dis is absolutely bad from the icc..they should have kept 1 and 2 as top two teams acc to points..i knw it doesnt make ne sense as each team will play the other (i guess)..but w/e man dis is bad
RE:ICC is ridiculous(pardon my spelling)
by srinivasa on Mar 06, 2007 04:03 AM Permalink
This was done to make sure that big teams(i mean with lot of viewers) like India will have more matches on weekends. Its a win-win situation for both Icc and Viewers.
The marking A1& A2, B1& B2 etc are based on the rakings of the teams. As per the group B Rankings: Srilanka(#1), India(#2), Bangladesh(#3), Bermuda(#4).
Lets see few combinations:
If SriLanka and India qualify for super8 no matter who stands first in the group , Srilanka will be B1 and India will be B2.
If India and Bangladesh Qualify: India will be B2 and Bangladesh will take position of Srilanka: B1
If India & Bermuda qualify: India will be B2 and Bermuda will take position of Srilanka: B1
If SriLanka and Bangladesh Qualify: SriLanka will be B1 and Bangladesh will take position of India: B2
If Srilanka & Bermuda qualify: SriLanka will be B1 and Bermuda will take position of India: B2
If Bermuda and B%u2019Desh Qualify: B%u2019desh will be B1 as its ranked 3 in group and Bermuda will be B2 as its ranked #4.
RE:The author is correct!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:59 AM Permalink
bang on! wow, atleast someone knows the facts before posting nonsense..
This is absolute crap. A1/A2 or B1/B2 will be decided end of the first round. What if Bangaladesh defeats both India and SL.Don't say this is most unlikely. It happened once or twice already. If India fails to win the match against SL then B1 will be Bangaladesh and B2 will be SL. So don't take things for granted.
RE:Crap!!!!!!!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:54 AM Permalink
what the author has written will hold true only if india makes it to the top two in its own group.. for more clarification please read my post below.
RE:Crap!!!!!!!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:56 AM Permalink
If India fails to win the match against SL then B1 will be Bangaladesh and B2 will be SL - this is incorrect as Bangladesh if it qualifies in the top two alongwith Sri Lanka will always be B2 and not B1 because it ranked below in ICC ratings at the end of 2005 when the world cup schedule was drawn up.
RE:What a moron!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:57 AM Permalink
the author is perfectly right! please block your calendars accordingly and hope india qualifies in the top two with it's group.
what the author has written is absolutely true; in fact this is no breaking news but has been out there for atleast 6 months now. we bought our tickets to the carribean 6 months ago based on this information which is also available on the world cup official website. it's unbelievable that many people in india are ignorant about this information!
RE:this is true!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:40 AM Permalink
just a footnote to my earlier message - this will hold true as long as india makes it to the super eights.
RE:this is true!
by srinivasa on Mar 06, 2007 03:40 AM Permalink
Ok ...atleast one guy agrees with me. I too bought the tickets based on this(apr 15, assuming pak will qualify for super8's)
RE:RE:this is true!
by anil hanumanthappa on Mar 06, 2007 03:51 AM Permalink
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/events/worldcup/groups.html
more clarification - click on above link and note in the boxes there are rankings next to each country, for eg. australia its 1 and south africa is 5.. which means that A1 will be australia and A2 will be south africa irrespective of how they finish in the top two of their group. this ranking for the grouping was frozen at the end of the 2005 season and the schedules were drawn up so it becomes easier for cricket followers to visit the many islands of west indies and plan their stay and travel accordingly to avoid chaos in these small countries.
rediff folks are retards !! It is all because they want people to visit their website more so that they can get more ad revenue...rediff may u burn in hell for waisting my time on this crap..
RE:rediff folks are retards
by sameer umralkar on Mar 06, 2007 03:45 AM Permalink
very true. if they can not understand the difference between hypothesis and reality, they should shut the site down. this is as low as Indian media can get.
i always thot rediff has its own people who write articles...never knew u write some crap and send it to rediff...and they will happily post it...the link it has given takes us to a site where at the top corner it says "click here for the official site"...in the official site it doesnt say what the author has claimed...its only the author "so called official site" that has the information which he is trying to convey...maybe that site is his own...who knows...
ok this so called 'expert' on cricket has come with a brilliant idea , only to be called speculation!!!! dude u need help! where does it say on this schedule which country is B2 and which is B1 and so far. the position B1 means that the team in B group with highest points!!!! hello wake up !! i lost all the respect for rediff cricket today.
RE:whats going on here ?
by srinivasa on Mar 06, 2007 03:24 AM Permalink
No the author is not wrong!!!!
I will write in simple plain english what the author wants to explain.
No matter what, whether India finishes 1st or 2nd in groupB it will stand as B2 in super 8. This means even if india wins all group B matches, still India will be marked as B2 though they stand at the top of the group.
RE:RE:whats going on here ?
by Gurudatt Trivedi on Mar 06, 2007 03:31 AM Permalink
Who said so, and where is this written, what is the evidence? Please cite the reference..
I will write in simple plain english what the author wants to explain.
No matter what, whether India finishes 1st or 2nd in groupB it will stand as B2 in super 8. This means even if india wins all group B matches, still India will be marked as B2 though they stand at the top of the group.
RE:RE:Guys ...Cool Down
by srinivasa on Mar 06, 2007 03:23 AM Permalink
No dude. I am not wrong. I even bought the tickets for Apr15th game after checking with world cup organizers. I called them to make sure.
RE:RE:RE:Guys ...Cool Down
by rohit sinha on Mar 06, 2007 03:30 AM Permalink
oh.. ok.. now tell me ..pakistan loses all its matches.. in round 1.. even thn pakistan and india will play on 15th apr???
RE:RE:RE:RE:Guys ...Cool Down
by srinivasa on Mar 06, 2007 03:37 AM Permalink
i dont know why guys are not able to under stand. If pakistan does not qulaify for super eight, it wont be d1. it will be the team who qualifies first in the group. All this markings (b1, b2 etc) are based on the rankings of the teams.
Since india is currently raked #2 in group it will qualify as B2 if it manages to go to super eight. If india does not qualify, but Srilanka and B'desh qualify then SriLanka will get B1 and bangladesh will get B2...
If you still don't understand, I dont know what to say.
