What a game between Afghanistan and Scotland! Really have loved the fight all associates have shown this world cup. Stupid ICC should review its decision to cut down teams to 10 next world cup.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
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Afghanistan's batting scorecard. 
Afghanistan win!
Amazing Afghanistan! Just saw a clip of Scotland's Haq missing a chance to run out Shenwari. The batsman was miles off the crease but Haq took ages to dislodge the bails and he got in by then.
Brilliantly done by the Afghans. They deserve to end the WC with at least a win
wtf? Seriously?
Seriously what? Ya next world cup there are going to be 10 teams only. Top 8 test nations qualifying directly and last 2 playing qualifiers with associates. So basically Zimbabwe and Bangladesh + associates fighting for 2 spots.
Bangladesh are constantly shitting the bed. Sigh.
That's just shit. As if the current group format wasn't shit enough for the associates
The so called associates have played some very watchable cricket so far
I'm positive ICC will change that decision after seeing the minnows in this tournament. A World Cup with 10 teams is a horrible idea, you have the Champions Trophy for that kind of stuff.
14 is a perfect number. If the last two games are anything to go by then maybe even 16 might be a good idea. The likes of Netherlands and Canada are decent teams. Even Italy and Denmark would be in with a shout which would be a massive boost for cricket here in Europe.
14 is a perfect number. If the last two games are anything to go by then maybe even 16 might be a good idea. The likes of Netherlands and Canada are decent teams. Even Italy and Denmark would be in with a shout which would be a massive boost for cricket here in Europe.
I think thats fair, they should have a round robin qualifying tournament involving six associates though instead of just including zimbabwe and bangladesh.
If we play 2 group matches per day, can we shorten the group stages by a week atleast?? Playing 1 match is sucking all the excitement out..
They should include the test playing nations in the qualifiers as well. At least then Pakistan, Bangladesh, England wouldn't be wasting anyone's time here.
Then they need to change the format and make the wins in the group stages worth something. What we are witnessing at the moment is total crap, the gap between the worst of the top teams and these associates is still huge. You cannot play a 100 matches in the hope of one upset. The stage before the knock-outs has to have some meaning.
I am 90% sure that Pakistan despite all there shitiness will beat Zimbabwe, Ireland and UAE. England will do the same in their group.
You mean everybody plays qualifying like football? Naah, that's not practical and not needed. India, SL, Aus, NZ, SA and even England won't fail to qualify for sure. If they have to keep it to 10, top 6 test nations qualifying directly and bottom 4+associates playing qualifying is another option.
To me, having 12 teams looks a decent middle ground too. Same format as of now, just that it will mean 4 will qualify for quarters out of group of 6 instead of 7. So a 'shock' result will matter more than now.
Harsh on Pakistan, have a look at the last 10 ICC Events and you'll see that they've made the semi finals on almost every occasion.
Bangladesh I agree with though. They should stick to play Asia Cup only, even there they'll struggle to qualify.
If you want to watch amateurish fielding, watch BD-SL.
I was discussing this with a colleague yesterday. Difficult, but doable. The ICC would have to revamp a lot though, players/teams would be made to fight for their places in the "Finals" and who knows, we would have some upsets here and there which would make things interesting. But that would also help shorten the format and fight the diminishing crowds.
How many of you have both Dilshan and Sanga in fantasy team? I have Sanga only but he is captain.
Pakistan's team is completely broken right now though. Not sure if it's only the players or the coaching/management.
Dili is my captain. Had Thirimane as well.
hehe. He will bowl though so can still give 100 odd points if he gets wickets. I had Mahela who is going to turn out useless now for this game! Wanted to buy Dilshan but was .5M short so settled for Mahela. Fine margins.I have mathews as a captain
ffs!
Stick with 16, just make it four groups of four.
Embarassing fielding. If you thought Pakistan were bad, you haven't seen Bangladesh.
Lets hope he goes mad like southee.
Life seems to be at its unfair best when one sees Mayanti Langer and remembers that Stuart 'bunny' Binny goes home to her.
Have you seen crouch's wife?
yeahCrouch was a very good footballer though. Stuart Binny though...
Dilshan, Shenwari, Shapoor and Mathews in my team. fecking Mathews captain.
Don't! I feel hopeful and sad at the same time.
You do know you can make separate captains for different games on same day, right? You could have had one of Shenwari/Shapoor captain and then one from SriLanka game.
I learnt that yesterday, and didn't make the change.
There's still hope. That's how I look at it.
Day 14: South Africa vs West Indies
Not that we have much chance of qualifying to the knockouts, but a Windies win would be nice for Pakistan.
Gayle turning it around for Windies. With the ball in hand that is.
If Ireland and Pakistan finish on equal points, will the first qualifying criteria be head to head record or NRR?