Official ICC 2015 CWC thread

Too early to get this going? I thought with the squad being announced today (17:30 on Supersport), it was as good as time as any to get it started. Unlike my opinion on the Boks' prospects at the RWC later this year, I believe that this is one of our better opportunities at finally bagging the top piece of ICC silverware.

Pools as follows:

Pool A

England
Australia
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
New Zealand
Afghanistan
Scotland

Pool B (Pool of Death!)

South Africa
India
Pakistan
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Ireland
United Arab Emirates

Fixtures here

CWC Fixtures

Feb-15
14 - New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Christchurch) - 00:01
14 - Australia v England (Melbourne Cricket Ground) - 05:30
15 - South Africa v Zimbabwe (Hamilton) - 03:00
15 - India v Pakistan (Adelaide Oval) - 05:30
16 - Ireland v West Indies (Nelson) - 00:01
17 - New Zealand v Scotland (Dunedin) - 00:01
18 - Afghanistan v Bangladesh (Canberra) - 05:30
19 - U.A.E. v Zimbabwe (Nelson) - 00:01
20 - New Zealand v England (Wellington) - 03:00
21 - Pakistan v West Indies (Christchurch) - 00:01
21 - Australia v Bangladesh (Brisbane Cricket Ground) - 05:30
22 - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka (Dunedin) - 00:01
22 - India v South Africa (Melbourne Cricket Ground) - 05:30
23 - England v Scotland (Christchurch) - 00:01
24 - West Indies v Zimbabwe (Canberra) - 05:30
25 - Ireland v U.A.E. (Brisbane Cricket Ground) - 05:30
26 - Afghanistan v Scotland (University Oval, Dunedin) - 00:01
26 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (Melbourne Cricket Ground) - 05:30
27 - South Africa v West Indies (Sydney Cricket Ground) - 05:30
28 - New Zealand v Australia (Auckland) - 03:00
28 - India v U.A.E. (Perth) - 08:30

Mar-15
1 - England v Sri Lanka (Wellington) - 00:01
1 - Pakistan v Zimbabwe (Brisbane Cricket Ground) - 05:30
3 - Ireland v South Africa (Canberra) - 05:30
4 - Pakistan v U.A.E. (Napier) - 03:00
4 - Australia v Afghanistan (Perth) - 08:30
5 - Bangladesh v Scotland (Nelson) - 00:01
6 - India v West Indies (Perth) - 08:30
7 - Pakistan v South Africa (Auckland) - 03:00
7 - Ireland v Zimbabwe (Hobart) - 05:30
8 - New Zealand v Afghanistan (Napier) - 00:01
8 - Australia v Sri Lanka (Sydney Cricket Ground) - 05:30
9 - England v Bangladesh (Adelaide Oval) - 05:30
10 - India v Ireland (Hamilton) - 03:00
11 - Scotland v Sri Lanka (Hobart) - 05:30
12 - South Africa v U.A.E. (Wellington) - 03:00
13 - New Zealand v Bangladesh (Hamilton) - 03:00
13 - Afghanistan v England (Sydney Cricket Ground) - 05:30
14 - India v Zimbabwe (Auckland) - 03:00
14 - Australia v Scotland (Hobart) - 05:30
15 - U.A.E. v West Indies (Napier) - 00:01
15 - Ireland v Pakistan (Adelaide Oval) - 05:30
18 - QF1: Sri Lanka v South Africa (Sydney Cricket Ground) - 05:30
19 - QF2: India v Bangladesh (Melbourne Cricket Ground) - 05:30
20 - QF3: Australia v Pakistan (Adelaide Oval) - 05:30
21 - QF4: New Zealand v West Indies (Wellington) - 03:00
24 - Semi Final 1: South Africa vs New Zealand (Auckland) - 03:00
26 - Semi Final 2: India vs Australia (Sydney Cricket Ground) - 05:30
29 - Final (Melbourne Cricket Ground) - 05:30

SA Squad:

AB de Villiers
Hashim Amla
Kyle Abbott
Farhaan Behardien
Quinton de Kock
JP Duminy
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
David Miller
Morne Morkel
Wayne Parnell
Aaron Phangiso
Vernon Philander
Rilee Rossouw
Dale Steyn

World Cup Top Tens: The Greatest World Cup bowlers

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-pho...d-Cup-Top-Tens-The-Greatest-World-Cup-bowlers

Top ten are ranked in order of the number of wickets taken in all tournaments. A stroll down memory lane to see some of the faces in there.

Arthur created this thread for:

CWC 2015 - CSV for importing fixtures into Calendar

which might be useful some of us die-hards!

Thanks Arthur!

OP updated with all the fixtures and times...

Just a reminder...

This is the CWC thread and the squad has been finalised.

There is a PROTEAS' thread for debates and future player comparison... http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/417938-The-Proteas-Our-Team!

For SuperBru queries, go here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/676941-SuperBru-for-CWC-2015

Thank you, MickeyD

Massive score thus far Aus 346/8 after 45.2 vs India. Maxwell retiring on 128. Are these warm up games official in terms of records?

Stefanmuller said:

Massive score thus far Aus 346/8 after 45.2 vs India. Maxwell retiring on 128. Are these warm up games official in terms of records?

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Aus are in unbelievable form at the moment! I think they've peaked too soon but let's assume they maintain this standard throughout their world cup campaign. Almost impossible to beat!

When is our warm up matches against Sri Lanka and NZ? NZ are another team playing outstanding cricket at the moment!

Stefanmuller said:

Massive score thus far Aus 346/8 after 45.2 vs India. Maxwell retiring on 128. Are these warm up games official in terms of records?

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No. Full squad playing, with different batting and bowling lineups.

MickeyD said:

No. Full squad playing, with different batting and bowling lineups.

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Oh, OK was wondering if there are different rules etc. So they play with more than 11 players?

Our warm ups are on the 9th and 11th against Sri Lanka and NZ respectively..

So today a week we kick off our campaign against Zim!!! WHO'S EXCITED?!!!

Why aren't the South African warmup games going to be broadcast? Monochoice can afford the aussie warmup game but ours being ignored...

Really? I wasn't even aware the India/OZ game was being televised! That's ridiculous!!

sand_man said:

Really? I wasn't even aware the India/OZ game was being televised! That's ridiculous!!

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According to the schedule for tomorrow our game vs sri lanka is not being broadcast while they are showing West Indies vs England.

Oh well... Very peculiar decision!!

stefan9 said:

According to the schedule for tomorrow our game vs sri lanka is not being broadcast while they are showing West Indies vs England.

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Only games involving the BCCI or their chums will crack the nod.

ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches, South Africa v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Feb 9, 2015

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/match/806117.html

Sri Lanka 279/7 (44.4 ov)
South Africa 141/2 (19/25 ov, target 188)

South Africa require another 47 runs with 8 wickets and 36 balls remaining