surprise - SRL have included the old horses in the preliminary quad - both Vaas and Sanath are in.
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If West Indies games are in India, they won't be knocked out in the first round, the trio of Gayle, Sarwan and Chanderpaul scores heavily on those surfaces.
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I highly doubt if they'll make the final eleven Zuhair.

The preliminary squad means nothing really, it is just an exercise and moreover the selectors will not be restricted to these 30 while selecting the final 15. They can look outside if they want, although that normally doesn't happen.

Spinny is right, WI won't go down so easily... apart from those three the Bravo brothers, Pollard and Roach... all will make big impacts.
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The timetable will matter.  Whoever plays Bangladesh first will have a tough job on their hands.  Alternatively , playing them towards the end of the group stage and after they've lost a couple will be a different ball game.
                Since 1992 England haven't looked like a one day side , but this lot are pretty decent and can give any of the other sides a real go.   I won't put a lot of money on them , but I will be having a little flutter.


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India have got to be favourites right?
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I'll put up the fixtures:

Here is a list:

Sat Feb 19          
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local
14:00 IST
1st Match, Group B - India v Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sun Feb 20
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Sun Feb 20          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada
Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota



Mon Feb 21          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
4th Match, Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad



Tue Feb 22          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
5th Match, Group B - England v Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur



Wed Feb 23          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
6th Match, Group A - Kenya v Pakistan
Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota



Thu Feb 24          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
7th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Fri Feb 25
03:30 GMT | 09:30 local
09:00 IST
8th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Ireland
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Fri Feb 25          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
9th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur



Sat Feb 26          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Sun Feb 27          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
11th Match, Group B - India v England
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Mon Feb 28
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
12th Match, Group A - Canada v Zimbabwe
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur



Mon Feb 28          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
13th Match, Group B - Netherlands v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Tue Mar 1          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Wed Mar 2          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
15th Match, Group B - England v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Thu Mar 3
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
16th Match, Group B - Netherlands v South Africa
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Thu Mar 3          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
17th Match, Group A - Canada v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Fri Mar 4
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad



Fri Mar 4          
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local
14:00 IST
19th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 5          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
20th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Australia
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Sun Mar 6
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
21st Match, Group B - England v South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Sun Mar 6          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
22nd Match, Group B - India v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Mon Mar 7          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
23rd Match, Group A - Canada v Kenya
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Tue Mar 8          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
24th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Wed Mar 9          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
25th Match, Group B - India v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Thu Mar 10          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
26th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Fri Mar 11
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
27th Match, Group B - Ireland v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Fri Mar 11          
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local
14:00 IST
28th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v England
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong



Sat Mar 12          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
29th Match, Group B - India v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur



Sun Mar 13
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
30th Match, Group A - Canada v New Zealand
****hede Stadium, Mumbai



Sun Mar 13          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
31st Match, Group A - Australia v Kenya
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Mon Mar 14
03:30 GMT | 09:30 local
09:00 IST
32nd Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Netherlands
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong



Mon Mar 14          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
33rd Match, Group A - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Tue Mar 15          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
34th Match, Group B - Ireland v South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Wed Mar 16          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
35th Match, Group A - Australia v Canada
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Thu Mar 17          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
36th Match, Group B - England v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Fri Mar 18
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
38th Match, Group B - Ireland v Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Fri Mar 18          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
37th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
****hede Stadium, Mumbai



Sat Mar 19
03:30 GMT | 09:30 local
09:00 IST
39th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 19          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
40th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Sun Mar 20
04:00 GMT | 09:30 local
09:30 IST
41st Match, Group A - Kenya v Zimbabwe
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Sun Mar 20          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
42nd Match, Group B - India v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Wed Mar 23          
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local
14:00 IST
Quarter Final - TBC v TBC (A1 v before)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Thu Mar 24          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
Quarter Final - TBC v TBC (A2 v B3)
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad



Fri Mar 25          
08:30 GMT | 14:30 local
14:00 IST
Quarter Final - TBC v TBC (A3 v B2)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 26          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
Quarter Final - TBC v TBC (A4 v B1)
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Tue Mar 29          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
Semi Final - TBC v TBC
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Wed Mar 30          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
Semi Final - TBC v TBC
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Sat Apr 2          
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST
Final - TBC v TBC
****hede Stadium, Mumbai




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West Indies have all their group game in India, that's good, watch out for Chris Gayle.  Edwards and Taylor should be appearing in some T20's in January in the local tournament so how they hold up and perform in that tournament will be crucial, along with Ramnaresh Sarwan.  They are all vital to the team.
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Just the one match against Bangladesh outside India for England and I'm pleased to see that match is quite late in the schedule.  Hopefully Bangladesh's bubble will have been burst by then and England will be nicely placed near the head of the table .

