#590703 - Tue Feb 01 2011 12:13 AM
Results & Standings .. ICC World Cup
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The Cricket World Cup returns to the Indian sub-continent after a gap of 15 years! 14 of the cricket world's best teams will be seen in action in the 6-week tournament spread across India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they battle to try and win the title being held by Australia since 1999!
Tournament Format:
Group A: Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya
Group B: Bangladesh, England, India, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Netherland
7 Teams in each group. In the first round, each team of a Group will play with all other teams within the same group. It means each team will play 6 matches (42 league matches in all). After the end of first round, top 4 teams in each group will go to next round from where it is a knock-out format. Can Australia win a 4th consecutive World Cup?Will the Indian team finally win a World Cup after that 1983 fairy tale and be able to live upto the expectations of a billion plus people?Can South Africa finally shake off that "chokers" tag and win when it finally matters?Can England continue their recent run of good form and mount a serious challenge for their first ever World Cup win?Will Sri Lanka continue to be invincible on their home ground and add to their 1996 title (when the World Cup was last held in the sub-continent?Will there be a surprise winner from amongst the rest? Maybe "perenneial over-achievers at World Cup" New Zealand, mercurial and temperamental Pakistan, enigmatic West Indies or even Bangladesh with their army of spinners?
All these questions will be answered on the field from February 19 to April 2. We will have our own sweet little comp here to decide who's the best guesser of us all  The 2003 World Cup saw 23 tipsters enter the comp with ASA clinching the title (followed by gtho4 and silverginger). 2007 had 13 runners and Howie72 won it (followed by Copago and gtho4). Can Howie72 retain his title? can gtho4 make it a hat-trick of podium finishes? Or will it be any one of you out there?
Scoring is simple. We just pick the result of each match and win a point for every correct tip. Bonus points if you tip an upset win and if you pick a result solo (or 1 of 2 or 3 depending on participation). No bankers, no players names...plain and simple...use a dart board, use a crystal ball or simply toss a coin...it's all up to you
Sign up here if you'd like to take part in this short 5 round competition that starts February 19.
Tie-breaker rules for placings:
If 2 or more people finish equal on scores, they would be placed according to the following tie-break rules:
1. The differential between HoF and wooden spoons (whoever has higher difference places higher)
2. If still equal, person with more number of HoF awards places higher
3. If still equal, person who makes more right tips in matches played (48 in this tournament)...bonus points scored will not come into picture for this
4. IF STILL EQUAL, person who gets more number of underdog picks points
I foresee the tie-break coming into picture for this one 
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List of tipping threads:
1.ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 #1: Saturday, February 19
2. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 #2: Wednesday, March 2
3. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 #3: Saturday, March 12
4. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 #4: Wednesday, March 23
5. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 **FINAL Round** Tuesday, March 29
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Edited by gtho4 (Fri Feb 18 2011 08:54 PM)
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#590704 - Tue Feb 01 2011 12:14 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: srini701]
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Early Odds to win the tournament (one of many):
India 4.50
Sri Lanka 6.00
Australia 6.50
South Africa 6.50
England 6.50
Pakistan 11.0
New Zealand 21.0
West Indies 23.0
Bangladesh 51.0
Zimbabwe 301
Ireland 751
Kenya 1001
Holland 1001
Canada 1001
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#590728 - Tue Feb 01 2011 04:31 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: srini701]
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I guess I will have to play...
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#590780 - Tue Feb 01 2011 10:03 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: illiniman14]
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I'll be guessing again
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#590971 - Tue Feb 01 2011 07:27 PM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: paper_aero]
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I'm in, safe to say NZ will be out before the semis
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#591178 - Wed Feb 02 2011 02:26 PM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: N-Bomb]
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Go Canada?
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#591337 - Thu Feb 03 2011 03:37 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
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Do I have permission to post an invitation for this tourney in the "sports stadium"? Plenty of people there who discuss sports...
or is it unethical?
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#591345 - Thu Feb 03 2011 04:51 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: srini701]
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I just asked one of the Mods in there, Srini, and he said it was fine!
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#591715 - Fri Feb 04 2011 12:03 PM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: George95]
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Yes please, Srini
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#592066 - Sat Feb 05 2011 08:27 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
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#592068 - Sat Feb 05 2011 09:02 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
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#594877 - Sun Feb 13 2011 04:36 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: gtho4]
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I have a technical question. Would Kenya beating Pakistan be considered an upset?
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#595234 - Sun Feb 13 2011 11:12 PM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: Nightmare]
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Quite a few new faces Wow! and welcome all! Eraserhead, YES, Kenya beating Pakistan would be considered an upset here and would get you an extra bonus point if it happens (not to mention the solo bonus too) I am going by the odds given out by various sites online and will only disregard matches between teams considered "equal".
