ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

[The Taurean]

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

TEAMS
Group A : Australia, Canada, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe.
Group B : Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa, West Indies

In less than 40 days, cricket will take the centre pitch in the minds of fans. The atmosphere will tend to reach a feverish level. And to cap it, not one team can guarantee to be the numero uno when it comes to winning the trophy. The invincibility of Australia has long been broken and new contenders vie for similar dominance in the coming years. But you don't count them out, do you? As hosts India will hold an obvious advantage along with its co-hosts Sri-Lanka and Bangladesh. We have the star players to stake a claim. But the riches of youngsters at its disposal is what is the foundation will be built on. The fans will no doubt be there in force and will not settle for mediocrity. England are no doubt high on confidence after their Ashes with some good performances in recent times to keep up their spirits. But they will pay if they underestimate any of the teams. South Africa is a team that has done great on the sub-continent and with some excellent players will do their best. They have lost a couple of crucial matches in the previous editions which they shouldn't have and they will be there to set it right. Pakistan might have been/are mired in controversy but they are there and will be hard to defeat. West-Indians, a shadow of the past but can pack a punch when it comes to this 50-50 format. Black Caps have not been in the limelight as much in terms of performances but might just turn to be a hard nut to crack. And the rest of minnows-If the past is any lesson, teams would mind to respect these teams.
Hope this thread will keep track of all things cricket - the teams, the players, the fans, controversies and events.

Sources: 2011 Cricket World Cup
Official Website of ICC World Cup Cricket 2011
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[The Taurean]

Teams:
Australia World Cup Squad: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

Bangladesh World Cup Squad: Shakib al Hasan(C), Tamim Iqbal(VC), Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raquibul Hasan, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Abdur Razzak, Mahmudullah Riad, Naim Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Sharawardi Shuvo, Nazmul Hossain

Canada World Cup Squad: 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

England's World Cup squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wkt), Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy.

India's World Cup squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, Piyush Chawla.

Ireland World Cup Squad: William Porterfield (capt), Andre Botha, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, Ed Joyce, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Gary Wilson (wk), Andrew White.

Kenya World Cup Squad: Jimmy Kamande (capt), Tamnay Mishra, James Ngoche, Shem Ngoche, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Collins Obuya, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Thomas Odoyo, Peter Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, Morris Ouma, Rakep Patel, Steve Tikolo, Seren Waters.

Netherlands World Cup Squad:
Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Baressi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman (wk), Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Swarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent.

New Zealand squad World Cup Squad: Daniel Vettori (captain), Ross Taylor (vice-captain), Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Scott Styris Jamie How, Luke Woodcock, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett.

Pakistan World Cup Squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir.

South Africa World Cup Squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk.

Sri Lanka World Cup Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Rangana Herath. Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thisara Perera, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga.

West Indies World Cup Squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.

Zimbabwe World Cup Squad:
Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Greg Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams

Schedule:

