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Oh, my bad. Comma was in the wrong place and I disregarded everything else he said
Most humiliating World Cup defeat?
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Did think of that one, but then if I just listed every humiliation then it would just be an article not a discussion I guess
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Ireland certainly caused an upset, but it was what by three wickets in a rain reduced match? It was a close contest, not sure it was that humiliating given Ireland are and were one of the stronger non-Test nations and Pakistan haven't been a truly strong ODI outfit for some years
Fenil
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Yes, Australia thrashed Namibia by huge 256 runs margin. Quite a humiliating defeat indeed.
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To me that 99 WC final was far more humiliating then even loosing to Ireland. We can call Ireland defeating Pakistan an "upset" rather then a humiliating defeat but 99 WC was in a true sense a "humiliating defeat" because Pakistan was consider to be the most strongest team in the WC and there performance was as bad as a minnow's performance and that too in a WC final.
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India too defeated Bermuda by 257 runs in 2007 WC but since those two came against minnows, that wasn't much of humiliating. 1983 final is probably the biggest upset in World Cup. Definitely humiliating for West Indies.
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Yes this is another excellent post. Yes this must be humiliating for Westindies considering their perfomance in that WC and in past WCs
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I agree. What a force was West Indies then. Wow! What a line-up they had.
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For me, I'd put India losing to South Africa in the recent world cup.
Haha, yes that brings back good memories. The first WC I ever watched. How on earth did England make the final again??
England were the best side at the tournament, that was an aberration. England should have won the competition, Pakistan should have been out but for rain when they were skittled for 74 and England were 24/1 off eight overs in reply. West Indies would have gone through but for that point Pakistan gained.
Fairbrother, a player too many leave out of their best England XI was awesome, the balance of the side was right but it just went wrong in the final.
1992 World Cup
Fairbrother : 285 runs @ 57.00
Stewart : 259 runs @ 37.00
Smith : 193 runs @ 32.17
Reeve : 79 runs @ 39.50 & 8 wkts @ 15.75
Hick : 264 runs @ 33.00 & 2 wkts @ 35.00
Botham : 192 runs @ 21.33 & 16 wkts @ 19.13
Lewis : 81 runs @ 20.25 & 7 wkts @ 30.57
Illingworth : 27 runs @ 13.50 & 8 wkts @ 31.25
DeFreitas : 16 runs @ 4.00 & 11 wkts @ 29.00
Small : 5 runs @ 5.00 & 5 wkts @ 25.40
Of course remembering that in those days it was much different, 250 was a good score and batting not so easy. While I'm critical of the side for losing to Zimbabwe, I do recognise they were a strong side then.
IanG
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Yeah Pakistan certainly got lucky in 1992. Had they not got the wash out in Adelaide against England Australia would've snuck through. Which would?ve created an interesting scenario, Australia would've had to then play New Zealand in Auckland again in the Semi Final
That would've been mouthwatering
That would've been mouthwatering
