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Who will be the four semi-finalists at the 2019 World Cup?

Chose 4 semi finalists

  • Pakistan

    Votes: 32 53.3%

  • India

    Votes: 52 86.7%

  • South Africa

    Votes: 5 8.3%

  • Australia

    Votes: 50 83.3%

  • New Zealand

    Votes: 35 58.3%

  • England

    Votes: 48 80.0%

  • Sri Lanka

    Votes: 1 1.7%

  • West Indies

    Votes: 7 11.7%

  • Bangladesh

    Votes: 4 6.7%

  • Afghanistan

    Votes: 2 3.3%
  • Total voters
    60
  • Poll closed .
Nobody can predict the future, but I think if England have an early stumble and drop a game or 2, things can become very interesting.

The wrist-spinners are going to be a major factor this WC and the non-Asian teams all struggle against them.
 
rhony said:
Yes India beat AUS at home in ODI series earlier too and AUS was the ATG team then. You having to go back a decade is a joke though
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They beat Aus in 1-2 matches they didn't win the series.
Even Pakistan's team in 2016 won 1 match and that team was one of the weakest we have ever had in ODIs
 
a_tahir said:
They beat Aus in 1-2 matches they didn't win the series.
Even Pakistan's team in 2016 won 1 match and that team was one of the weakest we have ever had in ODIs
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Check this out

Australian Tri Series (CB Series) 2007/2008
 
a_tahir said:
I'm talking about a bilateral series between them two in aus
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2019 is the first bilateral but 2nd ODI series win for India in AUS. But remember, AUS played tri series instead of bilaterals back then and hence this was considered a series win for India.
 
England
India
Australia
New Zealand

Pakistan will bottle it against afg or bangladesh.Format demands consistency.
 
Sticking with my 4 of England, India, Australia and Pakistan.

England top the table, India and Aus a comfortable second and third with Pakistan scraping in ahead of NZ and SA.
 
India England Nz Australia

Pakistan guna get beaten by most teams including bangladesh... its my prediction
 
Semi final 1= Pakistan Vs Africa
Result.... Pak won
..
Semi final 2 = India Vs England
Result..... England won

FINAL
pakistan Vs England
Result..... Pakistan the World Cup 2019 champions...... Babar Azam.... Player of the tournament
 
This is becoming harder and harder to predict. With these listless performances by NZ im not sure they can make it now. Pakistan seem to be finding the right combination of players and seem to be peaking at the right time. SA look clueless. Australia gave India a much tougher fight and with Smith,Warner and their best bowlers back they might do better than both SA and NZ.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
This is becoming harder and harder to predict. With these listless performances by NZ im not sure they can make it now. Pakistan seem to be finding the right combination of players and seem to be peaking at the right time. SA look clueless. Australia gave India a much tougher fight and with Smith,Warner and their best bowlers back they might do better than both SA and NZ.
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An unpredictable world cup is the best world cup
 
Ind
Aus
Eng
Pak

I do give an outside chance to BD coz rain factor, imagine if they rain out And and Eng matches and then win against Pak,SA,NZ..
BD on it's day is very lethal
 
The 4 will be West Indies, India, Australia, Pakistan.

It speaks for itself.

No need to explain.
 
Pakistan, India, England, NZ or Bros.

And then Pakistan will BOSS the final.
 
1. India
2. England
3. Australia
4. Pakistan

India vs Pakistan SF1
England vs Australia SF2

??? Vs Australia Final

Smith and Warner will rejuvenate this Aussie lineup and it will be a redemption for the Aussies.
 
Now it's the final stage - all the WC SF related discussion should be merged here.

I am putting my SF line-up

1. ENG - 4. NZL*
2. AUS - 3. IND
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* This is the most open spot for many WCs - at least 4 teams, lead by NZL has a realistic chance; while both BD & SRL has outside chances. I think, only AFGs are probably out of the equation right now and change in their management won't help it either.
 
MMHS said:
Now it's the final stage - all the WC SF related discussion should be merged here.

I am putting my SF line-up

1. ENG - 4. NZL*
2. AUS - 3. IND
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* This is the most open spot for many WCs - at least 4 teams, lead by NZL has a realistic chance; while both BD & SRL has outside chances. I think, only AFGs are probably out of the equation right now and change in their management won't help it either.
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I agree with this. These are the 4 most likely teams to qualify for the semis.
 
The way cricket is these days, all bets are off. Teams like WI, SL, and PK will pull up the the socks heading into the WC. I will not be surprised seeing 2 off the top 4 ranked ODI teams get knocked out early.
 
MMHS said:
Now it's the final stage - all the WC SF related discussion should be merged here.

I am putting my SF line-up

1. ENG - 4. NZL*
2. AUS - 3. IND
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* This is the most open spot for many WCs - at least 4 teams, lead by NZL has a realistic chance; while both BD & SRL has outside chances. I think, only AFGs are probably out of the equation right now and change in their management won't help it either.
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I feel Eng Ind are more likely to reach the sf as of now. Earlier everyone was convinced of aussies not being a significant force but their redemption in last 2 series would force teams to take them seriously. I feel this time around they are going to struggle to reach the sf and even if they do, will not reach the finals.
Nz also has a balanced squad and a good chance to reach the sf.
4th spot most likely would go to one from pak, sa or aus.
 