Date	              Match Schedule	         Ground	City
Feb 19–Sat	Ban v Ind, 1st match     Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka
Feb 20 – Sun	NZ v Ken, 2nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Feb 20 – Sun	SL v Can, 3rd match	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	Hambantota
Feb 21 – Mon	Aus v Zim, 4th match	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
Feb 22 – Tue	Eng v Netherlands, 5th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 23 – Wed	Pak v Kenya, 6th match	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	Hambantota
Feb 24 – Thu	SA v WI, 7th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Feb 25 – Fri	Aus v NZ, 8th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 25 – Fri	 Ban v Ireland, 9th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Feb 26 – Sat	SL v Pak, 10th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Feb 27 – Sun	India v Eng, 11th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Feb 28 – Mon	Zim v Can, 13th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 28 – Mon	WI v Netherlands, 12th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 01 – Tue	SL v Kenya, 14th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 02 – Wed	Eng v Ireland, 15th match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 03 – Thu	SA v Netherlands, 16th match	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh
Mar 03 – Thu	Pak v Can, 17th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 04 – Fri	Ban v WI, 19th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 04 – Fri	NZ v Zim, 18th match	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
Mar 05 – Sat	SL v Aus, 20th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 06 – Sun	India v Ireland, 21st match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 06 – Sun	Eng v SA, 22nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Mar 07 – Mon	Kenya v Can, 23rd match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 08 – Tue	Pak v NZ, 24th match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 09 – Wed	India v Netherlands, 25th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 10 – Thu	SL v Zimbabwe, 26th match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 11 – Fri	WI v Ireland, 27th match	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh
Mar 11 – Fri	Ban v Eng, 28th match	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong
Mar 12 – Sat	India v SA, 29th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Mar 13 – Sun	NZ v Canada, 30th match	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai
Mar 13 – Sun	Aus v Kenya, 31st match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 14 – Mon	Ban v Netherlands, 33rd match	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong
Mar 14 – Mon	Pak v Zim, 32nd match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 15 – Tue	SA v Ireland, 34th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 16 – Wed	Aus v Canada, 35th match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 17 – Thu	Eng v WI, 36th match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Mar 18 – Fri	Ireland v Netherlands, 38th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 18 – Fri	SL v NZ, 37th match	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai
Mar 19 – Sat	Aus v Pak, 39th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 19 – Sat	Ban v SA, 40th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 20 – Sun	Zim v Kenya, 41st match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 20 – Sun	India v WI, 42nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai

Mar 23 – Wed	TBC v TBC, First quarter-final	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 24 – Thu	TBC v TBC, Second quarter-final	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 25 – Fri	TBC v TBC, Third quarter-final	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 26 – Sat	TBC v TBC, Fourth quarter-final	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad

Mar 29 – Tue	TBC v TBC, First semi-final	Sinhalese Sports Club	Colombo
Mar 30 – Wed	TBC v TBC, Second semi-final	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh

Apr 02 – Sat	TBC v TBC, Final	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Can't bring myself to be excited about this. Has there been a decent World Cup since about 99?

 

[KM]

Can't bring myself to be excited about this. Has there been a decent World Cup since about 99?

2003 wasn't that bad, 2007 was horrendous though. Very dull with no crowd.

I think this was one is gonna be a good one though.

India, England and Sri Lanka favorites IMO

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Really? IIRC 2003 was terrible.

With the tournament being in India, can't look past them. Subcontinent conditions always tend to catch out the likes of Australia and England. S Africa will at some point shoot themselves in the foot like always and as will Pakistan.

 

[Raees]

Man I miss the nineties.. international tournements in major sports aren't what they used to be. 2003 and 2007 were crap.. but the re-introduction of Quarter-Finals instead of the stupid Super 8's etc will be welcome.. I think this tournement will be better than the last two.. though thats not really making an outrageous claim by any means.

 

[ha_rooney]

I think India and Sri Lanka have to be the favorites. England have a very good chance, and South Africa will be a dangerous team, but will choke as always.

I'd love to see India-Pak match at some point.

 

[Raees]

I'd love to see India-Pak match at some point.

Never fails to deliver!

 

[zing]

South Africa have a class team. Best team on paper. Australia are very good, as well. They tonked us at home last time in the ODIs. Sri Lanka have a very good ODI side.

England won't win it. Not a chance.

My picks for semi-finalists: India, Aussies, SA, Sri Lanka.


SA will line-up like this.. Smith, Amla, Kallis, De Villiers, Duminy, Ingram, Miller, Botha, Parnell, Steyn, Morkel/Tsotsobe

Great team. Although I'd put Theron instead of Morkel or Tsotsobe.. he knows how to bowl in sub-continental pitches.

 

[RDCR07]

I just don't want Australia to win. I m sicking of them winning. I want India to win. They have been playing tremendously over the last 12-18 months. They have a really solid team as well.

 

[Tabata]

I think India and Sri Lanka have to be the favorites. England have a very good chance, and South Africa will be a dangerous team, but will choke as always.

I'd love to see India-Pak match at some point.

England have a very good chance but South Africa don't because they always choke? What have England be doing in the World Cup since it started?

 

[ha_rooney]

England have a very good chance but South Africa don't because they always choke? What have England be doing in the World Cup since it started?

Where did I say South Africa don't have a good chance?

