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2011 Cricket World Cup


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Great game to mark my return to the cricket thread :thumbsup:. The 50-over WC doesn't hold the interest for me that it used to, but it still throws up the occasional epic match...

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That was an astonishing innings from Kevin O'Brien, and the Irish batsmen playing with him batted very intelligently as well. A century off just 50 balls must be one of the best World Cup innings. I imagine the Irish will enjoy the victory over England quite a lot - even Irish people who don't have a clue about cricket.

Admittedly, they were helped by some woeful fielding and bowling by England, they have a real problem in those two areas, only Swann seems to be bowling well and they don't have many alternatives in the squad - Shazhad might be a better bet than Broad and Anderson at the moment but he didn't bowl particularly successfully in the last game, I suppose they could try picking Tredwell rather than Yardy but he's a very average player even if he's a more conventional spinner. Their batting has been doing well, even if they could have got a few more runs at the end today, but they'll be in a tough fight to even qualify for the quarter finals at this stage - the matches against Bangladesh and the Windies will be crucial.

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I am worried about India's chances because India=England < Ireland. Math isnt on our side :worried:

India did beat Bangladesh who then beat Ireland. India do have a similar problem to England in that while their batting is impressive their bowling looks a bit weak apart from Zaheer, so it is certainly possible for them to lose in the same way to Ireland even if I doubt Ireland will have enough consistency to chase down a huge target twice in a row. West Indies have a similar potential problem since their bowling is very average apart from Roach so Ireland might fancy their chances there, I suspect South Africa should be too strong for them, though.

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