CWC 2007 - Finals : Preview

Now as the dooms day is coming closer, it remains to be seen who will finally lift the trophy. Certainly the way Aussies are playing there should not be any ambiguity in decidings who will finally lift the trophy. But there is a serious problem between what is there and what you want ( ofcourse this thing is there only if you are not australian).

If we start looking at things technically, australians are unmatched for. They got a good bowling attack, opner in great mode, captain majestic and bunch of high quality batesmans and filders. The records show they hardly falter at the last frontier.

Where as srilanka has got SANATH. He will be the main figure srilanka should be looking at and he should do well if srilanka wants to take that cup back home. They got good bowling attack with vaas ( reliable), malinga ( the slinger with outragiuos hair style) and magical murali. They can contain any batting line up as far as we look for record / ststs. The main concern is there batting except sanath and mahila no one is exactly reliable.

Any ways I think Aussies will win but I want srilanka to win.

Mighty Bangladeshis sc***d again

NewZealand this time shocked / kicked / scre**d the mighty Bangladeshis. They have defeated the mighty Bangladeshis by 9 wickets. What a heart stopping match.

Bangladeshi mood can be found at the following link,Bangla Cricket

Australia surprises mighty Bangladeshis.

In what can be called as upset of the millennium, Australians have managed to upset the mighty Bangladeshis. They won the match, that to in a convincing way. This has created a wave of enthusiasm in the diminishing world of cricket. Bangladeshi captain called it as a bad day at office. Poniting said he is flying really high with this unexpected victory. In a interview to a local TV channel, he said that Australian Prime minister John Howard, who is also a cricket enthusiast called him to congratulate on this achievement.

There were huge victory rallies in Australian cities of Perth, Adelaide, Sydney to celebrate there cricket teams success against cricketing power house Bangladesh.Many Australians said that this will take Australian cricket to new heights. Bangladesh has won all the previous world cups and tipped to be favorite to win this edition.

Bangladeshi mood can be found at the following link,
Bangla Cricket

Sad day for cricket

Full name Robert Andrew Woolmer
Born May 14, 1948, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died March 18, 2007, Kingston University Hospital, Jamaica, West Indies (aged 58 years 308 days)

This is a big loss for world of cricket. I really feel sorry for him. He has to die with a broken heart and humiliation. First it was south africa and now pakistan ........

Certainly a sad day for cricket.

First Match | WI v/s PAK

After a long wait of four year, the world cup will start today. This is a must watch match, since it will give a feel about whats going to happen over next few days. I feel that Pakistan will win this match, if there missing players are assumed to be playing. They have a good batting line up, but there bowling looks terrible. Gul, Rana etc can bowl sincerely but they are no asif or shohaib.

WI on other hand, not missing any players but the quality of the existing players ( sp Bowlers ) is certainly questionable.

WC 2007 : Analysis and Prediction - III

If Without Upsets all the team go to super eight then we will be having a super eight table some thing like , Semifinalists wiil be : IND, SAF, WI and AUS/NZ

I want India to win the cup but i think this list below I feel is the possibility of teams can win the cup in that order. South Africa certainly are the hot fav's to win the cup, followed by aus. Then we have IND, NZ, PAK, SL, WI in the same level followed by England. The last bunch is BAN, KEN and ZIm. You cannt go beyond that predicting a winner even with you wildest imagination.

1. SAF
2. AUS
3. IND
4. NZ
5. PAK
6. SL
7. WI
8. ENG
9. BAN
10. KEN
11. ZIM

WC 2007 : Analysis and Prediction - II

Now if Groups are analyzed then we have picture like this,

Group A (Aus, SA, Nether, Scot)
In this group there is just no possibility of any upset, Not even by a wild imigination there will be a upset in this group.
Confirm Super eight : AUS, SA
Upset Super eight : No Way

Group B (Srilank, India, Bangladesh, Bermuda)
Bermuda is really a no hoper in this group. Bangladesh is not exactly a strong team or a contender for super eight. But one victory against bermuda plus one more upset win over sri lanka or india can see them through to super eight. This possibility has a little chance, but there is a chance for bangladesh. Srilankan Batting looks fragile at times.
Confirm Super eight : IND, SL
Upset Super eight : BAN replacing SL

Group C ( New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada)
Again Canada is a no hoper in this group. Strongest team in this group is New Zealand and Kenya the underdogs. Kenya guarantee a win against canada and they can upset england on a good day for them.
Confirm Super eight : NZ, ENG
Upset Super eight : KEN replacing ENG

Group D ( West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland)
Situation in this group looks very much simillar to Group A, but zimbabwe can cause a upset. I think the team that will be affected by this upset will be Pakistan most probably. Ireland will be a no hoper.
Confirm Super eight : WI, PAK
Upset Super eight : ZIM replacing PAK

WC 2007 : Analysis and Prediction - I

WC is only a few days away now, there will be a lot of action since all the major teams are at same level and there will be no lawless, ruthless rule by Aussies emperor.

When overall graphs , compared to performances in last 20 and 10 ODI's played. Winning percentage, Batting Avg and Bowling avg are compared for the above mentioned three situations. It can be seen that Bangladesh has performed excellently well. But the fact that cannot be ignored is that they played all the matched against Zim or low ranked teams. South Africa and pretty impressive in home series which were played during this time. Australia is under pressure after a long time thats a great news for cricketing world.

Statistics dont give us any hot fav but southafrica seems to have a good chance as compared to others.

Statistical tables can be found HERE