Black Cap Peter McGlashan discusses his last few weeks preparing for the Twenty20 World Cup with the Black Caps in Oxford and the mishaps along the way. He also shares an insight to touring, the surprises he’s witnessed and those still to come as the tournament unfolds- post the opening game upset of Netherlands beating England.
A trailer with Actual Gameplay along with showing Australian players playing the game has been released by Cricket Australia TV.
There should be no reason why the Black Caps can’t take out this year’s inaugural ICC World Twenty20 campaign in England. Their pre season form with players over in the IPL and warm up games have given them a great opportunity to build from this and better their last effort.
On the eve of the opening match, four of the Cricket Web staff give their opinions on how the tournament will go. James Nixon- owner of Cricket Web and a devout Kiwi, Martyn Corrin- the site’s resident blinkered England fan, Ganesh Venkatasubramanian- a US-based India obsessive and Will Quinn, a neutral(ish) Irishman all have a go at predicting the future.
The fourth of our previews looks at Group D, which should be a walk in the park for South Africa and New Zealand who will face off against Scotland, arguably the weakest associate nation in the tournament.
Today we preview Group C, the “group of death” which includes the world ODI champions, Australia, The runners-up, Sri Lanka and the mercurial West Indies.
In the second of our group previews, we take a look at Group B, which includes the hosts England, 2007 runners-up Pakistan, and the Netherlands, who will be hoping to cause an upset.
Of the four groups in the T20 World Cup, Group A is almost certainly the easiest. It features the defending champions India, dark horses Bangladesh and minnows Ireland.
We have captured six screenshots showing Ashes Cricket 2009 from the video from Game Arena.