Cricket World Cup

[nutty]

Australia plays South Africa tonight, and its not on tv.. wtf channel 9

[r8response]

Australia plays South Africa tonight, and its not on tv.. wtf channel 9

if you don't have pay tv like myself, ur shit out of luck

[nutty]

Channel 9 are the lience holder, So I just expected that the big games would be played (you know, like 1 vs 2...)

If I had of known, I would have invested in foxtel just for the cup..

[somebloke]

Yeah, i got it before the ICC Champions Trophy, if your a cricket fan you'll love having it. International games on, always good to watch. Throw in the Premier League coverage as well. That's just for sport. Bound to be heaps of programs that take your fancy on the other channels as well...

[Nigel]

It is interesting that no one has thought to mention the cricket world cup until now. Any reason why not ? I would have thought a murder and some big names bowing out would have raised some comment.

[nutty]

Was thinking the same thing, before I made the thread.

I seriously think the lack of free to air has affected the "publicity" of the cup, especially around my neck of the woods, where I don’t know anyone with foxtel.. and we are all big cricket nuts.

[w00dsy]

It is interesting that no one has thought to mention the cricket world cup until now. Any reason why not ? I would have thought a murder and some big names bowing out would have raised some comment.

because everyone has been celebrating Carlton's NAB cup win.

[Nigel]

Indeed




of course that also means we will play shit for the rest of the year.

[Bauer]

Indeed




of course that also means we will play shit for the rest of the year.

We???

you part fucking greek too?

[Cetram]

if anyone wants a free stream of the game it's available here
http://www.bangladeshrocks.com/cricket.php
username is bangladeshrocks
pass is bangladesh.

Quality isn't that great but it's good enough.

[nutty]

keeps crashing.. cant beleve im missing this..

FUCK YOU CHANNEL 9 FUCK YOU

[Righteous]

I have been watching it on my 3 phone It's not uber great, but I can basically see what's going on..

[fp]

Australia plays South Africa tonight, and its not on tv.. wtf channel 9

It was broadcast on TV live, like each and every other game of the Cricket World Cup..

It was Australia's 3rd game of the Cup so far... it took you two weeks to notice that they weren't being broadcast on free-to-air?

It is interesting that no one has thought to mention the cricket world cup until now. Any reason why not ?

We've been talking about it at the slab since before the warm-up matches.
I guess we kinda assumed that we were the only 3 guys here interested in it :P

[Nigel]

Indeed




of course that also means we will play shit for the rest of the year.

We???

you part fucking greek too?

Err, not many greeks follow Carlton.

[w00dsy]

Indeed




of course that also means we will play shit for the rest of the year.

We???

you part fucking greek too?

it's the italians that follow carlton, and i have seen Nige on the side of the road puling weeds for tea

[matticooper]

Australia plays South Africa tonight, and its not on tv.. wtf channel 9

It was broadcast on TV live, like each and every other game of the Cricket World Cup..

It was Australia's 3rd game of the Cup so far... it took you two weeks to notice that they weren't being broadcast on free-to-air?

It is interesting that no one has thought to mention the cricket world cup until now. Any reason why not ?

We've been talking about it at the slab since before the warm-up matches.
I guess we kinda assumed that we were the only 3 guys here interested in it :P

Yup... I was wondering when everyone else would catch on... I thought fp's HUGE Netherlands avatar woulda struck up some conversation as well... but anyway...

Super Eights start Wednesday Night I think.

In the 8 are Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England, New Zealand and Ireland

[fp]

So, who's India's first Super 8 opponenet then?

[nutty]

West Indies

[pab]

In the 8 are Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England, New Zealand and Ireland

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc2007/ ... 87189.html

[pab]

So, who's India's first Super 8 opponenet then?

The crowds at the departure gate at the airport?

[fp]

Zing! Winnar!


There's potentially one billion pissed off cricket fans in the subcontinent at the moment. I sincerely hope that India aren't as upset as Pakistan about early elimination.

[Exar Kun]

Yep. Greg Chappel should hire some very good security for the next few weeks...

I was sure that for weeks the schedule on cricinfo said A1 would play D2 yet we (A1) are playing the Windies (D1). What's up with that?

[fp]

The Windies are D2.

The seeding (A1, A2) for the Super 8s is not dependant of the results of the group stage.
They did a great job of making it confusing, but I'll try and explain the best I can...

The seeds for the Super 8 are based on the seeding postions on which the original draw was made.
Meaning that A1 = Australia, A2 = South Africa.
That's how it would have been, even if South Africa had finished the group stage on top of Australia.

In group D, assuming that the top two seeds had gone through, it would have been...
D1 = Pakistan, D2 = West Indies.
Because Ireland qualified from that group instead of Pakistan, they take the role of D1 in the draw, while the Windies fill the draw of D2, even though they topped their group.
It doesn't change the quality of the opposition they play or anything like that, as every team eventually plays one another in the Super 8s anyway.

Group D is the only group where this confusion has occured, as the top seed in the other three groups also finished on top of their group.


I assume that it was done in this manner to give teams more time to organise travel and accomodation, without having to wait and see exactly where they ended up in their group before organising logistics.

[matticooper]

In the 8 are Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England, New Zealand and Ireland

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc2007/ ... 87189.html

Well there ya go... Bangladesh are cheering about the Duckworth/Lewis format now I reckon! Serves me right for not checking the scores before hand...

[Exar Kun]

The Windies are D2.

The seeding (A1, A2) for the Super 8s is not dependant of the results of the group stage.
They did a great job of making it confusing, but I'll try and explain the best I can...

The seeds for the Super 8 are based on the seeding postions on which the original draw was made.
Meaning that A1 = Australia, A2 = South Africa.
That's how it would have been, even if South Africa had finished the group stage on top of Australia.

In group D, assuming that the top two seeds had gone through, it would have been...
D1 = Pakistan, D2 = West Indies.
Because Ireland qualified from that group instead of Pakistan, they take the role of D1 in the draw, while the Windies fill the draw of D2, even though they topped their group.
It doesn't change the quality of the opposition they play or anything like that, as every team eventually plays one another in the Super 8s anyway.

Group D is the only group where this confusion has occured, as the top seed in the other three groups also finished on top of their group.


I assume that it was done in this manner to give teams more time to organise travel and accomodation, without having to wait and see exactly where they ended up in their group before organising logistics.

Ah cool, thanks for clearing it up. Not a typical setup for organising things but like you say, it has it's merits for the teams.

Should be an entertaining run of games in anycase. Funny to see the Super 8s stage run for as long as the group stage.