I said they will be a dangerous team as they have a very good starting XI, but history suggests they will shoot themselves in the foot. It might be different this WC, but South Africa have a habit of choking when it comes to the big tournaments - that's a fact.

 

[Jason F]

Hahahahaha at the people tipping England.....no way. They are on the up as a test nation and yes made the Aussies look second rate so far on their tour down under but England remain a slightly rubbish one day team.

I wouldnt tip the Aussies with any confidence either, yes they are generally a great one day team but form and injuries leave them a bit unsettled although they will cope with the sub-continent pitches the best of all the "outside nations" and are a dangerous team if they get a run on.

Pakistan, will most go out with barely a whimper or go to the final, when they are "on" they are great but when they are bad they are diabolical.

Windies, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ireland etc etc etc. No hope.

NZ, Great potential but are a basketcase at the moment. No chance on form.

South Africa, will struggle on the pitches and probably choke when the pressure is applied but they should make the semis at least.

Winner is almost certain to come from India or Sri Lanka, home teams of sorts. Great bowling mix, settled teams and dangerous batsman. Thats where I would put my cash!

 

[The Taurean]

India's World Cup squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, Piyush Chawla.

Rohit Sharma, Sreesanth were some of the omitted players.India's WC squad

 

[KM]

Good call in Dropping Sharma, although don't see the logic behind choosing both Ashwin and Chawla, surely one of them should've been dropped.

 

[The Taurean]

Its the subcontinent and spinners are an asset. I feel it might have been a toss-up between Ojha and Chawla.

 

[KM]

Its the subcontinent and spinners are an asset. I feel it might have been a toss-up between Ojha and Chawla.

But surely there is not a chance that they'll play both Chawla and Ashwin together along with Harbhajan. Yusuf and Yuvraj could do a good job with the ball, they're both handy bowlers. We have only 7 specialist batsman in the squad.

 

[VP]

Schedule:

Date	              Match Schedule	         Ground	City
Feb 19–Sat	Ban v Ind, 1st match     Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka
Feb 20 – Sun	NZ v Ken, 2nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Feb 20 – Sun	SL v Can, 3rd match	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	Hambantota
Feb 21 – Mon	Aus v Zim, 4th match	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
Feb 22 – Tue	Eng v Netherlands, 5th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 23 – Wed	Pak v Kenya, 6th match	Hambantota International Cricket Stadium	Hambantota
Feb 24 – Thu	SA v WI, 7th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Feb 25 – Fri	Aus v NZ, 8th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 25 – Fri	 Ban v Ireland, 9th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Feb 26 – Sat	SL v Pak, 10th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Feb 27 – Sun	India v Eng, 11th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Feb 28 – Mon	Zim v Can, 13th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Feb 28 – Mon	WI v Netherlands, 12th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 01 – Tue	SL v Kenya, 14th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 02 – Wed	Eng v Ireland, 15th match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 03 – Thu	SA v Netherlands, 16th match	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh
Mar 03 – Thu	Pak v Can, 17th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 04 – Fri	Ban v WI, 19th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 04 – Fri	NZ v Zim, 18th match	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
Mar 05 – Sat	SL v Aus, 20th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 06 – Sun	India v Ireland, 21st match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 06 – Sun	Eng v SA, 22nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Mar 07 – Mon	Kenya v Can, 23rd match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 08 – Tue	Pak v NZ, 24th match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 09 – Wed	India v Netherlands, 25th match	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Mar 10 – Thu	SL v Zimbabwe, 26th match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 11 – Fri	WI v Ireland, 27th match	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh
Mar 11 – Fri	Ban v Eng, 28th match	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong
Mar 12 – Sat	India v SA, 29th match	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur
Mar 13 – Sun	NZ v Canada, 30th match	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai
Mar 13 – Sun	Aus v Kenya, 31st match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 14 – Mon	Ban v Netherlands, 33rd match	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong
Mar 14 – Mon	Pak v Zim, 32nd match	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele
Mar 15 – Tue	SA v Ireland, 34th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 16 – Wed	Aus v Canada, 35th match	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru
Mar 17 – Thu	Eng v WI, 36th match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Mar 18 – Fri	Ireland v Netherlands, 38th match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 18 – Fri	SL v NZ, 37th match	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai
Mar 19 – Sat	Aus v Pak, 39th match	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 19 – Sat	Ban v SA, 40th match	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 20 – Sun	Zim v Kenya, 41st match	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Mar 20 – Sun	India v WI, 42nd match	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai

