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I dont see ICC having a world cup with a Test Nation being "dropped" hence I see a minimum of 10 teams atleast for the next two world cups. Also with their policy with giving chances to minnows . I see a few more being added to that number. Hence this topic needs discussion from a more realistic point of view. The current format had two problems 1)No.of Matches/Days = 52/45 days 2) 1 Defeat & a Team could get knocked out My suggested format has 45 matches/35 days...Each Team gets to play atleast four Matches instead of three ...Also three So-called Big nations in each group would mean even the 1st round would have prople having some basic interest in it
agree with Sushubh...... plus they really should do something about all the advertisements on the TV broadcast... it's getting too ridiculous... you feel like you are basically watching advertisements, with a little break for Cricket here and then. Channels (and I suppose BCCI) really need to sit down and come up with a better business model, and more innovative ways to advertise.
Heh, yeah, it becomes fact when you see it in writing.Terrible turnoff. the same shit at least a 100 times.If you are worried about low viewer numbers, this has to be a good one.then they say, not happy, would you prefer pay-per-view/match ?But i think thats is nonsense.There is no one here to take them to task, so they do what they want.SO maybe if someone parodies it, the excesive amout of ads, the message might get through.
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Buoyant India graft out victory as South Africa remain defiant
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:39:22 PM
A sensational opening spell of swing bowling by left-armer Pradeep Sangwan broke the back of the South African batting after skipper Wayne Parnell had decided they would take first strike as India strolled to a six-wicket victory in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Group B match at the Kinrara Oval on Tuesday.
Though his counterpart, Virat Kohli, said that he would have done the same, it was of little consolation as Pieter Malan was out leg before wicket with the second ball of the innings for the second time in two matches as Sangwan struck immediately, and then bowled Jon-Jon Smuts in the fifth over.
The Indian tails were up and their splendid fielding gave the bowlers the support they needed as apart from a towering six from Reeza Hendricks and a superbly timed cover drive from Jonathan Vandiar which produced the first four of the innings in the fourth over, the batsmen continued to struggle as first Hendricks and then Rilee Rossouw, to a brilliant catch by Ravindra Jadeja, succumbed to the rampaging Sangwan.
A clever bowling change in the 10th over, brought Jadeja into the attack to mix spin with swing and almost immediately Sangwan took his fifth wicket as Yassin Vallie was bowled for two. If ever a captain’s innings was needed it was now and Parnell and Vandiar began to build an innings and Vandiar hit Einstein Napolean’s first ball for six which the South African supporters hoped was a sign of things to come but when the partnership had produced 54 well contrived runs, both were out and South Africa at 109-7 were looking down the barrel.
Roy Adams and Bradley Barnes had a final flourish with Barnes scoring 10 of a single over from Sayyed Iqbal Abdullah but the innings closed for 149 when he was caught by Turuwar Kohli as he skied the first ball of the 31st over from the same bowler.
In reply, Kohli (54) and Shreevats Goswami began sensibly as captain Parnell and Clayton August led the fierce South African attack which produced four maidens in the first eight overs and forced an impatient Goswami to sky a catch to Pandiar in the ninth over to be dismissed for nine runs.
Tanmay Srivastava and Kohli then played some graceful shots as they tried to penetrate the defensive field with wicketkeeper Barnes amazingly standing up to Clayton and then to Parnell, which perhaps epitomized the determination of the South African team but later led to a missed catch off Kohli in the 23rd over.
After lunch had been taken at 51-1, the South African team proceeded to “warm up” before re-entering the field and with only 99 to defend still believed they could win but Kohli and particularly Srivastava played some classic shots to keep the scoreboard moving and their 50 partnership came in the 22nd over with the team’s 100 coming up in the 29th – 46 less than South Africa in the same period but with 8 more wickets in hand.
Whilst not riveting cricket to watch, the Indians perhaps wanted to get more match practice as well as keep the opposition out in the hot sun so as to sap their energy for future matches. A sign of an unusual break in concentration came when Parnell himself dropped a skier off Srivastava but Malan brought some consolation when he bowled him shortly afterwards before he could get what would have been a well deserved 50.
Constant changing of the bowlers could not postpone the inevitable and victory by six wickets finally came in the 42nd over.
India can be well satisfied with their victory but full credit to the tenacity of their opponents who now need to beat Papua New Guinea by a big margin and for the West Indies to beat India if they are to have a chance to qualify for the Super League.
If the long hours in the sun was not hard enough, they were still exercising at the ground long after the spectators had left – another fine example of the total commitment of their team.
Scorecard
http://iccevents.yahoo.com/news/news20080219-34.html
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:39:22 PM
A sensational opening spell of swing bowling by left-armer Pradeep Sangwan broke the back of the South African batting after skipper Wayne Parnell had decided they would take first strike as India strolled to a six-wicket victory in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Group B match at the Kinrara Oval on Tuesday.
Though his counterpart, Virat Kohli, said that he would have done the same, it was of little consolation as Pieter Malan was out leg before wicket with the second ball of the innings for the second time in two matches as Sangwan struck immediately, and then bowled Jon-Jon Smuts in the fifth over.
The Indian tails were up and their splendid fielding gave the bowlers the support they needed as apart from a towering six from Reeza Hendricks and a superbly timed cover drive from Jonathan Vandiar which produced the first four of the innings in the fourth over, the batsmen continued to struggle as first Hendricks and then Rilee Rossouw, to a brilliant catch by Ravindra Jadeja, succumbed to the rampaging Sangwan.
