World Cup Official Thread 2007

[Richard Jenkins]

I've opened and am in the process of updating the players for the World Cup 2007.

Please read.

The competition format is thus...

MARCH

Group A, St Kitts (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Australia v Scotland

16 Netherlands v South Africa

18 Australia v Netherlands

20 Scotland v South Africa

22 Netherlands v Scotland

24 Australia v South Africa

Group B, Trinidad (all start 1330 GMT except *)

15 Bermuda v Sri Lanka

17 Bangladesh v India

19 Bermuda v India

21 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

23 India v Sri Lanka

25 Bangladesh v Bermuda (*starts 1430 BST)

GROUP C, St Lucia (all start 1330 GMT)

14 Canada v Kenya

16 England v New Zealand

18 Canada v England

20 Kenya v New Zealand

22 Canada v New Zealand

24 England v Kenya

Group D, Jamaica (all start 1430 GMT)

13 West Indies v Pakistan

15 Ireland v Zimbabwe

17 Ireland v Pakistan

19 West Indies v Zimbabwe

21 Pakistan v Zimbabwe

23 Ireland v West Indies

Super Eight (all start 1430 BST)

If any seeded team does not finish in the top two in their group, the non-seeded team qualifying will take their allotted place in the Super Eight fixture list.

27 D2 v A1, Antigua & Barbuda

28 A2 v B1, Guyana

29 D2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

30 D1 v C2, Guyana

31 A1 v B2, Antigua & Barbuda

APRIL

1 D2 v B1, Guyana

2 B2 v C1, Antigua & Barbuda

3 D1 v A2, Guyana

4 C2 v B1, Antigua & Barbuda

7 B2 v A2, Guyana

8 A1 v C2, Antigua & Barbuda

9 D1 v C1, Guyana

10 D2 v A2, Grenada

11 C2 v B2, Barbados

12 B1 v C1, Grenada

13 A1 v D1, Barbados

14 A2 v C1, Grenada

15 B2 v D1, Barbados

16 A1 v B1, Grenada

17 A2 v C2, Barbados

18 D1 v B1, Grenada

19 D2 v B2, Barbados

20 A1 v C1, Grenada

21 D2 v C2, Barbados

Semi-finals

24 Super Eight 2nd v 3rd, Jamaica (start 1545 BST)

25 Super Eight 1st v 4th, St Lucia (start 1445 BST)

Final

28 Winner SF1 v Winner SF2, Barbados (start 1445 BST)


That makes 51 games? I hope anyway.





I've chosen the players I knew about and I've got as far as I can with including players. (evey player up to K has been checked, will do as many as I can by this afternoon) If you have a burning desire to see a player FROM THE LIST (http://www.world-a-team.com/fantasy-...?do=playerlist) included (as I've forgotten about him or overlooked him or not had time to include him. I think I've got most of the big names?) PM me please (dont post I want 'so and so' on here please). I'm NOT adding any other players to this list.


I've tried my best as to what players do. Some players aren't listed on 'cricinfo' (the site I used to find out if they are bowlers, batsmen or both or keepers) or have multiple choice players (several players of the same name) and hence aren't included.

Some may disagree as to the choices of all rounders (again pm me and I'll double check, if the batting and bowling averages are a guideline I'll change accordingly, but some players have played so few games that it's very difficult to know if they are bowlers, batsmen or both.)


Bear in mind that this is going to be a mammoth task and updates will be done every Two or three days. (I'll try every day but bear in mind I have a life too).


You may post your team here after the closing date which is the 13th of March 2007 .

I'll be putting the top FIVE only on here (plus a link to the score table.)

Good luck and have fun.

Please keep in mind that I am human and could make an error. if you see an error in the scoring ,PM me )

here is a link to the squads...


http://www.cricinfo.com/worldcup2007/SQUADS/

[Richard Jenkins]

I've included all the players that I want to . I've not included Mohammad Yousaf as I think he was Yousuf youhanah. (Again if i'm wrong, pm me)
If you want a player including from this list who hasn't been chosen, pm me.
http://www.world-a-team.com/fantasy...p?do=playerlist

For non cheating purposes here is my team...


