Which side’s performance in WC is/was more impressive?

[Sunil1z]

Which weaker side according to you played better Cricket ?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

India in 1983.

 

[Adders]

Let's see which muppet makes the most obvious and predictable post to this.

 

[honestbharani]

I wanna say Zim 99 but I really really rated that side even before the WC. And it was also the end of an era there. But with Afg here, it seems like it might be the beginning of one. So gng with our Afghan bros on this one.

 

[_Ed_]

Kenya deserve a mention for their semi-final run in 2003 too, even if they were helped by forfeits etc in the early stages.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Kenya deserve a mention for their semi-final run in 2003 too, even if they were helped by forfeits etc in the early stages.

Yeah they still managed to beat a strong Sri Lankan side

 

[ankitj]

Any other weaker side - India in 1983

 

[Sunil1z]

Any other weaker side - India in 1983

India was an established Test nation by then and had already won Test series against every Test side.
We drew a Test series in Aus against full strength Aussie side consisting of Chappell, Lillee etc just 2 year ago . So absolutely incorrect example

 

[ma1978]

The 83 India team was actually very good - some solid pedigree batsmen, ability to bad very deep, the right bowlers for those conditions, Kapil, it was an upset and shocking given India’s LO history but it wasn’t exactly a fluke. They were a top four side by the talents.

Zim 99 wasn’t really a fluke either. That team had established international stars and a proven track record.

afghanistan hadbarely ever won against major test nations and their approach is so calm and well organised that some of these wins feel inevtaible. So I’m voting them.

 

[Spark]

Afghanistan can't even play games at home and are basically in permanent exile. I haven't checked in a while but as of quite recently a large chunk of their cricketers learned the game in refugee camps. The idea that there's any contest in the hardship stakes between them and 99 Zimbabwe, Bangladesh 2003 or especially India basically ever doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

 

[ankitj]

India was an established Test nation by then and had already won Test series against every Test side.
We drew a Test series in Aus against full strength Aussie side consisting of Chappell, Lillee etc just 2 year ago . So absolutely incorrect example

Ok changed my vote. I was being facetious anyway

 

[Flem274*]

Based on the qualifiers I thought Afghanistan and the Netherlands might trip someone over once each.

This has been reasonably consistent dishing out of the pain between the pair of them though. Only one slaughter comes to mind, and it's not like the top 8 don't dish those out to each other on occasion.

 

[Teja.]

The 83 India team was actually very good - some solid pedigree batsmen, ability to bad very deep, the right bowlers for those conditions, Kapil, it was an upset and shocking given India’s LO history but it wasn’t exactly a fluke. They were a top four side by the talents.

Zim 99 wasn’t really a fluke either. That team had established international stars and a proven track record.

afghanistan hadbarely ever won against major test nations and their approach is so calm and well organised that some of these wins feel inevtaible. So I’m voting them.

India at that point had only won 1 WC game in the last 2 world cups (against East Africa in 1975) and had a 12-28 record in ODIs so far.

India were 66-1 underdogs to win the world cup in 1983 which is better than Bangladesh: 100/1 (101.0), Afghanistan: 125/1 (126.0) and Netherlands: 1000/1 (1001.0) this year but much worse than the other teams.

To put it in perspective, Sri Lanka who don't seem to have a strong world cup side this year are 45/1.

 

[mr_mister]

Zimbabwe in '99

Had a crazy impressive group stage, brought the maximum amount of points into the super 6, and despite somehow missing out on the semi finals from there they didn't exactly collapse into a heap, had a washout vs NZ and a pretty strong performance against white hot Australia (the Neil Johnson game)

They were certainly considered a bit stronger pre WC then Afghanistan were for this one, but still I'd say a solid 9th in the pecking order of a very strong era for cricket and I don't think anyone expected them to get out of their pretty tough group