ICC ODI World Cup 2011

Alpherah · 19 Jan 2011 at 09:50

March 23, 2011 - Pakistan vs West Indies - Dhaka, Bangladesh
March 24, 2011 - Australia vs India - Ahmedabad, India
March 25, 2011 - New Zealand vs South Africa - Dhaka, Bangladesh
March 26, 2011 - Sri Lanka vs England - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Semi Finals
March 29, 2011 - New Zealand / South Africa vs Sri Lanka / England - Colombo, Sri Lanka
March 30, 2011 - Pakistan / West Indies vs Australia / India - Chandigarth, India

Final
April 2, 2011 - Pakistan/West Indies/Australia/India vs Sri Lanka/England/New Zealand/South Africa - Mumbai, India

TheCenturion · 19 Jan 2011 at 16:07

Hi mate, I was going to post a thread with a MAHOOSIVE OP for the world cup, looks like you've saved me the effort

And I see you've missed out the windies squad

West Indies squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Sulieman Benn, Nikita Miller, Carlton Baugh (wk), Andre Rusell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Adrian Barath.

Looking at England's selection, I personally would have picked Davies over Prior, he's made a promising start and looks to be an agressive opener.

The India squad is exactly as I predicted it to be, with the exception of Piyush Chawla. I thought that Pragyan Ojha would be given a place ahead of Chawla. Ojha is an excellent spinner. Yes, Chawla can also bat a bit, but given India's team, if Chawla plays at all, the highest he'll be in the order is around 9 or 10. Does India need someone at 9 who can bat, or someone at 9 who can bowl?

Full fixture list, and if anyone wants it, I'll put the start times too

Saturday 19 Feb – Bangladesh v India, Dhaka
Sunday 20 Feb – New Zealand v Kenya, Chennai
Sunday 20 Feb – Sri Lanka v Canada, Hambantota
Monday 21 Feb – Australia v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
Tuesday 22 Feb – England v Netherlands, Nagpur
Wednesday 23 Feb – Pakistan v Kenya, Hambantota
Thursday 24 Feb – South Africa v West Indies, New Delhi
Friday 25 Feb – Australia v New Zealand, Nagpur
Friday 25 Feb – Bangladesh v Ireland, Dhaka
Saturday 26 Feb – Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo
Sunday 27 Feb – India v England, Kolkata
Monday 28 Feb – West Indies v Netherlands, New Delhi
Monday 28 Feb – Zimbabwe v Canada, Nagpur
Tuesday 1 Mar – Sri Lanka v Kenya, Colombo
Wednesday 2 Mar – England v Ireland, Bangalore
Thursday 3 Mar – South Africa v Netherlands, Mohali
Thursday 3 Mar – Pakistan v Canada, Colombo
Friday 4 Mar – New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
Friday 4 Mar – Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka
Saturday 5 Mar – Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo
Sunday 6 Mar – India v Ireland, Bangalore
Sunday 6 Mar – England v South Africa, Chennai
Monday 7 Mar – Kenya v Canada, New Delhi
Tuesday 8 Mar – Pakistan v New Zealand, Pallekele
Wednesday 9 Mar – India v Netherlands, New Delhi
Thursday 10 Mar – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
Friday 11 Mar – West Indies v Ireland, Mohali
Friday 11 Mar – Bangladesh v England, Chittagong
Saturday 12 Mar – India v South Africa, Nagpur
Sunday 13 Mar – New Zealand v Canada, Mumbai
Sunday 13 Mar – Australia v Kenya, Bangalore
Monday 14 Mar – Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
Monday 14 Mar – Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong
Tuesday 15 Mar – South Africa v Ireland, Kolkata
Wednesday 16 Mar – Australia v Canada, Bangalore
Thursday 17 Mar – England v West Indies, Chennai
Friday 18 Mar – Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Mumbai
Friday 18 Mar – Ireland v Netherlands, Kolkata
Saturday 19 Mar – Australia v Pakistan, Colombo
Saturday 19 Mar – Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka
Sunday 20 Mar – Zimbabwe v Kenya, Kolkata
Sunday 20 Mar – India v West Indies, Chennai
Wednesday 23 Mar – First quarter-final, Dhaka
Thursday 24 Mar – Second quarter-final, Colombo
Friday 25 Mar – Third quarter-final, Dhaka
Saturday 26 Mar – Fourth quarter-final, Ahmedabad
Tuesday 29 Mar – First semi-final, Colombo
Wednesday 30 Mar – Second semi-final, Mohali
Saturday 2 April – Final, Mumbai

