Comments on: India - Pakistan World Cup clash already scheduled?

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:45:11 +0000

Rahul, err…nope. It is actually the other way around. For e.g. even if Pakistan had not topped their group, they would still be ranked at the top of their group due to the initial seeding before the WC began. But now that Pakistan is out, the joke is on ICC.

By: Rahul Nayak

Rahul Nayak — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:39:05 +0000

Whoever wrote this article is the dumbest person on earth. Please go back and figure out what the A1,B1,…and so on team standings represent. Before the world cup starts theses are their rankings. But for the super eight these happen to be the positions the teams secure after round 1. So, if India happens to top group B they will be B1 and not B2 anymore. Such stupid articles should not be published!!!

By: Patrix

Patrix — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:47:17 +0000

Suyog, as the Rediff article said, let’s anoint the Champion and get on with it :) So you going with your friends to the Caribbean?

By: Suyog

Suyog — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:14:54 +0000

And yes, my friends made full use of this information beforehand, to exactly buy India-Pak match for April 15 and India-Wi match on April 18, both in Barbados.

By: Suyog

Suyog — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:11:41 +0000

Rediff did not goof up, they were just dumb (or smart depends on how you loook at it), but this schedule was available on the ICC website even before the tickets went on sale :).

It was a well thought out tactic by ICC - ICC decided that the top 8 teams would be ranked in their respective groups based on 2005 standings. It doesnt matter how many matches each team wins in their groups, their eventual standing in that group will still be dependent on 2005 rankings. That was the only way they could ensure a India-Pak match I guess :D

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:18:31 +0000

Amit, strange that didn’t make the news earlier. Too bad you don’t have a screenshot either. But at least you got it out before Rediff did. It would have been priceless! And glad you liked this place :) You’ve a nice cricket blog too.

Bongo, I’ve been far removed from cricket this time around so probably missed the memo on the schedule but didn’t see in the blogosphere either. This was a story made for blogging.

And I agree that the tournament is really long. Compare it with the Football WC which has double the teams and wrapped up in half the time.

By: BongoP'o'ndit

BongoP'o'ndit — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:43:25 +0000

Pat, I had seen the schedule too with Ind-Pak marked in, at the DirectTV site. Had not given it much thought since I figured it might be a glitch or something.

But I have to say that the tournament is really too long (2months !!) and way too many ’smaller’ teams. Perhaps the winner and runners up from the ICC challenge can be included - but to bring in the 3rd/4th place etc is a bit too much.

By: Amit Bajaj

Amit Bajaj — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:38:13 +0000

It was no real secret, and the Rediff guy stumbled upon it pretty late. At least 2 weeks later than me, and I had written about it too on my cricket blog, Cricket Et cetera. Just that my trps/impressions ain’t too great, for you to make your way to it that early!! Nice place this though, Ipatrix. Like the layout specially…