World Cup 2015 (II)

Yeah, yet another top match between associate nations

What a good job we won't have as many of these Associate Countries in the next WC clogging up the schedules.

Basil wrote:What a good job we won't have as many of these Associate Countries in the next WC clogging up the schedules.

And confusing the umpires.

"You'll never beat the Irish".

Two terrific games today. Perhaps the WC is finally firing up.

taipan wrote:

OP Tipping wrote:ZOMG I would not want to be the one to have made that decision.

I thought it was quite a simple decision.

Was there actually a decision made or did Williams let the 3rd ump off the hook.

It did look like movement (although I wasn't totally convinced it wasn't shadowing) but could it be argued that the catch was competed before the movement.

So where are we in group B?

The surprising win of Pakistan over SA makes things pretty interesting. There are short odds favourites in each of the next four matches: Ind v Ire, SA v UAE, Ind v Zim, UAE v WI. There's nothing much about the UAE to make me think they are capable of an upset. Ireland and Zimbabwe can play, but India have had all the answers so far.

After those matches, then, we would expect the table to look like:

Ind 12
SA 8
Pak 6
WI 6
Ire 6
Zim 2
UAE 0

Though WI might be ahead of Pak on NRR if they have a big enough win over UAE.

So it was probably a good decision to put Ire v Pak as the last match. A Pak win sees Ireland out. An Ireland win sees either WI or Pak out depending on runrates. A tie, no result, abandoned match sees WI out.

Things are a bit more open in group A. If Scotland jagged a win over Sri Lank I would not fall right off my chair. Bangladesh won their last seven matches against NZ: but that was on the subcon, not at Hamilton.
There are high probabilities of the NZ v Afg, SL v Scot, NZ v Bang, Eng v Afg and Aus v Scot going to the favourite: if that is how it pans out then the winner of the Bang V Eng match goes through and the other goes out. A tie, no result, abandoned match sees Bang through. The SL v Aus match will determine placings among the teams in the QF.

No one will want to face Pakistan in a quarter final or semi final if their batting starts to fire along with their bowling.

And hooray for Ireland and Zimbabwe. Nothing between the two sides, which reinforces how unfair it is that it looks likely Ireland will miss out on the next World Cup and Zimbabwe won't. Although pressure is definitely mounting on the ICC to re-think the number of teams for next time.

I reckon 12 teams would be a good number.

Henry wrote:No one will want to face Pakistan in a quarter final or semi final if their batting starts to fire along with their bowling.

And hooray for Ireland and Zimbabwe. Nothing between the two sides, which reinforces how unfair it is that it looks likely Ireland will miss out on the next World Cup and Zimbabwe won't. Although pressure is definitely mounting on the ICC to re-think the number of teams for next time.

I reckon 12 teams would be a good number.

You could have 14 or even 16 - we have the grounds. It just takes the will on the part of the ICC to change the structure.

I've just seen Mooney's 'catch' to get rid of Williams. His foot clearly touched the boundary. But why the hell did Williams leave the field????

Aye, Williams farked up.

Henry wrote:No one will want to face Pakistan in a quarter final or semi final if their batting starts to fire along with their bowling.

And hooray for Ireland and Zimbabwe. Nothing between the two sides, which reinforces how unfair it is that it looks likely Ireland will miss out on the next World Cup and Zimbabwe won't. Although pressure is definitely mounting on the ICC to re-think the number of teams for next time.

I reckon 12 teams would be a good number.

I think it's purported to be a qualifier. So Ireland are still part of it as it stands. Agree about 12

Isn't 12 the number the ICC has proposed for WC 2019?

10 is proposed. Ninth and tenth being qualifiers.

Cheers, t. Not enough. Ridiculous.

If time is the problem, they could've easily solved it in this WC by playing 2 games every day.

Overcast ATM in Sydney prior to the crucial Aus v SL clash. Radar looks clear but.

Forecast updated at 8:41 am EDT on Sunday 8 March 2015.
Forecast for the rest of Sunday

Summary
Max 26
Partly cloudy.
Chance of any rain: 20%

Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower in the morning and afternoon. Light winds.

skully wrote:Overcast ATM in Sydney prior to the crucial Aus v SL clash. Radar looks clear but.

we're in deep piss if we don't win

better get our failure to qualify out of the way nice and early so we can concentrate on watching without caring
except for hoping india dont win

Sri Lanka are terrible at reviews. That never looked out.

Twatto back in FFS.

Lark gone. Aust in trouble already 41/2

Henry wrote:I've just seen Mooney's 'catch' to get rid of Williams. His foot clearly touched the boundary. But why the hell did Williams leave the field????

I guess he was unaware of the referral.

Total ineptitude from Finch.