Comments on: The carnival begins… http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/03/13/may-the-games-begin%e2%80%a6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Keeping it real, desi ishtyle Mon, 07 May 2012 15:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: superstarksa.com | Blog Archive | World Cup posts on Über Desi http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/03/13/may-the-games-begin%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-459 superstarksa.com | Blog Archive | World Cup posts on Über Desi Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:49:27 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=342#comment-459 [...] The carnival begins… [...] [...] The carnival begins… [...]

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]]> By: anantha http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/03/13/may-the-games-begin%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-457 anantha Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:55:17 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=342#comment-457 Santosh: Yes, I understand the logic behind the inclusion, but I don't approve of the grouping at all. Fifa does this random draw thing to group teams together. What does the ICC do? I don't know and I don't want to know! And in doing what it has done, it is inviting ridicule not on itself, but mostly on the minnow teams. Santosh: Yes, I understand the logic behind the inclusion, but I don’t approve of the grouping at all. Fifa does this random draw thing to group teams together. What does the ICC do? I don’t know and I don’t want to know! And in doing what it has done, it is inviting ridicule not on itself, but mostly on the minnow teams.

]]> By: Santosh http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/03/13/may-the-games-begin%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Santosh Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:13:07 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=342#comment-456 Its easy to reconcile the weaker teams if you think about Cricket more as a global sport as opposed to a Commonwealth sport. In that case, the opening round are similar to the FIFA world cup where most teams that are expected to go through, get in. Its easy to reconcile the weaker teams if you think about Cricket more as a global sport as opposed to a Commonwealth sport. In that case, the opening round are similar to the FIFA world cup where most teams that are expected to go through, get in.

]]> By: Anantha http://uberdesi.com/blog/2007/03/13/may-the-games-begin%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Anantha Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:37:58 +0000 http://uberdesi.com/blog/?p=342#comment-455 True true. I had Sri Lanka's '96 campaign in mind too. But I was able to argue that even with those two games, they did beat India (twice), England and Australia during the course of the tournament quite emphatically. Of course them losing to Australia might have disturbed their applecart early, but on hindsight, I think they deserved to win. Even with the 8 weak teams, the 1996 format would have made the group games much more interesting it seems. True true.

I had Sri Lanka’s ‘96 campaign in mind too. But I was able to argue that even with those two games, they did beat India (twice), England and Australia during the course of the tournament quite emphatically. Of course them losing to Australia might have disturbed their applecart early, but on hindsight, I think they deserved to win.

Even with the 8 weak teams, the 1996 format would have made the group games much more interesting it seems.

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