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Don't worry about England Sledger, this ODI team of theirs is far better than any I've seen them put on the field.  The batting is very long too, with Broad, Swann and Bresnan.  Add Anderson and that's a good bowling attack too.
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I'm hopeful of a good run SW , but beating India in India will take some seriously good cricket.
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Ha ha, I never mentioned they would overcome India, just that they wouldn't do badly as you would once expect them too.  To be honest, I can't see anyteam beating India so easily.  If Gambhir gets 79 against Steyn on co in SA, nevermind the pitch got flatter there, I guess we can expect something much more on familiar territory.
 
This is India's best chance to win the cup.  Ofcourse, in ODI's, just one guy can blow you away so....
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India's bowling options will haunt them again. Their 5th bowler goes for 89-90 runs and the batsmen cannot always come to the rescue. I see no clear favorites.
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That is the one ray of hope zuhair , their attack isn't the most potent and if Yuvraj gets 10 overs it'll cost more than 90 runs !
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That is the one ray of hope zuhair , their attack isn't the most potent and if Yuvraj gets 10 overs it'll cost more than 90 runs !
 
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India do have their weak links, although mostly they have got all areas covered up... let us not forget that the format is such that the champion team will have to win at least 3 knockout games in a row... for teams like IND and RSA it is about mental strength as well, both big favts but highly vulnerable in KO stages... for teams like PAK and WI (both mercurial) it's all about getting that mercury to rise at these stages... a Razzaq or Gayle going berserk or A Gul or Roach cleaning the opposition.
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I'm going to have a flutter on the 20/20 champs and why not. Playing Australia before the finals should be a useful warm up. Also got a feeling Flower really wants the one day crown to add to the list, Flower's after world domination.
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Imran Tahir is now eligible to play for south africa, with this RSA's only possible weakness is also covered for the mega event next month.
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Imran Tahir is now eligible to play for south africa, with this RSA's only possible weakness is also covered for the mega event next month.
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PAK's WC squad has been announced and I have to say it looks very disappointing, no place for Malik and even Fawad! Kamran though has been included.

From the probables given this is the best 15 I can think of:

Hafeez, Shahzad, Younis, Yousuf, Umer A, Afridi, Kamran, Razzaq, Gul, Ajmal, Akhtar, Wahab, Sohail, Asad, Arafat.
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Malik's absence is indeed a blow. Looks like he has paid the price of his differences with Afridi.

I think the 15 would look something like:

Kamran
Hafeez
Yousuf
Younus
Umar Akmal
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Misbah looks in good touch but I would rather not go with him in ODI's, I'll prefer a promising Ahmed Shahzad who looks more and more impressive by each game.

Rana is an interesting Selection because his record in the sub continent as a bowler is terrific! I preferred Arafat in my list but I certainly won't mind Rana given the otherwise thin pace attack.

Knowing the way PAK selectors think, I think Zuhair's 15 will be the final 15 too. only doubt might be between Rana or Sohail Tanvir.

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I'll update this post with the squads as soon as they are announced.
 
World Cup Squads:
 
Netherlands:
Peter Borren (C), Adeel Raja, Wesley Barresi, Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent.
 
 
Sri Lanka:
Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.
 
Zimbabwe:
Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Christopher Mpofu, Raymond Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams.


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I don't think there is going to be any upsets in Group B, while in Group A -Aus,NZ and SL will easily make it to next round.My prediction skills say that Pakistan might not make it to second round one more time.

But if there are no upsets then any of the following 8 have chances in following order (Format is such that anyone who wins 3 matches that count on a trot wins the cup)
- ENG
- India
- SL
- Aus
- SAF
- WI
- Pak
- NZ
 
Though NZ I have placed at 8th, they are kind of a Dark Horse for me this time.
 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote joelza1990 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2011 at 2:55am
I could see either Kenya and Zimbabwe either beating or pushing Pakistan to the edge. Will be a big test for the South Africans as the world cup has been a big weakness. India and Sri Lanka look strong and ready to go deep into the tournament, but the home team curse may just creep into mindset at some stage.

Australia have won the last 3 world cups as most of us know, but this team is far weaker than of those 3 teams. Hopefully the likes of White,Marsh,Watson and Johnson and co can standup for the team when needed. Brett Lee may also be a rough chance to make a return to the ODI arena.

Shouldn't be too many surprises and my predictions for the last 4 are:
India
Sri Lanka
England
South Africa or Australia (still undecided)

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Post Options Post Options   Quote sam_ahmed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2011 at 5:15pm
Srilanka have neamed their squad as well, a major surprise here, Herath selected ahead of Randiv and they have gone in with Samaraweera who is not necessarily an ODI player. no place for jayasuriya and vaas but that was expected, one man who will be very disappointed though will be Ferveez Maharoof who has missed out.
 
Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.
 
nonetheless a very formidable line up from the 1996 champions.
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