*Official* Group A General Discussion

[James]

Teams

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Zimbabwe
• Canada
• Kenya

Schedule

Sun Feb 20
2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Sun Feb 20
3rd Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Canada
Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Mon Feb 21
4th Match, Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Wed Feb 23
6th Match, Group A - Kenya v Pakistan
Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota

Fri Feb 25
9th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Sat Feb 26
10th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Feb 28
12th Match, Group A - Canada v Zimbabwe
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Tue Mar 1
14th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Thu Mar 3
17th Match, Group A - Canada v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Fri Mar 4
18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Sat Mar 5
20th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Australia
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Mar 7
23rd Match, Group A - Canada v Kenya
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Tue Mar 8
24th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Thu Mar 10
26th Match, Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Sun Mar 13
30th Match, Group A - Canada v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Sun Mar 13
31st Match, Group A - Australia v Kenya
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Mon Mar 14
32nd Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Netherlands
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Mon Mar 14
33rd Match, Group A - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Wed Mar 16
35th Match, Group A - Australia v Canada
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Fri Mar 18
37th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Sat Mar 19
40th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Mar 20
41st Match, Group A - Kenya v Zimbabwe
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

[GIMH]

Interesting group, which minnow will go through with NZ, Pak & SL?

 

[_Ed_]

 

[G.I.Joe]

 

[weldone]

My Predictions for Group A

Though Australia will lose their game against SL, they'll come out on top of group A followed by SL, Pak and Zimbabwe respectively.

 

[Blaze 18]

Interesting group, which minnow will go through with NZ, Pak & SL?

 

[Athlai]

Pakistan to lose to Zimbabwe after Mugabe offers them a million Z-dollars to throw the match.

Pakistan to not realise that this is worth negative money at this point of time.

 

[Hurricane]

If we lose to zimbos I want a refund on all the cricket books and tickets I have purchased over the years. I used to think we were money against lesser teams but these days I think anything is possible.

I hope Taylor has a good tournament.

Based on how we went in India I would have to say that we are extreme underdogs.

 

[Xuhaib]

Pakistan to lose to Zimbabwe after Mugabe offers them a million Z-dollars to throw the match.

Pakistan to not realise that this is worth negative money at this point of time.

crazy to say this but this is not an outlandish thought

 

[Faisal1985]

Interesting group, which minnow will go through with NZ, Pak & SL?

Australia imo

 

[Athlai]

crazy to say this but this is not an outlandish thought

Lets hope it's outlandish though.

 

[M0rphin3]

Pakistan to lose to Zimbabwe after Mugabe offers them a million Z-dollars to throw the match.

Pakistan to not realise that this is worth negative money at this point of time.

awta

 

[Quaggas]

Zimbabwe_$100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg

Edit: 100 Tera-dollars

 

[jashan83]

Teams

• Australia 8, III
• New Zealand 4
• Pakistan 10, II
• Sri Lanka 12, I
• Zimbabwe 2
• Canada 0
• Kenya 6, IV

 

[smash84]

Teams

• Australia 8, III
• New Zealand 4
• Pakistan 10, II
• Sri Lanka 12, I
• Zimbabwe 2
• Canada 0
• Kenya 6, IV

Surely NZ will edge out Kenya won't they???? And they did reach the quarter finals last time when they played the WC in the SC

 

[Howe_zat]

Surely NZ will edge out Kenya won't they???? And they did reach the quarter finals last time when they played the WC in the SC

I agree that NZ will get through but the last WC in the subcontinent was 14 years ago, it's pretty irrelevant. There are only a handful of current players who were in it, none of thgem from NZ.

 

[jashan83]

Surely NZ will edge out Kenya won't they???? And they did reach the quarter finals last time when they played the WC in the SC

It all depends on Series with Pakistan. If they win comprehensively they will get back the confidence. But if they edge past then they will fare badly IMO in SC

During Last WC in SC they were a great team. Had an awesome QF with Australia

 

[smash84]

It all depends on Series with Pakistan. If they win comprehensively they will get back the confidence. But if they edge past then they will fare badly IMO in SC

During Last WC in SC they were a great team. Had an awesome QF with Australia

I don't recall other teams quaking in their boots at the sight of NZ in the 96 wc.

 

[Burgey]

Should progress easily here. Form we're in we should make it a four-peat without losing a game.

 

[Prad100w]

Hmmm, Every one seems to be writing off the Aussies. Remember they won an ODI series against a strong Indian team in 2009 with virtually a second string team. Apart from the odi series loss against SL they haven't been that bad. Still a very good contender for the WC.