Silver Silva
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It doesn't necessarily have to be a squad that won a World Cup ,sometimes the best squads don't win .
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What is the strongest World Cup squad your team has announced at a Cricket World Cup ?
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Silver Silva
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Good one ..I would also choose 2007 Sri Lanka ODI side ..We were just unlucky that we were up against one of the greatest sides of all time
Molehill
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As for England, easy to say 2019.
I had a look back to 1992 and 1987 to compare. The thing that baffles me in particular, how on earth did Australia and England make a Final in India with these teams?
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I had a look back to 1992 and 1987 to compare. The thing that baffles me in particular, how on earth did Australia and England make a Final in India with these teams?
AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, Final at Kolkata, November 08, 1987
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs England Final, cricket scorecard, Reliance World Cup 1987/88 dated November 08, 1987.
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Kenneth Viljoen
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Great team chemistry and strategy combined with the odd individual brilliance can beat even the best teams when it comes to white ball cricket.As for England, easy to say 2019.
I had a look back to 1992 and 1987 to compare. The thing that baffles me in particular, how on earth did Australia and England make a Final in India with these teams?
AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, Final at Kolkata, November 08, 1987
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs England Final, cricket scorecard, Reliance World Cup 1987/88 dated November 08, 1987.
I guess that was the case here .
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Aus had some young guys who became some really good players like Boon, Jones, Waugh, Reid and McDermott but yeah, they were such outsiders the Aus media only sent one journo over to cover it iirc. The two semi final results were huge upsets.As for England, easy to say 2019.
I had a look back to 1992 and 1987 to compare. The thing that baffles me in particular, how on earth did Australia and England make a Final in India with these teams?
AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, Final at Kolkata, November 08, 1987
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs England Final, cricket scorecard, Reliance World Cup 1987/88 dated November 08, 1987.
Probably the first example of Simmo's influence as coach - he caned them with fielding drills and put a huge emphasis on running between wickets as well, something at which he and Lawry were apparently genius level. Plus TOTAB of course - run a ball 30 odd plus 2 fer in a WC final. The greats chip in when it matters.
SillyCowCorner1
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1979 for us
Socerer 01
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going to go against the grain and say 2019
at least until Dhawan got injured
at least until Dhawan got injured
OverratedSanity
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Are you serious? They announced Vijay Shankar in the squad then replaced him with mayank agarwal when he got injured. Pant sucked balls back then, kedar jadhav was a crap player, dinesh ****ing Karthik was in the squad, Dhoni was a shadow of himself. Total cluster **** even without the Dhawan injury.
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It had a couple of passengers, but yes.
honestbharani
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2003 for India?
Silver Silva
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I loved that team ..
First World Cup of Tendulkar and Sehwag batting ..
Dravid keeping behind the stumps , Two young left arm quicks in Zak and Nehra ..iconic moments
Socerer 01
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the depth sucked with the management and so did Dhoni but the main team was great
we had 2 of the 3 best odi batsmen at that time, arguably the best odi pacer at that time and 2 of the best 3 odi spinners at that time with a good all rounder, a strike bowler equal to Starc that we never played for some reason. Jadhav was still competent but they never gave him the confidence he needed
honestbharani
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I honestly think out of all those you listed, 3D was the least bad call.. They just should have picked him ahead of DK given KLPD weas already there as a backup keeper. And Rayudu should have batted 4.
Molehill
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Funnily enough, I think England 2003 was pretty strong too. They obviously got ****ed over by the Zimbabwe mess, but they were competitive in all fixtures which included that classic with Australia.
You could argue that 2003 was perhaps the all round strongest World Cup. SA and Eng were strong but didn't make the Super 6 for largely non cricket related reasons.
FBU
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Have to agree 2003. 2023 seems lightweight. Also it was the best organised
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A 58(103) by Bill Athey helps the other side too
I loved that team but 2011 was better, great batting, Yuvraj and Dhoni, Zak was brilliant at times
The 1983 team is highly underrated though. They were genuinely the second best team in the tournament on paper