upriser7 Posted February 25 Posted February 25 19 hours ago, The Realist said: It's hard to take cricket seriously as a sport. The administration and governance is dire. Then have the fixture rigging so always get Ind v Pak. The football WC in the summer will be multi host and see the difference in how its run. Yep and the way ICC prolongs these tournaments is insane. FIFA WC is always wrapped up in 4 weeks, despite having 8 groups and 32 teams. But ICC stupidly drags the Cricket World Cups too long...there is no reason to have another groupstage like Super 8 after initial group stage. Zero_Unit 1
AKane Posted February 25 Posted February 25 26 minutes ago, MK55 said: So what’s the easiest qualification scenario - SA winning all matches and India winning the remaining 2? These clowns messed up so bad with the run rate. That would be ideal - with the India/WI match an effective QF. MK55 1
AKane Posted February 25 Posted February 25 4 minutes ago, upriser7 said: FIFA WC is always wrapped up in 4 weeks, despite having 8 groups and 32 teams. They are screwing up that one too 48 teams this year with 12 groups of 4 each - top 2 from each group plus 8 third place teams go into next round for R32. Absolutely insane rubbish.
Gollum Posted February 25 Posted February 25 1 hour ago, AKane said: They are screwing up that one too 48 teams this year with 12 groups of 4 each - top 2 from each group plus 8 third place teams go into next round for R32. Absolutely insane rubbish. They will soon increase it to 64. This edition, no China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria. Huge market there. FIFA's benchmark is Summer Olympics. AKane 1
AKane Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) SL has a gettable target. Edited February 25 by AKane
AKane Posted February 25 Posted February 25 9 hours ago, Gollum said: They will soon increase it to 64. This edition, no China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria. Huge market there. FIFA's benchmark is Summer Olympics. Most of these top execs and politicians are actually quite dumb..... I have realized.
Zero_Unit Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Safe to say pak is also eliminated after today unless some miracle happens
Frustrated Posted February 27 Posted February 27 (edited) Eng cricket team has been heavily penalised (non-monetarily) by ICC. All the teams in Super8 are getting 2-3 days break in between the matches, while Eng has got only 1 day break throughout Super8. This looks unfair. (As a neutral fan) Edited February 27 by Frustrated Zero_Unit 1
Gollum Posted February 27 Posted February 27 3 hours ago, Frustrated said: Eng cricket team has been heavily penalised (non-monetarily) by ICC. All the teams in Super8 are getting 2-3 days break in between the matches, while Eng has got only 1 day break throughout Super8. This looks unfair. (As a neutral fan) Scheduling makes no sense. After this, a long gap for them before their SF. Frustrated 1
Gollum Posted February 27 Posted February 27 How come RSA has played 5 matches in Namo stadium? If they make the final, it is a huge advantage for them. Who comes up with these schedules anyway? An unpaid high school intern will do a better job than these bozos. Forever Indian, Frustrated and Ultimate_Game 1 1 1
Sandz Posted February 27 Posted February 27 On 2/9/2026 at 12:43 PM, Gollum said: Don't think people here want him out, his place in the squad is well deserved. Just that his entry point should be in death overs, against pace. And on sluggish tracks, he isn't necessarily part of our best XI. Rinku was not given a fair run in the team before the World Cup, he was plonked into the team based on domestic performance like a drop in pitch, never got the chance to set in the team. I’m afraid he may not come back at all after all the chopping and changing. Another scalp for Gambo. Ultimate_Game 1
Gollum Posted February 28 Posted February 28 He deserves all the adulation and attention. Ultimate_Game and New guy 1 1
rish Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Unless India get an additional bowler , doesnt matter whether its Siraj or Kuldeep, we are out. Surya is the least qualified to be on this team and should be booted out.
deepdynamo Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Turning out to be one cracker of the World Cup Forward Defence and Ultimate_Game 1 1
Forward Defence Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Just want one match with peak India (batting + bowling). Perfect WC otherwise deepdynamo 1
New guy Posted February 28 Posted February 28 6 hours ago, Gollum said: He deserves all the adulation and attention. Also shows most of the racism is by bigoted NRIs living elsewhere, actual indians are pretty open. Gollum and WC2011INDIA 1 1
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