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#597762 - Mon Feb 21 2011 01:26 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
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This article here is for George95... who wondered if there were any Canadian players in the Canada team http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/500980.html
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#597764 - Mon Feb 21 2011 02:23 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
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Tips for MrFox (Received via PM on 21 feb)....first 3 games void for him...
disregard any games that have been played
# INDIA v Bangladesh @ Mirpur, Bangladesh
# Kenya v NEW ZEALAND @ Chennai, India
# SRI LANKA v Canada @ Hambantota, Sri Lanka
# AUSTRALIA v Zimbabwe @ Ahmedabad, India
# ENGLAND v Netherlands @ Nagpur, India
# Kenya v PAKISTAN @ Hambantota, Sri Lanka
# South Africa v WINDIES @ Delhi, India
# AUSTRALIA v New Zealand @ Nagpur, India
# BANGLEDESH v Ireland @ Mirpur, Bangladesh
# Sri Lanka v PAKISTAN @ Colombo, Sri Lanka
# INDIA v England @ Bangalore, India
# Canada v ZIMBABWE @ Nagpur, India
# Netherlands v WINDIES @ Mohali, India
# SRI LANKA v Kenya @ Colombo, Sri Lanka
edited to add note after consultation with admins:
The first 3 games were all tipped the same by everybody, so it won't be fair to penalise MrFox for late tips...he gets to keep all points he scored so far...
Edited by srini701 (Mon Feb 21 2011 11:04 PM)
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#597766 - Mon Feb 21 2011 02:33 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: srini701]
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Excellent article...good read !!
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#599314 - Sat Feb 26 2011 04:40 AM
Re: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ... Sign up Sheet
[Re: srini701]
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That's what I mean srini. If Pakistan are favourites with the bookies, a win by Kenya wouldn't surprise, given Pakistan's match fixing history recently!
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#600787 - Tue Mar 01 2011 11:55 PM
Results & Standings .. ICC World Cup
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India 370/4 beat Bangladesh 283/9 [color:#3333FF]Everybody 1 
Kenya 69 Lost to New Zealand 72/0 Everybody 2!
Sri Lanka 332/7 Beat Canada 122 Everybody 3!!
Australia 262/6 Beat Zimbabwe 171 Everybody 4!!!
Netherlands 292/6 Lost to England 296/4 Everybody 5!!!!
Pakistan 317/7 Beat Kenya 112 Everybody 6!!!!!
West Indies 222 Lost to South Africa 223/3 Rossian, MrFox
New Zealand 206 Lost to Australia 207/3 KrivoyRog
Bangladesh 205 Beat Ireland 178 Rossian, BxBarracuda
Pakistan 277/7 Beat Sri Lanka 266/9 Sypher, Nightmare, illiniman14, George95, MrFox
India 338 Tied with England 338/8 Nobody!
Zimbabwe 298/9 Beat Canada 123 Sypher
West Indies 330/8 beat Netherlands 115 Everybody 7!!!!!!
Kenya 142 Lost to Sri Lanka 146/1 Everybody 8!!!!!!!
Tipping Comp Standings position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW pts BP
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1 x 1-1 Nightmare u 00 13 14 1 1
1 x 1-1 illiniman14 u 00 13 14 1 1
1 x 1-1 George95 u 00 13 14 1 1
4 x 4-4 Sypher u 00 12 13 1
4 x 4-4 MrFox u 00 12 13 1
6 x 6-6 paper_aero 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 DanielPoulsen 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 LeoDaVinci 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 ozz2002 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 gtho4 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 N-Bomb 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 srini701 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 Howie72 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 sward351 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 sambansal 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 Eraserhead 00 12 12
6 x 6-6 trev1 00 12 12
18 x 18-18 BxBarracuda 00 11 11
18 x 18-18 KrivoyRog 00 11 11
20 x 20-20 Rossian 00 10 10 1
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weekly winner 13/14
wooden spoon 10/14
s = sole picks bonus (or 3 of 20)
u = underdog bonus
default = wooden spoon score
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1. +1 Nightmare, illiniman14, George95
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1. 13/14 Nightmare, illiniman14, George95 10/14 Rossian
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When a tipping comp on cricket is announced and 20 people from all parts of the world sign up, what are the odds that 2 Americans and a Canadian would be up the leader board after round 1 against a field that includes "fans" from more "cricket-knowing" countries like India, Australia, England and New Zealand?
But that's exactly what's happened here, with Nightmare, illiniman14, George95 not only getting near perfect picks of 13 of the 14 matches, but also picking a bonus point for tipping one of the underdogs to win their match! (Pakistan against Sri Lanka). Sypher and MrFox also picked up the bonus point for the same match to be a point off the pace.
The rest of us are all bunched up together with Rossian propping the table. I am sure she wouldn't like that!
Everybody picked the first 6 matches (8 in all) and another 2 matches had just one missed tip. We had a 85.3% success rate in this round...must be amongst the highest as a group in any tipping comp out here? Maybe Gtho4 can help us here....
If that India-England match had not ended in a tie, our percentage would be much higher!
Still early days in the tournament itself, with some pretty boring matches and a couple of interesting ties so far...maybe we will have more to talk about the matches in the next round...
