Teh WORLD CUP Thread

[LordShiva]

9 more days

Here's the schedule:

MARCH

Group A, St Kitts (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Australia v Scotland

16 Netherlands v South Africa

18 Australia v Netherlands

20 Scotland v South Africa

22 Netherlands v Scotland

24 Australia v South Africa

Group B, Trinidad (all start 1330 GMT except *)

15 Bermuda v Sri Lanka

17 Bangladesh v India

19 Bermuda v India

21 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

23 India v Sri Lanka

25 Bangladesh v Bermuda (*starts 1430 BST)

GROUP C, St Lucia (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Canada v Kenya

16 England v New Zealand

18 Canada v England

20 Kenya v New Zealand

22 Canada v New Zealand

24 England v Kenya

Group D, Jamaica (all start 1430 GMT)

13 West Indies v Pakistan

15 Ireland v Zimbabwe

17 Ireland v Pakistan

19 West Indies v Zimbabwe

21 Pakistan v Zimbabwe

23 Ireland v West Indies

Super Eight (all start 1430 BST)

If any seeded team does not finish in the top two in their group, the non-seeded team qualifying will take their allotted place in the Super Eight fixture list.

27 D2 v A1, Antigua & Barbuda

28 A2 v B1, Guyana

29 D2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

30 D1 v C2, Guyana

31 A1 v B2, Antigua & Barbuda

APRIL

1 D2 v B1, Guyana

2 B2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

3 D1 v A2, Guyana

4 C2 v B1, Antigua & Barbuda

7 B2 v A2, Guyana

8 A1 v C2, Antigua & Barbuda

9 D1 v C1, Guyana

10 D2 v A2, Grenada

11 C2 v B2, Barbados

12 B1 v C1, Grenada

13 A1 v D1, Barbados

14 A2 v C1, Grenada

15 B2 v D1, Barbados

16 A1 v B1, Grenada

17 A2 v C2, Barbados

18 D1 v B1, Grenada

19 D2 v B2, Barbados

20 A1 v C1, Grenada

21 D2 v C2, Barbados

Semi-finals

24 Super Eight 2nd v 3rd, Jamaica (start 1545 BST)

25 Super Eight 1st v 4th, St Lucia (start 1445 BST)

Final

28 Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, Barbados (start 1445 BST)

[LordShiva]

[Frozzy]

Cly England will win.

FREDDIE FLINTOFF FTW!

[Maquiladora]

I voted Oz, just because my prediction will be wrong.

[Drake Tungsten]

I'll pick South Africa; they've been playing well. Are any of the matches going to be shown on American TV?

[Asmodean]

The cricket world cup seriously lasts a month and a half?????

And wtf are Canada doing in that competition???

Asmodean

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I'll pick South Africa; they've been playing well. Are any of the matches going to be shown on American TV?

Dish/Echostar has a package for $200, I think. But I have Comcast

[Joe Kick Ass]

SA I reckon. And it's nice to see Aus doing their best to screw it up.

[Cort Haus]

I went for the Saffas.

[LordShiva]

How about a World Cup Prediction Game?

[LordShiva]

Predictions will be posted in this thread. You will be making predictions for a collection of matches. They are as follows (for the sake of the prediction game, the tournament will be broken down into 8 Rounds):

Round 1
March 13 - West Indies v Pakistan
March 14 - Canada v Kenya
March 14 - Australia v Scotland
March 15 - Bermuda v Sri Lanka
March 15 - Ireland v Zimbabwe
March 16 - England v New Zealand
March 16 - Netherlands v South Africa

Round 2
March 17 - Bangladesh v India
March 17 - Ireland v Pakistan
March 18 - Canada v England
March 18 - Australia v Netherlands
March 19 - Bermuda v India
March 19 - West Indies v Zimbabwe
March 20 - Kenya v New Zealand
March 20 - Scotland v South Africa

Round 3
March 21 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
March 21 - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
March 22 - Netherlands v Scotland
March 22 - Canada v New Zealand
March 23 - India v Sri Lanka
March 23 - Ireland v West Indies
March 24 - Australia v South Africa
March 24 - England v Kenya
March 25 - Bangladesh v Bermuda

Round 4
March 27 - D2 v A1
March 28 - A2 v B1
March 29 - D2 v C1
March 30 - D1 v C2
March 31 - A1 v B2
April 1 - D2 v B1
April 2 - B2 v C1
April 3 - D1 v A2
April 4 - C2 v B1

Round 5
April 7 - B2 v A2
April 8 - A1 v C2
April 9 - D1 v C1
April 10 - D2 v A2
April 11 - C2 v B2
April 12 - B1 v C1
April 13 - A1 v D1

Round 6
April 14 - A2 v C1
April 15 - B2 v D1
April 16 - A1 v B1
April 17 - A2 v C2
April 18 - D1 v B1
April 19 - D2 v B2
April 20 - A1 v C1
April 21 - D2 v C2

Round 7
April 24 - Super Eight 2nd v 3rd
April 25 - Super Eight 1st v 4th

Round 8
April 28 - Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

[LordShiva]

All predictions for each round must be in by 11:59pm GMT the night before first game of the particular round,

Here is what you will predict:
1. Game Winner. (each game)
2. Man of the Match. (each game)
3. Tournament Winner (must be in before the First Game starts).
4. Player of the Tournament (must be in before the First Game starts).

[LordShiva]

Rules:

• All predictions must be sent by 11:59pm GMT before the day of the first game in each round.
• Each entrant may only place 1 prediction per game. Predictions can be changed though until the cutoff time.
• There will be 3 points for picking the Winner & 1 extra point if you can predict the Man of the Match.
• In the event of a wash-out, the match will be played on a reserve day. Prediction will carry over to the reserve day. If there is still no result, all player will be given 1 point for that match (same as if it's a tie).
• There will be a bonus of 5 points to any entrant who nominates the Player of the Tournament. This nomination must be in before the first match is played.
• There is also an extra 5 points for the prediction of the Winning Team. Again this nomination must be in before the first match is played.
• Finally to state the obvious ... The person with the most points at the end of the world cup is the winner

[LordShiva]

We can change the rules (e.g. points per prediction, etc.) if necessary.

[Maquiladora]

Im not predicting MoM for every game. Just have the game winner.