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Group C - New Zealand, England, Kenya, Canada
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Well... so far we've not managed to lose to a substandard team in a cricket World Cup.
Indeed - only West Indies (1996), Sri Lanka (2003) and Zimbabwe (2003) have done so. You could add Pakistan (1999) but that was a totally dead game and rarely if ever have Pakistan been that bothered about dead games.
Of course, there was also the matter of Bangladesh losing to Canada in 2003, but that's a different matter. That's a supposedly-up-to-standard team losing to a team that only plays the sport in about 30 clubs in the 2nd-biggest land in The World.
Indeed - only West Indies (1996), Sri Lanka (2003) and Zimbabwe (2003) have done so. You could add Pakistan (1999) but that was a totally dead game and rarely if ever have Pakistan been that bothered about dead games.
Of course, there was also the matter of Bangladesh losing to Canada in 2003, but that's a different matter. That's a supposedly-up-to-standard team losing to a team that only plays the sport in about 30 clubs in the 2nd-biggest land in The World.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
God, no, Zimbabwe had already beaten Australia 9 years earlier. Zimbabwe mightn't have been as good in 1992 as they were 7 years later, but they were still easily up to scratch in ODIs and everyone took them seriously - but can you seriously say the same about our defeat to them in 2003? That was a joke, even if Grant Flower did play a superb innings, and even if we did crush them in our next completed game.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
A bit of a surprise, but no more than West Indies beating South Africa in the opening game in 2003.Matteh said:
Not a major shock like Kenya beating West Indies in 1995\96. That was described (accurately) at the time as "the greatest upset ever" (and by some distance). Even Zimbabwe beating Australia in 1983 wasn't close.
That was in 1996, and even then "chicken farmer" is stupid and not a little derogatory towards Brandes. As Michael Atherton put it: "when he wasn't feeding his chooks, he was a fine outswing bowler."
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
It's NZ 60-40 I think to win the group. There's very little certainty in the ODI game between the elite nations.
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Pietersen 200 vs Canada anyone? 
Chubb
International Regular
"Chicken Farmer Destroys England" reads so much better, doesn't it? I was nine in 1996, but I think it maybe kickstarted my love of Zimbabwean cricket, even before I knew who any of their players were, there they were destroying England, totally outclassing them.Richard said:
