Just hand us over the World cup!!!

[warrioryohannan]

NZ??? Give me a break, they are mediocre at best, got thrashed by SL,WI recently.

SA and Ind are the fav's for me!

 

[Neil Pickup]

NZ may seem mediocre but they have a superb team unit and always perform in big tournaments. When was the last time they didn't impress at a WC? 83? (Correct me please... before my time...)

 

[wahindiawah]

But they haven't won the cup even once, never reached the finals, always are dark horses.
Reaching semis and losing by a big margin is hardly an achievement!

 

[Eclipse]

INDIA FAVORITES!! thats the stupidist thing I have ever heard as For SA why should they be favorites they have played very little cricket latley and when they did Australia Thrashed them! on there home soil

 

[warrioryohannan]

And why is it stupid??? India have a batting lineup that can chase 325+ runs, is any other team capable of doing that??

Nath will be back in the team, and with left armers, Nehra and Khan, the bowling looks deadly, all India need is to sort out the WK problem coz Dravid didn't do a clean job in the natwest final, but hopefully he will improve.

fav's for '03 cup :1SA ,2Ind 3 Aus??

 

[LankanPrince]

This guy is right. India can chase a large total even when Dravid and Tendulkar are not scoring well. Last year India's batsmen mastered playing the great Aussie bowlers McGrath and Warne. India isn't a bad choice for victors.

 

[scorpio]

india is just like lanka in 96. A dark horse. yeah we got the batsmen
But the bowling sucks. There is a big chance they will be taken apart big time

So just keep ur fingers crossed and hope tht they keep a cool head instead of going gaga over one victory guy...

 

[Neil Pickup]

These are the WC odds from Bet365.com, and bookmakers tend to know what they're talking about when it comes to setting odds.

Australia 9/4 Fav
South Africa 3/1
Pakistan 5/1
India 13/2
Sri Lanka 8/1
England 12/1
New Zealand 12/1
West Indies 25/1
Zimbabwe 100/1
Bangladesh 250/1
Holland 500/1
Kenya 500/1
Namibia 500/1
Canada 1000/1

I think these are fair odds, though I'd put Kenya and Bangladesh together at 400/1.

 

[Top_Cat]

Unless India's star-studded batting lineup proves it can bat under pressure CONSISTENTLY without the contributions of Sachin, they'll be forever be looked at as the team that could have been but never were.

I like watching Indian batsmen bat but when the real crunch is on, the lineup is brittle, despite their obvious talent.

 

[Eclipse]

Australia can chase 320+ they did it last year against a team with way way way better bowlers than england.

India have strong batting but even there batsman are not as good as australia batsman.


and bowling and feilding wise there is no comparison.

 

[scorpio]

Australia can chase 320+ they did it last year against a team with way way way better bowlers than england.

India have strong batting but even there batsman are not as good as australia batsman.


and bowling and feilding wise there is no comparison.

aussies are better than india as a team...but to say thier batting is better than india would have been a stretch a yr ago..now with the new guns....

hehe ...wake up and smell the coffee buddy

 

[warrioryohannan]

Aus batters better than Indian batters ...LOL .Ur batters weakness have been exposed, they can't play a quality off spinner, and above all they fare pathetically against an express fast bowler.Their recent performance against Akhter and Especially Shane Bond is a proof of that.Bond just r@ped ur team, and as a result Waugh lost his place.

This Aussie team is overrated, they won't go all the way in the WC!

 

[scorpio]

Aus batters better than Indian batters ...LOL .Ur batters weakness have been exposed, they can't play a quality off spinner, and above all they fare pathetically against an express fast bowler.Their recent performance against Akhter and Especially Shane Bond is a proof of that.Bond just r@ped ur team, and as a result Waugh lost his place.

This Aussie team is overrated, they won't go all the way in the WC!

on what crystal ball do u base ur brilliant opinion ?

 

[warrioryohannan]

First i'm talking about Onedayers.Just compare the two team's batting line up, without Waugh's Aussie batting is not it was once. Its a fact that India have the best onedayer batting lineup right now!

 

[scorpio]

First i'm talking about Onedayers.Just compare the two team's batting line up, without Waugh's Aussie batting is not it was once. Its a fact that India have the best onedayer batting lineup right now!

well..for starters..aussies have a batting line up tht is almost as good as india.

They have a keeper who can blast a hole into any bowling line up.and he is a specialist keeper

Thier worst bowler is as good as our best bowler.. ?

Need i say more. The recent aus pak series was just a aberration and the series was a low scoring one..

get over it..

 

[warrioryohannan]

When did i mentioned anything about bowlers??

Gilli may be a good batter, but so is Dravid who is now our keeper!

India have the best openers in the game, and with Sachin comming in midorder the battingline up have further strengthen.Without Waugh's Aus batting isn't as stong as it was once!

They lost to NZ repeatidly b/f they lost to Pak, keep that in mind!

 

[scorpio]

openers?

so u think hayden and gilly arent as good as sehwag and ganguly ? or for that matter gibbs and kirsten ?
or even trescothic and knight ?

gilly will blow dravid apart in onedays and is a specialist keeper. (That dude is a big big plus for australia)

We are gonna use spinners to fill the overs on pace friendly SA pitches (10 overs atleast)?

am i gettin some thing across?

 

[sir middle stump]

come on....surely india isnt the world champ already........whoever plans indias schedule deserves a kick in the backside...........i mean what is india doing playing eng,srl,nzl before the big W C ?play aus or saf instead.....( come on idian government...playing pak isnt such a bad thing!)....even in the icc champs trophy india plays zim and eng..(a chance for revenge for eng eh?)and if ind make it to the semis india plays one of the big teams where ind is sure to be thrashed!
what about the bowling attack?(if attack is the right word for it)....no prominent bowlers....no keeper-batsman(dravid is oly a batter-keeper)....batting alone wont win india the world cup...

 

[warrioryohannan]

Scorpio,
I said that India has the best opener in the game, but didn't said that Aussie and others had lousy ones.What was the point of mentioning the openers of all the nations?? Only one of them can be the best, all can't be of the same standard.
I do believe that Aussies have good openers(u can forget about SA and NZ) but i think India have an edge over the Aussies.Also Ganguly have siad that he would be sending Sachin as an opener in future onedayers if India bats first, an opening pair of Sachin and Ganguly is far better than others, most experts accept that!

Yeah Gilli is a blaster, i am his big fan, but Dravid is no joker either.In the last WC Dravid was the highest scorer, he was the only batter to have scored 4 tons, u can write him off but sane ppl will have faith in him.

And what about Yuvraj/Kaif/Mongia and co?? all have been doing so well,fact is that with them around India have the best batting line up right now.

As for spinners, Aus with Warne, Pak with Saqi will also be using atleast one spinner.
India will go with Nath,Khan,Nehra and Ajit, and i do believe that Harb should be in the 11, all in all its not that bad an attack!

 

[Eclipse]

take a close look at The Australian batting line up indian avrages suck compaired to Australians

that is apart from Tendulkar and ganguly

as for our batsman haveing a weekness against spin well there is only really D.Martyn And R.Ponting that do now that the waughs have gone both Lehmann and Hayden play spin brilliantly.