Richard Jenkins's Team
Batsman 1 Kevin Pietersen
Batsman 2 Sachin Tendulkar
Batsman 3 Ricky Ponting
Batsman 4 Mahela Jayawardene
Batsman 5 VVS Laxman
Wicket Keeper Kumar Sangakkara
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Flintoff
All-Rounder 2 Shaun Pollock
Bowler 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Bowler 2 Glenn McGrath
Bowler 3 Anil Kumble
Bowler 4 None Selected
Reserves Player Name
Reserve Batsman 1 Alastair Cook
Reserve Batsman 2 Ed Joyce
Reserve Batsman 3 Jacques Kallis
Reserve Wicket Keeper 1 Geraint Jones
Reserve Wicket Keeper 2 Brad Haddin
Reserve All-Rounder 1 Chris Gayle
Reserve All-Rounder 2 Justin Kemp
Reserve Bowler 1 Jeetan Patel
Reserve Bowler 2 Wavell Hinds
Reserve Bowler 3 Abdur Razzaq

Captain Kevin Pietersen
Bonus 1 Ricky Ponting
Bonus 2 Muttiah Muralitharan
Bonus 3 Kumar Sangakkara
Bonus 4 VVS Laxman


It was certainly a difficult thing deciding who to choose . I guess I'm too heavy on the batting.

I'd love to see the team play in real life


LOL just seen laxman's not in the squad. back to the drawing board.....

Just swapped laxman for dravid...

[sittingduck]

It's certianly quite a big job you've gotten yourself into, good luck.

Just thought I would point out to ppl that they should be careful with theri selections, theirs a lot of players available in the game who wont take part in the tournament so if you're not sure if their in the squad lpease check as I doubt you'll be able to sub them out.

[Richard Jenkins]

I'll echo that. please check your selections BEFORE the cut of date and change them if needed. I've included a lot odf superflous playersd and I wont be changing anybody.
In this thread is a squad listing, be sure that the players you have chosen are in the squads(at least)

[superstars]

I think Jayasuriya is not in the list..so please add him asap...btw the match starts in 24 hrs from now but the cut off shows only 10 hrs???

[Karthik]

Yeah,but we'll need some gap between the prediction time and the match time.

[Richard Jenkins]

I've included the above cricketer. The cut off time can be extended I supppose but I'm loathe to do so.
So I wont.


Last chance to join up...

[Richard Jenkins]

Top five

Ernest 167
Uham 88
Vrock 80
Rachael 59
superstars 2

link to rest

http://www.world-a-team.com/fantasy-...viewgame&id=81


Gosh, I hope i've not made any mistakes; I've spent ages working on this... and I've realised I've missed a lot of top players from my list. never mind. If you see a glaring error, pm me and i'll change it.

[Richard Jenkins]

yes well, I missed jerome taylor off didn't I .

My thanks to those kind enough to point it out!. i'm ever so sorry I missed it.

Up dates to follow in a few moments.....

After games 3 and four (game 4 causes no differences)(and including errors) the list is here

http://www.world-a-team.com/fantasy-...viewgame&id=81

top 5
Vrock 372
shahjicute 322
rocket1006 304
Rachael 272
Ernest 261
Once again, if you see any errors, pm me please.

[Richard Jenkins]

update after games 5 and 6 here

http://www.world-a-team.com/fantasy-...viewgame&id=81

This weekend I'll sit down and double check all the scores in all the matches thus far. I think i've missed A Pakistani players score( yes confirmed I've missed yousif youhana who is now mohammed yousif! and Nathan Braken) and so I'll double check tonight and check everything this weekend.

The system could be improved if players were ranked in sides , which would make scoring easier...

Still, its a good system.
Perhaps I should have done 'a game at a time' approach but I guess you'd all have got sick of continually choosing players, and some matches wold have had little or no interest.

Only a few more games to go.....

Post note..

I've now updated N Braken and Mohammed Yousuf (who I called yousuf youhana but that's who it is, my apologies as to the confusion, he converted to Islam and no offence is meant in using his 'old' name' , it's just my ignorance... what a pickle...)

Anyway I hope the teething problems are being ironed out and my apologies to all those affected