# A Cricket World Cup **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577 "2003-02-03T20:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/101 "2003-02-12T19:34:30Z")
Bangladesh recently became a test-playing nation (the highest level of cricket) but has yet to win any tests. They tend to lose heavily to other countries. While Canada’s win is an upset, you’re right in thinking its not like beating the World champions. You’ll have to wait for Canada to beat Australia on 20 February to say that… Well NZ plays the West Indies tonight, if we lose we’re pretty much out. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/102 "2003-02-12T20:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Raygun99 \* > \*\*Can I get a little perspective on Canada’s win over Bangladesh? One of the papers here claimed it was the equivalent of Tonga beating Canada in curling or Jamaica winning the gold in bobsleigh. The latter I might buy a little but the former not so much, since Canada is the universally acknowledged #1 curling country by a mile and Tonga only has ice in drinks. Is Bangladesh a traditional cricket power? Where does this rank in the all-time sports upsets? \*\* Think “Australia beats Belarus at Ice Hockey”. A nation that no-one knew had a team beat a nation that’s known but not competitive at the top level. The Indians weren’t exactly dominating, were they? They’re living up to their reputation as koalas - no good on the road. I wonder if they didn’t kick in the turbos because of the strength of the opposition, but that’s usually the sign of a team that’s going to come unstuck. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/103 "2003-02-12T21:18:42Z")
Thanks to both of you. I’m temper my excitment over it accordingly. Can’t wait for the movie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/104 "2003-02-13T12:51:08Z")
Well, **kiwiboy** , here’s the Enzeds’ World Cup on the line: NZ 241/8, WI 34/0 from 8.3. Oh, while I was typing that, Andre Adams took a wicket. 34/1. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/105 "2003-02-13T13:02:12Z")
And 42/3. The cunning Enzed plan of medium-pace, medium-pace, and a bit more medium-pace is paying off again. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/106 "2003-02-13T13:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*And 42/3. The cunning Enzed plan of medium-pace, medium-pace, and a bit more medium-pace is paying off again. \*\* …hey!!! Stop knocking medium pace!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/107 "2003-02-13T13:11:47Z")
…heesh, Adams just got another one. My brother calls him a freak, I call him lucky. He either gets a wicket, hits a six, gets out for a duck, or goes for plenty. 46/4 at the moment…go the Black Caps! ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/108 "2003-02-13T19:15:55Z")
NZ won by twenty runs, keeping their hopes alive. Adams is a bit of a freak, some of hte wickets he took in the Indian series were bizarre. He deserved to be man of the match though. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/109 "2003-02-14T00:38:35Z")
Shane Warne has been charged with the more serious of the two drug charges the ACB could level at him, and is likely to be suspended for at least a year, possibly two. No comments from Warne yet, but he’s said to be “shocked”. Apparently the more serious charge was levelled on the grounds that he wasn’t using a drug on a doctor’s advice or for any other good reason - he’s said he wasn’t doing it to help heal his injury, and the pill was prescribed to his mother, not to him. This is excellent news. Even if he didn’t take the drug in order to gain an advantage, or to mask another (and he probably didn’t - I feel he’s more a moron than a cheat), he took a prohibited substance he had no reason to take and deserves to be punished severely. Letting him off with a minor charge would have showed that the ACB is a soft touch, and for their own credibility they can’t afford to do that. Tonight’s TV - a choice between Sri Lanka/Bangladesh and Rage’s broadcast of JJJ’s Hottest 100. My brain’s already hurting from the mental channel-flicking. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/110 "2003-02-14T01:43:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BigNik \* > \*\*Tonight’s TV - a choice between Sri Lanka/Bangladesh and Rage’s broadcast of JJJ’s Hottest 100. My brain’s already hurting from the mental channel-flicking. \*\* This is a no-brainer, right? I mean, even _I_ couldn’t bear to watch the Banglas get trounced again! ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/111 "2003-02-14T04:02:43Z")
At least there’ll be Billy Bowden umpiring to make the game entertaining. Oh and Adamas is currently the leading wicket taker at six in two games. Pool B looks wide open now, with all of the big four having a win each. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/112 "2003-02-14T05:44:42Z")
IMHO, the Pool placement is fucked up. India and Pakistan should be in opposite pools. Both will certainly qualify to the next stage. This guarantees a knock-out India/Pakistan match. The last time that happened… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/113 "2003-02-14T07:20:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyan9 \* > \*\*IMHO, the Pool placement is fucked up. India and Pakistan should be in opposite pools. Both will certainly qualify to the next stage. > > This guarantees a knock-out India/Pakistan match. The last time that happened… 😃 \*\* Doesn’t matter - if they go through, it’ll be to the Super 6 round. People in a single pool can finish 1 and 4 or 2 and 3. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/114 "2003-02-14T08:09:26Z")
Just turned on the TV. Saw that Bangladesh were 0/3 off three balls, so I flicked over to the news. _THEN_ I remembered that this telecast is showing the scores in reverse order (runs/wickets). I flicked back. A hat-trick of the first three balls of the innings? What the hell? Geez, that’s another one gone as I type this. Four wickets _in the first over_! I’d heard that Bangladesh was supposed to be improving, and was expected to give a couple of competitive teams a run for their money this time around. Canada could have been written off as an aberration, but four wickets in the first freaking over? Maybe I’ll get to watch the whole game before the Hottest 100 comes on after all… ---
**Author:** ![kiwiboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@kiwiboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiwiboy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/115 "2003-02-14T08:15:31Z")
**W W W 4 Y . W . !!!** Poor old Bangladesh goes from bad to worse. Put in to bat by Sri Lanka and Chaminda Vaas has taken a hattrick in the first three balls of the innings! He then got smashed for four, bowled a wide and got yet another wicket. Can anyone remember any team getting off to such a bad start? Bangladesh will be lucky to get fifty if this is anything to go by… ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/116 "2003-02-14T09:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kiwiboy \* > \*\ ***W W W 4 Y . W . !!!** > > Can anyone remember any team getting off to such a bad start? > Bangladesh will be lucky to get fifty if this is anything to go by… \*\* To your first question, No. They already crossed 50. down. This World Cup is turning out to be a kicker. **I’m kicking myself for missing A L L the good moments at my friend’s place**. So, can anyone recommend a good and cheap camping kit (sleeping bag …etc) ? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/117 "2003-02-14T12:41:29Z")
Well, the Banglas scored 124 all out, four more than their total against Canada. Can we deduce from this that Austin Codrington is a better bowler than Murali? Actually, I think it would be fun to try to think of teams that Bangladesh might be capable of beating: All Vanuatu, New South Wales Women’s 2nd XI, Lancashire Cricket Conference All-Stars (blindfolded), England. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/118 "2003-02-14T12:46:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\* > Actually, I think it would be fun to try to think of teams that Bangladesh might be capable of beating: All Vanuatu, New South Wales Women’s 2nd XI, Lancashire Cricket Conference All-Stars (blindfolded), England. \*\* How dare you … [sub]lump other teams alongwith England[/sub] ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/119 "2003-02-14T13:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kiwiboy \* > **W W W 4 Y . W . !!!** Isn’t that the English Cricket team’s website? ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577/120 "2003-02-14T13:35:04Z")
By the way - a bit of cricketing fun can be found here on [the BBC’s Worl Cup site](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/cwc2003/spl/lms/html/last_man_standing.stm) I have got to the final, but **cannot** master the spinner!! Grim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cricket-world-cup/152577.md?page=7)