Mar 23 – Wed	TBC v TBC, First quarter-final	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 24 – Thu	TBC v TBC, Second quarter-final	R.Premadasa Stadium	Colombo
Mar 25 – Fri	TBC v TBC, Third quarter-final	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka
Mar 26 – Sat	TBC v TBC, Fourth quarter-final	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad

Mar 29 – Tue	TBC v TBC, First semi-final	Sinhalese Sports Club	Colombo
Mar 30 – Wed	TBC v TBC, Second semi-final	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Chandigarh

Apr 02 – Sat	TBC v TBC, Final	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai

What a fecking joke. One and a half months to decide the best team in a sport played by 9 nations.

 

[Adzzz]

I can't see England winning, simply because I can't remember us doing particularly well in that region of the world for, well, ever? India or Pakistan will walk this one I feel.

 

[Utd heap]

We (England) will go out of this on a whimper IMO.

We've won the ashes and whether they admit it or not, wont be that arsed.
Besides - on those pitches we'd need India and Sri Lanka to have big off days to lose to us.

 

[ha_rooney]

Australia World Cup Squad: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

Not sure about Mike Hussey's fitness, reports yesterday he may be a doubt for the WC. I don't know why they haven't picked Callum Ferguson, he looks a good player from what I've seen of him and would be a vast improvement over Steve Smith in their batting line-up.

 

[The Taurean]

But surely there is not a chance that they'll play both Chawla and Ashwin together along with Harbhajan. Yusuf and Yuvraj could do a good job with the ball, they're both handy bowlers. We have only 7 specialist batsman in the squad.

I don't expect both Chawla and Ashwin together along with Harbhajan. But it does provide options based on who does click during the tournament.
What do you think of Munal Patel's inclusion?

 

[anver]

Sri-Lanka's weak link is Dilhara Fernando. Would have been better if Vaas had been picked. Loads of experience, good bowler, and a useful batter. Age is not on his side though. But again, Dilhara is no young buck, either.

 

[KM]

I don't expect both Chawla and Ashwin together along with Harbhajan. But it does provide options based on who does click during the tournament.
What do you think of Munal Patel's inclusion?

Absolutely no problem with it, think he is a very good bowler.

 

[Raees]

Bell, Kieswetter, Pietersen, Trott, Morgan, Strauss, Swann, Broad, Finn, Tremlett, Anderson.

If England were to use this lineup, we'd be pretty hard to beat in normal conditions, as its the subcontinent.. I would still hopefully expect a semi-final spot.

 

[phelans shorts]

Disagree with Kieswetter, far too similar to Pieterson in how he goes looking for shots, gives a big risk.

Also would 2 spinners not be a better option for the subcontinent, since Broad is struggling for fitness replacing him should bring in another spinner IMO.

 

[Raees]

Disagree with Kieswetter, far too similar to Pieterson in how he goes looking for shots, gives a big risk.

Also would 2 spinners not be a better option for the subcontinent, since Broad is struggling for fitness replacing him should bring in another spinner IMO.

England have notoriously been far too defensive as a side. Its time they broke free and attacked teams and for me its imperative they pick big hitters especially on batting pitches where big scores will be made by the likes of India etc.

As for the two spinners, I'd agree with you but Broads batting could edge him in front of someone like Yardy, unlikely though. I'd imagine we would go with two spinners even if its not my particular preference.

 

[phelans shorts]

England have notoriously been far too defensive as a side. Its time they broke free and attacked teams and for me its imperative they pick big hitters especially on batting pitches where big scores will be made by the likes of India etc.

As for the two spinners, I'd agree with you but Broads batting could edge him in front of someone like Yardy, unlikely though. I'd imagine we would go with two spinners even if its not my particular preference.

