WC 2015

Pool A: England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Qualifier 2 and Qualifier 3

Pool B: South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies Zimbabwe, Ireland and Qualifier 4

finals at MCG

might be a good time to finally visit aus/nz. catch the ind-pak game and maybe the semis and finals

Sadly, they have decided to stick with quarter-finals.

This tournament is going to go for 44 days, meaning we're going to spend over a month to work out whether Bangladesh can sneak into the quarter-finals at the expense of Sri Lanka or New Zealand.

I'm looking forward to having the World Cup down under, but I have a feeling it's going to be extremely tedious for the most part.

Where are the SF and QF being played?

currently pool B looks much stronger than pool A

aus and nz should do well in home conditions though

dammit. the ind-pak match is on the 2nd day of the tournament. so to watch that plus the knock-outs i would have to spend a month there

semis in auckland and sydney

qf - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington

I thought there were going to be some games at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney?

Only one Aust game at the SCG

Hass wrote:Sadly, they have decided to stick with quarter-finals.

This tournament is going to go for 44 days, meaning we're going to spend over a month to work out whether Bangladesh can sneak into the quarter-finals at the expense of Sri Lanka or New Zealand Australia.

I'm looking forward to having the World Cup down under, but I have a feeling it's going to be extremely tedious for the most part.

Fixed

Semis - Syd, Melb, Adel, Ork
Final - Melb

Opening match Christchurch

JGK: re Syd: Aw diddums

And speaking of big-fish small-pond entitlement and hot air, has there been any AFL reaction yet? The Big A won't like losing the last two weeks of March - so it's either a shorter season or move the Caulfield Cup to make room for the GF.

Looks like the traditional borefest.

Yeah, they're scared of a format that risks eliminating big sides early at the expense of minnows, after 2003 and 2007. So we get the month of JAMODIs before the almost inevitable last eight line-up.

Decent draw for England, but we'll play a top four of blockers on pitches where you need 300+ so it probably doesn't really make any difference!

Wonder what crowd they will get at the MCG without Australia in the final?

Blackadder wrote:Wonder what crowd they will get at the MCG without Australia in the final?

They got close enough to 100k for the final in 1992.

They managed to drag a few in in 92....

If India's there, sellout.

Oz will go ok. We are not quite as crap at ODI's as we are in tests.....yet.

Big Dog wrote:Oz will go ok. We are not quite as crap at ODI's as we are in tests.....yet.

'A week is a long time in politics'. Longer still in sports, I'd suspect.

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

JGK wrote:

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

Yeah I'd forgotten all about the racist, Indian burning, white Aussie qunts who murder hard working innocent Indians for fun.

 

furriner wrote:

JGK wrote:

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

Yeah I'd forgotten all about the racist, Indian burning, white Aussie qunts who murder hard working innocent Indians for fun.

 
We keep mistaking them for muslims.
 

Yes....that was a bad joke. I put my hand up.

furriner wrote:

JGK wrote:

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

Yeah I'd forgotten all about the racist, Indian burning, white Aussie qunts who murder hard working innocent Indians for fun Victorians.

Could have saved yourself a few keystrokes there.

Big Dog wrote:

furriner wrote:

JGK wrote:

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

Yeah I'd forgotten all about the racist, Indian burning, white Aussie qunts who murder hard working innocent Indians for fun.

We keep mistaking them for muslims.

Well I've never been so insulted in my life. Only an Aussie passport can make up for it now. I can angle my wrist and pretend to bowl spin that should do it.

furriner wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

furriner wrote:

JGK wrote:

furriner wrote:If India's there, sellout.

Assuming the fans don't all get knocked off on the way to the ground.

Yeah I'd forgotten all about the racist, Indian burning, white Aussie qunts who murder hard working innocent Indians for fun.

We keep mistaking them for muslims.

Well I've never been so insulted in my life.  Only an Aussie passport  can make up for it now.  I can angle my wrist and pretend to bowl spin that should do it.