*Official* Group B General Discussion

[irottev]

England gonna get knocked out hahahaha. West Indies is a huge game. They'll obviously lose to SA. Bangladesh might beat them too.

 

[Jacknife]

England gonna get knocked out hahahaha. West Indies is a huge game. They'll obviously lose to SA. Bangladesh might beat them too.

Didn't people say that about the India game, apart from that, England have had the wood on SA in recent times, beating them in SA in the one day series and also in the Champions Trophy.

 

[morgieb]

Didn't people say that about the India game, apart from that, England have had the wood on SA in recent times, beating them in SA in the one day series and also in the Champions Trophy.

Back when England was actually playing OK....

 

[straw man]

Wow, how good is this group! I don't know if the Dutch have another good performance in them, but with Ireland and Bangladesh this group really is wide open.

Meanwhile in Group A, Australia , Sri Lanka and Pakistan are sitting quietly in the corner accepting their good fortune... with NZ v Zim the only match of any consequence left in the group.

 

[Howe_zat]

Back when England was actually playing OK....

Played more or less the same as in the Netherlands match as they did here. Only this time it came back to bite England like it should have done last week.

A lot of people were writing England off before the India game and it'd be silly to do the same thing again. Obviously, South Africa go in as favourites.

 

[Jacknife]

Back when England was actually playing OK....

The champions trophy was straight after we had just lost 6-1 after the Ashes in 2009 and the one day series was straight after that, so it's really no different, they strung a few games together and played really well.

 

[NUFAN]

Group of death!

This result gives Bangladesh and obviously Ireland a decent chance of progressing. I think both sides are capable of beating the Windies too, not to say they will.

 

[straw man]

England are the spoilers in this group. Draw with India but lose to Ireland. They'll probably beat South Africa and lose to Bangladesh and the Windies.

 

[Hurricane]

England gonna get knocked out hahahaha. West Indies is a huge game. They'll obviously lose to SA. Bangladesh might beat them too.

your back !

 

[Jarquis]

BBC Sport - Cricket - Cricket World Cup: England's batting concerns

Some stats in there about the batting powerplay too

 

[irottev]

your back !

Hells yea! I got banned for hurting someones feelings or something.

 

[Somerset Chops]

England win one more game then Bangladesh and Ireland have to win 2 games to get through , cant see either of them doing that.

 

[Hurricane]

Hells yea! I got banned for hurting someones feelings or something.

Good to see you back LOL. We needed some reality checks when the blackcaps were putting in some poor performances there.

 

[Howe_zat]

This group is an absolute ****storm.

Points Table | ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

England are on top and they've lost to Ireland. There's a tie in there, just to complicate things. No idea what the permutations are now.

 

[Blaze 18]

India are the only team that haven't lost a match (yet ).

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah I love this group.

It's pretty funny how Bangladesh beat Ireland but they got thrashed by West Indies who got beaten by South Africa who lost to England after England lost to Ireland.

You know it makes sense. Eat lamb.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah I love this group.

It's pretty funny how Bangladesh beat Ireland but they got thrashed by West Indies who got beaten by South Africa who lost to England after England lost to Ireland.

You know it makes sense. Eat lamb.

Kevin O' Brien was hitting it so hard he single-handedly broke transistivity.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Based on my unscientific prognosticaitions, this is how I see it ending

1 India 11
2 West Indies 8
3 South Africa 8
4 England 7
5 Ireland 4
6 Bangladesh 4
7 Netherlands 0

Have taken India to beat SA and Windies to beat us, but could see both going either way.

 

[GIMH]

Personally think the yarps will thrash India and we'll win both our games, which would IIRC, leave it as thus:

1. Saffa - 10
2. India - 9
3. England - 9
4. West Indies - 6
5. Ireland - 4
6. bangas - 4
7. Holland - 0

 

[Howe_zat]

Biggest question remaining is whether or not Ireland can turn over the Windies. Looking tough for them given the West Indies' bowling form.