Twenty20 World Cup thread

Doing sweepstakes as well

Ach
McNamara That Ghost...
Cricketsi
Boss
The Wengerbabies
Charlie the Gooner
Syn
Dennis Bendtner
CK
Rors
Ollie
Der Kaiser

Fixtures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/15076311

Yes.

Just did a bit of research

I won the first one with India, Adzz the 2nd with Pakistan and DK the current holder with England

Will he bother to defend it? :popcorn:

Ive had India (07,09) twice and Bangladesh in the 2010 one :lol:

Maccy has had South Africa(07,10) twice and Aussies (09)

This is to real cricket what Olympic football is to the beautiful game and I'm in that sweepstake, so may as well be in this.

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Originally Posted by cricketsi

This is to real cricket what Olympic football is to the beautiful game and I'm in that sweepstake, so may as well be in this.

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This is what saved cricket

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Originally Posted by Ach

Just did a bit of research

I won the first one with India, Adzz the 2nd with Pakistan and DK the current holder with England

Will he bother to defend it? :popcorn:

Ive had India (07,09) twice and Bangladesh in the 2010 one :lol:

Maccy has had South Africa(07,10) twice and Aussies (09)

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South Africa. :lol:

Me. :lol:

Only equivalent I can think of now is Portugal, the only leading nation remaining in its sport not to win an international tournament. And me, I suppose.

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Originally Posted by Ach

This is what saved cricket

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And in the same way shortened belligerent posts have saved GW I suppose? :unsure:

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Originally Posted by cricketsi

And in the same way shortened belligerent posts have saved GW I suppose? :unsure:

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Yes

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Originally Posted by Ach

Yes

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:bow: Ach, champion of the short belligerents.

in

8 more needed

Get on with it

Forgot about this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/19211215

Yuvraj :bow:

India squad for World Twenty20:

Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Ashok Dinda, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary.

Sehwag :bow:

September 18th, it starts

Time for the main event now that the Tests are over and done with

Group A - England, India and Afghanistan

Group B - Australia, West Indies and Ireland

Group C - Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Group D - Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh

I'll do sweepstakes.

No KP for England :doh:

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England squad for ICC World T20: Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) (captain), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Jos Buttler (Somerset), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Craig Kieswetter (Somerset), Michael Lumb, Nottinghamshire), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Luke Wright (Sussex).

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What a piss poor squad

KP might commentate

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...fresh-row.html

:popcorn:

Tuesday, 18 September 2012
World Twenty20
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Hambantota, 15:00

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AFGHANISTAN

Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Izzatullah Dawlatzai, Karim Sadeq, Mohammad Jawed Ahmadi, Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohd Nasim Baras, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal (capt), Samiullah Shinwari, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Shapur Zadran.

AUSTRALIA

George Bailey (capt), Dan Christian, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hogg, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

BANGLADESH

Abdur Razzak, Abul Hasan, Elias Sunny, Farhad Reza, Jahurul Islam, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Nasir Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Ziaur Rahman.

ENGLAND

Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Stuart Broad (capt), Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter (wk), Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

INDIA

Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Piyush Chawla, Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Ashok Dinda, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwary.

IRELAND

Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, Ed Joyce, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), William Porterfield (capt), Boyd Rankin, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Andrew White, Gary Wilson (wk).

NEW ZEALAND

Doug Bracewell, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Ronnie Hira, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor (capt), Daniel Vettori, BJ Watling (wk), Kane Williamson.

PAKISTAN

Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Mohammad Sami, Nasir Jamshed, Raza Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat

SOUTH AFRICA

Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers (capt & wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

SRI LANKA

Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Akila Dhananjaya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Dilshan Munaweera, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne.

WEST INDIES

Samuel Badree, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy (capt), Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith.

ZIMBABWE

Elton Chigumbura, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Kyle Jarvis, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Christopher Mpofu, Forster Mutizwa, Richard Muzhange, Ray Price, Vusi Sibanda, Brendan Taylor (capt & wk), Prosper Utseya, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller.

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The squads

England sqaud looks terrible.

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

England sqaud looks terrible.

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You in the sweepstake?

Got an e-mail about the Fantasy Cricket today. We doing it?

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-worl...plate=fixtures

Put something like this in the first post Crippler

Didn't know it was next week. Interesting.

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Got an e-mail about the Fantasy Cricket today. We doing it?

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Never done a Cricket one before.

Judging by the lack of interest in the sweepstakes, will there be much interest in doing this?

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-worl...plate=fixtures

Put something like this in the first post Crippler

Didn't know it was next week. Interesting.

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Put the BBC link in.

Easier to understand

It was a good effort, but not sure what Lawro's predictions have to do with village cricket

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Originally Posted by Ach

Never done a Cricket one before.

Judging by the lack of interest in the sweepstakes, will there be much interest in doing this?

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We had about four people for the last one. :scarf:

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Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner

It was a good effort, but not sure what Lawro's predictions have to do with village cricket

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<_< i dont know how that happened

Also this is the form of cricket that saved the game tbh. Deserves more respect

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Originally Posted by Ach

You in the sweepstake?

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Yeah ill do that.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

We had about four people for the last one. :scarf:

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Im in

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Originally Posted by Ach

Im in

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:dance:

Half way through

http://espncricinfo.fantasyleague.com/

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Made my team

Pretty easy compared to football ones

Packed with quality

world cups should be every four years, not every two. there is far to much t20 right now.

I havent seen a T20 game from first ball to last since the final 2 years ago so not enough for me

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

world cups should be every four years, not every two. there is far to much t20 right now.

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It's about right. Every four years would give it a prestige it doesn't merit. A bit of village is harmless. There isn't that much international T20 really. They are getting rid of the Champions Trophy from next year. Would be good if that proposed Test championship ever got going.

Test Championship will never work

Doubt ICC have a 3 year gap to fit this in as it will take about that long to finish it.

We all thought the ODI World Cup in 07 went on for too long, well the Test one will be horrific and i havent mentioned the blocking and leaving and no talent needed to play that form of game.

Fair enough ICC want to try something different as Tests are being left behind by a mile in terms of popularity, excitement etc but they need to think of something else.

3 years is too long IMO.

20 Test matches throughout a year and half. Everyone plays eachother once, home and away. Top four go into a Champions League where they have to play against a tub of grease and a bent referee.