ICC Champions Trophy 2009: Favourites and Underdogs.

[AbhishekS]

Discussion for the Favourites and Underdogs.

The Squads:


Australia Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Ricky Ponting ? captain
Michael Clarke ? vice-captain
Nathan Bracken
Callum Ferguson
Brad Haddin ? wicketkeeper
Nathan Hauritz
Ben Hilfenhaus
James Hopes
Michael Hussey
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Peter Siddle
Adam Voges
Shane Watson
Cameron White


England Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Andrew Strauss ? captain
James Anderson
Ravi Bopara
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Paul Collingwood
Joe Denly
Andrew Flintoff
Eoin Morgan
Matt Prior ? wicketkeeper
Adil Rashid
Owais Shah
Ryan Sidebottom
Graeme Swann
Luke Wright


India Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

MS Dhoni ? captain/keeper
Yuvraj Singh ? vice-captain
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Harbhajan Singh
Dinesh Karthik
Praveen Kumar
Amit Mishra
Abhishek Nayar
Ashish Nehra
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Ishant Sharma
RP Singh
Sachin Tendulkar


New Zealand Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Daniel Vettori ? captain
Shane Bond
Neil Broom
Ian Butler
Brendon Diamanti
Grant Elliott
Martin Guptill
Gareth Hopkins ? wicketkeeper
Brendon McCullum ? wicketkeeper
Kyle Mills
Jacob Oram
Jeetan Patel
Jesse Ryder
Ross Taylor
Daryl Tuffey


Pakistan Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Younis Khan ? captain
Shahid Afridi ? vice-captain
Fawad Alam
Iftikhar Anjum
Imran Nazir
Kamran Akmal ? wicketkeeper
Misbah-ul-Haq
Mohammad Aamer
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Yousuf
Naved-ul-Hasan
Saeed Ajmal
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Umar Gul


South Africa Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Graeme Smith ? captain
Johan Botha ? vice-captain
Hashim Amla
Mark Boucher ? wicketkeeper
AB de Villiers
Jean-Paul Duminy
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Albie Morkel
Makhaya Ntini
Wayne Parnell
Robin Peterson
Dale Steyn
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Roelof van der Merwe


Sri Lanka Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Kumar Sangakkara ? captain/keeper
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Thilina Kandamby
Chamara Kapugedera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dammika Prasad
Thilan Samaraweera
Upul Tharanga
Thilan Thushara


West Indies Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Floyd Reifer ? captain
Darren Sammy ? vice-captain
David Bernard
Tino Best
Royston Crandon
Travis Dowlin
Andre Fletcher
Nikita Miller
Daren Powell
Kieran Powell
Dale Richards
Kemar Roach
Devon Smith
Gavin Tonge
Chadwick Walton ? wicketkeeper

 

[Skater]

Is the logo the same as it would have been last year?

 

[aditya123]

Is the logo the same as it would have been last year?

Yes it is.Has the logo been designed keeping in mind Pakistan as the host. I ask this because the cricket ball seems to be placed on a crescent in the logo.

 

[AbhishekS]

Is the logo the same as it would have been last year?

I think it would be better if we talk about the teams and not the logo.

 

[Skater]

Yes it is.Has the logo been designed keeping in mind Pakistan as the host. I ask this because the cricket ball seems to be placed on a crescent in the logo.

I was going to say, the logo looks a lot like the Pakistani flag.

 

[piriyanth]

South Africa are definitetly the favourites and probably England are the underdogs.

 

[0601731]

south africa the favourites and kiwis the underdogs.

 

[srikarr12]

England are the underdogs.

Choke LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SciD]

Australia are favorites. RSA do not win these things.

Pakistan will be dark horse I feel.

India and England will be spectators.

 

[icyman]

RSA will go up to the semis and will be favorites until they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

India & Pakistan are highly unpredictable.

Australia -obviously on current form are the favorites

Sri Lanka is the Dark Horse.

 

[D0N]

Looking at Pakistan performance in warm up matches i am pretty sure Pakistan will be awarded as champion :happy

 

[mdoggie]

Looking at Pakistan performance in warm up matches i am pretty sure Pakistan will be awarded as champion :happy

Warm up games are very really a great tool to see how good a teams is. Warm up games lack the competitiveness and intesity that then tournament games. If warm up games performance effected how well a team does then South AFrica would be Champions in many of the recent tounaments.

 

[SaiSrini]

Warm up games are very really a great tool to see how good a teams is. Warm up games lack the competitiveness and intesity that then tournament games. If warm up games performance effected how well a team does then South AFrica would be Champions in many of the recent tounaments.

Very true. Warm up games dont indicate who the champion will be. When the real thing starts, many teams lift their game and come to the party. Teams that perform badly in warmups cant be discounted because they have gone all the way before after doing bad in warmups.

 

[Gary123]

When the real thing starts, many teams lift their game and come to the party.

Hopefully India can do that.

 

[aussie1st]

SA are clear favourites, if they will choke well we will soon find out. Underdogs probably NZ as I don't think you can call SL underdogs.