ICC World T20 India 2016 - March/April 2016

[AliB]

Scotland will win the World T20

Yes, in dreams.

 

[Ohm]

I don't understand why people have so much to react on predicting Scotland winning the world cup. Well, in T20 just anything can happen. I can at least predict an associate side reaching the semis.

 

[Markkkkk]

Come on. West Indies still have their test status for now..

 

[bigred]

Surely Chris Lynn should be in the Australia team. How does he get in though?

 

[Markkkkk]

He probably gets put in and someone goes out. Another strange method is they write his name on the team sheet.

 

[bigred]

He probably gets put in and someone goes out. Another strange method is they write his name on the team sheet.

Very witty

Don't worry pal. South Africa will be good at cricket again in about 5 years.

 

[Markkkkk]

Very witty

Don't worry pal. South Africa will be good at cricket again in about 5 years.

I wish I had your enthusiasm, remember the SAU19 vs BANU19?

 

[Ohm]

Was watching the BBL weekly review, highlights of the match between Strikers and Sixers; I feel Australia should pick that Travis Head already.

 

[AliB]

Was watching the BBL weekly review, highlights of the match between Strikers and Sixers; I feel Australia should pick that Travis Head already.

Yep. He snatched my 500k with that awesome 101* and 3 sixes of the the final three balls off the 20th.

 

[PokerAce]

On a very general note, often people refer to the World T20 as the World Cup or the T20 World Cup, or another World Cup, and things to that effect, or refer to World T20 winners as the World Champions or World Cup Winners. The thing is in Cricket there is just ONE world cup, and this the 50 over format, which is presently held by Australia, and only the winners of that World Cup are the World Champions.

The World T20 is no doubt a global cricketing event, but its not the World Cup, any more than the say the ICC Champions Trophy is the World Cup, and winning the World T20 doesn't make the winning side World Champions anymore than winning the Champions Trophy or winnings Asia Cup does.

The winners of World T20 are the World T20 Winners and nothing more nothing less, just as there is a Champions Trophy Winner or an Asia Cup Winner, and none of those are the World Champions.

There is just one World Cup and the winner of the World Cup, is the only World Cup Winner or World Champion.

 

[SaiSrini]

On a very general note, often people refer to the World T20 as the World Cup or the T20 World Cup, or another World Cup, and things to that effect, or refer to World T20 winners as the World Champions or World Cup Winners. The thing is in Cricket there is just ONE world cup, and this the 50 over format, which is presently held by Australia, and only the winners of that World Cup are the World Champions.

The World T20 is no doubt a global cricketing event, but its not the World Cup, any more than the say the ICC Champions Trophy is the World Cup, and winning the World T20 doesn't make the winning side World Champions anymore than winning the Champions Trophy or winnings Asia Cup does.

The winners of World T20 are the World T20 Winners and nothing more nothing less, just as there is a Champions Trophy Winner or an Asia Cup Winner, and none of those are the World Champions.

There is just one World Cup and the winner of the World Cup, is the only World Cup Winner or World Champion.

All this is just marketing and branding. A World Cup can exist for each format. The 50 over World Cup is just that - a 50 over World Cup. It cannot be called "Cricket World Cup". Cricket has three different formats. Why should the 50 over World Cup be called "The World Cup"? The moment a T20 World Cup came into existence, ODI World Cup became its own seperate entity.

Whoever wins the T20 World Cup are called "T20 World Champions". Just like Australia are the current ODI World Champions. You can brand things as much as you want, but at the end of day, its all for your own satisfaction.

 

[PokerAce]

Actually I disagree, a game should not have multiple world cups. There is no problem with calling the World T20 winners, as the World T20 Champions. However winning the World T20 doesn't make any one World Champions anymore than winning the Champions Trophy does. The term world champions should be reserved for only the winners of THE WORLD CUP, and there is only one World Cup, and that is the 50 over one.

 

[SaiSrini]

Actually I disagree, a game should not have multiple world cups. There is no problem with calling the World T20 winners, as the World T20 Champions. However winning the World T20 doesn't make any one World Champions anymore than winning the Champions Trophy does. The term world champions should be reserved for only the winners of THE WORLD CUP, and there is only one World Cup, and that is the 50 over one.

The problem is, most of the other sports do not have so many different formats like cricket. For e.g. in tennis, you play in clay courts, grass courts, etc. but the format of the game itself is the same. But in cricket, the formats are so many. You can't just say "the ODI World Cup was the first mover and so it reserves the right to be the WORLD CUP of cricket". In fact in terms of skill, test cricket precedes ODI's and should be the ultimate format on which a World Cup is based. But you cant do a World Cup for tests coz of the duration (that's a commercial restriction).

ODI World Cup winners are "ODI World Champions". T20 World Cup winners are "T20 World Champions". There does not need to be a singular "the World Champion".

 

[bigred]

I'm interested to hear what people think there squads will be. With so few t20 internationals played in comparison to ODI matches, it's hard to know who each team will pick.

England

1. Jason Roy
2. Alex Hales
3. Joe Root
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Jos Buttler
6. Ben Stokes
7. Moeen Ali
8. David Willey
9. Chris Woakes
10. Adil Rashid
11. Steven Finn

12. James Vince
13. Sam Billings
14. Stephen Parry
15. Chris Jordan

I think 13 of these places are guaranteed. Only talking points are the positions of Woakes and Jordan. Plunkett, Broad and Topley might put them under the pressure.

 

[CerealKiller]

Pakistan

1. Mohammad Hafeez
2. Ahmed Shehzad
3. Umar Akmal
4. Shoaib Malik
5. Mohammad Rizwan
6. Sarfraz Ahmed
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Imad Wasim
9. Mohammad Aamir
10. Wahab Riaz
11. Mohammad Irfan

12. Junaid Khan (if he doesn't get picked i'll be seriously pissed)
13. Anwar Ali
14. Zafar Gohar
15. Middle-order batsman (probably Sohaib Maqsood or Saad Nasim, but i'd like Babar Azam to be picked)