World Cup 2011 - Group A

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Surprising that there haven't been any threads on the groups for the Cup. Here's one for Group A:

Australia [1]
Pakistan [3]
New Zealand [5]
SriLanka [7]
Zimbabwe [9]
Canada [12]
Kenya [14]

The following point system will apply:

Win 2
Tie or no result 1
Loss 0

In the event of teams finishing on equal points in its Group, the right to play in the quarter-finals will be decided in the following order of priority:

The team with the most wins in the Group matches will be placed in the higher position.
If there are teams with equal points and equal wins in the Group matches then in such case the team with the higher net run rate in the Group matches will be placed in the higher position (refer below for the calculation of net run rate).
If following the net run rate calculation above there are teams which are still equal, then the team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the Group matches in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position.
If still equal, the team which was the winner of the head to head match played between them will be placed in the higher position.
In the highly unlikely event that teams cannot be separated by the above this will be done by drawing lots.
 
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Quarter Finals
Australia V Bangladesh
Sri Lanka V South Africa
Pakistan V England
India V New Zealand

Semi Finals
Australia V Pakistan
South Africa V India

Final
Australia V India

India will win the world cup
 
Australia: 12
New Zealand: 8
Pakistan: 8
Zimbabwe: 6

Sri Lanka: 4
Canada: 4
Kenya: 2

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Quarter Finals
Australia b Ireland
England b New Zealand
South Africa b Pakistan
India b Zimbabwe

Semi Finals
England b Australia
India b South Africa

Final
India b England
 
Aus and SL will go through for sure.

It'll be interesting if Zim or Kenya can take one of the other two spots from Pak/NZ
 
lol kenya will do jack all, they have been in terrible form. Canada has a better chance at upsetting a major nation
 
well i get a feeling we are not going to see upsets this time ... well we did had upsets in all world cups other then 1975 and 1987
1979 Sri lanka (non full member at that time) beating India
1983 Zimbabway (non full member at that time) beating Australia
1992 Zimbabway (non full member at that time) beating England was it ?
1996 Kenya beating the hell out of West Indies
1999 Bangladesh beating Pakistan
2003 Kenya beating Sri Lanka
2007 Holland beating Pakistan
 
I think this time the bigger teams will be much wary against the minnows considering last time there were quite a number of upsets, But i do think there is very minimal chance for any big upset probably Bangladesh might beat 1 of the bigger nation but i'm sure the likes of zim,can will not be able to pull of an upset.

Anyway, Not expecting any surprises in this group

Australia - Won't be a surprise if they continue their undefeated record @ World cup.
Sri Lanka - They will be playing at their home turf, so will be really challenging team to beat.
Pakistan - Unpredictable but still they are a pretty good side.
New Zealand - Though they are going through bad form i think they will manage to beat the 3 minnows to reach to next stage.
 
^^ In 2007 Pakistan got defeated by Ireland, not Holland.
I am expecting Canada to defeat Kenya and Zimbabwe, and maybe even NZ or Pakistan.
 
Of the associates, Netherlands and Ireland are the two strongest, so I don't see Canada or Kenya upsetting anybody. Zimbabwe possibly, especially if the pitch suits spin, but their batting really isn't strong enough to challenge these teams
 
Zimbabwe possibly, especially if the pitch suits spin, but their batting really isn't strong enough to challenge these teams

That's how I see it. NZ are obviously the most likely to lose to them on current form and they aren't the best players of spin. But I'd say NZ bowling will outweigh Zimbabwe spinners.
 
World Cup 2011 - Group A Winner

World Cup 2011 - Group A Winner

Odds - bet365
 
Standings after 4 matches

1. New Zealand 2
2. Sri Lanka 2
3. Pakistan 2
4. Australia 2
5. Zimbabwe 0
6. Canada 0
7. Kenya 0
 
well i get a feeling we are not going to see upsets this time ... well we did had upsets in all world cups other then 1975 and 1987
1979 Sri lanka (non full member at that time) beating India
1983 Zimbabway (non full member at that time) beating Australia
1992 Zimbabway (non full member at that time) beating England was it ?
1996 Kenya beating the hell out of West Indies
1999 Bangladesh beating Pakistan
2003 Kenya beating Sri Lanka
2007 Holland beating Pakistan
You forgot this:
2007 Bangladesh beat INDIA!:p
 

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