ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

SantosPhillipCarlo

United States351 Posts

February 13 2015 03:06 GMT

It's go time in less than two days again and I know we've got people here who already follow cricket or who are getting into it. Here's the pool/group stage schedule (we'll get into knockouts later) in TeamLiquid.net format (just because we can):

Italics indicate Test-playing teams

Pool A
Australia, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Scotland

February 14
New Zealand <Hagley Oval, Christchurch> Sri Lanka
New Zealand wins by 98 runs

Australia <Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)> England
Australia wins by 111 runs

February 17
New Zealand <University Oval, Dunedin> Scotland
New Zealand wins by 3 wickets (with 151 balls remaining)

February 18
Bangladesh <Manuka Oval, Canberra> Afghanistan
Bangladesh wins by 105 runs

February 20
England <Wellington Regional Stadium> New Zealand
New Zealand wins by 8 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)

February 21
Australia <Wolloongabba Cricket Ground (The Gabba), Brisbane> Bangladesh
No result (no play due to rain - each team receives a point)

February 22
Sri Lanka <University Oval, Dunedin> Afghanistan
Sri Lanka wins by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

February 23
England <Hagley Oval, Christchurch> Scotland
England wins by 119 runs

February 26
Afghanistan <University Oval, Dunedin> Scotland
Afghanistan wins by 1 wicket (with 3 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka <Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)> Bangladesh
Sri Lanka wins by 92 runs

February 28
New Zealand <Eden Park, Auckland> Australia
New Zealand wins by 1 wicket (with 161 balls remaining)

March 1
England <Wellington Regional Stadium> Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka wins by 9 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

March 4
Australia <Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA), Perth> Afghanistan
Australia wins by 275 runs

March 5
Bangladesh <Saxton Oval, Nelson> Scotland
Bangladesh wins by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

March 8
New Zealand <McLean Park, Napier> Afghanistan
New Zealand wins by 8 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)

Australia <Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)> Sri Lanka
Australia wins by 64 runs

March 9
England <Adelaide Oval> Bangladesh
Bangladesh wins by 15 runs

March 11
Sri Lanka <Bellerive Oval, Hobart> Scotland
Sri Lanks wins by 148 runs

March 13
Bangladesh <Seddon Park, Hamilton> New Zealand
New Zealand wins by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

England <Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)> Afghanistan
England wins by 9 wickets (with 41 balls remaining - Duckworth/Lewis Method)

March 14
Australia <Bellerive Oval, Hobart> Scotland
Australia wins by 7 wickets (with 208 balls remaining)

Pool B
India, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, UAE

February 15
South Africa <Seddon Park, Hamilton> Zimbabwe
South Africa wins by 62 runs

India <Adelaide Oval> Pakistan
India wins by 76 runs

February 16
West Indies <Saxton Oval, Nelson> Ireland
Ireland wins by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)

February 19
Zimbabwe <Saxton Oval, Nelson> UAE
Zimbabwe wins by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

February 21
Pakistan <Hagley Oval, Christchurch> West Indies
West Indies win by 150 runs

February 22
South Africa <Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)> India
India wins by 130 runs

February 24
West Indies <Manuka Oval, Canberra> Zimbabwe
West Indies win by 78 runs (Duckworth/Lewis Method)
Note: West Indies' Chris Gayle (215) becomes first player to hit a double century at a World Cup and the first non-Indian to achieve the feat in an ODI

February 25
Ireland <Wolloongabba Cricket Ground (The Gabba), Brisbane> UAE
Ireland wins by 2 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

February 27
South Africa <Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)> West Indies
South Africa wins by 257 runs

February 28
India <Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA), Perth> UAE
India wins by 9 wickets (with 187 balls remaining)

March 1
Pakistan <Wolloongabba Cricket Ground (The Gabba), Brisbane> Zimbabwe
Pakistan wins by 20 runs

March 3
South Africa <Manuka Oval, Canberra> Ireland
South Africa wins by 201 runs

March 4
Pakistan <McLean Park, Napier> UAE
Pakistan wins by 129 runs

March 6
India <Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA), Perth> West Indies
India wins by 4 wickets (with 65 balls remaining)

March 7
South Africa <Eden Park, Auckland> Pakistan
Pakistan wins by 29 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)

Zimbabwe <Bellerive Oval, Hobart> Ireland
Ireland wins by 5 runs

March 10
India <Seddon Park, Hamilton> Ireland
India wins by 8 wickets (with 79 balls remaining)

March 12
South Africa <Wellington Regional Stadium> UAE
South Africa wins by 146 runs

