That gives England a good chance to make it next round isn't it (against New Zealand)- clever planning.
Is there any reason you put the difficult teams in one group. Honest answers plz? Thanks.
2007-03-08 22:04:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
what I don't like is the 8 traditional teams always have an incentive to WALK OVER into the next round - to make the event more competitive, it has to change - they should have this fear of elimination right in the beginning
2007-03-08 22:08:36 · update #1
All the eight teams will go in next round even England and Newzealand will be in next round, and then play 6 matches vs the rest 6 teams. so that England never play with Newzealand in next round. clever or not
2007-03-09 00:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by fairy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two groups from each round go through, so both England and New Zealand should go through. Points from the first round go through to the next. New Zealand is ranked 3rd in the ODI world rankings ( http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/faq/odi_faq.html ) above India and Sri Lanka, England is 7th. It is a better system than say the football world cup IMO, as each team plays each other in the 2nd round, gives every team a fair chance.
2007-03-08 22:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by a_kitchen_utensil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the top 8 Nations have almost equal chance to reach last 8 though Bangladesh,Kenya or Zimbabwe are capable some surprises as happened during 1999 and 2003
2007-03-09 01:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by karikalan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 minnows in every group,so all the top 8
teams Aus,SL,RSA,Pak,WI,Ind,NZ,Eng will easily
reach the super 8s(anything can happen in cricket)
Also,England-NZ will be a tough match
All league matches involving Test teams are going to
be well fought,IND-SL, PAK-WI,RSA-AUS,ENG-NZ
May be they did this to have interesting matches
By this way only the top 8 Tests teams can reach the Super eights.THE OTHER 8 teams can reach
only by playing very well in their league matches
Otherwise the minnows would have had a sure place in
the super eights
Also having weak teams in the semis,like Kenya
in the 2003 WC,is something the ICC wants to avoid
The minnows will have to play consistently to reach the
semis
2007-03-08 22:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by Aq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tat's goin to b a real good start .. d best match in d 1st round is goin to b aus vs sa.. i cannot wait to watch it.. either ways these four teams r goin for the second round.. if india gets to lead its group it might meet either of d two teams.. tis is goin to get any better..
2007-03-09 00:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by ghost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you excited about the English playing the Black Caps? Stephen Flemings side is by far better than Micheal Vaughn's!
2007-03-08 23:34:04 · answer #6 · answered by Wanda 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i`m worried about India. r it able to move next round if upset happened?
2007-03-08 22:57:38 · answer #7 · answered by Difi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be difficult for england to beat NZ
2007-03-08 22:16:27 · answer #8 · answered by john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