A clever bowling change in the 10th over, brought Jadeja into the attack to mix spin with swing and almost immediately Sangwan took his fifth wicket as Yassin Vallie was bowled for two. If ever a captain’s innings was needed it was now and Parnell and Vandiar began to build an innings and Vandiar hit Einstein Napolean’s first ball for six which the South African supporters hoped was a sign of things to come but when the partnership had produced 54 well contrived runs, both were out and South Africa at 109-7 were looking down the barrel.
Roy Adams and Bradley Barnes had a final flourish with Barnes scoring 10 of a single over from Sayyed Iqbal Abdullah but the innings closed for 149 when he was caught by Turuwar Kohli as he skied the first ball of the 31st over from the same bowler.
In reply, Kohli (54) and Shreevats Goswami began sensibly as captain Parnell and Clayton August led the fierce South African attack which produced four maidens in the first eight overs and forced an impatient Goswami to sky a catch to Pandiar in the ninth over to be dismissed for nine runs.
Tanmay Srivastava and Kohli then played some graceful shots as they tried to penetrate the defensive field with wicketkeeper Barnes amazingly standing up to Clayton and then to Parnell, which perhaps epitomized the determination of the South African team but later led to a missed catch off Kohli in the 23rd over.
After lunch had been taken at 51-1, the South African team proceeded to “warm up” before re-entering the field and with only 99 to defend still believed they could win but Kohli and particularly Srivastava played some classic shots to keep the scoreboard moving and their 50 partnership came in the 22nd over with the team’s 100 coming up in the 29th – 46 less than South Africa in the same period but with 8 more wickets in hand.
Whilst not riveting cricket to watch, the Indians perhaps wanted to get more match practice as well as keep the opposition out in the hot sun so as to sap their energy for future matches. A sign of an unusual break in concentration came when Parnell himself dropped a skier off Srivastava but Malan brought some consolation when he bowled him shortly afterwards before he could get what would have been a well deserved 50.
Constant changing of the bowlers could not postpone the inevitable and victory by six wickets finally came in the 42nd over.
India can be well satisfied with their victory but full credit to the tenacity of their opponents who now need to beat Papua New Guinea by a big margin and for the West Indies to beat India if they are to have a chance to qualify for the Super League.
If the long hours in the sun was not hard enough, they were still exercising at the ground long after the spectators had left – another fine example of the total commitment of their team.
Scorecard
http://iccevents.yahoo.com/news/news20080219-34.html
From Wikipedia :"Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup, in which 14 teams will participate instead of 16. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin similar to the one held in South Africa in the 2003 edition in which the 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top four from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeat."The qualifiers for QF are pretty much known and from there its a lottery like in 1996 - Do not like it.
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Media News
Kochi, June 26, 2008
Radio Mango Kerala's No1 FM Station is all set to celebrate 25 years of India's 1983 Cricket World Cup Victory,with first of its kind radio event “1983 LIVE”, Radio Mango will air real time updates exactly as and when it happened on 25th June 1983 through this segment along with interesting facts and trivia related to cricketers and cricket, interviews of celebrities analyzing the match after its 1st innings as they had done 25 years ago.
Arjun Madhusudan, Creative Director says “It was only when ideating for the event that we realised half the current team wasn't even born then! So we thought, what better way to showcase the win, lets do live updates exactly as it happened! “
1983 LIVE” will start at 7:15 am (to maximise listenership) on 25th June, 2008 and will include details from toss to post match presentation ceremony.
For further information, please contact:
Radio Mango
Sherin
Email: sherinvarghese@mm.co.in
Kochi, June 26, 2008
Radio Mango Kerala's No1 FM Station is all set to celebrate 25 years of India's 1983 Cricket World Cup Victory,with first of its kind radio event “1983 LIVE”, Radio Mango will air real time updates exactly as and when it happened on 25th June 1983 through this segment along with interesting facts and trivia related to cricketers and cricket, interviews of celebrities analyzing the match after its 1st innings as they had done 25 years ago.
Arjun Madhusudan, Creative Director says “It was only when ideating for the event that we realised half the current team wasn't even born then! So we thought, what better way to showcase the win, lets do live updates exactly as it happened! “
1983 LIVE” will start at 7:15 am (to maximise listenership) on 25th June, 2008 and will include details from toss to post match presentation ceremony.
For further information, please contact:
Radio Mango
Sherin
Email: sherinvarghese@mm.co.in
Pakistan has been stripped of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup because of the "uncertain security situation" in the country, the ICC said, according to Reuters.
"It is a regrettable decision (but) our number one priority is to create certainty and...deliver a safe, secure and successful event," ICC president David Morgan said in a statement.
Pakistan were due to co-host the event with India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but the deteriorating security situation has posed a serious problem for the PCB. The news came during the first day of the ICC board meeting in Dubai.
More to follow...
Source Cricinfo - No World Cup for Pakistan
"It is a regrettable decision (but) our number one priority is to create certainty and...deliver a safe, secure and successful event," ICC president David Morgan said in a statement.
Pakistan were due to co-host the event with India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but the deteriorating security situation has posed a serious problem for the PCB. The news came during the first day of the ICC board meeting in Dubai.
More to follow...
Source Cricinfo - No World Cup for Pakistan
