Cricket world cup discussion thread

[SinghDude]

KP will be opening for the Poms. Rather bold move, should it work, KP could wreak havoc up front.

 

[AirWolf]

KP will be opening for the Poms. Rather bold move, should it work, KP could wreak havoc up front.

With no Eoin Morgan to support the middle order they had to make some radical changes.

 

[stefan9]

How does Cricket South Africas quota system work do you have 4 players of colour in the playing 11.

There is a target of 6/7 "coloured" players in the squad but there is no such limit for the playing 11. But there won't be an issue , we have enough good coloured players in india.

 

[SinghDude]

There is a target of 6/7 "coloured" players in the squad but there is no such limit for the playing 11. But there won't be an issue , we have enough good coloured players in india.

and a charou and a paki.

Sumthing tells me that Tahir is not a quota player and will be deemed 'white '....

 

[MickeyD]

Sumthing tells me that Tahir is not a quota player and will be deemed 'white '....

correct

 

[AirWolf]

and a charou and a paki.

Sumthing tells me that Tahir is not a quota player and will be deemed 'white '....

correct

Saw that too, but how does that work?

 

[SinghDude]

Ask home affairs.

I'm guessing if we had a black Zim player playing for SA then he might also be deemed a non quota player.

Only is SA

 

[MickeyD]

Ask home affairs.
I'm guessing if we had a black Zim player playing for SA then he might also be deemed a non quota player.
Only is SA

Yep... Beast!

 

[CodeMaster]

Can anyone confirm whether SABC is broadcasting ALL world cup games, or ONLY SA's games?

 

[Wall]

Can anyone confirm whether SABC is broadcasting ALL world cup games, or ONLY SA's games?

THIS. I was just about to ask this myself.

 

[AirWolf]

According to the adverts all matched will be broadcast between SABC2 and SABC3. Haven't seen the official schedule yet though.

 

[wise_guy]

According to the adverts all matched will be broadcast between SABC2 and SABC3. Haven't seen the official schedule yet though.

This is a blow for DSTV.What time do matches start-SA time?

 

[AirWolf]

This is a blow for DSTV.What time do matches start-SA time?

The D/Ns 9:30am and day games 6am.

 

[R13...]

This is a blow for DSTV.What time do matches start-SA time?

According to the adverts all matched will be broadcast between SABC2 and SABC3. Haven't seen the official schedule yet though.

The SABC are only showing 37 (of 49) games and of those only 1 semi & 2 quarters plus the final. I think 37 included radio can't remember exact number for tv.
Edit: 32 on TV.
http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SA...5bcd811bd6cfd98cf1fa9ab&page_from=noticeboard

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

The SABC are only showing 37 games and of those only 1 semi & 2 quarters plus the final.

No big surprise. I recall them doing something similar in the previous WC - showing all the meaningless games involving the minnows, but very little else.

I guess they're too cheap/broke to shell out for broadcasting rights to the bigger games.

 

[killadoob]

This is a blow for DSTV.What time do matches start-SA time?

Not really, dstv's bread and butter is not world cup coverage. That is minor in terms of sporting events not covered by sabc.

Instead of bitching about their coverage people should be glad they are actually showing so many matches, bare in mind sabc costs like 200 bucks a year or something stupid.

 

[AirWolf]

No big surprise. I recall them doing something similar in the previous WC - showing all the meaningless games involving the minnows, but very little else.

I guess they're too cheap/broke to shell out for broadcasting rights to the bigger games.

Then they scramble to change scheduling if SA doesn't go through the anticipated route.

 

[Flanders]

I heard a rumour last night that Michael Clarke is injured and has been largely written off for the tourney. I have no idea whether there's any truth to this as Google doesn't really give any concrete results. Can anyone confirm? He's going to throw a spanner in the works for my fantasy side if true.

 

[stefan9]

World cup commentators.

Very interesting that pat symcox is part of the team. He isn't used in SA anymore cause of his views on the cricket board, he hasn't changed if you read his tweets. Would have liked geof boycot as part of the team...

India: Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar
England: David Lloyd, Michael Atherton, Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain, Mark Nicholas, Alan Wilkins
Pakistan: Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja
New Zealand: Simon Doull, Danny Morrison
West Indies: Ian Bishop, Tony Cozier
Sri Lanka: Russel Arnold
Zimbabwe: Alistair Campbell, Pommie Mbangwa
South Africa: Pat Symcox, Robin Jackman, Lance Klusener
Australia: Ian Chappell, Tony Greig, Tom Moody
Bangladesh: Athar Ali Khan, Shamim Chowdhury

WC commentators

 

[Wall]

India v Bangledesh match 1
Bangledesh Have won the toss and have decided to bowl first.
India's team:Sehwag,Tendulkar,G Gambhir, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni*†, YK Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel
Bangledesh's team:Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan*, Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain

Current score: 45/0 after 6.3 overs

Bangledesh have got off to a poor start. india were around 35 after 3 overs. they brought on A Razzak ( sl) and he has done brilliantly by stemming the flow of runs.

follow it live here