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Feb 2015
9:15am, 17 Feb 2015
15,618 posts
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flanker
At least we aren't bottom of the group. Scotland have a slightly worse NNR than us.
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Feb 2015
6:27pm, 17 Feb 2015
30 posts
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Scorge
not going to lie, went to bed when we got skittled out. woke up this morning and found the kiwis almost made a horlicks of it! would've been gutted if they'd fluffed it up and I'd missed it....
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Feb 2015
8:25pm, 17 Feb 2015
14,249 posts
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Chrisity
so if the Windows have a poor net rate it's curtains?
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Feb 2015
12:58pm, 19 Feb 2015
685 posts
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makkem
Just been glancing at the fixtures.
Are they not a tad unbalanced? England play the Kiwis on Friday.
By my reconing this will be New Zealand's third game. Win, and I see no reason why the should not and they are virtually in the Quarter-Finals.
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Feb 2015
1:29pm, 19 Feb 2015
8,818 posts
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Wriggling Snake
I think it was based on the teams grading when the world cup was announced, back then England were Numero Uno........
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Feb 2015
1:49pm, 19 Feb 2015
10,106 posts
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TRO Saracen
Whole tourno is bonkers. They'll be at it for a month, and all that will have happened is the associate members will have been knocked out and the test playing nations will line up in the quarters. EXcept possibly the Windies and England 
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Feb 2015
2:10pm, 19 Feb 2015
6,719 posts
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rf_fozzy
Not as bonkers as the next one - a 6 week qualifying tournament (except for the top 8? in the world rankings) to decide which 2 associate nations get to join in the 10 team tournament.
The stupidity is that it's because India want a round-robin tournament so they are guaranteed 9 games.
Means teams like Ireland, UAE, Afganistan who have all benefited massively from being part of this world cup and previous ones, will miss out and be given no chance to improve.
Stupid short-sightedness from the ICC and the new structure that gives India, England and Australia too much power.
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Feb 2015
2:12pm, 19 Feb 2015
6,720 posts
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rf_fozzy
Why they can't have a 16team tournament, with 4 groups of 4, 3 games each - winners and RUs through to knock-out, much like the football one, I don't know (well I do, it's all down to money)
In a knock-out tournament, all games are then meaningful, increases excitement and interest.
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Feb 2015
2:24pm, 19 Feb 2015
10,108 posts
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TRO Saracen
Think I'd rather see a fairly quick initial set of groups (so the associate members get a couple of games), but once down to the final 8 have the quarters, semis and final all as best of 3. I hate seeing world cup knockout games effectively decided by the toss.
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Feb 2015
2:33pm, 19 Feb 2015
12,519 posts
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The Teaboy
I'm rooting for Ireland to go and smash everyone just to prove the absurdity of the 2019 format. If it's a pitch with a bit of lateral movement, they might well fancy it against India!
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