Tag: 2015 Cricket World Cup
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Can Australia retain their Cricket World Cup title?
The 2019 Cricket World Cup, hosted by England and Wales, is almost upon us and defending champions Australia will be looking to retain their title. The Baggy Greens are the most successful nation to win the World Cup, having won on five occasions and between 1999 and 2007, they won it three times consecutively. You […]
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2015 ICC World Cup semi-final Australia Vs India
After New Zealand came out on top of a pulsating tussle against South Africa in Auckland, it’s over to Sydney for the second semi shootout, between fellow co-hosts Australia and the defending champions, India. Australia The Aussies are past masters when it comes to winning World Cups. They are the most decorated nation in the […]
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2015 ICC World Cup semi-final New Zealand Vs South Africa
If the quarter-finals were easy to call (even we got all four right), then the semi-finals are anything but. One thing is for certain, there will be a debutant finalist this year; neither New Zealand nor South Africa has ever gone beyond the semi-final stage. A record will be ended. South Africa The Proteas have […]
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ICC World Cup 2015 quarter finals preview and prediction
After the interminable drag of the group stage, the World Cup will finish in the blink of an eye from here on out. It’s cut-throat knock-out cricket and there is no scope for a slip up now. The runners and riders have jostled for position and we are left with the final eight; the hosts, […]
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2015 Cricket World Cup – the revolution is being televised
Despite its shoddy format, the 2015 Cricket World Cup has been an entertaining watch so far. Whilst there have been some dull games, naturally, there have also been some absolute barnstormers. The New Zealand Vs Australia game was one of the most captivating at any World Cup, ever. The one stand out trend has been […]
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ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup so far
The 2015 Cricket World Cup is well and truly underway. At the time of writing we had 19 games in two weeks. We thought it would be an opportune moment to take stock. Stats We have had 14 centuries from 14 different players of eight different nationalities. South Africa (AB de Villiers, David Miller and […]
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England searching for something that is not there
Let’s get straight to it – this England side is a poor ODI side. It’s organised poorly, led poorly, administered poorly and playing poorly. On paper, this side equals a lot less than the sum of its parts. It is to be expected that poor sides lose to better ones. No one will have been […]