Alpherah · 19 Jan 2011 at 17:31

Haha yeah, i was posting them as they appeared on Cricketinfo, they were in my 'to add' list, but i must have erased them. sorry!
Anyway, any update on Canada yet? can only find the 30 man squad.

If you wanna post start times for the games, ill gladly update the OP.

One More Solo · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:44

The World Cup goes on far too long.

TheCenturion · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:30

One More Solo said:
The World Cup goes on far too long.

Aye, that's why they're cutting it down

I've no problem with that. 43 days of solid cricket is almost enough for me

Alperah, when I've got time, I'll put start times in, so that you can copy + paste it into OP

Alpherah · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:51

Yeah no worries

Anyone found the Canada squad yet?

My post feels .. not perfect without it.

TheCenturion · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:52

Doesn't matter, they'll be out of the competition soon enough

I have a sneaky feeling that Bangladesh will do very well in this competition...

TheCenturion · 23 Jan 2011 at 11:31

Canada squad up:

Ashish Bagai (capt & wk), Rizwan Cheema (vice-capt), Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Parth Desai, Karl Whatham, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao.

TheCenturion · 27 Jan 2011 at 19:34

Eden Gardens has been canned as the venue for England v India as it won't be ready in time. Disgraceful really, as the ICC has been sending inspection teams for a month or two and advised that a couple of stadiums need to get a move on.

Alpherah · 7 Feb 2011 at 09:39

Bumping this now.
Dont fancy our chances with the number of injuries lol

Weebull · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:50

Far too many games, stupid group format, ODI format seriously losing appeal, England won't win it. Blah.

predator70 · 7 Feb 2011 at 10:56

i think india have got a good chance year. There will be a lot of spinning wickets suited to spinners.

Alpherah · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:34

Morgan out with his finger injury =/
Bopara in

elmuzzy66. · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:46

How many times are they going to flog that dead horse which is ravi? England are really lacking in the bowling department if the injured don't return. So long as the Aus don't win i'll be happy

TheCenturion · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:39

Playing World Cup fantasy cricket is hard. I really don't know who to put in my team :\ I had Praveen Kumar and Mike Hussey, but they've both been injured. I'm gutted for Praveen

Atm my team is looking like this:

Amla (captain, gets double points)
Sehwag
Kohli
M Jayawardene
Y Pathan
Watson
Perera
Sangakkara
Southee
M Patel
N Miller

Any suggestions for who to take out and put in? I've got a few flair players there, and a few consistent performers. I'm just concerned that the competition is in india and I've got only 2 spinners

elmuzzy66. said:
How many times are they going to flog that dead horse which is ravi? England are really lacking in the bowling department if the injured don't return. So long as the Aus don't win i'll be happy

You'll be happy then

Alpherah · 8 Feb 2011 at 19:58

Tempted to try Trott in mine.
Get the feeling he's either going to be one of the stars of the tourney, or flop hard.

TheCenturion · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:32

I think that Trott will do pretty. He's a similar player to Amla. It's not like he's a hard hitting slogger, but he still gets big scores at competitive strikerates.

elmuzzy66. · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:36

Get 1 off the south african quicks in there. Angello mathews can be a good pick to.

TheCenturion · 8 Feb 2011 at 20:37

I thought about Morkel, also thought about Mathews, but it seems that he's a very competent bastmen and a decent, but not too much of an expert in either.

I might put morkel in actually, but who to take out...

elmuzzy66. · 9 Feb 2011 at 11:27

Looks like chris tremmelt has been added to the england squad as a reserve. Should have been in the squad from day 1 after his ashes heroics.