The World Cup criticism thread

[Henry]

Believe me, there will be plenty of criticism after six weeks, yes, six weeks of mismatches between test teams and the minnows before the quarter finals start.

I reckon this tournament will be the death of ODI cricket.

[Gary 111]

Gilchrist is a sh!t commentator.

[SG]

Why can't they organize it on the lines of WC'92?

To me that was best ever format for a WC. No sooking chances to anyone about the strengths of their groups. Just play with each and every country present in the WC and top-4 go to SF.

Simple and quite effective.

This globalizing cricket thing is sh!t. Forget about it. Play 8 best teams in the world in cricket's premier competition (in ODIs) and thats it.

[Basil]

Why can't they organize it on the lines of WC'92?

To me that was best ever format for a WC. No sooking chances to anyone about the strengths of their groups. Just play with each and every country present in the WC and top-4 go to SF.

Simple and quite effective.

This globalizing cricket thing is sh!t. Forget about it. Play 8 best teams in the world in cricket's premier competition (in ODIs) and thats it.

While the marketing men run cricket, there is more chance of hell freezing over than the 1992 format being adopted again.

[philcric]

Why can't they organize it on the lines of WC'92?

To me that was best ever format for a WC. No sooking chances to anyone about the strengths of their groups. Just play with each and every country present in the WC and top-4 go to SF.

Simple and quite effective.

This globalizing cricket thing is sh!t. Forget about it. Play 8 best teams in the world in cricket's premier competition (in ODIs) and thats it.

More no of participating teams this time,, so no of matches increase manifold.

[Henry]

So four teams qualify from each group. This is group A-

Australia
Pakistan
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Canada
Kenya
Zimbabwe

So we're gonna have six weeks of matches to decide which four teams from this group will progress to the next stage. Dumbfounding.

[Basil]

So four teams qualify from each group. This is group A-

Australia
Pakistan
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Canada
Kenya
Zimbabwe

So we're gonna have six weeks of matches to decide which four teams from this group will progress to the next stage. Dumbfounding.

Someone wake me up when the group stages are over.

[taipan]

Does anyone have the dates so I can book a holiday on a deserted island?

Since SA have decided not to send a team....

[Basil]

Rockall's nice this time of year - you'll be too damn busy trying to cling on to worry about some game of cricket!

[Gary 111]

So four teams qualify from each group. This is group A-

Australia
Pakistan
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Canada
Kenya
Zimbabwe

So we're gonna have six weeks of matches to decide which four teams from this group will progress to the next stage. Dumbfounding.

Lets not be too hasty, if there are a couple of shocks and a few injuries to key Canadian players you never know, Aus might make the quarters.

Someone wake me up when the group stages are over.

[vilkrang]

They are beating us in the current ODI series lets not forget...

[skully]

So four teams qualify from each group. This is group A-

Australia
Pakistan
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Canada
Kenya
Zimbabwe

So we're gonna have six weeks of matches to decide which four teams from this group will progress to the next stage. Dumbfounding.

Damn, that IS just ridiculous. BCCOARIAB milking the sport for all it's worth yet again, to the actual detriment of the sport. Qunts.

[SG]

Its actually ICC not BCCI which decides which associate nations will take part in WC.

[SG]

And don't they organize something like qualifying tournament for WC for associate nations?

[Bradman]

Its actually ICC not BCCI which decides which associate nations will take part in WC.

And the diff?

Anyway I thought it was decided by a bunch of preliminary tournaments.