England
Australia
India
South Africa

England beat South Africa
Australia beat India
 
MMHS said:
Now it's the final stage - all the WC SF related discussion should be merged here.

I am putting my SF line-up

1. ENG - 4. NZL*
2. AUS - 3. IND
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* This is the most open spot for many WCs - at least 4 teams, lead by NZL has a realistic chance; while both BD & SRL has outside chances. I think, only AFGs are probably out of the equation right now and change in their management won't help it either.
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Jeez no mention of Pakistan.

Thought we were brothers :(
 
1) England, 2) India, 3) New Zealand, 4) South Africa. Australia also have a good chance.

Pretty much all of other teams are capable of causing an upset but overall they are likely to fall short in a format which requires consistency.

When it comes to Pakistan, we should just hope we beat India. That will be as good as it gets for us in this WC.
 
1) England, 2) India, 3) Australia, 4) Pakistan OR WI

First 3 are a given, 3 incredibly consistent ODI sides, 4th is between SA vs NZ vs Pak vs WI. Everybody knows the former two countries' history, and it is because of that history there is always added pressure on them while with Pakistan and West Indies almost never have high expectations on them, BUT, unlike Bangladesh and Sri Lanka they have the potential (when stars align) to decimate SA and NZ, as well as the other 3 semi finalists.
 
Chokli said:
Jeez no mention of Pakistan.

Thought we were brothers :(
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It’s a flawed logic - Muslims need to get out of this mindset. You are my brother when you come to my house - if I can eat one bite, I'll share half. But, I won’t ever say my brother should get a job over a better candidate, just because he is my brother.

I actually did mention PAK as one of the 4th spit contender which is probably maximum that this team deserves now. Keeping emotions out, do you really belive a side having 3-17 record against WC opponents since 2018 can make it, with one of the most unfit unit for a 9 game WC?
 
MMHS said:
Now it's the final stage - all the WC SF related discussion should be merged here.

I am putting my SF line-up

1. ENG - 4. NZL*
2. AUS - 3. IND
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* This is the most open spot for many WCs - at least 4 teams, lead by NZL has a realistic chance; while both BD & SRL has outside chances. I think, only AFGs are probably out of the equation right now and change in their management won't help it either.
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How does BD have an outside chance? What are you basing this assessment on? Their past record in England or their pas record against top teams?
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Not even mentioned as outside chances. The thread on Bangladesh's chances really hurt him deeply.
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I was the first poster on that thread and I am quite clear about it. Regarding outside chance, I did mention PAK if you can read it carefully.

It’s a PAK blog, so obviously expectations will high for home team, but here in PP, we should look beyond emotions. As I wrote somewhere, all 5 Asian (every team actually) have suffered some downs (unexpected loss/under performance), but each team has out performed expectations as well. It’s not about W/L - obviously India or England will have much better W/L; but it’s about what you expect of a team from a game/series/tournament - in last 1-2 years, PAK has been consistently failing to meet expectations in ODI & Test, let alone exceed it.

A SF spot isn’t taken for granted, at best you can say it’s expected - in that regard, why do you expect someone like me to put PAK as a SFinalist over England, India, Australia, Newzeland, SAF? Does cricket sense tell that a team with Moha, Malik, sarfraz, Shadab at 4-7 will make the cut? I read lots of hyperbole about PAK attack - which is one inferior to BD in terms of spin resources, the worst attack with new ball among top 7 pace attacks and probably the slowest as well .... neither the fielding is good, and players are mentally weakest, calculatively/tactically dumbest ..,. why one should back this unit to win 5 hard fought games in WC when every team will give their best?

PAK is almost like my 2nd team, that doesn’t mean I'll be flying high on dreams. CT was different- 3 games short burst and you can check with certain Indian posters - even after June 4th massacre, I backed PAK to bounce back; but don’t see that this time. PCB should have cleaned the stable from a July 2017 - there could have been a chance. This ordinary bunch had their life time achievement in 2017, they should have been replaced after that.
 
NoBallZombie said:
How does BD have an outside chance? What are you basing this assessment on? Their past record in England or their pas record against top teams?
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By past record, the chance is actually better - we have beaten AUS, PAK, NZ in only encounter in UK; add to that one win against Poms in an active rubber. WC record against India in 1-2 and that one win is also on a similar greenish track in WIN; another win against SAF in WC super 8 rounds.... and a QF win against Poms in Australia.... So, from past record route, I actually can carry on PP style argument for long.

Past record is indeed a factor, but that shouldn’t be considering past of PAK winning WC in 1992 & BD losing 1-31 against PAK. In contemporary cricket, several factors going in favour we indeed have a outside shot of making the cut. Mathematically, 3 wins can land one team in SF, but I think 10-11 points will be required. So, odds are definitely against us, but it’s not null, there is indeed a slim chance.
 
