Kicks off tomorrow I think? Anyone care?

Haven't watched to much cricket lately but ill have a go at some predictions

Winners: Australia
Losing Finalist: South Africa
Player of the tournament: Steve Smith
Losing Semi Finalists: New Zealand, England
Dark Horse: Sri Lanka
Surprise Packet: Ireland
Big Call: India won't get passed the group stage.

When I check Google last week it said it was today haha but it is actually tomorrow.

Keen for it.

-PB

Hopefully the dominance of the Australian team this tournament confirms the vindication of the dominance of the sport for the generation in the nationalist identity

In times of war, unemployment, the certainty of the dominant winning Australian cricket team is the one certainty in times of uncertainty

lol Australia will do well but NZ will probably do us in the final imo.

-PB

They very nearly got dicked by Scotland in a warm up match last night

South Africa definite favourites imho. Hope we do well but you can never tell with this squad. NZ for dark horse.

NZ definitely the dark horse. I think they might win.

Calling New Zealand a dark horse is severely under rating them.

Their batting line up is scary

Edited by scotty21: 13/2/2015 01:30:28 PM

Yeah NZ can't be a dark horse when they're third favourites.

Winners: Australia
Losing Finalist: New Zealand
Semi Finalists: South Africa (can't be taken seriously until they win one), Pakistan
Player of the Tournament: Michael Clarke
Dark Horse: Pakistan
Surprise Packet: Zimbabwe
Big Call: West Indies won't get out of the group

Edited by 99 Problems: 13/2/2015 01:39:00 PM

Not sure if Ireland will be a surprise packet they just got pumped the other day by Scotland.

Agree that NZ aren't a Dark Horse they've got a very good side.

A shame that the groups are uneven Bangladesh and even Scotland would be kicking themselves that they're not in Group B.

I just heard on the radio a Kiwi made a robot which could predict the winner.

It picked out Afghanistan :lol:

New Zealand off to a good start agaisnt Sri Lanka 0-25 off 4

Cricket venues in NZ >>> Cricket Venues in Aus.

Maybe Malinga should stop bowling full to McCullum

This Sri Lanka pace attack is one of the worst in ODI history

NZ 0-102

Is this a new ground in Christchurch? Looks mint (Y)
Also shows how good a packed hill in Newcastle would've looked for the Asian cup, silly AFC

South Africa vs New Zealand final.

NZ off to a wonderful start as expected.

-PB

This Sri Lankan is just dull.

This tournament's going to take forever unfortunately

A change in scheduling and format is needed

Pakistan vs India sold out in adelaide with over 100s of millions expected watching on tv

One of the biggest rivalries in world sport. Actually, just the world in general. Will be amazing to watch. SA v Zim could be interesting as well, if Zimbabwe get the right conditions they could easily knock off a big nation.

Australia was unreal yesterday. And to think out of our 3 best batsmen one didn't play and the other two failed and we still made 340 is terrifying. IMO it has to be Watson that comes out for Clarke

South Africa go from 4/83 to 4/339. Wow. Biggest 5th wicket partnership in ODI history

Incredible stuff!

There are plenty of decent hitters around the teams, but for me only three teams have a decent bowling lineup for Australian conditions. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa should all go well for this reason.

Australia bat all the way to number 10 when Starc plays. The bowling attack of Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood, marsh, Watson, and Maxwell with Doherty and Smith on standby should do the business across the games.

New Zealand have got Boult, Southee, Vettori and some other handy bowlers - Milne, Mcleneghan, Mills being good examples. Plus their batsmen are in form - Williamson, Taylor, McCullum, Ronchi, Anderson... All good hitters.

And South Africa have Steyn, Morkel, Tahir, Philander, plus a few more.

I don't think anyone else will go close. England have decent bowlers but they can't bowl at the death and don't have the big hitters. India have the batsmen but a very poor bowling attack. Sri Lanka the same. West Indies don't have Dwayne Bravo or Pollard. Pakistan have beaten Australia recently in tests, but they are untested in Australian conditions, and are without Ajmal.

Another hundred to Kohli. What a player

Not a bad effort from Zimbabwe. They might cause an upset and make the semis.

India vs Pakistan is setting up for a cracking finish

I get more excited watching the minnows take each other on. Gets a bit boring watching the same 9 teams play each other

Care factor is zero for me.