Hmm, having 2 big hitters isn't a problem if at least one of them has a semblance of a brain, unfortunately that isn't the case with these two, on there day either can win a match, despite how little it is KP's day it's still a he'll of a lot more likely that Kieswetter at the moment.

I agree a ft Broad should be in the side, he isn't fit though. If by the time of the world cup he is fit then replace Tremlett/Finn with him for his batting, I'm sure they understand the need for 2 spinners on the subcontinent.

 

[zing]

Bell, Kieswetter, Pietersen, Trott, Morgan, Strauss, Swann, Broad, Finn, Tremlett, Anderson.

If England were to use this lineup, we'd be pretty hard to beat in normal conditions, as its the subcontinent.. I would still hopefully expect a semi-final spot.

All those seamers will struggle on sub-continental wickets.

 

[Raees]

If only England had more depth in their spin bowling department. I agree with you tbh.

 

[mariachi-19]

Bretty, Bretty, Bretty!

 

[zing]

He's going to be shown up in the world cup. Too old. One world cup too many for him. Nannes should've gone in his place.

 

[mariachi-19]

He's going to be shown up in the world cup. Too old. One world cup too many for him. Nannes should've gone in his place.

So the bowler that is the same age as Nannes, should have been dropped because he's too old

Lee's bowling on Sunday was superb and its only going to get better the more he plays. He's also one of a couple of bowlers in the world right now that can bowl over 150+

 

[Matt23v2]

Shaun Marsh to replace the injured Mike Hussey in the Australian squad, I'd have preferred Ferguson, but still not a bad choice.

 

[phelans shorts]

Strauss (captain), Bell, Trott, Pietersen, Morgan, Prior (wicketkeeper), Collingwood, Wright, Yardy, Swann, Tredwell, Bresnan, Broad, Anderson and Shahzad.

So you would guess the team is.

Strauss, Bell, Trott, Pietersen, Morgan, Prior, Yardy, Swann, Broad, Shahzad, Anderson

 

[KM]

Shaun Marsh to replace the injured Mike Hussey in the Australian squad, I'd have preferred Ferguson, but still not a bad choice.

Shaun Marsh is a good choice tbh, he already has experience of playing on Indian Pitches(did quite well actually).

 

[The Taurean]

Do we have any resident Kiwi?

New Zealand squad: Daniel Vettori (captain), Ross Taylor (vice-captain), Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Scott Styris Jamie How, Luke Woodcock, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett.

England's 15-man ICC World Cup squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wkt), Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy.

South Africa squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk.

Pakistan squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir.

 

[KM]

Bangladesh team

Shakib al Hasan(C), Tamim Iqbal(VC), Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raquibul Hasan, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Abdur Razzak, Mahmudullah Riad, Naim Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Sharawardi Shuvo, Nazmul Hossain

Probably the best squad possible...Shame Mashrafe bin Mortaza broke down with yet another knee injury only weeks ago. He would have made a big difference. Only other gripe is, Ashrafcuk being recalled(Alok Kapali should be playing, not him). Here I am praying on a weekly basis for his death, and he not only lives, but makes the WC Squad

Not a big fan of Ashraful than mate, any particular reason?
I mean surely he must be the irritating player to follow as he has the talent but gets out to silly shots however he is a rare genuine match winner in your side.

 

[ha_rooney]

I'm glad England have recalled Prior into the ODI game, you'd think he would be suited for it with his aggressive batting.

The Pakistan squad is probably as good as it gets, but the fact they haven't yet named a captain may lead to more behind-the-scenes problems between the players.

 

[zing]

So the bowler that is the same age as Nannes, should have been dropped because he's too old

Lee's bowling on Sunday was superb and its only going to get better the more he plays. He's also one of a couple of bowlers in the world right now that can bowl over 150+

Unlike Lee, Nannes hasn't been plagued by injuries for 2 years.

You haven't got a clue about cricket. You need to stop watching it. In fact, I'm pretty sure you don't watch it already, that's the only thing that can explain your posts. All you do is moan like a bitch and talk clueless crap. I bet you were down at the pub last night having a moan about Merv Hughes not being in the squad.