Teshi98 said:
I feel Eng Ind are more likely to reach the sf as of now. Earlier everyone was convinced of aussies not being a significant force but their redemption in last 2 series would force teams to take them seriously. I feel this time around they are going to struggle to reach the sf and even if they do, will not reach the finals.
Nz also has a balanced squad and a good chance to reach the sf.
4th spot most likely would go to one from pak, sa or aus.
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For me AUS will be in SF comfortably and once they are there, whoever wins the Cup will need to beat the Aussies. In 21 Soccer WCs, Germany participated in 18 - and made QF in 17 of them, SF in 14; it's not because only they had the players. They were forced out of 1950 WC, so they came back in 1954 and won it!!! At highest level, more than players, what it needs is killer instincts, which Aussies have more than anyone, and on top of that they have the individuals as well.

On player to player comparison, Aussies are probably at per with IND & ENG, may be slightly behind Poms; but no team can make 2+2=5 like the Aussies and they are among the fittest teams around, mentally toughest and hungry team, never settles for an acceptable result. I was writing in 4th ODI, when Carey & Maxwell posted a fighting total from 140-5 - whichever Aussie player is under threat for his position, somehow find a way to perform; this is because of their ultra competitive, ruthless and uncompromising system which embeds a survival attitude in their players. Never, never underestimate Aussies in Cricket & Germany in Soccer.
 
MMHS said:
For me AUS will be in SF comfortably and once they are there, whoever wins the Cup will need to beat the Aussies. In 21 Soccer WCs, Germany participated in 18 - and made QF in 17 of them, SF in 14; it's not because only they had the players. They were forced out of 1950 WC, so they came back in 1954 and won it!!! At highest level, more than players, what it needs is killer instincts, which Aussies have more than anyone, and on top of that they have the individuals as well.

On player to player comparison, Aussies are probably at per with IND & ENG, may be slightly behind Poms; but no team can make 2+2=5 like the Aussies and they are among the fittest teams around, mentally toughest and hungry team, never settles for an acceptable result. I was writing in 4th ODI, when Carey & Maxwell posted a fighting total from 140-5 - whichever Aussie player is under threat for his position, somehow find a way to perform; this is because of their ultra competitive, ruthless and uncompromising system which embeds a survival attitude in their players. Never, never underestimate Aussies in Cricket & Germany in Soccer.
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That is why Imran Khan wants Six teams in domestic circuit ( High Competition )
 
The way JL had inherited a toxic environment and turned it around, Australian morale is gaining strength day by day.
 
I dont wanna say that but my gut feeling is saying that we'll have a horrible world cup. Whenever people have high hopes from this team, they always disappoint.
But there will be a scrap through hard fought win against one of the lower ranked teams. Zimbabwe in case of WC 2015. And we'll also be able to cause an upset like every worldcup. Southafrica in case of WC 2015.
But i dont think we'll be able to make it to semis and i dont know why i am getting a feeling of repeat of horrible 2015 post WC period after this world cup too.
 
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India (WC Winners)
England (Runners Up)
Australia
South Africa
 
Pakistan Vs India
England vs Australia

Pakistan vs Australia

Australia bowled out for 132

Pakistan win by 8 wickets.
 
Pakistan will pull of another unpredictable run in the world cup and will make the finals. At least that`s what my gut says so
 
England and India should plan to win 2 matches(SF and Final).

Easy semis for these 2 teams

Aus to be the third team.

SA/ NZ to be the 4th.

WI has an outside chance.

No chance for PAK, SL, BAN and AFG
 
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Kohli said:
England and India should plan to win 2 matches(SF and Final).

Easy semis for these 2 teams

Aus to be the third team.

SA/ NZ to be the 4th.

WI has an outside chance.

No chance for PAK, SL, BAN and AFG
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Wi has an outside chance and pak has no chance.
Come on, be a bit more reasonable.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Wi has an outside chance and pak has no chance.
Come on, be a bit more reasonable.
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WI are one of the favourites for this World Cup just like the T20 World Cup in 2016, they must make the semis . We saw in IPL what their players can do in Twenty20s.
 
Ronaldo7 said:
Wi has an outside chance and pak has no chance.
Come on, be a bit more reasonable.
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WI recently had a drawn ODI series against England. I'll give them a better chance than Pakistan who recently got humiliated in the Asia cup and lost 4-0 in England, 5-0 against Australia, and 5-0 in NZ.
 
Sachin136 said:
WI recently had a drawn ODI series against England. I'll give them a better chance than Pakistan who recently got humiliated in the Asia cup and lost 4-0 in England, 5-0 against Australia, and 5-0 in NZ.
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Wouldn't call something 8 months ago as recent. Also the last time wi came to eng they were beaten 4-0. Beating eng in wi and beating them in eng is very different.
 
even with 3 wickets down today pakistan scored runs, play positively and pak has a chance.

This is going to be good world cup...
 
Australia
England
India
WI

You expect one surprise and I expect WI to go into this as the dark horses.
 
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