March 14
India <Eden Park, Auckland> Zimbabwe
India wins by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

March 15
West Indies <McLean Park, Napier> UAE
West Indies win by 6 wickets (with 117 balls remaining)

Pakistan <Adelaide Oval> Ireland
Pakistan wins by 7 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

Super Eights (Knockout Stage)

Quarterfinals

March 18
South Africa <Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)> Sri Lanka
South Africa wins by 9 wickets (with 192 balls remaining)

March 19
India <Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)> Bangladesh
India wins by 109 runs

March 20
Australia <Adelaide Oval> Pakistan
Australia wins by 6 wickets (with 97 balls remaining)

March 21
New Zealand <Wellington Regional Stadium> West Indies
New Zealand wins by 143 runs
Note: New Zealand's Martin Guptill (238*) becomes second player to hit a double century at a World Cup

Semifinals

March 24
New Zealand <Eden Park, Auckland> South Africa
New Zealand wins by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining - Duckworth/Lewis Method)

March 26
India <Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)> Australia
Australia wins by 95 runs

2015 ICC World Cup Final
March 29
Australia <Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)> New Zealand

(Edit: Updated results)

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50596 Posts

February 15 2015 04:11 GMT

this is the ad thats been running here for hype for the india pakistan match

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 15 2015 04:14 GMT

Wish I could understand Cricket, but it is interesting how much Nationalism seems to play when it comes to India v Pakistan.

Ultimo Hombre

Australia1436 Posts

February 15 2015 04:18 GMT

On February 15 2015 13:14 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Wish I could understand Cricket, but it is interesting how much Nationalism seems to play when it comes to India v Pakistan.

Pretty similiar when it comes to Aus vs Eng

crc

Australia256 Posts

February 20 2015 00:54 GMT

Oooh NZ vs England, finally some big teams after so many days of UAE, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. I have high hopes for NZ this world cup, they are such a massively improved side.

Phredxor

New Zealand15076 Posts

February 20 2015 05:23 GMT

England getting 100% demolished here. I feel bad for them.

Ultimo Hombre

Australia1436 Posts

February 20 2015 05:32 GMT

Southee and McCullum really humiliated England there, probably the biggest loss in the World Cup so far

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

February 20 2015 10:13 GMT

Despite been English I've been really enjoying the games. I love seeing the Associate members play. It's great to see them having the time of their lifes playing the bigger sides. I really don't like the talk about removing them from future World Cups. How is that going to help Cricket grow in these places.

FuRong

New Zealand3089 Posts

February 20 2015 10:32 GMT

Today was one of the first games I actually watched most of. Not disappointed, England got wrecked.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

February 20 2015 10:55 GMT

#10

On February 20 2015 19:32 FuRong wrote:
Today was one of the first games I actually watched most of. Not disappointed, England got wrecked.

Watching the ~~highlights~~ low points right now. We where awful. We are going to struggle against the associate nations with performances like that. New Zealand are pretty good right now. But we didn't even give you a game that was a shocking batting perfomance.

Cricketer12

United States13990 Posts

February 20 2015 15:16 GMT

#11

Im paki but rooting for nz this tournament and i got southee on my fantasy team, last nights game was good to see :D
My team for anyone who was wondering:
Kohli Miller Umar Akmal Maxwell AB Afridi Sarfraz Ahmed Malinga Senanyka Southee Boult

Cricketer12

United States13990 Posts

February 20 2015 15:17 GMT

#12

On February 20 2015 19:13 Greg_J wrote:
Despite been English I've been really enjoying the games. I love seeing the Associate members play. It's great to see them having the time of their lifes playing the bigger sides. I really don't like the talk about removing them from future World Cups. How is that going to help Cricket grow in these places.

With ireland at the forefront yes the associates show promise uae almost beat zim scotland almost upset nz etc

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

February 20 2015 15:29 GMT

#13

when i look at this game it seems similar to baseball, but the stats and whatnot for it are alchemy level arcane.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

February 20 2015 15:43 GMT

#14

There's definatelly no clear cut gap between the worst Test sides and the top Associate Members any more like there used to be.

I have no interest in Test Cricket and would be happy for that to die to be honest. No one watches it anyway. Cricket should be a one day event and T20 is where all the action is. There's too much snobery and protecting financial interests and this leads to the Associate nations hardly ever playing any games. They should be allowed to play the propper Test teams all the time even if they get spanked. The only way to get any interest in Netherlands, Ireland, Afghanistan, Nepal, Kenya and UAE is to have their teams playing exciting T20's more often against all the other nations.

