2019 Cricket World Cup

Okay looking at the tournament.

Once again New Zealand are showing form coming into the world cup so their usual semi final spot looks good.

West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa are capable of winning matches against the better teams, but they struggle with consistency, they can not win the cup.

The two for me are England and India. England have all the pressure, but they also have a well balanced side, who can defend a small score, or chase a big target. India has two of the best one day batsmen of all time and both are absolutely determined to win this cup with Dhoni having his last chance.

So I will go England to win, And we will have Pakistan as our longshot to do well!

Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise

Good summary Voyager.

Just a little background....

1. This is a 10 team round robin played as a single group. The top 4 ranked teams at the end of the round robin progress to the knockout semi finals (1st v 4th, 2nd v 3rd) with the semi final winners meeting on a knockout final on 14 July 2019

2. Eight teams qualified by virtue of their international rating at September 2017 (including host nation England) see table 2

3. The remaining two teams came through the ICC World Cup Qualifyng tournament in Zimbabwe in March 2018 with Afghanistan and West Indies meeting in the final in Harare. Afghanistan won by 7 wickets despite losing the toss. They dismissed West Indies in under 47 overs for 204 and made the runs for the loss of only 3 wickets in less than 41 overs. Both finalists qualified for the World Cup finals. Ireland and Zimbabwe (both test status nations) did not qualify for the finals.

4. Latest ICC ODI rankings at 20 May 2019 (Table 1)

5. ICC ODI Rankings September 2017 (Table 2)

(Top 8 qualify for 2019 World Cup)

And finally, the Australians itinerary : (Times are AEST)

Saturday 1 June 2019 Australia v Afghanistan County Ground, Bristol 22.30

Thursday 6 June 2019 Australia v West Indies Trent Bridge Nottingham 19.30

Sunday 9 June 2019 Australia v India The Oval, London 19.30

Wednesday 12 June 2019 Australia v Pakistan Taunton Somerset 19.30

Saturday 15 June 2019 Australia v Sri Lanka The Oval London 19.30

Thursday 20 June 2019 Australia v Bangladesh Trent Bridge Nottingham 19.30

Tuesday 25 June 2019 Australia v England Lord's, London 19.30

Saturday 29 June 2019 Australia v New Zealand Lord's London 22.30

Saturday 6 July 2019 Australia v South Africa Old Trafford, Manchester 22.30

Tuesday 9 July 2019 First Semi Final (1st v 4th) Old Trafford Manchester 19.30

Thursday 11 July 2019 Second Semi Final (2nd v 3rd) Edgbaston Birmingham 19.30

Sunday 14 July 2019 World Cup Final Lords, London 19.30 (same night as the men's final at Wimbeldon and the British Grand Prix at Silverstone)

Tontonan wrote:

Good summary Voyager.

Just a little background....

1. This is a 10 team round robin played as a single group. The top 4 ranked teams at the end of the round robin progress to the knockout semi finals (1st v 4th, 2nd v 3rd) with the semi final winners meeting on a knockout final on 14 July 2019

2. Eight teams qualified by virtue of their international rating at September 2017 (including host nation England) see table 2

3. The remaining two teams came through the ICC World Cup Qualifyng tournament in Zimbabwe in March 2018 with Afghanistan and West Indies meeting in the final in Harare. Afghanistan won by 7 wickets despite losing the toss. They dismissed West Indies in under 47 overs for 204 and made the runs for the loss of only 3 wickets in less than 41 overs. Both finalists qualified for the World Cup finals. Ireland and Zimbabwe (both test status nations) did not qualify for the finals.

I think this is the best way to conduct a world cup Tontonan.

If my memory is correct the only previous world cup to have one where all teams play each other once and then the top four go through to the semi-finals was in Australia in 1992, and it was a cracker of a tournament.

As Graham Gooch said in a documentary, it is the fairest way as you have earnt your spot in the finals.

Should be a good tournament!

4. Latest ICC ODI rankings at 20 May 2019 (<span style="line-height: 16.8px;">Table 1)</span>

5. ICC ODI Rankings September 2017 (<span style="line-height: 16.8px;">Table 2)</span>

(Top 8 qualify for 2019 World Cup)

Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise

Warner and Smith are two massive additions to a side in good form... but I just don't think Finch is a captain's Christmas pudding. Plus, the selectors will be picking Marsh and Zampa ahead of Stoinis & Lyon... so, I think we're f****d.

Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Wade, Stoinis, Maxwell, Carey, Starc, Cummins, Coulter-Nile, Lyon...that XI would win this thing.

England were very impressive dealing with the South Africans.

Jofra Archer looks an extraordinary player generating great pace seemingly out of nowhere. The ball that sent Hashim Alma back to the sheds for a spell was murderous. Thank heaven for helmets. 3/27 off 42 balls on pitch that was a belter.

Yet Archer was nowhere near Man of the Match because Ben Stokes had a day out with bat, ball and in the field. Probably the best catch I have ever seen , a run out, 2 for 12 off 17 balls and all that after top scoring for England with 89 runs off 79 balls. Surely that was one of the finest all round performances in the history of the 50 over game.

A top night's entertainment.

Nice catch

I have not seen Archer before and I was skeptical.

I was even more skeptical when I saw how much bling he was wearing. That necklace looks like a gold plated motor cycle chain and that Rolex would settle my debts.

But having seen him last night I am a believer. He could make the difference in this World Cup.

England is a team I have traditionally loved to hate there is a lot to like about this one.

reductio ad absurdum

Nice catch.

Seen better.

John Dyson's catch. Thumbs Up

https://www.cricket.com.au/video/adam-gilchrist-cricket-fan-childhood-john-dyson-classic-catches-scg-sydney-video-highlights/2018-01-25

In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!

ExceedAndExcel wrote:

Not a good start for SA!

Did you splash the French Open ?... Some big names going around ...

Hasn't been good for my sleep patterns .

Checked in on the cricket a couple of times 4 for 80 odd ... 6 for 170 odd, might make 240 ... so watched ep 3 of Chernobyl with the missus. Great show!

Happens that I missed the real fireworks! ... Coulter-Nile "ignited" down the order for the Aussies ... Wowee! Shocked

In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!

Good sign beating an in-form Windies after giving them a massive head start.

Windies got themselves into a position to win, but Starc is a gun!

Agree, India game should be a cracker.

In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT!

reductio ad absurdum