If you haven't lodged your tips for round 2, you still have some time before the England-Ireland match starts off later today...
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#600837 - Wed Mar 02 2011 06:44 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. ICC World Cup
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#601218 - Thu Mar 03 2011 02:23 AM
Re: Results & Standings .. ICC World Cup
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I'm guessing nobody else picked them, Rossian (I certainly didn't), but GO IRELAND!!!!! (the home of half of my ancestors)
Edited by Eraserhead (Thu Mar 03 2011 02:24 AM)
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#604664 - Sat Mar 12 2011 12:39 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. ICC World Cup
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England 327/8 Lost to Ireland 329/7 -- [color:#FF0000]Nobody
South Africa 351/5 beat Netherlands 120 -- Everybody 1
Pakistan 184 beat Canada 138 -- Everybody 2
Zimbabwe 162 Lost to New Zealand 166/0 -- Everybody 3
Bangladesh 58 Lost to West Indies 59/1
England 171 Beat South Africa 165
Ireland 207 Lost to India 210/5 -- Everybody 4
Kenya 198 Lost to Canada 199/5 -- Sypher, Rossian, KrivoyRog, Ozzz2002, sward351, LeoDaVinci
New Zealand 302/7 beat Pakistan 192 -- KrivoyRog, sward351, gtho4, Eraserhead, illiniman14, MrFox
Netherlands 189 Lost to India 191/5 -- Everybody 5
Sri Lanka 327/6 beat Zimbabwe 188 -- -- Everybody 6
West Indies 275 beat Ireland 231 -- -- Everybody 7
England 225 Lost to Bangladesh 227/8 -- N-Bomb
Tipping Comp Standings position points
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1 1 1-1 illiniman14 u 14 10 25 2 2
2 4 2-4 MrFox u 13 10 24 2 1
3 4 4-4 Sypher 13 10 23 1 1
3 6 3-6 gtho4 u 12 10 23 1 1
3 6 3-6 sward351 u 12 10 23 1 1
3 6 3-6 Eraserhead u 12 10 23 1 1
3 1 1-3 Nightmare 14 9 23 1 1
8 18 8-18 KrivoyRog u 11 10 22 1 1
8 6 6-8 N-Bomb su 12 8 22 2
8 6 6-8 ozz2002 12 10 22 1
8 1 1-8 George95 14 8 22 1 1
12 6 6-12 LeoDaVinci 12 9 21
13 6 6-13 paper_aero 12 8 20
13 6 6-13 DanielPoulsen 12 8 20
15 20 15-20 Rossian 10 9 19 1
15 18 15-18 BxBarracuda 11 8 19
15 6 6-15 srini701 12 7 19 1
15 6 6-15 Howie72 12 7 19 1
15 6 6-15 trev1 12 7 19 1
15 6 6-15 sambansal 12 d7 19
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weekly winner 13/14 10/13
wooden spoon 10/14 7/13
s = sole picks bonus (or 3 of 20)
u = underdog bonus
default = wooden spoon score
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1. +1 Nightmare, illiniman14, George95
2. +1 illiniman14
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1. 13/14 Nightmare, illiniman14, George95 10/14 Rossian
2. 10/13 illiniman14, Sypher, KrivoyRog,
Ozzz2002, sward351, gtho4, Eraserhead, MrFox 7/13 srini701, Howie72, trev1
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The World Cup is up and truly running now We had some fantastic and fascinating matches over the last week or so, mostly predictable, but some very interesting matches. England has contributed its all to make this World Cup "viewer-friendly". All its 5 matches to date have been good advertisements for the 50 over game and they sure are leaving their fans fuming and biting their nails all the way
Nobody expected them to lose to Ireland (of ALL the teams)....they did, prompting one writer on the cricinfo website to write "The only comparison that makes sense to me is with another team that played in green 42 years ago. The New York Jets were huge underdogs going into Super Bowl III against Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts, but Joe Namath played the game of his life to upset the odds. The Jets were part of the much-derided American Football League, the new kids on the block. Against the might of the National Football League, they weren't given a chance. Their win paved the way for parity, for a level playing field."
Whether Ireland's win does that for cricket or not remains to be seen what with the ICC planning to cut the teams in next World Cup to just 10
Over here, illiniman14 has surged to sole lead by picking up another bonus point (the New Zealand win over Pakistan). 5 others won a bonus point for that match. There are also more HoF award winners this round than there are participants in some of my other comps
N-Bomb dared to pick Bangladesh's win over England! Wonder how much he would have won had he bet some money on that result in the real world! He was the sole pick for that match out of 19, and so wins an extra bonus for that pick.
At the other end of the table, srini701, Howie72 and trev1 all had a lousy round with just 7 right picks out of 13, and have all slipped to the bottom of the table
But plenty of action still to come....so go out there and hit a six or two
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Edited by srini701 (Mon Mar 14 2011 02:45 AM)
Edit Reason: alignments :-(
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