I'm sure there will be cricket pureists who only like Test cricket but the game should be about entertainment and action or it's just not going to have a global apeal

marvellosity

United Kingdom36161 Posts

February 20 2015 15:47 GMT

#15

On February 21 2015 00:43 Greg_J wrote:
There's definatelly no clear cut gap between the worst Test sides and the top Associate Members any more like there used to be.

I have no interest in Test Cricket and would be happy for that to die to be honest. No one watches it anyway. Cricket should be a one day event and T20 is where all the action is. There's too much snobery and protecting financial interests and this leads to the Associate nations hardly ever playing any games. They should be allowed to play the propper Test teams all the time even if they get spanked. The only way to get any interest in Netherlands, Ireland, Afghanistan, Nepal, Kenya and UAE is to have their teams playing exciting T20's more often against all the other nations.

I'm sure there will be cricket pureists who only like Test cricket but the game should be about entertainment and action or it's just not going to have a global apeal

"I'm sure there will be some people who have a different opinion to me, but mine is the correct opinion"

Plenty of people enjoy test cricket. And one day/20-20 games. I like them all, they're different.

SantosPhillipCarlo

United States351 Posts

February 20 2015 15:48 GMT

#16

Glad to see we have some buzz going! I've just updated the OP with the results so far.

On February 21 2015 00:29 oneofthem wrote:
When i look at this game, it seems similar to baseball, but the stats and whatnot for it are alchemy level arcane.

I thought the same, being an American who enjoys baseball among other sports, but I've gotten to warm to cricket too. Legend has it that Babe Ruth got to practice cricket during a visit to Australia and was a deadly hitter there, while Sir Don Bradman was known as the Babe of cricket. There is an interesting ESPN feature featuring Justin Upton, Chris Young and two Indian-American cricketers comparing the two sports.

On February 20 2015 19:13 Greg_J wrote:
Despite been English, I've been really enjoying the games. I love seeing the Associate members play. It's great to see them having the time of their lives playing the bigger sides. I really don't like the talk about removing them from future World Cups. How is that going to help Cricket grow in these places?

Ireland beating the West Indies was definitely my favorite game so far. I liked the big outcry against it when it first arose four years ago, and Ireland, having beaten Pakistan, Bangladesh, England and now the Windies over the last three World Cups (successfully chasing 300+ targets to win in two of those games) are definitely making their case. As it is, it's something I can live with - a World Cup qualifier where the two lowest-ranked Test-playing nations (full members) are put into the qualifier against Associates.

On February 20 2015 19:55 Greg_J wrote:
Watching the ~~highlights~~ low points right now. We where awful. We are going to struggle against the associate nations with performances like that. New Zealand are pretty good right now. But we didn't even give you a game that was a shocking batting performance.

I thought England always had the chance of starting 0-2 because they were playing both host nations away, even if they played well.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

February 20 2015 16:06 GMT

#17

On February 21 2015 00:47 marvellosity wrote:
"I'm sure there will be some people who have a different opinion to me, but mine is the correct opinion"

Plenty of people enjoy test cricket. And one day/20-20 games. I like them all, they're different.

I think that's a little harsh. Of course my opinion is only an opinion and I didn't mean to imply that any other opinion is wrong. There are definitely people who like Test Cricket. So I apologise if i came off as arrogant in the way I wrote that.

On February 21 2015 00:48 SantosPhillipCarlo wrote:
I thought England always had the chance of starting 0-2 because they were playing both host nations away, even if they played well.

Yeah even if England had played well. Which we didn't there was always a good chance of losing our opening two matches against teams not just better than us right now but also hosting the tournament. I think it's more the manner of the defeats which is embarrassing.

We also need to be careful not to turn this thread into a ridiculous is Baseball or Cricket better thread because that will be pointless and achieve nothing and probably get the thread shut pretty quickly. But we do need to except the fact that despite been a global forum Team Liquid is a predominantly American and Asian dominated website (I think) and these communities will likely be very familiar with Baseball and not so much with Cricket. So perhaps a little discussion to the differences and explaining the game should be definitely be tolerated.

SantosPhillipCarlo

United States351 Posts

February 20 2015 16:13 GMT

#18

On February 21 2015 01:06 Greg_J wrote:

Show nested quote +

Definitely agree on the last bit. That's the last thing we want here - we need to be considerate, in my opinion, of those TL users who reside in countries where cricket is much bigger, such as England, Australia, India, New Zealand and Pakistan.